Action Alerts

A few minutes of your time can have an impact on our environment. Here are a few opportunities to engage:

Sargent Ranch (Jusritac)

The proposed Sargent Quarry Project threatens land that is of immense cultural importance to the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. This land also provides habitat to oak woodlands, grasslands and sycamore alluvial forests and supports many species of native birds, including burrowing owls. Please:

Join 20000 people and sign a petition to Santa Clara County asking all elected officials in Santa Clara County to Protect Amah Mutsun Sacred Grounds from the Proposed Quarry at Sargent Ranch (Juristac): https://www.protectjuristac.org/petition/
Write a very short email to the Palo Alto City Council (city.council@CityofPaloAlto.org) to express your support for Item 19 on the December 2nd agenda, a resolution in support of the efforts of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band 1) to preserve Juristac/Sargent Ranch as open space in perpetuity and to regain access to their cultural and spiritual sites at Juristac 2) retain the name of the open space as Juristac and 3) urge the County of Santa Clara to deny approval of permits for the proposed Sargent Ranch Quarry Project.

Everyone Can Watch a Creek

Please watch our creeks! As you walk or drive by a waterway, please take a look at the flow. If something looks amiss (the water is of a wrong color, dead fish, trash) please let advocate@scvas.org know, and provide location, time of observation, and if possible, a photo? And naturally, if you see something lovely, please share!

The Newts Patrol Seeks Volunteers

The rainy season has started, and newts will again attempt to cross the hazardous Alma Bridge Road. Santa Clara County Roads and Midpeninsula Regional Open Space are slowly making progress on a design for newt crossings, but for now, the Newt Patrol seeks volunteers to help document newts killed by traffic on the road. If you are interested in helping out, please contact https://www.bioblitz.club/newts.

Mountain View Biodiversity and Urban Forest Strategy

There is still time to respond to the survey on the City of Mountain view Biodiversity and Urban Forest Plan. Mountain View is the first city in our region to embark on a plan for biodiversity, and we hope others will follow. You can help by taking an online survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BiodiversityMV_Survey_English

As you fill the survey, note that you may need to use comments to convey some of the elements that are critical to the enhancement of habitat for birds and pollinators in our urban/suburban landscapes.