Tesla Park must be preserved as part of Governor Newsom’s plan to increase protection of nature to offset climate change. Tesla has extraordinary biodiversity that we cannot sacrifice to damaging OHV recreation. #saveteslappark https://bayareane.ws/3lpYeWV
Tesla Park is home to 42 special status wildlife species and 28 locally rare plant species. Tesla must be protected for all forever as a nature preserve
Tesla Park as a nature preserve provides more access to nature for underserved communities in the East Bay and Northern San Joaquin Valley AND protects threatened biodiversity – that is the win-win.
Attendance at Carnegie SVRA has decreased by over half since 2007, while demand for nature areas increases. Tesla Park should be protected as a Nature and Cultural Preserve. #saveteslapark
Study after study document the extraordinary natural resources in Tesla Park and the damaging impacts of OHV recreation. But you don’t need to be a scientist to know that Tesla is not the place for off-roading.
When citizens are told to reduce carbon emissions to fight climate change, why does State Parks promote, subsidize and expand OHV recreation which generates GHGs and air pollution AND destroys nature?