SFDOG joined with other dog and recreation groups in filing two federal lawsuits against the GGNRA. We thought this fight was over. We were wrong.
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On October 18, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote to support SFDOG’s efforts in opposing the GGNRA’s illegal rule changes to restrict off-leash recreational dog walking.
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The Official SFDOG Comment on the 2019 GGNRA Superintendent's Compendium describes how the agency unlawfully used the Compendium process to make significant and highly controversial changes to dog walking in the GGNRA.
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The National Park Service never gets tired of trying to chip away at our ability to walk in the GGNRA with our furry companions. On the Friday before Labor Day weekend, the GGNRA released a Superintendent’s Compendium that attempts to implement parts of the withdrawn Dog Management Plan—but without a public input process.
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Sample public comment - I am writing to object to the 2019 Superintendent’s Compendium for the GGNRA. A compendium is meant for the introduction of minor noncontroversial changes to national parks and national recreation areas.
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New Dog Walking Restrictions proposed for San Francisco and San Mateo Counties
Read MoreDuring the Federal Government shutdown in early January 2019, SFDOG volunteered to pay for maintenance at Fort Funston in order to keep the parking lot at the site open so people – and their dogs – could safely continue to enjoy walking at the site.
Read MoreIn 1972, Congress created the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA), incorporating nearly all the coastal land in San Francisco and Marin Counties. Later land in San Mateo County would be added.
Read MoreIn 2011, while in the middle of the development of a dog management plan for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA), the National Park Service announced that they also wanted to develop a new General Management Plan for the GGNRA.
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