Reward Offered in Shooting of Peregrine Falcons
Please read the article from the San Francisco Chronicle about Haya and Marina, the two falcons recently found shot in Oakland.…
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Calling all nature lovers! Spaces still available for Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s Junior Birders Summer Camp July 18-22.
Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s award-winning Eco-Education program invites nature lovers ages 9-12 to join us for a fun-filled week of exploring local birds and other wildlife and their habitats. We’ll learn how to identify local wildlife, collect and study aquatic organisms, build bird kites, explore local parks, meet live raptors & mammals, play games, sing songs and more! Sites include Arrowhead Marsh at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline, Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, Lake Merritt, and the Lindsey Wildlife Museum!
Our 11 year old education program strives to foster a love and understanding of science and the natural world through hands-on student-led exploration in the outdoors. Our teachers are experienced environmental educators and student-staff ratio is 7:1. If your child loves to have fun and explore in the outdoors, this is the camp for them!
Program is 9am-4pm; extended morning/evening hours of care available. Click here to download the flier.
$225/week. 10% discount if you sign up with a friend or sibling. Scholarships available.Please contact Anthony DeCicco at adecicco@goldengatebirdalliance.org or call (510) 508-1388…
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RETURN OF THE SNOWY PLOVERS
Please join Golden Gate Bird Alliance and the National Park Service on Saturday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to noon to prepare the Crissy Field Wildlife Protection Area and Ocean Beach in San Francisco for the return of the Snowy Plovers! Participants can sign in at our table at Crissy Field on the promenade near the Gulf of the Farallones Building or at Ocean Beach near the Great Highway and Judah Street. We will be picking up trash and improving the habitat for the plovers and other shorebirds.
We recommend that you dress in layers, bring sunscreen and a bottle of water. All other necessary supplies and snacks will be provided. For more information, please contact Noreen Weeden at 510-301-0570 or nweeden@goldengatebirdalliance.org by July 7 to sign up to participate.…
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GGNRA Comments Deadline Approaching, Make Your Voice Heard!
Help Make the GGNRA Safe and Accommodating for People, Wildlife, and Dogs
The National Park Service has issued its draft Dog Management Plan for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to accommodate dogs in the park and strike a balance of dog owners’ interests with those of other park users and the natural ecology of the park. The plan allows for extensive off-leash and on-leash recreation in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties. No other National Park allows off-leash dog recreation or even on-leash activities to the extent proposed by the National Park in its plan.
The hope is to create a place where dogs, dog owners, other park users and native plants and wildlife can coexist. The status quo is unsustainable. Though the proposed plan isn’t perfect, we’re generally supportive of the GGNRA’s effort to better regulate this activity.
We encourage everyone to provide comments to the National Park Service before May 29, 2011
Click here to view Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s position on this issue, as well as our guidelines and a sample letter for submitting your comments.…
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