 Quarterly Newsletter: Volume 1
December 31, 2009
This is the first quarterly newsletter for Way Out There Press. Three guidebooks are currently available at www.wayoutthere.com: A Visitor's Guide to the Presidio of San Francisco, A Visitor's Guide to Angel Island, and A Visitor's Guide to Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods. An additional guidebook is due out in January, 2010: A Visitor's Guide to the Marin Headlands. |
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COMING IN JANUARY 2010
A Visitor's Guide to the Marin Headlands, the newest guidebook from Way Out There Press. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the Marin Headlands are just north of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco. The guidebook covers the many sights to see in the Marin Headlands, and has detailed descriptions of a number of hikes and bike rides.
$1 from every sale goes to support the Marine Mammal Center, which is dedicated to the rescue and treatment of ill, injured, or orphaned marine mammals. A Free Preview of the guidebook is available for download now. |
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A Visitor's Guide to the Presidio of San Francisco, published in December 2009. News from the Presidio: Exciting news coming out of the Presidio this month. A Franciscan manzanita bush (Arctostaphylus franciscana), a species previously thought to be extinct, has been found in the Presidio. Biologist Daniel Gluesenkamp found the plant in an area that had recently been cleared of trees. The exact location is not being revealed, in order to protect the plant. It is a ground cover variety of manzanita, one of 106 different types of manzanita. The plant is reported to be about eight inches tall with creamy white flowers, and spreads 20 feet across the ground and down a bluff. The Crissy Field Center is moving into its new temporary location near East Beach, where it will remain for three to five years, during the Doyle Drive reconstruction project. The Crissy Field Center, which conducts environmental classes and workshops for inner city schoolchildren, will host an open house for the public on February 6, 2010. |
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A Visitor's Guide to Angel Island, published in August 2009. News from Angel Island: The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation will commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the U.S. Immigration Station on Angel Island on January 21, 2010. A program will be held from 10:00AM to 12:00PM at the Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, which will feature a naturalization ceremony for 100 new U.S. citizens, readings by past and present San Francisco poet laureates Diane DiPrima and Janice Mirikitani, and remarks by Eddie Wong, the Executive Director of the Angel Island Immigration Station. RSVP to AIISF at (415) 262-4433 or email info@aiisf.org. |
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A Visitor's Guide to Mount Tamalpais, published in August 2009. News from Mount Tamalpais: Mount Tamalpais State Park has managed to stay open this year, in spite of ongoing threats from Governor Schwarzenegger to shut it down, along with most other state parks. The compromise reached earlier this year that will keep the parks open means a considerable cut in funding, resulting in cutbacks in service and increases in fees throughout the state park system. Parking fees at Pantoll and the top of Mount Tamalpais have been raised from $6.00 to $8.00, and some restrooms in the park will be closed on weekdays. The California State Parks Foundation is sponsoring the California State Parks and Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2010, a ballot initiative for the November 2010 ballot that will fund the state parks through an $18 annual increase in the vehicle license fee. Sign the petition to help keep our state parks funded. |
Happy New Year! Download a free scenic calendar for 2010. These calendars feature images of Angel Island, Mount Tamalpais, the Presidio of San Francisco, and the Marin Headlands. They are in PDF format and can printed out on 8½" x 11" paper. Eight different designs to choose from. Check out the entire selection here.  |
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