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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Butterfly and Local Communities

For Immediate Release, July 24, 2013 Contacts: Laura Horton, Wild Equity Institute, (415) 235-0492 Jonathan Evans, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 436-9682 x318 Roger Lin, Communities for a Better Environment, (510) 302 0430…
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Sunday Streets: Tenderloin/Civic Center

The Sunday Streets Tenderloin/Civic Center route: Larkin St (Between O’Farrell and Grove), O’Farrell St (Between Larkin and Post), Post St (Between O’Farrell and Jones), Golden Gate Ave (Between Jones and Hyde), Hyde St (Between…
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Wild Equity Gets Crafty at Sunday Streets

Sunday, September 29, 11:00am – 4:00pm: Come get crafty at the Wild Equity Institute table at Sunday Streets in the Excelsior. We will be making frog masks!!! The Sunday Streets Excelsior Route: Senceca Ave (Between San Jose & Mission)…
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Sunday Streets: Excelsior Route

Seneca Ave (Between San Jose Ave and Mission St) and Mission St (Between Seneca Ave and Avalon Ave)
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Go-Go Gobies!

Friday, September 27, 9:00am – 11:00am: You are invited to join Wild Equity and Darren Fong, Aquatic Ecologist for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, to learn about and see the Tidewater Goby in its natural habitat. Then spend an…
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Wild Equity Gets Crafty at Sunday Streets

Sunday, September 08, 11:00am – 4:00pm: Come get crafty at the Wild Equity Institute table at Sunday Streets in the Western Addition. We will be making frog masks!!! The Sunday Streets Western Addition Route: TBD While we make frog masks,…
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Help Wild Equity Win FunCheap’s $4,000 SF Charity Giveaway

Funcheap is giving away $4,000 to one San Francisco Bay Area charity this fall!!! Please encourage Funcheap to award this generous donation to Wild Equity. Simply click on the green link to visit Funcheap’s Facebook page and share why…
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Department of the Interior (DOI) Report: National Parks make economic as well as ecological sense

Sharp Park offers us an exciting opportunity to expand National Parks along the California coast and capitalize upon the economic benefits described in a recent DOI report. A new National Park at Sharp Park, complete with a visitors’ center,…
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Wild Equity Lawsuit Brings Millions of Dollars to Antioch’s Communities, Endangered Species

For Immediate Release, July 8, 2013 Contacts: Brent Plater, Wild Equity Institute, (415) 572-6989 Shana Lazerow, Communities for a Better Environment, (510) 302-0430 × 18 Jonathan Evans, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 436-9682…
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California Seablite Habitat Restoration

Saturday, July 6, 9:00am – 12:00pm: You are invited to join the Wild Equity Institute and the Golden Gate Audubon Society at Pier 94 to clear the weeds and make room for the endangered California seablite. In the 1960’s, the California…
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Judge: Wild Equity Wins Lawsuit, Sharp Park Golf Course Must Pay $386,000 for Legal Violations

July 2, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brent Plater, Wild Equity Institute, (415) 572-6989
 Conservationists Win Lawsuit Sharp Park Golf Course Must Pay $386,000 for Illegally Killing Endangered Species San Francisco— U.S.…
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New Study Adds Urgency to Eliminating Nitrogen Emissions in Antioch

A recent, well-publicized study suggests that cost-effective methods for eradicating invasive weeds may harm the Lange’s metalmark butterfly, adding urgency to the Wild Equity Institute’s efforts to eliminate the underlying cause…
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Search for Twain’s Frog and the Beautiful Serpent

Sunday, June 30, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm: Join Brent Plater of the Wild Equity Institute to search for two of the most imperiled vertebrate species on the San Francisco peninsula: the California red-legged frog and the San Francisco garter…
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As Taxpayer Golf Bailout Continues, More Politicians Side With Restoring Sharp Park

Last year the Wild Equity Institute helped pass legislation to restore Sharp Park, only to see it vetoed by the Mayor. But the veto only made the campaign stronger as evidence continues to mount against the money losing, endangered species-killing…
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Law Journal Publishes Article Written by the Wild Equity Team

The Wild Equity Institute is pleased to announce the publication of Problems for Pale Male: An Analysis of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Nest Destruction Policy in the Summer 2013 issue of the Pace Environmental Law Review. The article,…
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Explore the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge

Thursday, June 27, 10:30 am – 11:30 am: You are invited to join the Wild Equity Institute and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on a guided tour of the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge. This is an opportunity to visit a unique…
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Movie Night: San Francisco – Still Wild at Heart

Wednesday, June 26, 6:00pm – 8:00pm: Please join us for a screening of San Francisco—Still Wild At Heart, the award winning documentary directed by Melissa Peabody. Still Wild at Heart is a virtual case study of the arrival of coyotes…
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Join Wild Equity at City Hall on 6/21 at 10:00am to Stop the Bailout of Sharp Park Golf Course

There is going to be a special session of the Budget and Finance Committee tomorrow, Friday, 21 June at 10:00 am, City Hall, Room 250. This your opportunity to give public comment on the Mayor’s proposed budget. We need you to let the…
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This Week’s Big Year Trips

This Week’s Big Year Trips We’ve got two exciting trips this weekend to help you see and save the GGNP’s endangered species. Hope to see you outside! Mission Blue Butterfly Habitat Restoration. Saturday, January 16, 2010,…
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Engaging Allies for the Underfrog

The Wild Equity Institute has engaged dozens of allies in our campaign to build a better public park at Sharp Park, and our list of allies keeps growing. This weekend we had a fantastic tour of Mori Point and Sharp Park to give people the facts…
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Big Year Coach’s Corner

The 2010 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year competition is heating up! The leader board is populated, but even nascent competitors could take the lead with a little effort. To help you out, we are instituting a Coach’s…
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Search for Twain’s Frog and the Beautiful Serpent

Sunday, June 30, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm: Join Brent Plater of the Wild Equity Institute to search for two of the most imperiled vertebrate species on the San Francisco peninsula: the California red-legged frog and the San Francisco garter…
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Wild Equity Featured in a New Book, Wild Ones

In a new book on animals in America, Wild Ones, Jon Mooallem dedicates nearly 100 pages to the Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly. He describes the storied history and destruction of their habitat in the Antioch Dunes, no longer actual sand dunes…
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Sharp Park Golf Course Loses Even More Taxpayer Dollars

San Francisco’s endangered species-killing Sharp Park Golf Course cost San Francisco taxpayers $177,000 more than it earned during the 2011-12 fiscal year, according to a new analysis by the Wild Equity Institute. The analysis also demonstrates…
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Recap: Brent Plater Talks Talking Ecology with Shaping SF

In front of a packed audience last month, Wild Equity Institute Executive Director Brent Plater discussed communicating science to the public with Azibuike Akaba, an Environmental Policy Analyst at Public Health Institute, and Rose Aguilar,…
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What’s Wild Equity?

The Wild Equity Institute is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that builds a more sustainable and just world, both for people and the plants and animals that accompany us on Earth. Our work protects local endangered species and defends underserved communities through innovative education programs, science-based administrative petitions, and vigorous enforcement of environmental laws.

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