Access For All NOT Access For All Uses
Access for all does not mean access for all uses. Tesla Park is not the place for damaging OHV recreation. Tesla Park should be a nature and cultural preserve.
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Top 3 Priorities
The top 3 priorities stated by Wade Crowfoot: protect biodiversity; build resilience to protect nature from climate change impacts; provide more access to nature. Tesla Park meets ALL these priorities multiple times over.
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30 x 30
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
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42 Special Status Species
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
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Preserve Nature for Underserved Communities
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.
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Demand for Nature Areas Increases
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
