Save Mount Diablo
Protecting the Mountain Since 1971
Will You Spend 50 Cents For A Dream? CALPAW '94 - THE CALIFORNIA PARKS AND WILDLIFE BOND NEEDS YOUR HELP
Imagine someone offering you an investment where for 50 cents a month for the next twenty years, and a little work and seed money now, you could have $16 million. That's the deal Save Mount Diablo is offering you - with a twist. The $16 million would be used to preserve thousands of acres of critical open space • andwildlifehabitatonand around Mount Diablo. Save Mount Diablo could preserve an open space corridor between Black Diamond Mines and the State Park and protect threatened lands on all sides of the mountain. If we don't succeed, much of the beautiful open space we love and the views we treasure, will be lost to California Parks and Wildlife Initiative (CalPAW) will provide funds to purchase continuing urban sprawl. open space and protect wildlife habitats. An extra benefit would be that hundreds of other areas across California would also be preserved. California is liveable, despite 30 million people (and 500,000 more every year) because of open space preservation near every community.
Investment With Huge Return CalPAW '94 is a citizen initiative bond measure to acquire, protect and enhance park land, wildlife habitat, agricultural lands, coastal areas, river habitat and other resources throughout the region and across the state. If CalPAW passes, $1.9 billion will be available for open space preservation at a cost of about 50 cents per month for the next twenty years per California resident. With inevitable population increases, the actual cost per capita will be far less. Contra Costa and Alameda Counties will receive more than $66 million, including $10 million for Mount Diablo and $30 million for the East Bay Regional Parks system. The Regional Parks funding includes $3 million each for Morgan Territory and Black Diamond Mines. Other local projects include shoreline preservation from Antioch to Richmond, wetlands and ridges in Martinez, funds to create a Bay Area Ridge Trail, and funds for the restoration of the San Ramon Creek and the Walnut Creek. In addition, every city and county will receive an allocation for local park and recreation programs. continued on page 6 1
Summer/Fall 1993, No.12
Musco Purchased 560 ACRES & A FUTURE PARK ENTRANCE
The front page of the very first issue of Diablo Watch in thefallof1989decried the purchase of the 560 acre Musco property for subdivision as "a blow against Diablo lovers". Recently, however, four years of hard work paid off and the Musco property was purchased by the East Bay Regional Park District. Musco's 560 acres include the heart of Riggs Canyon, one of the most remote and beautiful canyons on Mount Diablo. Eventually, a staging area will be constructed for those wishing to enter the State Park and Morgan Territory. We'll tell you more about this spectacular property and how it was purchased in the next issue of Diablo Watch. ■ •
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"Diablo Trail" Proposed New Park Superintendent
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New Board Members "Black Oak Estates" President's Note
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Park News Oak Habitat Restoration
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Hikes &Events Volunteers Needed!
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Three Springs Dedication
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Peregrine Project
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