Saturday, February 5, 2011

Environmental Impact in the GGNRA: People or Dogs




From five years of Incident Reports obtained from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the charts below demonstrate that the recreational (and other)activities of people have a far more destructive impact on the environment than do off-leash dogs, who are only allowed in less than 1% of the GGNRA per the 1979 Pet Policy.

So one has to ask, why did the GGNRA spend millions of taxpayer dollars to produce a 2,400 page Draft EIS in order to attempt to make its case against off-leash recreation, yet ignore the impact of people? The answer is clear: this is not science aimed at objectivity but rather aimed at a fait accompli to eliminate dogs from the GGNRA. Shame on them and those who continue to aid and abet their fraud on the public.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for your research. Shame on them indeed! And I'm not too happy with the Audubon Society, whom I've always supported in the past, with their narrow-minded stand against off-leash dogs on this land. Is there any way to make the charts bigger? I can't see them. Thanks.

onecoatsam said...

Check them out on the Ocean Beach DOG website.
As for the bird-brains, they have always been dog haters and want it all for themselves. Jackasses!!!