Public Meeting – Serpentine Prairie Restoration at Redwood Regional Park

Where: Oakland – Richard C. Trudeau Center, 11500 Skyline Blvd. at Redwood Regional Park 

When: Monday, May 11, 6pm-8pm.

The East Bay Regional Park District has prepared a restoration plan for Redwood Regional Park Serpentine Prairie that will bring back the vitality and botanical diversity of the Serpentine Prairie, including the endangered Presidio clarkia, while continuing to provide for the enjoyment of park users.  This restoration work will be multi-phased over a period of 3 to 4 years. The plan includes removal of trees not endemic to prairie habitat, closing a 3-acre severely impacted area for recovery, removal of informal trails and creation of a new loop trail and interpretive overlook. The District will also install informational signage about the restoration efforts and the importance of preserving the prairie. Limited future prescribed burns and sheep grazing may be used as part of a long-term adaptive management program.
 
The plan describing this resource management actions and the accompanying California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Initial Study document are available for public review. You can view these documents on the Park District's website, http://www.ebparks.org/SerpentinePrairie, or at the following locations: 

East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD)
2950 Peralta Oaks Court
Oakland, CA  94605
Phone: 1-888-327-2757

Dimond Library
3565 Fruitvale Avenue
Oakland, CA 94602
Phone: (510) 482-7844

The public review period will end at 5 p.m., June 3, 2009. Any comments must be submitted in writing to: EBRPD, Planning, Stewardship and GIS Services Department, P.O. Box 5381, 2950 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, CA  94605 OR by Fax, (510) 635-3478, ATTN: J. Bondurant. For further information contact David Amme at : (510) 544-2344 or Julie Bondurant at (510) 544-2323.
 
The Park District Board of Directors' Executive Committee is expected to review the project at its next meeting, on Thursday, May 28th, 12:45 p.m. at the EBRPD headquarters at the above address.  A Public Hearing on the project is tentatively scheduled to be held at the regular board meeting on Tuesday, July 7th at 2:00 p.m.

The Park District will be hosting several interpretive walks of the area:

§  Sun. May 17th 2-4PM - Interpretive Field Walk
§  Sat. June 13th 3-4PM - Interpretive Field Walk

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