View the Quartermaster Reach Environmental Assessment Notice of Availability and Request for Comments – July 1, 2010

The Presidio Trust has completed the Quartermaster Reach Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA evaluates the environmental effects of “daylighting” an approximately 850-foot length of stream currently running through a subsurface culvert that ultimately discharges to Crissy Marsh in order to restore and create wetland habitat. View the Environmental Assessment.

Where is Quartermaster Reach?

The project site encompasses approximately 9.5 acres along the western edge of the Letterman District in the northeastern portion of the Presidio. It is bounded by Halleck Street to the west, Crissy Field Marsh to the north, Thompson Reach to the south, and a series of buildings and parking lots to the east. The site is within the Doyle Drive construction corridor and is at the northern (lowest) end of the 271-acre Tennessee Hollow watershed. The project site is referred to as Quartermaster Reach in recognition of past U.S. Army activities in the area.

What is the Project and Why Now?

The project would provide an ecological corridor and pedestrian trail through Quartermaster Reach that would connect a recently restored 450-foot stretch of stream and native habitat to the south (known as Thompson Reach) to Crissy Field Marsh, and reveal and/or interpret missing historic elements in the site. The project is being considered at this time to take advantage of the opportunity to be completed consistent/concurrent with design and construction of the Doyle Drive project. Excavation within the project site will be completed as part of Doyle Drive construction. Therefore, coordination between the two projects is essential to ensure the feasibility of Quartermaster Reach restoration to the maximum extent possible with the future roadway.

Submit Comments

The Quartermaster Reach EA is available for public review and comment through August 1, 2010. A paper copy is available in the Presidio Trust Library, 34 Graham Street, on the Main Post. Written comments may be submitted to:

Presidio Trust
Quartermaster Reach
Attn: Compliance Manager
34 Graham Street; P.O. Box 29052
San Francisco, CA 94129-0052
quartermasterreach@presidiotrust.gov

For more information, please contact John Pelka, Compliance Manager, at (415) 561-4183.