Spearheaded an effort to get the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to use open space funds to purchase lots on Hawk Hill, protecting this precious piece of our natural heritage.

Exhibited photos of local wildflowers taken by chapter members at Bank of America, Heyward Shoreline Interpretive Center and Goat Hill Pizza.

Co-sponsored a pilot project to remove invasive Cape ivy along San Pedro Creek, the last creek in our chapter area with a healthy run of steelhead trout.

Earned recognition for the “Best Neighborhood Native Plant Restoration” in the San Francisco Bay Guardian 1998 Best of the Bay awards for our work on the Bernal Hilltop Native Grassland Project.

Awarded stewardship grants for restoration and improvement to Brooks Park in Oceanview-Merced-Ingleside district and Lake Merced.

Partnered with the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners and the California Academy of Sciences to update A Flora of San Francisco, California.

Co-sponsored a community-based restoration conference where 110 people came together to share strategies and techniques, as well as attend workshops on ecological monitoring.

Organized a gathering of educators, native plant enthusiasts and others to exchange information about various educational programs involving San Francisco’s natural areas.

Saved Hawk Hill from development, a significant natural resource area, by advocating for its acquisition by the City of San Francisco.

Published a book, written by Michael Wood, intended to serve as a reference for local botanists, a guide for future surveys and a tool for education of aspiring naturalists.

Played a critical role in advocating the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to establish a new natural areas program to protect San Francisco’s natural heritage.

Removed invasive plants from the landscaping plans on the McLaren Park lot at Mansell Street and Visitacion Avenue. More importantly, we prevented DPW plans to bulldoze a nearby wildflower area which was the only San Francisco occurrence of the annual wildflower Johnny Tuck (Triphysaria eriantha). To boot, it was the white-flowered form of this normally yellow-flower plant.

Supplied indigenous seeds to Recreation and Park Department nursery to help them transform a parking lot on Twin Peaks into beneficial habitat.

Worked with Bank of America, Neighbors of the Excelsior and Bill Garin to remove a massive infestation of fennel from the rich plant community off Geneva Avenue in McLaren Park.

Successfully advocated the city of San Francisco to purchase and preserve private natural areas off O’Shaughnessy Boulevard, Brooks Park as well as Hawk Hill.

Fought a proposal to allow bikes on trails on San Bruno Mountain trails and won.

Discovered several previously unknown local native plant communities in San Francisco locations and beyond such as Dorothy Eskrine Park, Silver Tree Day Camp in Glen Canyon and Colma Canyon.

Trained San Francisco Conservation Corps members to collect seeds and clear weeds on the slopes above Laguna Honda Reservoir.

Conducted rare plant surveys and established a database that helped to set priorities for those sites in need of immediate preservation and those that were the best candidates for restoration.

Provided consultants lists of wildlife-friendly local native plants for projects in the Brisbane Baylands and Sunnydale outflow near Candlestick Park. The chapter also helped select species, nursery sources and recommended methodology to the Army Corp of Engineers for three sites on Ocean Beach.

Provided native plants to Sunset Heights Association of Responsible People and helped revegetate the 7th Avenue slope that was hit by the 1989 earthquake.

Played an instrumental role in convincing various city departments to turn over city natural areas to Recreation and Park Department to manage.

Raised funds to pay disadvantaged youth in the San Francisco Conservation Corp to eradicate exotic weeds on Twin Peaks and in the oak woodlands in Eastern Golden Gate Park.

Created a questionnaire for members to help spark participation in chapter activities.

Provided input on the priorities of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department’s new Significant Natural Areas Management Program. The purpose of the program is to address exotic plant infestations and human impact where native plants remain.