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May of 2009

 

Rate Guns in parks make for a messy, sometimes violent mix

Original at New York Times external link    Thu, May 28

 United States the law will be applied across the Park Service's diverse portfolio of sites, ranging from the remote backcountry of Yellowstone to urban landmarks like New York Harbor's Statue of Liberty or San Francisco's Golden Gate National Recreation Area. ...

Rate 25 Bay Area parks may close from budget crisis

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Wed, May 27

  USA The parklands of the East Bay Regional Park District and Golden Gate National Recreation Area would not be affected. Drastic cuts are necessary, the governor said, because of the slipping economy, declining revenues and a deficit that deepened after ...

Rate Landmark opportunity for new trails in Marin County

Original at BikeRadar.com external link    Wed, May 27

 UK through Mt. Tamalpais State Park and Golden Gate National Recreation Area property, is scheduled to receive a major reroute this summer. This project could produce shared-use singletrack joining State Parks and National Park Service properties. ...

Rate Presidio branches out with eucalyptus swap

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Mon, May 25

  USA part of the history of the Presidio and part of the history of park-making in San Francisco," said Ehrlich, the head of forestry for the Presidio Trust, which manages the interior 80 percent of the park for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. ...

Rate San Francisco speed date

Original at OCRegister external link    Sat, May 23

 CA Up the twisting grade and luck into a parking space just up the hill from the Cliff House. But our stop is down the hill – the ruins of the Sutro Baths, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. "That's a step below being a national park," says ...

Rate pepsico World Headquarters Wins 2009 Landmark Award

Original at TAXI Design Network external link    Wed, May 20

 NY Previous recipients include the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, Harvard University's Tanner Fountain and Charleston Waterfront Park.

Rate PepsiCo World Headquarters Wins 2009 Landmark Award - Business Wire

Original at businesswire.com external link    Mon, May 18

Business Wire (press release), CA Previous recipients include the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, Harvard University's Tanner Fountain and Charleston Waterfront Park. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a ...

Rate The man behind the park

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Sat, May 16

He was the superintendent - the CEO, really - of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, a national park that is twice the size of San Francisco. His park included both sides of the Golden Gate, the beautiful cliffs and rolling hillsides of the Marin ...

Rate Advocates working to save Sharp Park Golf Course

Original at Pacifica Tribune external link    Thu, May 14

 CA red-legged frog and the San Francisco garter snake in conformance with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act and transferring Sharp Park to, or developing a joint management agreement with, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) ...

Rate SF supervisor amends Sharp Park legislation

Original at San Francisco Examiner external link    Wed, May 13

 California into approved legislation regarding Sharp Park in Pacifica that will put the coastal city and San Mateo County under consideration for joint management of the San Francisco-owned golf course, in addition to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. ...

Rate San Mateo County, Pacifica brought into Sharp Park talks

Original at Tri-Valley Herald external link    Sun, May 10

 CA Pacifica and San Mateo County will be considered for joint management of Sharp Park by San Francisco officials over the next few months, in addition to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which has been the preferred choice thus far. ...

Rate Horacescope: Golfers and snakes co-existing

Original at Pacifica Tribune external link    Thu, May 7

 CA If you attended last week's San Francisco Supervisors government audit and oversight meeting that passed a resolution to send to the full Supervisory board to turn some or the entire 410-acre park over to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, ...

Rate Special elections happening in San Mateo County

Original at Examiner.com external link    Wed, May 6

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Yesterday, May 5, 2009, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously fast-tracked a vote originally scheduled for May 12 to complete a study and begin discussions with the Golden Gate National Recreational Area (GGNRA) to consider the conversion ...

Rate New Disney museum in San Francisco will be all about Walt

Original at Los Angeles Times Blogs external link    Wed, May 6

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 CA The Presidio, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, is the current site of the Walt Disney Family Foundation's collections and offices; the museum will be an expansion of those facilities. Tickets (cost to be determined) are to go on sale Aug. ...

Rate Bird die-off in Marin, other coastal areas a mystery

Original at Marin Independent-Journal external link    Mon, May 4

 CA We first started observing dead adult Brandt's cormorants in mid-April," said Bill Merkle, a Golden Gate National Recreation Area wildlife ecologist. "We started making some contacts to see if others in the region were observing similar things and ...

Rate Letter: Contrary to claims, Sharp Park is economically viable

Original at Coastsider external link    Fri, May 1

Supervisor Mirkarimi's legislative end-run around the Environmental Impact Review process so he can place the golf course in the care of GGNRA doesn't portend a fair hearing for the existence of the golf course once out of San Francisco and Pacifica's ...

April of 2009

 

Rate National Mall to start recycling program

Original at google.com external link    Wed, Apr 29

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MyFox Washington DC Coca-Cola is providing $500000 as a down payment for the recycling program and $600000 to support programs at the Mall and other parks, including Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Olympic National Park in ...

