San Bruno Mountain Habitat Management Approach & Projects Documents

This study investigates the potential reintroduction of the Bay Checker Butterfly to San Bruno Mountain based on the possibility that they will switch to a non-native hostplant, an experiment that raises many interesting ecological and policy issues in a rapidly changing environment. Learn more at the Creekside Center for Earth Observation »

The Heart of the Mountain Program was initiated 2001 by the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and was funded up to 2004 by numerous grants from foundations and individuals. This stewardship program was created to build a community stewardship program on San Bruno Mountain and to restore the native plant communities of the Colma Creek and the Bog Trail areas

The San Bruno Mountain Gorse Control and Revegetation Project (Project) was initiated in fall 2004, with the objective of achieving sustained control of at least 31 acres of gorse (Ulex europaeus), an invasive non-native plant.