This Earth Day take action to protect Tesla as a Reserve

There are so many reasons to establish Tesla as a Reserve:

  • At least 52 threatened, endangered and other protected special status wildlife species
  • Federally Designated Critical Habitat for the Alameda Whipsnake and California Red-legged frog
  • Part of an Audubon Important Bird Area
  • 45 rare plants and 74 locally rare/watch list plants identified thus far in Tesla’s varied habitats including 8 sensitive communities
  • East Bay California Native Plant Society Botanical Priority Protection Area overlays Tesla.
  • Critical Linkage Habitat Corridor runs through Tesla
  • Home to golden eagles, mountain lions and tule elk
  • Identified as a top conservation target in multiple assessments and research
  • Holds the site of the historic Tesla coal mine and town
  • Ancestral homeland for the Ohlone and Northern Valley Yokut people with numerous archeological features and sacred ceremonial sites

Help us protect Tesla forever by establishing Tesla as a Reserve. Email State Parks and the State Park and Recreation Commission calling on them to classify Tesla as a Reserve. Click for more information.