{"id":16621,"date":"2021-03-23T14:10:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T21:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savethefrogs.com\/?p=16621"},"modified":"2024-03-11T05:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T13:33:04","slug":"tesla-park-california-sb-799-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savethefrogs.com\/tesla-park-california-sb-799-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Park &#8211; Letter Of Support For Full Protection (SB 799)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>On March 21st, 2021, SAVE THE FROGS! along with 31 other groups submitted the letter below to Senator Henry Stern (Chair of the California Senate&#8217;s Committee on Natural Resources and Water), stating our full support for California bill SB 799 to permanently preserve Tesla Park.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla Park is in southeastern Alameda County, California and is rich in special status amphibian species:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>California red legged frogs (<em>Rana draytonii)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>California tiger salamanders (<em>Ambystoma tigrinum)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Foothill yellow legged frogs (<em>Rana boylii)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Spadefoot toads\u00a0<em>Spea hammondii<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tesla is also home to more common species, such as California newts (<em style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Taricha torosa)<\/em> and Pacific chorus frogs (<em style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Pseudacris regilla<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Tesla Park remains under threat from the California State Parks&#8217; Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation division (CA OHMVR), which has plans to open the land to off-highway vehicles. Such usage would inevitably destroy the habitat, foul the rivers and result in direct and indirect harm to Tesla Park&#8217;s resident amphibians.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savethefrogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rana-boylii-FYLF-Alameda-Creek-2014-2-1400.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/savethefrogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rana-boylii-FYLF-Alameda-Creek-2014-2-1400.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/savethefrogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rana-boylii-FYLF-Alameda-Creek-2014-2-1400-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/savethefrogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rana-boylii-FYLF-Alameda-Creek-2014-2-1400-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/savethefrogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rana-boylii-FYLF-Alameda-Creek-2014-2-1400-300x225.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Rana boylii FYLF Alameda Creek\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SAVE THE FROGS! Founder <a href=\"https:\/\/savethefrogs.com\/kerry-kriger\/\">Dr. Kerry Kriger<\/a> photographed this Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii) in Alameda County in 2014.<\/p>\n<h2>Read Our Letter In Support Of SB 799<\/h2>\n<p>You can scroll through or download this PDF:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/savethefrogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tesla-Park-2021-03-21-Support-SB-799-Glazer.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-mobile-width=\"500\"  data-scrollbar=\"both\" data-download=\"on\" data-tracking=\"on\" data-newwindow=\"on\" data-pagetextbox=\"off\" data-scrolltotop=\"on\" data-startzoom=\"100\" data-startfpzoom=\"100\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Tesla-Park-2021-03-21-Support-SB-799-Glazer<br\/><\/a>\n<p>You can visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslapark.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Save Tesla Park<\/a> website to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California bill (SB 1175) to ban live wildlife markets advances through the Senate Appropriations Committee, an important step in protecting wildlife and human health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[135,160,71,183,100,185],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":81,"label":"Campaigns"}],"post_tag":[{"value":135,"label":"California"},{"value":160,"label":"Habitat 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