San Bruno Mountain Ecological Reserve

{{Short description|Nature reserve near San Francisco, California}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox Protected area

| name = San Bruno Mountain
Ecological Reserve

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| iucn_category = Ia

| map = USA California

| map_caption = Location within California

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| location = San Francisco Peninsula

| nearest_city = Brisbane, California

| coordinates = {{coord|37.6857|N|122.4154|W|region:US-CA|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coords_ref = {{Cite web| url=http://protectedplanet.net/sites/San_Bruno_Mountain_State_Ecological_Reserve| title=San Bruno Mountain State Ecological Reserve| work=protectedplanet.net}}

| area = {{convert|83|acre|ha}}

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| governing_body = California Department of Fish and Game

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The San Bruno Mountain Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve of {{convert|83|acre|ha}} on the north slope of San Bruno Mountain, {{convert|8|mi|km}} south of San Francisco, California, adjacent to the San Bruno Mountain State Park. It is managed by the California Department of Fish and Game to protect and preserve habitat, wildlife and open space, including the pristine Buckeye Canyon and parts of Owl Canyon.

In 1989, the state Wildlife Conservation Board purchased the land as an ecological reserve with Proposition 70 funds.[http://www.ci.brisbane.ca.us/Upload/Document/D240001030/ChapterIIICommunityCharacter.pdf City of Brisbane Community Character] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006220119/http://www.ci.brisbane.ca.us/Upload/Document/D240001030/ChapterIIICommunityCharacter.pdf |date=2006-10-06 }} p 4 Proposition 70, the California Wildlife, Coastal and Park Land Conservation Bond Act, was approved by California voters in 1988.