Conservation News

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The plug is meeting the socket for Marin Clean Energy
With the skyrocketing price of energy supplies, exploration is suddenly potentially profitable in places where it hasn't been before.

Report clears Park Service on Drakes Estero
The Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of the Interior has issued a report refuting allegations against the National Park Service.

Contraception will manage non-native deer at Point Reyes/Vedanta Society
The joint program of the National Park Service and USDA for managing non-native deer at Point Reyes National Seashore is now 100% contraception-based.

2009 Regional Transportation Plan on right track
Oil is just one of the threats the murrelet faces.

Presidio hearing brings overflow crowd
Public speaks overwhelmingly: no modern-art museum at Main Post

Concord Council picking plan for Weapons Station uses
If the Concord City Council chooses well, the former Concord Naval Weapons Station could provide a superb open-space resource.

Turning money-losing Sharp Park Golf Course into good habitat Sharp Park Golf Course has been killing two federally protected species for years.

Speak up for San Francisco's Lake Merced Help make nature the top priority in planning for its future.

Will Newark turn Baylands into golf course? To conservationists, Newark's 560 acres of ponds, seasonal wetlands, and transitional upland habitat facing San Francisco Bay are a rare treasure.

EBMUD takes one step forward and - next step in fall
So far, East Bay water plan headed in better direction.