[CPEO-IRF] Coyote Gulch, Presidio of San Francisco

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Miracle of Coyote Gulch
Old dump in Presidio ravine now a haven for wildlife

Jane Kay
San Francisco Chronicle
February 9, 2006


On the Presidio's western coastline, songbirds trilled and whistled in 
the scrubby brush on the dunes sloping down to the mouth of San 
Francisco Bay. With the early spring weather, courting was in full swing.

Western meadowlarks and Bewick's wrens flitted in and out of the newly 
opened coastal ravine with its own freshwater creek, a rich habitat that 
until last year had been hidden under tons of fill for nearly a century.

A new push for restoration at the Presidio is turning toxic-waste dumps 
into wildlife habitat. The National Park Service, using $99 million from 
the former owner, the U.S. Army, is fixing up the 1,480-acre Presidio an 
acre at a time.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/09/BAGQHH57CG1.DTL
--
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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