Our habitat restoration project at McLaren Park and Bayview Hill, which is a partnership between WALC, the San Francisco Natural Areas Program, is an effort to restore/preserve the habitats of several endangered species that are endemic to San Francisco/Bay Area. To truly feel a connection to nature, we must learn how to care for a specific place. For us McLaren Park and Bavview Hill is that place. WALC has also participated in habitat restoration projects at Lake Tahoe and Redwood National Park

 

Welcome Back to McLaren Park! Deborah Lucero Welcome back to McLaren Park, WALC! Along with Downtown, we will have a talk Introducing ourselves, meeting someone new Restoring the park is what we're going to do We worked here last year, but something went wrong Non-native plants and weeds grew back, we thought they were all gone Pick those weeds, get them from the root Give the unnecessary plants the boot By the end of this year we hope they're all gone So all the native plants can live on
I Didn't Know I Loved McLaren Park: Angelica Rodriguez I didn't know I loved the sunset colored poppies vivid, full of life waltzing with the wind like waves in the sea I didn't know I loved the enchanting hummingbirds fluttering their tiny wings twice as fast as the eye can see like butterflies in springtime I didn't know I loved the rain rolling swiftly off slick leaves, onto lush earth drip dropping from sturdy branches above like a splashing waterfall I didn't know I loved McLaren Park despite mankind's carelessness surviving for so long yet never failing to teach me something new