Rate A new foundation for native plants

Original at Inside Bay Area external link    Mon, Apr 27

 CA Joe Cannon, of the conservancy, and volunteers already have a bank of seeds ready for this year's propagation. The San Francisco resident helped start one of the five native plant nurseries at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the Presidio.

Rate SF: Who'll remove Presidio tunnel graffiti?

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Thu, Apr 23

  USA What has Thurber upset - what has him contacting Chronicle Watch, the Presidio Trust, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and others - is graffiti on the tunnel and nearby it. The top-of-the-tunnel graffiti - three blobs of ...

Rate San Francisco Supervisors discuss Sharp Park future

Original at Pacifica Tribune external link    Thu, Apr 16

 CA Recently, San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi proposed that Sharp Park be turned over to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. This suggestion has created much conversation between people who want to turn the property into a habitat and golfers ...

Rate 2009 "pigbook" of Congressional Pork Spending Released

Original at Gwinnett Net Daily external link    Tue, Apr 14

 GA including: $5600000 for two projects at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area; $5000000 for San Francisco Bay restoration grants; $1250000 for the Angel Island Immigration Station; $800000 for a tunnel at Yosemite National Park; and $460000 for the ...

Rate Sad news - Redmond Kernan

Original at Examiner.com external link    Tue, Apr 14

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He was a Commissioner on the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Council, and helped start NAP, Neighborhood Association for the Presidio. A long time Board Member of PAR, Planning Association for the Richmond, and recently received a ...

Rate Art car pioneer Tom Kennedy dies on Ocean Beach

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Tue, Apr 14

  USA Rescue crews rushed him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, according to officials at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Mr. Kennedy's art cars were vehicles that have been turned into rolling works of original art ...

March of 2009

 

Rate Marin Headlands $27 million transformation set to start in January

Original at Marin Independent-Journal external link    Fri, Mar 27

 CA By Mark Prado The Marin Headlands will undergo a $27 million transformation to include major road and parking improvements and new bicycle lanes under a final plan released this week by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. ...

Rate Celebrating a woman who made Pacifica sing

Original at Pacifica Tribune external link    Thu, Mar 26

 CA She, Ken Miles and Ferdinand (Ferd) Simons really got the ball rolling on placing Sweeney Ridge under the protection of the GGNRA (Golden Gate National Recreation Area). It all started back in 1977 when the corporation that owned the Ridge decided it ...

Rate Habitat restoration at golf course target of legislation

Original at San Francisco Examiner external link    Wed, Mar 18

 California It also requires the department to develop a plan to transfer Sharp Park to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, or develop a joint management plan with the federal agency. Rec and Park’s restoration plans must include ways to keep, ...

January of 2009

 

Rate Margot Patterson Doss had the city at her feet

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Wed, Jan 21

  USA - Fort Funston today is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. That was the first of many occasions where Doss arranged for one-Sunday access to ...

Rate Concealed weapons legal in Muir Woods, GGNRA, Point Reyes

Original at Marin Independent-Journal external link    Sun, Jan 18

 CA - makes it legal to bring concealed weapons into Muir Woods National Monument, Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. ...

Rate Death raises questions about federal response

Original at Marin Independent-Journal external link    Wed, Jan 7

 CA - The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is one of the most-visited parks in the federal system. Federal officials need to make sure that public safety has ...

Rate Editorial: A chance to rebuild our national parks

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Tue, Jan 6

California has many of those projects: $10.1 million for the Valley Loop Road at Yosemite National Park; $8.5 million to replace water tanks and provide fire suppression at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; $11.2 million for the main road through Death Valley National Park. The list...

Rate 5 Things in January

Original at SFGate external link    Sun, Jan 4

By Sam Whiting San Francisco: For the past year, naturalists have been studying endangered species in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Check out what they found at the GGNRA Big Year Closing Ceremonies Jan. 10, 1 to 4 p.m. at Crissy Field Center....

December of 2008

 

Rate Agreement reached on access for disabled at GGNRA

Original at Marin Independent-Journal external link    Thu, Dec 18

 CA - The suit, filed by the nonprofit law firm Disability Rights Advocates of Berkeley, contended the National Park Service and GGNRA are discriminating against ...

Rate Fresh pact to make GGNRA more accessible

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Wed, Dec 17

  USA - Dec 17, 2008 Under the memorandum signed by the Disability Rights Advocates law firm and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the government has four years to ...

Rate The Marin Headlands: A Winter Exploration

Original at Philip's Garden external link    Thu, Dec 11

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The road from Point Bonita winds north to Fort Cronkhite. Once a military base during WW II, this fort, along with other military posts such as Fort Baker and the Presidio across the bay in San Francisco are now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the National Park Service. On...

Rate New Fisher museum plans as objectionable as the old

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Tue, Dec 2

  USA - Dec 2, 2008 The trust, the federal agency that oversees the former military base that is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, also continues to propose ...

Rate Volunteers are 'the very soul' of GGNRA

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Mon, Dec 1

  USA - Dec 1, 2008 11-30) 20:26 PST -- The 75500-acre Golden Gate National Recreation Area has always broken new ground, starting with its establishment in the 1970s as one ...

