‘Big Year’ promotes saving local endangered species (Photo Gallery)
In an effort to educate visitors to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area about the 33 endangered species that inhabit it, Bay Area conservationists and local residents gathered Jan. 9 for the 2010 Endangered Species Big Year.
The event kicks off a 12-month program, which encourages people to be proactive when it comes to participating in conservation that will prevent species from going extinct. Two of the most recognized animals are the California red-legged frog and its main predator — the San Francisco garter snake.
For more information, visit wildequity.org/sections/2.
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Kids gather during the Big Year event to learn about the area's endangered species. Photo by Monica Jensen/SF Public Press.
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About the Author
Monica Jensen, the multimedia editor at SF Public Press, is also a volunteer at the “Crosscurrents” news program on KALW Public Radio. She has been documenting a collective art project titled “Welcome to the NeighborHood” in Bayview-Hunters Point. The project has been exhibited in the Sargent Johnson Gallery in the African American Arts and Culture Complex, and will be displayed at Zeum and Art 94124. Jensen is also the winner of an honorable mention from the National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism award.
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really nice photos. Thank you.
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