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To ensure that remnant habitats are protected, conserved, and restored.
To manage watershed lands to protect natural systems.
To ensure that biodiversity of species are conserved. [See that
section.]
To ensure that shoreline and bay wetlands contribute to the ecological
health of the Bay and ocean.
To ensure the existence of healthy creeks and streams to provide
habitat for aquatic and riparian life and to improve groundwater quality.
To encourage a greater understanding and appreciation of the value
of local and global diversity.
To gain a greater understanding of the biodiversity of San Francisco.
To conserve biodiversity and biological and genetic resources
To have healthy and diverse local natural ecosystems that can support
a broad range of
species.
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To have no net loss of existing remnant natural habitats.
To have restored 25% of natural areas, including remnant wetlands,
whose ecosystems are now in decline.
To have restored water quality in 100% of the City's inland lakes
and streams to conditions that maintain sustainable, diverse populations of marine
animals.
To have brought 75% of remaining natural habitat in San Francisco
into the public domain.
To have eliminated any additional "culverting" or channelization
of City creeks, and to have restored remaining natural creeks to their estimated
original flows.
To have limited new development in the headwaters of creeks.
To have limited new development in riparian zones.
To have developed neighborhood green-space plans in coordination
with food-production plans.
To have incorporated a biodiversity curriculum into San Francisco's
public school system.
To have completed a biological inventory of the species of plants
and animals found in San Francisco's open spaces, including city parks and the Golden
Gate National Recreation Area.
To have developed policies to encourage the conservation of biodiversity
and the sustainable use of biological and genetic resources.
To have completed a management plan that addresses native, non-native
and feral species.
To have restored habitat and reintroduced native plants to 25%
of the local open spaces designated as possible to restore.
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To restore all local habitats, including wetlands, to natural,
functioning conditions that support a diversity of wildlife.
To connect San Francisco's natural areas to a regional greenbelt.
To improve water quality in the Bay to levels that support a diverse
aquatic ecosystem.
To ensure that fresh water is allowed to enter the Bay in quantities
that stop salt-water incursion into the Delta.
To restore as many creeks as possible to their natural settings.
To maintain a sustainable balance of non-native and native species.
To achieve stabilized or growing populations of local animal species,
including fish.
To maintain a local natural space stock of sufficient size and
ecosystem health that it is able to support a diversity of species and provide a
stopping place for transit species.
To provide native plant corridors through the city and linking
with the Bay Area Greenbelt so that animals are not trapped in small islands of natural
area.
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Practice appropriate land uses on watershed lands.
Enact and enforce open space requirements for new developments
which direct the development or restoration of habitats for wildlife.
Include biodiversity as part of the planning criteria for landscaping
of all the city's open spaces.
Prevent pollution from entering streams and the Bay by encouraging
the minimization of use of toxic materials, and by requiring proper disposal of waste
materials.
Establish creekside conservation zones.
Preserve native creekside vegetation.
Regularly check for erosion and correct problems promptly.
Manage the City's watershed areas in support of the Bay Delta environmental
proposals for fisheries.
Use the formal education system to increase awareness about biodiversity
and the need for its conservation.
Develop formal biodiversity curriculum that focuses on San Francisco.
Cooperate with the Regional Water Quality Control Board to improve
Bay water quality and support research into the reasons why fish populations in the
Bay have declined.
Work with neighboring jurisdictions and regional agencies to support
fish populations whose populations have declined for known reasons.
Promote public awareness of biodiversity by working with local
community groups; libraries; non-profit institutions; museums; zoos; and local, State
and national organizations.
Develop a biological inventory for San Francisco. Organize local
scientists, students, public and private institutions to participate in the inventory.
Develop city policies that seriously address the issues of non-native
species and feral animals for all open spaces in the city.
Include preservation and well-being of San Francisco's native species
and transitive wildlife in the functional responsibilities of a city department.
Develop a habitat restoration plan and program for San Francisco's
open spaces.
Promote local stewardship of species and habitats by promoting
public participation in habitat restoration and species reintroduction.
Increase the use of native plants in public gardens and open space.
Promote the use of native plants in private gardens, and work with
the California Native Plant Society, Strybing Arboretum, and other similar organizations
to provide easy access to San Francisco native plants for horticultural use.
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Acres of open space in natural settings. 
Water quality in inland lakes, measuring the following criteria:
- Acidity
- Dissolved heavy metals
- Dissolved oxygen.
Number of bird species sighted annually within the city limits.
Length of creeks in natural settings.
Salmon run populations below Hetch-Hetchy dam.
Populations of native species.
Populations of non-native species in designated natural areas.
Number of fish species found in the Bay.
Populations within fish species.
Number of bird species sighted each year.
Acres of habitat restored in San Francisco.
Miles of public trails
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