San Francisco's Mayor Ed Lee has vetoed legislation designed to protect the city's Sharp Park Wetlands and the endangered California Red-Legged Frogs and San Francisco Garter Snakes that live there.
The city currently operates a golf course on the property. The course was built on top of the wetlands, which the city pumps out to sea to improve playing conditions – at the expense of the multitude of wildlife species that depend on the site's rare wetland habitat. Over 95% of California's coastal wetlands have been destroyed or damaged.
"Golf is a game; it is not crucial to life on this planet, and there are over 10,000 golf courses in the USA. Wetlands however, are not a game; they are a matter of life or death for a large number of endangered species" said Dr. Kerry Kriger, founder of Save The Frogs, an amphibian conservation organization based in Santa Cruz, California.
Tell San Francisco's Mayor Ed Lee to protect the Sharp Park Wetlands and the endangered species that live there.
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Mayor Ed Lee
City Hall,
Room 200,
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: (415) 554-6141
Fax: (415) 554-6160
Email: mayoredwinlee@sfgov.org
San Francisco's Mayor Ed Lee has vetoed legislation designed to protect the city's Sharp Park Wetlands and the endangered California Red-Legged Frogs and San Francisco Garter Snakes that live there.
The city currently operates a golf course on the property. The course was built on top of the wetlands, which the city pumps out to sea to improve playing conditions – at the expense of the multitude of wildlife species that depend on the site's rare wetland habitat. Over 95% of California's coastal wetlands have been destroyed or damaged.
"Golf is a game; it is not crucial to life on this planet, and there are over 10,000 golf courses in the USA. Wetlands however, are not a game; they are a matter of life or death for a large number of endangered species" said Dr. Kerry Kriger, founder of Save The Frogs, an amphibian conservation organization based in Santa Cruz, California.
Protect the Sharp Park Wetlands and the endangered species that live there.
