Is Golf More Important to San Francisco Than Endangered Animals?

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-11-16 13:57:00 UTC
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Um, no. I'm guessing most residents of the San Francisco area would say no.

But the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department apparently didn't get the memo. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the department is supposed to be figuring out how to restore habitat for the San Francisco garter snake and red-legged frog in Pacifica's Sharp Park, but instead, the department is pushing for the option that least considers the animals: an 18-hole golf course, which will push habitat restoration to "the margins of existing wetlands."

Baffling, right? The SF Board of Supervisors will vote on what to do with the park soon. So animal advocates and environmentalists need to weigh in. The Center is providing the opportunity to send a letter here, to numerous San Francisco officials. It is also asking area residents to call Rep. Jackie Speier, "who is inexplicably trying to kill the restoration option and give a federal bailout to the golf course," and to attend a Recreation and Parks Commission hearing this Thursday. See the alert for details on all this.

And whoever is manning (or writing the headlines for) the Twitter account for the Center for Biological Diversity? You win my kudos for today's tweet on this issue: "Stand Up for the Underfrog: Tell S.F. to Restore Sharp Park." Underfrog. How cute.

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Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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