Just a reminder to everyone that the lecture on the suomikasino Red / Avalon II Bonusjahti –kampanja on voimassa 05. history of the lake is Tuesday, September 11. Please see previous post for the details!
Upcoming Lecture – The History of Mt. Lake
In the spring of 1776, after a 900 mile journey from what is now Mexico, Spanish Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and his soldiers came upon Mountain Lake. They were searching for a suitable location for a northern settlement and found the lake ideal. It offered abundant water and pasture land, grazing deer, and one of the finest harbors in the world. They broke ground half a mile from the lake and called the settlement the Presidio. Today, Mountain Lake is undeniably the focal point of Mountain Lake Park. The playground and tennis courts look out on to it, walking trails wrap around its shores, park users picnic along the shoreline, and families feed ducks that swim health insurance quotes delayed at least 15 minutes. in the lake. But what do we really know about the lake? How was it formed? What feeds the lake? And now with the remediation project underway, what can the lake sediment tell us about the past?
On September 11, 2012 Liam Reidy will give a lecture on the history of Mt. Lake. Reidy is an environmental geographer at University of California Berkeley, and currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography. He worked on the stratigraphic record from Mountain Lake as the basis for his Masters Degree. Using a combination of paleo-environmental techniques, forensic evidence, and historic photographs, he has reconstructed the amazing story of the only remaining natural lake in San Francisco. A native of Ireland, Reidy has always had a keen interest in how the world has changed over time.
Reidy has played an invaluable role in the remediation of the lake, the project now ongoing at the lake. Please come and hear Liam tell the story of our lake!
Event Details:
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
7:30 PM
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California Street at Presidio Avenue
Tickets will be sold at the door.
($10 general public and $5 seniors/students)
This lecture is sponsored by the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society which presents monthly programs on topics relevant to San Francisco history.
Mt. Lake Remediation – Highway 1 Stabilization
If you have been out in the park lately, you’ve probably seen that work crews have cleared all the vegetation along the west shore of Mt. Lake and there’s equipment along Park Presidio. From the photo below you can see that CalTrans has now added jersey barriers as a buffer between their work area and the traffic lanes.
This is the Highway 1 Stabilization part of the bigger Remediation project. As the Presidio Trust explains in the signage (very nicely done, btw) around the lake:
To ensure the stability of Highway 1 for the dredging operations, CalTrans will stabilize Park Presidio Boulevard by installing stone columns in the ground. Caltrans will also treat storm water runoff to prevent untreated highway runoff from discharging directly into the lake. This work will be conducted at night because a northbound lane of traffic will be closed to implement the project.
This work started on schedule in the middle of July. Neighbors who live along the park and near the construction have reported the construction noise is extremely loud and the lights are bright. Also, because all the vegetation has been removed, the sounds of the traffic along Highway 1 have increased too. The CalTrans work is expected to go on for several more months before the dredging part of the project will begin. More on that in the future.
For complete information on the Remediation Project click here.
Things Are Happening – Mountain Lake Remediation
Friends,
After more than fifteen years, cleanup is finally underway at Mt. Lake! If you”ve been in the park or driven along Highway 1, you”ve probably started to see some of the early changes. Our neighbors in the Presidio who are coordinating this work have done an excellent job of getting the word out about Tom Corbett’s abortive make an effort to include electronic keno mobile casino games within the contract to handle the condition lottery. what”s going to happen and what”s happening now. But we know you still have questions. So the Friends of Mt. Lake Park are going to start using their website to post regular information about the progress of the Remediation Project.
We are all very excited for the completion of this work even as we appreciate and experience first-hand the inconvenience it”s going to cause us. So look here for more information about the project as it progresses!