GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year Endangered Species Day Celebration

The GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year is a race against time to see and save each of the park's endangered species. On May 18 from 11:30am until 1:30pm, we'll be celebrating national Endangered Species Day at Rodeo Lagoon, located near Ft. Chronkite in the Marin Headlands. This free, fun, and fantastic event will have presentations from the GGNRA's natural resources staff, some free snacks, and then we'll wander Rodeo Lagoon in search of the Tidewater Goby, a small nest-building fish that calls the GGNRA home. We may even have underwater video cameras to aid your search!

Brent Plater Receives "Unsung Hero" Award from SF Tomorrow

Brent Plater receives a 2008 Unsung Hero Award from San Francisco Tomorrow on May 21, 2008. Reception at 5:30pm, dinner at 7, program ends by 9pm. at Castagnola's Restaruant, Fisherman's Wharf.


You can reserve a seat at the benefit awards ceremony by mailing a check for $50 per person to SFT, 41 Sutter Street, Suite 1579, San Francisco, CA 94104, or phone Jane Morrison at 415-564-1482.

Brent Plater's GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year is a "Bright Idea"

Brent Plater Quoted in San Mateo Times

Brent Plater was quoted in the San Mateo Times in an article about the Endangered Species Big Year.

Brent Plater on Your Green Life Eco News, Your TV 20

Brent Plater appeared on Your TV 20's Eco News show, Your Green Life, to discuss the GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year.

Brent Plater featured in SF Weekly Blog on Big Year

Brent Plater was quoted in SF Weekly's Blog "The Snitch" after the blogger saw Brent's presentation on the GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year at Counterpulse on January 30, 2008.

Brent Plater's Perspective, Feeling Xerces Blue, Airs on KQED

Brent Plater's Perspective about the Xerces Blue Butterfly and the GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year aired on KQED on Friday, January 4, 2008.

Brent Plater on KQED's Forum

Brent Plater discussed the GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year on KQED 88.5 FM's Forum on January 3, 2008.

Brent Plater's GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year is a Bright Idea

The San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine features Brent Plater's GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year as the week's Bright Idea:

New Endangered Species Big Year Postcard

Liam O'Brien did the artwork. Brent Plater directs the Big Year Project.

Brent Plater Discusses the Endangered Species Big Year at Golden Gate Audubon Society's Monthly Meeting

The talk will be in Berkeley, CA on October 18 at 7:30pm. Click the link below for more info.

2008 GGNRA ESA Big Year - Brent Plater

GGNRA Endangered Species Project Needs You!

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) contains more federally threatened and endangered species than any other unit of the National Park System in the continental United States, yet most Bay Area residents are unaware of this. We are launching an exciting project that will connect people with these amazing creatures, and we are asking for your help to make it happen.

The project is called the 2008 GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year. The goal will be to introduce people to each and every one of the 34 federally listed threatened or endangered species found in the park, and help them take specific recovery actions for each species. The gateway for the project will be a website where folks can download a “checklist” of the species, learn about ethical wildlife watching, and sign up for guided trips to see snowy plovers, Presidio clarkia, California red-legged frogs, and many other species that call GGNRA home. People will be able to uploadtheir sightings, compare them to other Big Year “competitors,” and even compare their list to those of a few celebrity participants.

We need your help to make this a successful project. Right now our most pressing needs are help with website design and publicity. We have content and most of the field trips prepared. Please contact Brent Plater at bplater@ggnrabigyear.org or 415-572-6989 if you would like to become part of this exciting project.

Through this project, we hope to make people aware of the importance of the Endangered Species Act and the National Park’s urban park experiment, and to encourage people to be good neighbors to the incredible diversity of life in the GGNRA.