State Parks has started the formal General Plan and EIR (GP/EIR) process for Tesla with the Notice of Preparation (NOP) issued on January 15, 2025. For information see the State Parks web site at www.alamedateslaplan.com . NOP Comment Period – Deadline for receipt February 14, 2025, 5:00 pm – The NOP comment period runs from January 15, 2025 to February…
Watch the short video – Tesla ~ Hišmet Waŕep ~ Sacred Earth – to learn why Tesla should be permanently protected as a Reserve.
Although the support for Tesla being classified as a Reserve was overwhelming, State Parks is re-starting the planning process for Tesla this month. We will need to once again attend meetings, respond to surveys and submit letters supporting Tesla being classified as a Reserve with the General Plan build around Reserve status. Information will be posted on the State Park’s…
Watch the new video – Tesla ~ Hismet~Warep ~ Sacred Earth – describing why Tesla is such a special place and should be classified as a Reserve. Help us build support for saving Tesla. Share the video with others. Email State Parks to support Reserve classification. Tesla ~ Hišmet Waŕep ~ Sacred Earth
You can help protect Tesla forever by establishing it as a Reserve named Hismet Warep meaning ‘Sacred Earth.’ We have to gain the support of the State Parks and Recreation Commission to accomplish this goal. It will take continued advocacy – more meetings and emails – until the General Plan with Tesla classified as a Reserve is finally approved. Even…
Indigenous groups and representatives are working to protect Tesla as a Reserve in order to best preserve specific archeological features and sacred sites AND the entire Tribal Cultural Landscape that Indigenous people used and that holds the specific sites – one does not exist without the other. Local leaders have given Tesla the name Hismet Warep Horsetka, meaning Sacred Earth…