The reasons why Tesla’s extraordinary natural resources must be protected just keep growing. A 2018 study out of UC Berkeley of native California plants identified the area of the northern Diablo Range which includes Tesla as among the top conservation priorities in the entire state in terms of protecting biodiversity “given that the area was in the very highest echelon in all three study…
Tesla Park combines ecological integrity, rich biological diversity and historic relevance — a rare combination that’s too important to sacrifice.
Tesla Park is the unofficial name for 3,100 acres of exceptionally beautiful & biologically diverse open space in the southeast corner of Alameda County. Join us to help #SaveTeslaPark!
In 2012 the State Office of Historical Preservation ID’d part of Tesla Park as eligible for the National Register of Historical Places, yet State Parks still wants to open it to destructive OHV recreation.
Tesla Park is home to 42 special status wildlife species including golden eagles, California red-legged frogs, California tiger salamanders, and Alameda whipsnakes.
Sadly, there is now another endangered species in Tesla Park: the foothill yellow-legged frog. How can State Parks prioritize off-highway vehicles over California Department of Fish and Wildlife listed species conservation?