Natural History Wanderings

Save Knowland Park has started a new website.  It is a project of the Knowland Park Coalition which includes Friends of Knowland Park, the East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, the California Native Grasslands Association, California Wildlife Foundation/California Oaks, and Defense of Place. Excerpts from the website;

Knowland Park is the crown jewel of Oakland’s parks, an oasis of natural wildland habitat that survived as the city grew around it. It is the City’s largest but least-known park, in part because the City chose to keep it secret. This encouraged the Oakland Zoo to propose an ill-conceived theme park development that would destroy the heart of the park. This website was created to educate the public about Knowland Park and the campaign to protect it for future generations to enjoy.

The purpose of this site is to educate the public about Knowland Park and the campaign to protect its rare, beautiful natural resources from being lost to a “conservation”-themed Oakland Zoo expansion into the park. Enjoy the photographs of the Park’s wildflowers and other native plants, its birds and animals, its views and vistas.

Learn about the history of Knowland Park, the threat to its preservation, and the campaign to protect it. Find out how to access its trails.

Read more about Knowland Park and the efforts to save it at: http://www.saveknowland.org/

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