Volunteers Help Return San Francisco's Presidio To Its More Natural Setting

CBS Bay Area

December 9, 2024

San Francisco is one of the most densely populated urban environments in the nation. And yet, in the midst of it are natural ecosystems struggling to survive. On Saturday, in one of those areas--the Presidio--volunteers pitched in to remove the hand of man and return the land to a more natural setting.

The annual Presidio Planting Day began with the removal of a stand of towering trees that used to occupy the hillside overlooking Baker Beach.

When the Army established the Presidio more than 200 years ago, they purposely began changing the natural environment, planting Monterey Pines. Now, with the trees coming to the end of their lifespans anyway, the park decided to change the area back to the huge rolling sand dune that it once was.

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