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No Streams in Presidio’s Tennessee Hollow
by Sue Smith — published July 01, 2007
Regarding "Whispers in the Water" about the Presidio's Tennessee Hollow watershed: There were no streams flowing to the Bay from the area now called Tennessee Hollow watershed. For some 220 years, there was no recognition of a watershed here. The water near El Polin derives from the highly fractured geology around Inspiration Point. This produces wetlands and seeps that sustain rare wildflowers, which could be threatened by creating creeks downslope.
—Sue Smith, San Francisco
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