[Sustain] Help Save Rainbow Snake From Climate Change - This Wednesday

[Eric Brooks]

Hi all,

The most beautiful snake in California, the rainbow colored San
Francisco Garter Snake, is in jeopardy due to climate change and needs
our help. (To see and learn about the snake go to
http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/CAsnakeSFGarter.html )

The snake is in trouble because a poorly designed coastal golf course
was built right on top of its habitat in the 1920s and the snake has
been declining ever since. Though the habitat, called Sharp Park, is in
Pacifica California, the land is owned by the City of San Francisco.
Recent efforts by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi are now giving us the chance
to save this beautiful animal.

Climate change could mean the end of the snake unless the golf course is
removed and the habitat fully restored. Part of the habitat is a
protected natural area called Mori Point (managed by the National Park
Service) where the snake is starting to make a comeback. But rising sea
levels triggered by the climate crisis will soon create flooding in Mori
Point, and if the golf course is not removed, the rainbow snake will
have no good place of retreat from the rising salt water.

This Wednesday, December 16, at 1pm, in San Francisco City Hall, Room
263, a hearing will be held on proposed alternatives for Sharp Park. But
unfortunately, under pressure from golf enthusiasts, the San Francisco
Recreation & Parks Dept. is planning for the golf course to remain, and
is making false claims that the course is good for the snake!

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Come to the hearing and speak up to insist that the entire golf course
be removed from Sharp Park and the habitat be restored.

Join other San Francisco residents, and members of the Center for
Biological Diversity, Restore Sharp Park, Golden Gate Audubon Society,
Our City and many others at the hearing, to save the rainbow snake.

HEARING DETAILS

- Government Audit & Oversight Committee, Hearing On Sharp Park Restoration
- San Francisco City Hall, Room 263, Wednesday, December 16, 1pm
- Directions: From Civic Center BART/Muni station, cross United Nations
Plaza to City Hall (on Polk between Grove and McAllister)

FOR MORE INFORMATION go to:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/restoring_sharp_park_california/index.html

Thanks for your action and support!

Eric Brooks
Campaign Coordinator
Our City
415-756-8844