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Recent Posts
- Finally, Good News for the Glen Canyon Owls
- Glen Canyon’s Full of Stairs
- Bees in Glen Canyon – Lose Some, Win Some
- Trail Missteps in Glen Canyon
- Return of a Rehabilitated Owl
- Sad Death of a Glen Park Barn Owl
- Canyon Disappointments – by Tony Holiday
- Glen Canyon Park: Nine Months after Tree Destruction
- A Beautiful Canopied Alcove is Destroyed: Then and Now
- Last chance: See Glen Canyon’s Outback Trail before it’s Tamed
- Glen Canyon Trails Project : 31 Trees Will be Cut in September
- Glen Canyon Park: What It Looks Like 6 Months After the Trees
- Six Degrees of Separation: Nobel Prize, Glen Canyon
- Glen Park Rec Center: The Next Phase
- Glen Canyon Trees – Why We Should Have Saved Them, and Where It’s At Now
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Canyon Disappointments – by Tony Holiday
Tony Holiday is a trekker and blogger based in San Francisco. He recently re-visited Glen Canyon, and was disappointed with the destruction he saw there. This post is re-published (with minor edits) from his blog, Stairways are Heaven . Visit … Continue reading
Glen Canyon Park: Nine Months after Tree Destruction
This article has been reprinted from the San Francisco Forest Alliance’s website. Video update to the Glen Canyon Park tree demolition project San Francisco’s Wreck and Park Department is now calling this “The Glen Canyon Playground and Tennis Court Project“. … Continue reading
Glen Canyon Trails Project : 31 Trees Will be Cut in September
SF Recreation and Parks Department is stepping up the Trails project in Glen Canyon. By the time you read this, they may already have posted notices for removal of 31 trees that they say have been assessed as “Hazardous.” The … Continue reading
Glen Park Rec Center: The Next Phase
Finally, the Glen Park Recreation Center is getting what the neighbors really wanted – a makeover for the old building. We attended a meeting held by SF Rec & Parks’ Capital Planning about this phase of the project. About 30 … Continue reading
Glen Canyon Trees – Why We Should Have Saved Them, and Where It’s At Now
We’re bringing you two videos that together will take under ten minutes of your time: One made some months ago, when the trees in the picture still dappled the hillside with their shadows; and a recent one that follows up … Continue reading
When the First Glen Canyon Bee Hive was Killed – November 2011
This article is from SaveSutro (republished with permission), about the destruction of the first feral bee hive in October 2011. This was going to be a post about the San Francisco Natural Areas Program (SF NAP) destroying a hive of … Continue reading
More Trees Gone in Glen Canyon
The tree-felling continues – up the slope above Alms Road, and around the Recreation Center. The wooded feeling of the Elk entrance and the area surrounding the Rec Center is gone. Here are photographs from Ron Proctor, documenting the ongoing … Continue reading
Trail Work Begins in Glen Canyon Park
The trail work has begun in Glen Canyon Park. Here are some photographs:
Days 4 and 5 of the Tree-Felling
It’s nearly finished now. The line of grand old eucalyptus trees are mostly stumps. Here are some photographs from Days 4 and 5 of the tree-demolition. There’s also a video of one magnificent tree going down. It’s called Remembrance, and … Continue reading
Day 3: The Century-old Trees are Still Going Down
This article is reproduced from SFForest.net It’s Day 3 of the tree-felling at Glen Canyon Park. This video shows one huge tree, 133 years old, going down: [HERE’s the link.] And here, for those who cannot bear to watch the … Continue reading