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| Welcome Blue & Gold Fleet is proud to introduce our first edition of “Bay Currents”, our bimonthly newsletter. Every other month Blue & Gold Fleet will distribute the latest news, events and announcements that are happening here at Pier 41 and around the bay. You will find this newsletter is “interactive” with our new web site, www.blueandgoldfleet.com. Just click on the links above and you will experience our new site and all its fabulous features.  In our first edition of “Bay Currents,” all of us here at Blue & Gold Fleet wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our past, current and future clients who have used our services. All of us appreciate your patronage and we strive to offer you, our guests, the best in service through a variety of options for you to choose from each year at a location that is clean and accessible to everyone. Most people know us for our daily cruises to Alcatraz Island. But did you know that Blue & Gold Fleet also offers cruises to our “other” island –Angel Island every day? Enjoy a wonderful narrated tram tour around the island, a snack at the Cove Café, hike or bike around the island and enjoy magnificent views of San Francisco and surrounding communities. Blue & Gold Fleet also offers our famous Bay Cruise boat ride sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz. You can also enjoy cruises to the nearby seaside villages of Sausalito or Tiburon, just to name a few of our other services available. Thank you again for using the Blue & Gold Fleet, and we look forward to seeing you here at Pier 41 again soon.   Blue & Gold Fleet, in conjunction with their Green Waves Program, continues Environmental Excellence ! ! In 1998 Blue & Gold Fleet, recognized the need for sustainable strategies and practices in its operations and launched the Green Waves program. The program, consisting of environmental initiatives, goals and targets, was developed by our Green Waves Team. The Team’s primary mission is the continuous improvement of Blue & Gold environmental practices through implementation of Green Waves strategies. The Team meets on a monthly basis to assess and reviews the overall effectiveness of the company’s environmental effort. The Green Waves program assures Blue & Gold’s activities afford the highest possible level of resource protection to the public and the environment. Our goal is to exemplify best management practices, improve environmental sustain ability, and assure minimal environmental impacts from our operations. We continue to seek and adopt innovative strategies to improve Blue & Gold Fleet's performance in environmental management. Over the last year Blue & Gold received numerous nationally recognized awards for its environmental programs and accomplishments. Blue & Gold was honored as the first Marine Terminal and the first Marine Maintenance Facility to be designated by the San Francisco Department of Public Health as a “Clean and Green” business. These awards clearly indicate that Blue and Gold has been widely recognized as an environmental champion of excellence. The following awards have been presented to us over the last year: The 2004 California Governor’s Environmental and Economic Achievement Award for Sustainability. The National Park Service and DOI 2004 Environmental Achievement Award for Partnerships and Environmental Collaboration. The US Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 2004 Environmental Achievement Award recognizing the development and use of best available technology for air emission reduction within the harbor marine industry. California EPA Industrial Waste Management Board 2003 & 2004 "Waste Reduction Award" and 2003 “WRAP of the Year” winner for outstanding efforts to reduce non-hazardous waste. We have been recognized not just as a leader within his current industry but as an innovative environmental leader for all of California businesses. The California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Toxic Substance Control has recognized Blue and Gold with the “DTSC P2” pollution prevention award for a successful initiative to reduce vessel bilge water oily waste slops. In 2003 the California State Assembly, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Dianne Feinstein recognized us for Richard Maddux's environmental leadership within the marine industry. Additionally the Port of San Francisco bestowed Blue and Gold with an award of recognition for environmental leadership along the SF waterfront. In 2004 the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers recognized Richard Maddux, EH&S Director B&G Fleet, as a Champion of Excellence. With the assistance of Richard Maddux and the “Green Waves” Team Blue & Gold has been widely recognized as a commercial harbor craft environmental leader. |
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| NPS Corner | |||
In our National Park
Service section of our newsletter we want to let you know what are the latest happenings with the NPS. Here are just a few things going on right now. From the Brink to the Clink A lone peregrine falcon, member of a species on the brink of extinction in the 1970’s, has returned to its Alcatraz roosting spots. If you are exceptionally lucky, you can spot it on the water tower or the historic power plant smokestack. The raptor will have its eye on the Rock’s pigeons and other tasty meals. A New View of Baker Beach There’s a new view at Baker Beach. In June, Presido remediation crews began clearing a U.S. Army landfill uphill from the beach, removing 1,500 truckloads of corroded metal pipes, concrete slabs, and soil contaminated with invisible contents such as PCBs and DDT. The sublimely named “Disturbed Area 3” (in remediation parlance) is planted with natives such as mock heather, lizard tail, and coyote bush. Cliff House is Open Again Enjoy the views of the Pacific Ocean and Seal Rocks from the public outdoor terraces of the Cliff House. The newly rehabilitated Cliff House Restaurant is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner; call 386-3330 for reservations. The Camera Obscura on the lower terrace is open seven days a week, weather permitting. |
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| Alcatraz Focus | |||
ALCATRAZ-see it in the daytime and now in the evening. Open daily, join ranger-led programs, use self-guiding brochures, and take an audio tour of the world-famous cellhouse to learn about this historic island. Alcatraz history is shown every 30 minutes in the museum. Tickets are available more now than ever with the winter season upon us. The island is fun to view during the winter as well as the summer. Enjoy a boat ride on Blue & Gold Fleet to the island and back enjoying some beautiful city views. Prices are $16 Adults w/ Audio Tour, Seniors (62+) $14.25 w/ Audio Tour and Children (5-11) $10.75 w/Audio Tour. Alcatraz Evening Tour Feel a chill run down your spine as you venture into the dark corners of the old prison-Alcatraz Evening Tour programs include special topics, tours, and activities not offered during the day. Prices are slightly higher but the experience is worth it ! ! Adults $23.50, Seniors (62+) $20.75, Child (5-11) $14.25 For tickets to either service contact Blue & Gold Fleet. Tickets over the phone please call 415-705-5555 or buy on line at www.blueandgoldfleet.com |
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