Author: chriscreeksidescience
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San Mateo thornmint now present at Ring Mountain!
Creekside Science has been partnering with Marin County Parks, CDFW, and USFWS on recovery of this endangered annual mint. Stakeholders agreed that due to development within its small historic range in San Mateo County, the thornmint was unlikely to reach recovery goals without venturing outside its historic habitat. Creekside Science was awarded a USFWS Challenge…
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Creekside Science Assists in Bringing Silvery Blue Butterflies to SF Presidio as an Ecological Replacement for the Extinct Xerces Blue
Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/07/15/butterfly-xerces-extinction-replacement-san-francisco/
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Stu Weiss Awarded Local Hero Award By Bay Nature Magazine
Read Article Here: https://baynature.org/article/local-heroes-2023-stu-weiss-conservation-action-award/
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Bringing the Bay Checkerspot Back to San Bruno Mountain
. Bay checkerspot butterflies were once much more widespread throughout the SF Bay Area. Many factors, including loss of habitat and host plants (Plantago erecta), have contributed to the local extirpation of the species in many sites. Coyote Ridge is the exception, where a large, healthy population can still be found. This spring, Creekside Science…
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San Francisco Presidio Restoration Monitoring
Like many military bases, the Presidio of San Francisco had a truly mixed bag of environmental effects on its land when it was an active military base. Military bases often preserve land from development, which is great, but also tend to contaminate soils, and bring in invasive plants both actively and passively. Since the decommissioning…
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