Support the Founding of a Wildlife Care Center in San Francisco

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With

year-round resident birds, as well as 1.6 million waterfowl and many species of

imperiled songbirds who migrate along the coastline, San Francisco is a

treasure trove of biological diversity. However, it is also one of the few Bay

Area counties without a wildlife hospital. Presently, injured or orphaned birds

must be transferred to clinics

out-of-county, often involving delays which decrease the birds' chances of

survival.

But

we now have a golden opportunity to help San Francisco's injured, orphaned,

sick and oiled wildlife! The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is holding a

public hearing to determine future land use around Lake Merced

with two publicly-proposed scenarios for people to comment on:

A Wildlife Hospital

and Nature Education Center (including picnic areas, bird and butterfly

gardens and more), and boating facilities (new use)

Gun Club skeet and

trap shooting (existing) and boating facilities

Public

opinion will be critical the decision as to whether a wildlife care and nature

education center at Lake

Merced will be

established. Your voice is needed, so please

attend the hearing where proposals will be discussed.

What: Public

Utilities Commission meeting to determine possible new land uses at Lake MercedWhen: Tuesday, April 22nd from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Where: Sunset Community

Center, 2201

Lawton Street (at 28th Avenue), San Francisco (http://tinyurl.com/44gp96)