Public Meeting To Decide Land Use at Lake Merced

Dear Friends,

Exciting NEWS! The SF Public Utilities Commission is hosting a meeting to get public input about land use at Lake Merced in San Francisco. One Scenario being proposed is to not renew the lease of the gun club at Lake Merced, and found SF's first wildlife hospital! I hope you will all help me reach out to those who can come to this meeting, to help make this possible. Public input is critical.

PUBLIC MEETING TO DECIDE LAND USE AT LAKE MERCED
Tuesday, Aprill 22, 2008
Sunset Community Center (Lawton@29th Avenue)
6PM- 8PM
PLEASE ATTEND TO SUPPORT A WILDLIFE HOSPITAL
YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED!

*Please post & email the attached flyers to your SF area friends who care about our wildlife*

Thank You!
Jamie Ray
http://www.SFROMP.org

**MORE INFO**

Help us take advantage of a golden opportunity to help San Francisco’s injured, orphaned, sick and oiled wildlife! Please mark your calendars to support the founding of a Wildlife Care And Nature Education Center at Lake Merced

April 22 6pm - 8pm
Lawton at 29th Avenue (Sunset Community Center)

San Francisco is one of the few Bay Area counties without a wildlife hospital. Birds currently receive care outside county – often involving delays which affects birds’ chances of survival.

San Francisco has extraordinarily rich biological diversity. 1.6 million water birds use our coastline annually, and of the hundreds of bird species visit or live here. 70% of our songbirds are “in peril due to loss of habitat” according to the 2007 Audubon Society report.

We need a wildlife hospital in San Francisco!

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is going through a public process to determine future land use around Lake Merced. The public is asked to comment on two land use scenarios:

1. Wildlife Hospital And Nature Education Center, (including picnic areas, bird and butterfly gardens and more) + boating facilities (new use)

2. Gun Club skeet and trap shooting (existing) and boating facilities

The land use decision at Lake Merced will be made by the PUC, based largely on public input.

YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED AT THE APRIL 22 MEETING TO HELP OUR WILDLIFE

Please print and distribute/post this flyer to alert others about this meeting.
For other information about volunteering, contact http://www.SFROMP.org