Why must Tesla Park be Classified by State Parks as a Reserve? To fully protect threatened/endangered species and designated critical habitat such as California red-legged frog, Alameda whip snake, California tiger salamander and Foothill yellow legged frog.
Why must Tesla Park be Classified by State Parks as a Reserve? To fully protect irreplaceable Native American sacred and archeological sites.
Why must Tesla Park be Classified by State Parks as a Reserve? #1 – to fully protect over 42 special status wildlife species, 7 sensitive vegetation communities and 20 locally rare plants.
So THANKFUL to all who helped protect Tesla Park from damaging motorized recreation. Now we work to establish Tesla as a Reserve that’ll provide public access for passive use and education with resource protection the priority.
Tesla Park has important Native American sites. In this Native American Heritage Month, State Parks must do more than just ‘consult’- they need to act to establish Tesla as a Reserve with the highest level of resource protection.
To permanently preserve Tesla Park’s sensitive native landscape and provide low-impact passive public access and education, Tesla needs to be a Reserve which makes protecting natural and cultural resources a priority.