Environmental Issues Montara Mountain and McNee Ranch State Park are not only invaluable recreational treasures on the San Francisco penninsula, but the home of at least three rare or endangered species. These are reason enough for dozens of environmental and civic action groups to endorse Measure T but they also raise serious practical considerations for the bypass: could it ever be approved, even after years of additional study and millions in additional costs required by Federal law?

• Environmental Organizations Endorsing Measure T

  Dozens of environmental and civic action organizations have endorsed Measure T -- so many that they have their own page. Elected officials and business owners throughout the county also endorse Measure T.

• Tunnel & Bypass Compared

  A quick comparison of the tunnel and the proposed bypass on environmental issues. Also check out the Q&A section on environmental issues.

• The Mountain's Rare Species

  Montara Mountain is home to three rare species, all of them living in the path of the proposed bypass. Read about the red-legged frog, Hickman's cinquefoil and the San Bruno elfin butterfly, complete with pictures.

• The Frog & the Bypass

  How does a rare species living in the path of the proposed bypass make bypass approval more difficult and uncertain? Read this for an example of why the tunnel is the faster way to solution at Devil's Slide.

• Environmental Advantages of Tunnel Mean Faster Approval

  The environmental treasures on Montara Mountain have pracitcal consequences, too. Here, environmental consultant Gary Deghi explains the regulatory hurdles still before the bypass ... and how the tunnel would be much easier to approve.

• Environmental Hurdles for the Bypass

  Another view on the environmental problems faced by the bypass by planning consultant Skid Hall.

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