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And the endangered California clapper rail, once abundant in the tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay, offers a case study in the unintended consequences of development. Extensive filling and diking of the bay has destroyed some 85% of the clapper rail’s salt marsh habitat, making a shy species that seems to prefer scampering over swimming and flying easy pickings for feral cats and invasive red foxes, which now have unfettered access to adults and their ground-nesting offspring. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30595\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 365px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/15/a-birder%e2%80%99s-eye-view-of-conservation/clapperrail2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30595\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/clapperrail2-365x253.jpg\" alt=\"clapper rail\" title=\"clapperrail2\" width=\"365\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30595\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California clapper rail (Don Roberson)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roughly 60% of the critically endangered clapper rail population, estimated at between 1,000 and 1,500, lives in San Francisco Bay’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/desfbay/\">Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a>, in Fremont. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers will use the information collected from the bird count to learn how birds like the clapper rail are coping with these new predation pressures, as well as other stresses from ongoing urbanization, global climate change, and disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decline of suitable habitat for these species affects us as well. Tidal marshes filter contaminants to enhance water quality and serve as natural flood barriers. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sullivan, who has 1,669 species on his life list, says lucky birders could see “mega-rarities” like an Iceland gull, “a very rare bird in California” spotted near Sausalito in early February, or maybe the dusky-capped flycatcher that's been living in Golden Gate Park all winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest estuary on the West Coast, the San Francisco Bay Delta provides habitat and refuge to more than 250 species of waterbirds, some (including pelicans, loons, herons, and egrets) year-round residents, others, like the Wilson’s phalarope and Sabine’s gull, on stopovers to feed and rest before resuming their long-distance migrations. 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Among their many “ecosystem services,” all of which benefit humans, birds help regulate prey populations, facilitate plant reproduction through pollination and seed dispersal, and recycle nutrients by scavenging carcasses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This widespread influence on their environment also makes them extremely sensitive to ecosystem disruptions, including habitat destruction and climate change. An alarming 13% of the world’s birds, 1,253 species, face extinction, according to the 2011 IUCN Red List. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=2767\">Great Indian bustard\u003c/a>, a native of India and Pakistan that barks when alarmed, has been reclassified as critically endangered, a victim of hunting and widespread habitat destruction. Scientists think fewer than 250 mature birds remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to home, black-crowned night herons and snowy egrets have been on a downward slide since 2005. And the endangered California clapper rail, once abundant in the tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay, offers a case study in the unintended consequences of development. 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Mountain lions are abundant. Deer. Every critter you can think of that's native to this area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acquiring the ranch was a huge project, requiring fund-raising on a scale closer to what you might expect from a major hospital or university. 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Rust raised $100 million from Silicon Valley: $50 million each from the Packard and Moore Foundations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funding let POST \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19533133\">buy the sprawling ranch\u003c/a> for $29 million and then hold onto it for nine years until the state government and Congress provided the money to acquire it for the same price. After much political wrangling, Congressional approval to add it to the national park system finally came through last summer. Rust was ecstatic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[We were] jumping around and sometimes crying. But now, it just feels right to know this beautiful place will be here forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30154\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/horsefarm.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/horsefarm-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"horsefarm\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30154\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The land includes a working horse farm and Brussels sprouts fields. \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Southern Entryway to Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the National Park’s perspective, the addition of the ranch is historic. Alex Picavet, with the GGNRA, calls the ranch “the largest land acquisition for Golden Gate National Recreation Area pretty much since it began.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As national parks go, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/goga/index.htm\">Golden Gate\u003c/a> is a little unusual. Its 82,000 acres of parkland are scattered around the Bay Area, from Muir Woods to Alcatraz Island and Ocean Beach in San Francisco. But the new land on the Peninsula means that about half of the park -- which was founded in 1972 -- is now in San Mateo County, with this new chunk forming the southernmost border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re calling this the southern entryway to Golden Gate National Recreation Area,” says Picavet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that Rust and others have taken the long view, people like Susie Bennett can focus on the small things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we hiked up the ridge, Bennett, a natural resource specialist for the GGNRA, stopped and pointed to a little yellow flower with heart-shaped petals, “this area’s local plant celebrity.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30149\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/Hickmans.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/Hickmans-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hickmans\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30149\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The endangered hickman's potentilla has been found in only two places in the world. \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hickman's potentilla is found in only two places in the world: here, and in Monterey. It’s the ranch’s only federally recognized endangered species. “It’s a plant we’d like to focus some management on,” says Bennett.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In taking over this land, the National Park Service is doing a lot more than just putting up new signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will be scientists studying the land, and workers clearing out invasive species. The system of informal trails that locals have used for years will get an overhaul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Balancing the Needs of Habitat and Local Dog-walkers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like any new neighbor, the park is going to have to win over local residents, especially on the topic of dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill and Peggy Bechtell live in a comfortable ranch home in Montara, just across the street from the park. They’ve been walking their dog, Kalie, here for years. They say they're apprehensive about their new neighbors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_30151\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/Bechtells.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/02/Bechtells-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bechtells\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30151\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Montara residents Bill and Peggy Bechtell have been walking their dogs off-leash on the ranch for decades. \u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We've had nothing but great community here for 32 years, and the minute they come, they ruin it,” says Peggy Bechtell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bechtell is referring to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/01/interview-with-eyewitness-to-dog-walking-taser-incident-at-ggnra/\">an incident\u003c/a>, about a week ago, that made national headlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the GGNRA, Gary Hesterberg of Montara was walking his two dogs off leash, in violation of park rules. A ranger tried to give him a ticket, but he gave her a false name and refused to stop. Critics call it excessive force, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county-times/ci_19872293\">a local congresswoman\u003c/a> wants an independent investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National parks, as a rule, don’t allow off-leash dogs. It’s been a sticking point for some in the Bay Area for more than a decade and, as a result, the park has made exceptions in places like Fort Funston and the Marin Headlands. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/goga/parkmgmt/dog-management.htm\">final, formal dog policy\u003c/a> has long been in development. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials had originally hoped that the new park addition at Rancho Corral de Tierra would follow the more restrictive National Park standards, with limited, leash-only dog areas. 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