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18 de septiembre de 2020

Midpen board meeting Wednesday 9/23

@truthseqr, @newtpatrol, @sea-kangaroo, @anudibranchmom, and @joescience1 and everyone else interested -
Midpen is holding a board meeting on Wednesday 9/23, 7 pm, about their newt study and the Beaty parking lot. On the last meeting, 3 board members decided to postpone the plan to build a parking lot and a trail on Alma Bridge Rd., until they get more data about the newt population and mortality. During the next meeting, they will discuss the plan for the newt study (in collaboration with POST and HT Harvey) and the parking lot with the entire board. The board might decide to change the decision, and aprove the parking lot plan. This is highly important, as it will add more traffic to the area, even if the parking lot is closed in winter.
You can find more info about the meeting on their website - https://www.openspace.org/about-us/meetings/bod-20200923?utm_source=Midpen+E-mail&utm_campaign=db60b8cc39-20200922_bod_newts-beatty&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6372d4124b-db60b8cc39-87542615
You can read about the newts and the parking lot in the agenda packet, and you can write a public comment here - https://www.openspace.org/public-comment
Merav

Publicado el septiembre 18, 2020 10:30 TARDE por merav merav | 70 comentarios | Deja un comentario

25 de septiembre de 2020

Road Signs Don't Prevent Newt Roadkill - 5K died in one season after signs were posted

The Santa Clara County Roads Dept. installed 8 "Newt Crossing" signs along Alma Bridge Rd. in 2019. During the 2019-2020 rainy season, 5277 newts were killed on this road (after the signs were installed). Conclusion: road signs are not an effective method of mitigating roadkill.

Publicado el septiembre 25, 2020 08:45 TARDE por truthseqr truthseqr | 4 comentarios | Deja un comentario