November of 2008

 

Rate Pacifica Riptide: GGNRA Open House, Fort Mason, November 18

Original at Pacifica Riptide external link    Wed, Nov 12

GGNRA Open House, Tuesday, November 18 from 4 to 7 pm, GGNRA Headquarters (enter Upper Fort Mason at Bay and Franklin Streets, and go to Building 201). Open House stations:—Fort Mason Improvements: Bay and Laguna Bay Trail, Parking Lot, ...

Rate GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year Sea Watch for Endangered Sea ...

Original at SF Bay Area Indymedia external link    Mon, Nov 3

By Brent Plater RSVP required: mbzlat [at] yahoo.com. Bring spotting scopes and binoculars if you have them; also bring water and snacks to munch on. Meet at Louis' Restaurant, 902 Point Lobos Ave., San Francisco, 94121. Part of the GGNRA Endangered ...

Rate Fort Funston shoot

Original at Cheshire Cat Photo Blog (... said the Cat external link    Sun, Nov 2

By Bill The Administration and Launcher Areas of San Francisco Defense Area site SF-59 were turned over to the National Park Service on October 27, 1972 and are now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. ...

Year 2008

 

Rate Visitor Killed In 200-Foot Fall - Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Original at National Parks Gallery external link    Wed, Oct 22

Rangers and Presidio fire and EMS personnel responded from Marin Headlands and came upon a two men and woman along the cliff’s edge. Rangers interviewed the three and determined that a friend who was with them had been walking along a ...

Rate Talking Buoys on the Chesapeake

Original at My Outdoor Places external link    Mon, Oct 20

Under this agreement, the National Park Service and NOAA will promote enjoyment and stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay, using projects like the interpretive buoy system to tell the story of the Bay through science, history, and recreation. Calling a toll-free number on your cell pho...

Rate Alcatraz Island Travel Guide Information

Original at drhostel.com external link    Mon, Oct 13

By Travel Guide Today, the island is a historic site operated by the National Park Service as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and is open to tours. Visitors can reach the island by ferry ride from Pier 33, near Fisherman’s Wharf in San ...

Rate GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year Presidio Expedition : Indybay

Original at SF Bay Area Indymedia external link    Mon, Oct 13

By Brent Plater Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8:00 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Join local naturalist Matt Zlatunich on a 5-mile hike through the Presidio's diverse habitats in search of endangered species including Brown Pelican, Western Snowy Plover, San Francisco ...

Rate What Goes Around Comes Around for San Francisco

Original at The American Contrarian external link    Thu, Sep 25

By Sean Paige The operation and mismanagement of the golf course is undermining habitat-restoration work within the nearby Golden Gate National Recreation Area for the garter snake and the frog at adjacent Mori Point. ...

Rate San Francisco’s Wave Organ

Original at finalembrace.com external link    Wed, Sep 17

By finalembrace Built on a peninsula at the eastern edge of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco, the Wave Organ uses the sounds and force of the waves and rising tide to articulate pipes and concrete and make a kind of music. ...

Rate Exploring San Francisco, Part 2

Original at Oracle OpenWorld external link    Tue, Sep 2

By jack.flynn Beyond the Wharf to the west, the change in San Francisco's waterfront takes on a more natural feel. The Presidio, for almost 220 years a military base, became part of the Bay Area's extraordinary Golden Gate National Recreation Area in ...

Rate Crissy Field; Urban Restoration Ten Years Later

Original at Philip's Garden external link    Tue, Aug 19

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Situated in the northeast corner of the San Francisco peninsula, Crissy Field is like a platform  placed before one of the world’s most beautiful settings:  on the rugged and sparsely populated northern California coast, the coastal mountains part to reveal one of the greatest of natu...

Rate Golden Gate National Recreation Area Soon to be called Golden Gate ...

Original at The San Francisco Citizen external link    Sun, Jul 27

By sfcitizen This young buck, who calls the area around Rodeo Beach his home, can hardly wait for the name change:. go8f0731-copy.jpg. Just take MUNI bus #76, MARIN HEADLANDS over to Rodeo Beach on a Sunday sometime to see a good part of the GGNRA.

Rate GGNRA-Sweeney Ridge: NIKE - US Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Original at waymarking.com external link    Tue, Jul 1

I might not have found NIKE without that earlier reference. NIKE RM 1 (pic) is offset north, pointing south. GGNRA stands for Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is managed by the National Park Service. ...

Year 2007

 

Rate A Hike To Pirate’s Cove, Mateys

Original at SFist external link    Thu, May 17

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By Jeremy We checked out the completely re-done Pirate’s Cove trail as we neared the end of our loop hike yesterday in the Tennessee Valley area. Wait…Pirate’s Cove? Yep! This particular little cove was a favorite spot for rum runners during Prohibition, hence the name. The Pirate’s Cove Trail was r...

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