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. As public land that has not yet been opened to the public, and which is not limited by prior uses, Tesla is the place to actually achieve multiple state policy priorities. It is the chance to…
Read the important piece by Marilyn Russell about State Parks’ repeated failures to protect Tesla, the exceptional natural landscape with natural and cultural resources of statewide significance in eastern Alameda County. Russell, a retired field biology teacher, rancher, longtime conservation activist and resident of Tesla Road area, has worked with Friends of Tesla coalition for over a decade to fully…
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…
Email State Parks to Make Tesla a State Natural 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 in Touch or Contact page to get to ‘Email Senator’ option to submit email form) Sign-up for our Email List at www.teslapark.org
Senator Jerry McNerney, whose 5th Senate District includes Tesla, wrote to State Parks leadership in January calling on State Parks to provide a true Natural Reserve plan for Tesla for public review. See the article in the Livermore Independent News .
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!