News & Updates

  • Watch for Tesla at the Livermore Wild and Scenic Film Festival February 27, 2026

    Tri-Valley Conservancy and Tri-Valley Air Quality and Climate Alliance are sponsoring the local showing of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival on tour at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore on Friday, February 27, 2026 starting at 5:00 pm. Information about the work to permanently protect Tesla as a Natural Reserve will be at the Friends of Livermore and Ohlone Audubon…

  • Help establish Tesla as a Natural Reserve – email State Parks now!

    You can help Save Tesla with this urgent call to action to email State Parks by November 30, 2025. We need your help to oppose the destructive concept plans that State Parks has released for Tesla, and to demand that they provide a real plan for a Natural Reserve. Use this guide to email State Parks today!

  • Join presentation about our public lands, including Tesla Nov. 16, 2025, 1:00 pm

    Join Livermore Indivisible’s Virtual November meeting on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm for updates on threats to our Federal and State Public Lands, and what we can do to help protect them. A presentation on Tesla will be part of the program. What’s Going Down on Our Public Lands Sunday, November 16, 2025, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm…

  • State Parks concept plans for Tesla do NOT protect its irreplaceable resources

    In late September, State Parks held 2 workshops to present their concept plans for Tesla. Unfortunately, neither plan protects Tesla’s outstanding natural, cultural, historic and scenic resources of statewide significance, and nor do they ensure effective and lasting protection. Both plans include high-intensity recreation, such as vehicular travel, bikes/e-bikes, and camping and associated facilities development throughout almost all of Tesla’s…

  • “The State Parks Department Is Not Being Honest About the Uses It Intends for the Future Tesla Park”

    The Livermore Independent News published an editorial on October 16, 2025 following the September workshops in which State Parks’ presented their concept plans for Tesla. As the editorial points out, State Parks’ plans miss the mark on protecting Tesla. Read the editorial here “The State Parks Department Is Not Being Honest About the Uses It Intends for the Future Tesla…