. >> my name is nora berkman. a resident of pacifica and a member of the golf club. i have lived in pacifica for 30 years and during that time i took up golf. throughout that period of time i regularly walked the berm to the west of the course. i have watched the marsh from both sides from the walker and bird watcher side of the world. the marsh habitat seems to be flourishing under the parks and recreation. it's better than it was than the early 80s when i moved to pacifica. i'm not going to get into studies that seem to show that in fact the frogs are doing fairly well and have actually population has seemed to have grown since the 80s. but, what i will say is that as members of the course golf club they course, our membership is very diverse, we are all people who treasure our environment and we respect the privilege of playing in a beautiful place that also has sensitive habitat. our members are well versed in what they need to do to prevent any harm to that habitat and to the diversity of creatures living there. i speak from the heart when i say i would hate to