[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, NATURAL RESOURCES: "Restoration under way at Presidio's Mountain Lake, " San Francisco (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Restoration under way at Presidio's Mountain Lake

by David Perlman
San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
March 29, 2014

Mountain Lake, the Presidio's watery gem, has finally been cleansed  
of the sediments and toxic chemicals that poisoned it for a century,  
and scientists have begun restoring its natural vegetation to create  
a new wildlife habitat.

Working by boat along the lake's shoreline, botanists last week  
planted seeds and buds of long-vanished flora into the bottom - each  
batch encased in hand-made balls of protective mud.

"These are pioneer species," said plant ecologist Michele Laskowsky,  
whose team collected them from Bay Area lakes and lagoons and  
propagated them in the Presidio's Native Plant Nursery.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Restoration-under-way-at- 
Presidio-s-Mountain-Lake-5360254.php


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For the entire article, see

http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Restoration-under-way-at- 
Presidio-s-Mountain-Lake-5360254.php


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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