Projects:

San Francisco Bay Area:

San Francisco
� Hunters Point Shipyard
�Shipyard Waterfront Park
� Yosemite Slough
� Treasure Island
� Presidio
Alameda
�Alameda Naval Air Station
�FISC Annex
East Bay Housing
Oakland
�Chinatown
Vallejo
�Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Contra Costa County
� Concord Naval Weapons Station
Suisun Bay
� Mothball Fleet

National:

Military & the Environment
RABS

International:

Philippines
Okinawa
Hidden Casualties of War

Program Areas:

Environment
Economics
Justice
Education
Public Partnership
War & the Environment

Project: Treasure Island

Advocating for Effective Cleanup and Sustainable Redevelopment

Since 1984 Arc Ecology has been the leading San Francisco-based environmental organization promoting the toxic cleanup of Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands. 2,500 families will eventually live on the Islands. Arc Ecology is working to ensure that the environment will be safe for them.

Arc Ecology was actively involved in the original planning committee that put together the Treasure Island Reuse Plan, and an Arc Ecology staff scientist was very active for several years on the Treasure Island Restoration Advisory Board. Our staff scientist worked closely with a small group of environmental organizations that gave rise to the Treasure Island Wetlands Project, which has been advocating construction of wetlands to create habitat and storm water treatment.

In addition, our staff economist/planner has been reviewing and commenting on the redevelopment plans for Treasure Island:

• September 7, 2004 - Arc Ecology comments on selection of proposed ferry terminal location, Naval Station Treasure Island (380KB PDF)
• April 2004 - Arc Ecology comments on U.S. Navy's Proposed No Action Plan for Site 13, Offshore Sediments, Naval Station Treasure Island (45KB PDF)
• February 2004 - Linking Treasure Island to San Francisco's Waterfront: Imagining a Direct Access Alternative (275KB PDF). This alternative was prepared for Arc Ecology and the Public Trust Group in an effort to get the Treasure Island Development Authority and the Citizens Advisory Board to consider how modifications might improve the proposal submitted by the developer.
• October 2003 - Arc Ecology comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Transfer and Reuse of Naval Station Treasure Island (525KB PDF)
• October 2002 - Arc Ecology letter to Treasure Island Development Authority (65KB PDF)

In the news:

• Alternative Visions..., San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 1-7 2005