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Sharp Park ALERT

San Francisco District 5 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi has proposed legislation

to direct the Recreation and Park Department to restore Sharp Park for the San

Francisco garter snake and the California red-legged frog and for the City

either to give Sharp Park to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area or enter

into a joint management agreement.

 

 

This is a great idea which time has come!

 

 

 

Sharp Park Golf Course is located in a wetland that is prime habitat for

federally-listed endangered species. The City must pump water out of the wetland

every year in order to keep the course operational. Meanwhile, the course is a

financial drain on the City. In effect, San Franciscans subsidize a sub-standard

golf course for use by a small subset of residents from Pacifica.

 

 

 

The San Francisco Chronicle's Marisa Lagos reported yesterday that Supervisor

Sean Elsbernd " quickly shot back with a competing proposal to make the historic

course a protected landmark. "

 

 

 

 

First, please write a letter to the editor of the Chronicle telling them that:

 

 

 

 

1. The City has a legal, moral, social and ecological responsibility to

protect biodiversity and endangered species on lands that it owns.

2. Transferring Sharp Park to the GGNRA is the most logical step toward

long-term sustainable conservation of this coastal ecosystem, and

 

3. Sharp Park should be restored for the San Francisco garter snake, the

California red-legged frog, and all of the other native plants and animals that

inhabit this landscape, which is surrounded on three sides by the National Park.

 

 

Then, email Supervisor Mirkarimi, and thank him for proposing this

legislation. Tell him it is an absolutely great idea!

 

 

 

Finally, email Supervisor Elsbernd and tell him respectfully, that Sharp Park

Golf Course should not be considered a historic landmark; that ecological

restoration in the face of global warming and sea-level rise is a much more

responsible use of the lands at Sharp Park.

 

 

 

 

For more information about the campaign to restore Sharp Park, visit

restoresharppark.org. In the next few days, even more useful data and frequently

asked questions will be posted there for your information. Supervisor

Mirkarimi's legislation has not yet been posted, but we expect it will be soon,

as his office must comply with the 30-day notice requirement.

 

 

 

In all of your correspondence, it would be a good idea to cc the Recreation and

Park Commission and Jared Blumenfeld, Interim General Manager. Both are located

at the following address:

 

 

McLaren Lodge

 

501 Stanyan Street

 

San Francisco, CA 94117

 

(415) 831-2700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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