Ecology of GGNRA

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Possible topics for your research project, links to find out more about topics discussed during class.

Topic Link to get you started
Management Issue 1: GGNRA Dog leash proposal

Do an internet search on "dog leash GGNRA" for the proposal released 1/11

Older: Fort Funston Dog Walker Association against NPS
Management Issue 2: Mission Blue Habitat Restorationand prescribed burns National Park Service Fire News and a pamphlet from Golden Gate National Park Conservancy (GGNPC)
Management issue 3: Conservation against recreation, the Sharp Park controversy Save Golf versus Restore Sharp Park
Fresh off the press: Draft for General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for GGNRA Park planning document of NPS
Coho Salmon and restoration of redwood creek

Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) Homepage

Parks for Science Redwood Creek Special Edition
San Bruno Elfin - life histor and conservation (not available anymore) Butterfly Conservation Initiative
Redwood trees/forest (Sequoia sempervirens) Muir Woods Website, California Academy of Science article
Invasive plants on GGNRA land, overview and focus on one species National Parks page on invasive species
and Bay Area Network Resource page
Snowy plovers on GGNRA land - life history and conservation (not available) NPS Inventoring and Monitoring Program and PRBO's Lifestyle of the Cute and Threatened
Impact of climate change on GGNRA NPS site on impact on GGNRA and report focussing on impact on redwoods from UC Berkeley's California Magazine
Northern spotted owl - life history and conservation at GGRNA (not available)

NPS Inventoring and Monitoring Program

New York Times article on 2011 recovery plan

Detailed info and timeline of controversy, and video of threats
GGNP Endangered Species Big Year Wild Equity Home Page
Pacific Flyway and the importance of GGNRA of raptors Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
Fort Funston - history and restoration efforts GGNPC information page
Mori Point - history and current issues (restoration) GGNPC's project page
Muir Woods - history and current issues (restoration) Muir Woods Nature and Science Page
Presidio - history and current issues (management) Presidio Trust Home Page
Crissy field - history and current issues (restoration) National Park Service site and KQED quest
Geology of GGNRA (not available anymore, but see resources if interested) Golden Gate Geology Resources (NPS) and article about Golden Gate Geological Activity
Tennessee Hollow Watershed restoration (Presidio) National Parks Project Page
Bank swallows at Fort Funston - Habitat requirements and status (not available) Bay Nature Magazine article
Beach dune ecosystem - adaptations of plants to dune environment Golden Gate Audubon Society
California quail life history, status, and habitat restoration in the Presidio (not available) PRBO Quail page
Golden Gate Native Plant Nurseries GGNPC page
Mammals in the Presidio, focus on coyotes (not available) NPS Presidio page

Presidio Forest - Bluegum, Monterey Pine and Montery Cypress

Emphasis on Native American cultivation of Presidio landscape

 Found SF historical essay
San Francisco garter snake and red-legged frog - life history and conservation at Mori Point Wild Equity Institute on the snake and the frog
Management issue 4: Removal of non-native trees Marin Independent Journal and San Francisco Chronicle
Management issue 6: Fire and Fire management National Parks Management

 

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