Long before he advocated to protect San Francisco’s native plants or fought in the off-leash dog wars, Jake Sigg was a kid living on a remote ranch in Montana during the throes of the Great Depression.
The long-retired Recreation and Parks Department gardener spent decades fighting to preserve the city’s wildlife, and his new memoir, “Notes on a Long Life,” reveals how his life’s work was molded in a world far different from where he now resides in the Sunset.
