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    Enjoy, Don’t Destroy, Our Public Parks — More Visitors Put Native Wildlife and Habitat at Risk

    Was Live | Tue, Oct 18, 2022

    Guest Speakers:

    • Dee RosarioWard 2 Board Member, East Bay Regional Park District
    • Becky TudenEnvironmental Services Manager, East Bay Regional Park District
    • Joe SullivanFisheries Program Manager, East Bay Regional Park District
    • Doug BellWildlife Program Manager, East Bay Regional Park 

    News Report from this Media Briefing

    Parks to People: Come and Enjoy, But Don’t Destroy

    Event Overview

    The pandemic gave Californians a new appreciation of being in nature. With the onset of pandemic restrictions in 2020, the public parks drew record numbers of visitors and continue to do so today. Nowhere is this more evident than in EBRPD parks where some parks saw a five fold increase in 2020 and 2021. While the growing popularity attests that parks are essential to our mental and physical health, the increased visitations bring growing risks to the habitat and wildlife that live in these parks.

    East Bay Parks

    This briefing will explore what happens when people stray off the hiking trails, trample the grasslands, inadvertently cause toxin build up in lakes, release turtles, birds and fish often for ceremonial purposes, feed coyotes and feral cats – and what visitors need to do to balance the human impacts of recreation with the natural environment.

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