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Welcome to saveknowland.org!

By Ruth on January 31, 2012 in Campaign Updates, Opinions & Editorials

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. Our blog will be published twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and at other intervals as new events happen or new information becomes available.

Ways you can help:

Go to our Take Action page and find out how to help protect Knowland Park
Subscribe now to the blog! Get regular email updates on new blog posts and updates on our campaign Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/Atv6B5
Follow us on social media!

Comment on our posts and share our site with your network.
Contact us directly to get more involved.

Thank you so much for your help and interest in redefining conservation in the 21st Century.

The Knowland Park Coalition.

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Protecting the Park by demanding real environmental review

By Ruth on January 30, 2012 in Campaign Updates, Oakland Politics

On January 13, 2012, lawyers for Friends of Knowland Park and the California Native Plant Society filed their opening brief in their lawsuit against the city of Oakland and the Oakland Zoo, which seeks to compel the city to prepare a full environmental impact report on the Zoo’s Knowland Park development project. The City and Zoo will file their opposing brief in February, after which we will have an opportunity to respond to it. The case will be heard in April.

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Mediation Ends – Lawsuit to Proceed

By admin on October 25, 2011 in Campaign Updates, Press Coverage

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SETTLEMENT TALKS SCUTTLED; ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS’ LAWSUIT CONTINUES AGAINST OAKLAND ZOO PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT

October 25, 2011

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Contacts: Ruth Malone, Friends of Knowland Park: ruth.malone@ucsf.edu, 415-476-3273; Mack Casterman, East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society: conservation@ebcnps.org, 510-734-0335 or Laura Baker, EBCNPS, Lbake66@aol.com, 510-849-1409

Friends of Knowland Park and the East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society (EBCNPS) announced today that mediated settlement negotiations with the City of Oakland and the Oakland Zoo have ended. The groups will instead return to court to continue their lawsuit charging that the city broke the law by approving, without a full Environmental Impact Report, the zoo’s plan to build a theme park atop rare native wildlife habitat.
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Oakland Planning Commission votes in favor of Zoo expansion

By admin on April 27, 2011 in Campaign Updates, Press Coverage

The Friends of Knowland Park, as part of the Knowland Park Coalition, filed an appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval of the Zoo’s amended master plan and allowing no EIR to be filed.

A hearing on the appeal before the City Council is scheduled for June 21, at 6:30 PM.

Click here to see the agenda…
Click here to see the Clerk’s summary and attachments…

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KQED Radio’s Forum Discusses the Knowland Park – Oakland Zoo Controversy

By admin on April 23, 2011 in Campaign Updates, Press Coverage

On April 21, San Francisco Public Radion station KQED presented a discussion on their nationally recognized Forum program of the Knowland Park – Oakland Zoo controversy.

Host Michael Krasny interviewed FOKP Co-chair, Prof. Ruth Malone, and Oakland Zoo

Director, Dr. Joel Parrott, as well as others, and took listener comments in email and on their website on the air.

This one hour program delved deep into the issues and opinions on both sides, and is well worth listening to.

Click here to listen to the Program…

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