Preserve recreation in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)

San Mateo County Supervisor Adrienne J. Tissier requests:

We must act now, as a community, to preserve recreation in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) or risk losing it forever.

A few staff members at the National Park Service could, with a stroke of a pen, take away recreation for hundreds of thousands of Bay Area residents unless we act now. Their actions indicate they might very well take away recreation – unless we act together to make our voices heard.

Please sign our petition to make sure the GGNRA preserves recreation and hears all concerns before taking unilateral action to keep Bay Area residents out of our own back yard.

Nearly 40 years ago, the City and County of San Francisco and other local governments transferred management of the GGNRA lands with the express promise that these lands would be managed to preserve recreation. Now that promise and pledge could be broken. The staff has clearly indicated they are moving to severely limit—even ban—local residents from tens of thousands of acres of what is a designated recreation area. This includes restrictions in popular areas where people surf, hike and walk their dogs.

Our request is simple—keep the promise and preserve recreation in this recreation area.

The Bay Area is one of the most crowded urban areas in the nation. And the last thing we need is to lose tens of thousands of acres of recreation area because a few staff members want to designate it a nature preserve. There is room for both protecting nature and preserving recreational areas. Please sign our petition today!

We are fortunate that prominent local leaders like Congresswoman Jackie Speier, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, San Francisco Board President David Chiu and the entire San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Marin County Board President Kathrin Sears and the entire Marin Board of Supervisors, San Mateo County Board President Dave Pine, as well as myself, Don Horsley and Warren Slocum, and so many others have joined our cause to preserve recreation.

But your voice matters the most. Please sign our petition today!

Sincerely,