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Urgent Action Needed on Wild Equity Petition As More Bird Nests Destroyed

In July of 2012, the Wild Equity Institute filed a formal administrative petition with the Obama Administration requesting that it repeal a Bush Administration interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ("MBTA"), and provide full protection…

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Lecture at UUSF – From I to We: People and the Plants and Animals that Accompany Us on Earth

Sunday, May 5, 9:30 am – 11:00 am: What matters more: our human communities or the natural world? This question, or a variant of it, drives environmental debates, and also drives a wedge between progressive movements. Brent Plater,…

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Two Goslings Dead, Leash Laws Still Not Enforced at GGNRA

On April 18, San Francisco resident Mikiye Nakanishi—a bird lover and dog owner—was watching a goose family waddle into San Francisco Bay from Crissy Field lagoon. But before the goslings could make it over the waves, an off-leash…

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For People and the Plants and Animals That Accompany Us on Earth

In late October of 2012, Wild Equity Institute Executive Director Brent Plater was invited to a weekend workshop to discuss the future of the conservation movement with luminaries in several environmental fields. The following essay is one…

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Rare Plant Treasure Hunt

Saturday, May 18, 9:00am – 1:30pm: The Wild Equity Institute is joining our friends from the California Native Plant Society to search for San Francisco’s rare plant populations. Search groups will be meeting at Fort Funston, Bayview…

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A Green Investment for You, Wild Equity, and the World

California members and supporters, I’m writing to let you know about a unique clean energy investment opportunity we recently learned about. Mosaic is an online platform that enables individuals to invest in solar projects being developed…

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Wild Equity loves the NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences

Wild Equity is joining our friends from Tatzoo and Sunday Streets to Spring into Summer at the California Academy of Sciences’ NightLife celebration. Stop by the Wild Equity table in African Hall. Then go see the live tattoo exhibit hosted…

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Earth Day Action for Environmental and Climate Justice

Monday, April 22, 12:00pm: Join the Wild Equity Institute and over 60 environmental and climate justice organizations on Earth Day to tell the White House, Congress, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop protecting polluters.…

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Wild Equity Institute Gets Crafty at Sunday Streets

Sunday, April 14, 11:00am – 4:00pm: Come get crafty at the Wild Equity Institute table at Sunday Streets in the Mission. We will be making frog masks!!! The Sunday Streets Mission Route: Valencia Street (Between Duboce Avenue & 24th…

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Explore the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge

Saturday, April 13, 10:00 am – 11:00 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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Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly

The Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly (Apodemia mormo ssp. langei ) is a brightly colored, fragile, and highly endangered butterfly that has been protected by the Federal Endangered Species Act since 1976. The species is endemic to the Antioch…

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Sharp Park: When You Win, The Other Guy Says You Lose

A restoration vision for Sharp Park. Some of you may have read an article recently saying that Wild Equity’s lawsuit over Sharp Park Golf Course was dismissed, case closed. This article was spawned by a misleading press release by a…

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Saturday, April 13, 10am: Explore the Antioch Dunes with Wild Equity

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. The Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge is home to three federally protected endangered…

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Wild Equity Welcomes Back Laura Horton: as a Staff Attorney!

We’re excited to announce that Laura Horton, a long-time volunteer and law clerk, has joined Wild Equity as a Staff Attorney. She will be working with Executive Director Brent Plater and our amazing volunteers to help us unite grassroots…

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Lecture at Mt. Diablo Audubon Society: What Nitrogen Deposition Can Teach Us About Birds, Butterflies, Native Plants, and the Future of Conservation

Thursday, April 4, 7:00pm – 9:00pm: Brent Plater, Executive Director of the Wild Equity Institute, will discuss the largely-unknown landscape of the Antioch Dunes. The Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge was created to protect extremely…

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Search for Twain’s Frog and the Beautiful Serpent

Sunday, March 24, 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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3/24, 11:00 am – Search for Twain’s Frog and the Beautiful Serpent

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Congratulations to Erica Ely, 2012 Endangered Species Big Year Champ!

