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Below is an article about a remarkable effort to preserve our valuable local parkland, followed by a Letter to the Editor from a Save Knowland Park volunteer.
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The hearing officer made his decision: Our appeal against the Zoo's permit to cut down protected oak trees was denied. Continue Reading →
Letter to Editor applauds preservation of our local parkland

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Tree Appeal Decision, Next Step
By admin on September 29, 2015 in Campaign Updates, Featured on Homepage, Nature & Wildlife, Oakland Politics, Uncategorized


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JUDGE HEARS OUR TREE REMOVAL APPEAL
By admin on September 29, 2015 in Featured on Homepage, Nature & Wildlife, Oakland Politics, Uncategorized
We presented our case at a full-house City hearing on August 18. It was based on our written appeal to protest the Oakland Tree Services decision to grant Zoo management (East Bay Zoological Society) a tree "removal" permit. The permit allows the Zoo to cut down 48 protected Coast live oaks and put 428 more oaks and other native trees at risk during the planned zoo expansion into Knowland Park. Save Knowland Park volunteers spoke to six major issues in the Zoo’s permit application. Others in the audience spoke eloquently of the importance of protecting the dwindling number of Oakland's namesake trees. Continue Reading →
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“Zoo Gone Wild” Investigative Article Lays It Out!
By admin on September 5, 2014 in Featured on Homepage, Nature & Wildlife, Oakland Politics, Press Coverage, Uncategorized
The East Bay Express has published an in-depth article about the zoo’s expansion plans in Knowland Park called “Zoo Gone Wild.”
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Snakes, Lies, and Cutting Red Tape: How the Oakland Zoo is Gaming the System
By admin on May 7, 2014 in Campaign Updates, Featured on Homepage, Nature & Wildlife, Oakland Politics, Uncategorized
It is difficult to imagine the Oakland Zoo proposing anything more outrageous than their plan to build an environmentally destructive “conservation” exhibit on the richest and most sensitive lands in Knowland Park, but in their latest proposal the preposterous trumps the outrageous. The upshot of their bold move toward endgame is that not only would the public lose far more park land than initially approved, but all public access to the very best native plant habitat in the park would be legally barred forever.
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