Nature in the City

While the peer reviewers agree that the plan "provides a sound foundation in information" and "does an outstanding job overall" of balancing the need to protect natural resources with competing uses, they also agree that the plan could be strengthened to address risks to San Francisco's natural heritage posed by invasive species, feral cats, and off-leash dogs. San Franciscans have a responsibility to ensure that rare and endangered wildlife and plants are not pushed to extinction, and must recognize that urban nature conservation depends not only on land management agencies, but also on people - volunteer stewards, activists, citizens of the Earth reconnecting with nature where they live.