Erica Ely, a student at San Francisco State University, was crowned the 2012 Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year champion for seeing and saving the most endangered species during the course of the competition. She is the…

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2/22, 7:10pm: Brent Plater Discusses Wild Equity on KOWS, 107.3 FM

Brent Plater, Wild Equity’s Executive Director, will be interviewed on KOWS 107.3 FM’s Tommy’s Holiday Camp about Wild Equity’s work protecting people and the plants and animals within and surrounding the Antioch Dunes…

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Tune in for Wild Equity on the Radio – What Nitrogen Deposition Can Teach Us About the Future of Conservation

Brent Plater, Wild Equity Executive Director, will be interviewed on KOWS 107.3 FM’s Tommy’s Holiday Camp about Wild Equity’s work concerning the communities within and surrounding the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge.…

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Big Year Bike Ride

Saturday, October 20, 2012, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — Join Wild Equity on a Big Year Bike Ride led by Brent Plater! The bike route will take you on a journey to view several threatened and endangered species within the Golden Gate…

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KOWS Radio Station, 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA

KOWS Radio Station Listen Live at www.kows.fm or 107.3 FM

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Wild Equity Unanimously Wins Rose Foundation’s 2012 Reality Grantmaking Award

In a reality grantmaking panel with $1,000 on the line, program officers from the Hewlett Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, the California Wildlands Grassroots Fund, the Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund, and the Rose…

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Protections Sought for Endangered Frogs, Snakes at Pacifica’s Sharp Park

January 7, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Neal Desai, National Parks Conservation Association, (415) 989-9925 Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 669-7357 Protections Sought for Endangered Frogs, Snakes at Pacifica’s…

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“This Shirt is Worth the Entire Future of Civilization”

Wild Equity Institute is receiving its first branded products soon, and the buzz is building. For example, a focus group participant at San Francisco State University had this to say about our new “I Bird San Francisco” T-shirt: “This…

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Holiday Happy Hour!

Friday, December 21, 2012, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm — Join the Wild Equity enviros for happy hour as we close-out the 2012 year and brainstorm on ways to get active in the environmental movement for the new year. We will also be saying…

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Golf Industry Front-group, San Mateo Politicians Caught Falsifying Official State Resolution on Sharp Park Golf Course

July 17, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Brent Plater, Wild Equity Institute, (415) 572-6989 Golf Industry Front-group, San Mateo County Politicians Caught Forging Senator’s Signature on Official State Resolution San Francisco — A…

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Help Move the World: Contribute to Wild Equity Today!

I’m starting this note with two short stories that inspired our work this year. After reading them, I believe you’ll be inspired to become a Wild Equity Institute member, so we can continue our extraordinary work. Recently I returned…

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Muir Woods Big Year Salmon Stroll

Sunday, December 2, 2012, 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. — Join Brent Plater on another epic Big Year hike at Muir Woods to see the threatened Coho Salmon, Central California Coast Evolutionary Significant Unit, and the Steelhead, Central…

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Win a Patagonia Bag!

In December we are giving away a sling bag from Patagonia to the first person who a) completes the conservation action item for the Gowen Cypress, or b) records a sighting and/or action item for the Coho Salmon. The Gowen Cypress Action Item…

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Sunday, Dec. 2, 11:00 am: Salmon Stroll at Muir Woods!

Sunday, December 2, 2012, 11:00 am – 1:30 pm – Join us for the last epic GGNP Big Year hike of the year! Brent Plater will lead the hike out to Muir Woods to see and save the threatened Coho Salmon, Central California Coast ESU,…

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Critical Sharp Park Legislation Hearing!

On Monday, November 19, at 1:00 p.m. in San Francisco’s City Hall Room 250, the Board of Supervisors will vote to remove a plan to redevelop Sharp Park Golf Course from the Significant Natural Resource Areas Management Plan, so that these…

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