[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, NATURAL RESOURCES: Presidio of San Francisco (CA) creeks

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Presidio's creeks will spring back to life

Peter Fimrite
San Francisco Chronicle
September 9, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO -- A hummingbird hovered over a rivulet of water burbling 
out of a hillside in the Presidio then dipped its beak in a quiet little 
tributary called El Polin Spring, which is unknown to the vast majority 
of residents in the noisy urban jungle that surrounds it. But it is the 
focus of one of the most ambitious and innovative ecological restoration 
projects in San Francisco history.

The gurgling spring that attracts hummingbirds and other wildlife is at 
the heart of the Presidio's 270-acre Tennessee Hollow Watershed, which 
has three freshwater creeks.

"Right now we are standing next to the headwaters of the central 
tributary," said Allison Stone, the senior environmental planner for the 
Presidio Trust, which has a 20-year plan to restore the entire watershed 
to the way it was before the U.S. Army channeled the creek into pipes 
and then covered it with dirt and debris. "This spring has the highest 
abundance and diversity of migratory birds in the area."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/09/MNTK12OUML.DTL&hw=Presidio&sn=001&sc=1000

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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