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Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the 6 million inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay area is Golden Gate National Recreation Area, one of the nation's most visited national parks, with over 14 million visitors each year. The park's diverse coastal habitats such as redwood forests, grassy hillsides, oak woodlands, and rocky shoreline provide important wildlife habitat to over 20 federally listed endangered species. In this setting, the park provides a unique opportunity to obtain important conservation information about urban-wildland interface issues. This research may prove invaluable as increased pressures, such as population growth, are placed on our natural resources worldwide. The Golden Gate Field Station is located just north of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge at Ft. Cronkhite in the Marin Headlands of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Research is conducted in the park area, which encompasses 75,000 acres along 50 miles of the San Andreas Fault and 28 miles of shoreline. Research is also conducted in state parks, private lands, and Point Reyes National Seashore, which is comprised of an additional 70,000 acres, almost half of which is wilderness. By examining relationships of biological diversity in the highly fragmented ecosystems, the field station provides quality information to promote scientifically based resource management decisions. | ||
For more information, contact: Golden Gate Field Station USGS Western Ecological Research Center Ft. Cronkhite, Bldg. 1063 Sausalito, California 94965 Phone: (415) 331-0847 Fax: (415) 331-7587 |
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