Save San Francisco's red-legged frog!
San Francisco Sharp Park employees adamantly deny that they moved frog eggs and killed frogs last year in the process of pumping and draining the park's golf course. Meanwhile, multiple environmental groups complain that the evidence is clear and park workers are repeat offenders. This is the kind of war you can expect when a golf course lands on the habitat of a beautiful and threatened species.
While the courts sort out the guilt or innocence of park employees, it's time to consider whether golf and frogs really mix well. Golf courses require dry, relatively sterile fields. Frogs require plenty of scrub and wetlands, especially for egg laying and for their tadpole young. The solution is out there: Turn Sharp Park over to the National Park Service and and let federal managers return it to its natural state. Tell San Francisco's city leaders to transfer management of the park to the National Park Service!
We the undersigned deplore the location of a golf course in the habitat of the red-legged frog, a beautiful and threatened species. There is considerable evidence that park workers have not respected the frogs but have killed them, moved their eggs, and concealed their criminal activities. Several environmental groups allege that this is business as usual and that it has transpired for the past several years. You need to take the management of this valuable green space away from people who allegedly can not or will not protect its native inhabitants. We urge you to turn Sharp Park over to the National Park Service.
