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Cosco Busan Oil Spill Restoration Beginning

More than two years after the Cosco Busan oil spill devastated San Francisco Bay, government agencies announced that they will move forward with restoration actions to mitigate for the harms caused by the spill. However, their plans aren’t…

Restore Twain’s Frog and the Beautiful Serpent

Saturday January 23, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Get your fingers dirty and help restore habitat for the critically endangered San Francisco garter snake, with a chance to see California red-legged frogs! Join Price Sheppy of the Golden Gate…

Coho Salmon and Steelhead Trout Habitat Restoration

Monday, January 18, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Join naturalist and historian David Schmidt to restore the habitat for Coho Salmon and Central California Coastal Steelhead Trout. Have fun planting native seedlings and/or removing invasive plants…

Coho Salmon and Steelhead Trout Walk

Saturday, January 16, 2010, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Join naturalist and historian David Schmidt on a moderate 3-mile journey and learn about the lives of Coho Salmon and Steelhead Trout as the fish return from the Ocean to spawn in the…

Mission Blue Butterfly Restoration

Saturday, January 16, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Enjoy stunning vistas and work-off those holiday calories while removing invasive French Broom from Mission blue butterfly habitat in the Marin Headlands. Join Price Sheppy of the Golden Gate…

Big Year Bike Tour with the San Francisco Bike Coalition

Get the 2010 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year started with a bike ride to observe some of the threatened flora and fauna dwelling in the wild northwestern corner of San Francisco. This ride will travel to a few locations…

2010 GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year Kick-Off Celebration!

The GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year will celebrate its second edition at the Sports Basement in the Presidio. After a brief orientation and some complimentary drinks and snacks, we’ll head over to Crissy Field to search for the Western…

The Happiest Holidays & the Wild Equity Institute

Here at the Wild Equity Institute we spend most of our time concerned about the fate of our communities and the fate of our Earth—and we wield every fiber of our collective being to create a healthier and more sustainable global community…

2010 GGNP Endangered Species Big Year Kick Off Celebration January 9, 1pm Sports Basement, Presidio

Announcing the 2010 GGNP Endangered Species Big Year! The 2010 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year begins January 1, 2010! Celebrate the incredible diversity of life around you by participating in the 2010 GGNP Endangered…

Attend an Important Sharp Park Hearing Wednesday, December 16, 1pm, San Francisco City Hall Room 263

The Recreation and Parks Department released its controversial report about the future of Sharp Park last month. Now the San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s Government Audit & Oversight Committee will have an opportunity to hear from…

John McCain Condemns Government Waste at Sharp Park Golf Course

In a new report released Tuesday, fiscal conservatives on Capitol Hill, led by Senator John McCain, highlight a $2.2 million dollar federal stimulus bailout for Sharp Park Golf Course—owned by the City and County of San Francisco but located…

Support Wild Equity Institute with a Holiday Contribution Today!

We can’t thank you enough for supporting our campaigns to build a more equitable world for people and the plants and animals that accompany us on Earth. In honor of the year 2010, our first full year in operation, the Wild Equity Institute…

Wild Equity Institute/GGAS Mori Point Birding Walk

Join Eddie Bartley, Noreen Weeden and Brent Plater for a birding and interpretive hike around Sharp Park and the National Park Service’s adjacent Mori Point property. We’ll search for Twain’s Frog, the Beautiful Serpent, and…

Wild Equity Institute Meets with Congresswoman Speier

Thanks to the thousands of calls, letters, and email messages sent by all of you, Congresswoman Jackie Speier met with a delegation of people working to build a better public park at Sharp Park on Monday, November 30. The Congresswoman heard…

Important Sharp Park Hearing December 16, 1pm San Francisco City Hall

The Government Audit and Oversight Subcommittee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s will hear a report on the Recreation and Parks Department’s fatally-flawed alternative report on the future of Sharp Park December 16, 1pm…