In the late 1990s the State of California Parks Department purchased over 3,100 acres in the southeast corner of Alameda County along the Tesla-Corral Hollow Road. The original plan was to expand the existing adjacent Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA) off-highway vehicle (OHV) park into what became known as Tesla Park. This would cause devastating environmental impacts from OHV use on the unique and fragile Tesla park land.
The alternative goal was to establish Tesla as a non-motorized, low-impact natural and cultural resource reserve. In 2021, State legislation was enacted which provided that the Tesla park land could never be opened for motorized recreation nor be a SVRA.
Now, the work continues to establish Tesla as a State Reserve
Friends of Tesla Park is an alliance of individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting the biologically unique and culturally significant landscape known as Tesla as a nature and cultural Reserve. Tesla would be the first Reserve established in the State Park System in over 40 years and the first such Reserve in the ecologically important Diablo Range.
Tesla ~ Hišmet Waŕep ~ Sacred Earth
Learn more about our work and join us to SAVE TESLA PARK
Important Reports

Tesla Reserve Concept Plan Best Protects Tesla’s Natural and Cultural Resources

Biological Assessment confirms Tesla’s Biodiversity and Regional Ecological Values are Irreplaceable
News & Updates
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Tell your Legislators to Support Tesla Reserve
Email your Legislators to Support Tesla as a State Natural Reserve https://bauer-kahan.asmdc.org/contact (click on Contact page to submit email form) https://sd05.senate.ca.gov/contact (click on Get…
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Tesla Reserve – once in a life-time opportunity – Help make Earth Day meaningful!
There are so many reasons to establish Tesla as a Natural Reserve, including protecting its irreplaceable bio-diversity, natural resource values, and Tribal Cultural Landscape.…
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“State Parks Ignores Species Protection in Latest Proposals for East Alameda County Park Land”
Read the important piece by Marilyn Russell about State Parks’ repeated failures to protect Tesla, the exceptional natural landscape with natural and cultural resources…
