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 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 Authors Leash Law Enforcement Petition

Brent Plater helped author this GGNRA leash law enforcement petition. Over 70% of Bay Area residents want leash laws enforced at the GGNRA. See Northern Arizona University, Public Opinion Research Telephone Survey Regarding Golden Gate National Recreation Area Pet Management Issues 11, 21 (2002) ("[R]espondents were read the statement, "Current NPS regulations allow for walking dogs on-leash at most GGNRA sites AND prohibit any off-leash dog walking," and asked if they support or oppose this current regulation. Nearly three-quarters of all respondents from the four-county region (71%) support the current dog walking regulation and nearly one-quarter (23%) oppose the regulation."). This is because leash laws are safe and effective measures to protect people, our pets, wildlife, and the Park itself.

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.