The East Bay Regional Park District has been notified that it will receive a $7 million grant from the California Coastal Conservancy for the purchase of the 768-acre Finley Road Ranch property near Mount Diablo.
The property is located at the mouth of Riggs Canyon off Finley Road at the western edge of Morgan Territory Regional Preserve and the southern edge of Mount Diablo State Park.
“Acquisition of the Finley Road Ranch property will preserve forever one of the largest remaining pristine open spaces adjacent to Mount Diablo State Park,” said Park District Board President Dennis Waespi. “The California Coastal Conservancy grant provides vital funding toward the purchase of the property. Preserving the property is also a key step toward the state’s 30×30 initiative of conserving 30 percent of the state’s lands and coastal waters by 2030.”
The Park District is a supporter of the state’s 30×30 initiative and participates in the initiative’s partnership coordinating committee, which works toward implementing the policies of the 30×30 initiative and facilitates coordination among state and federal public agencies, tribal partners, and other non-governmental partners. Park District Deputy General Manager Dr. Ana M. Alvarez was appointed to serve on the committee in August 2022 by California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot.
The $7 million grant for acquisition of Finley Ranch Road property was one of 12 grants recently announced by the California Coastal Conservancy to advance restoration, protection, public access, and climate resilience along the California coast and San Francisco Bay.
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Cool, now put a cable car to the top and put in a nice snack bar on the top where people can chat and enjoy the view. Close the road to cars and you have it made.
Can we preserve the Naval Weapons Station too????
For what? It’s already built (albeit moslty underground) and the surface is a follow tract in an ugly locale.
So the people who live in Concord can enjoy seeing beautiful green and brown hills rather than a bunch of land cover in ticky tacky houses. Not too mention we already have a massive traffic problem in that area and the developers have no plans to help with that.
More parkland that will never be made available to the public while EBRPD pays no taxes on it.
plus EBRP shoots cats so millions more to buy land to kill more cats.
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