Category Archives: Defense of Place

It is with dismay that Defense of Place takes note of the potential betrayal of the essence of the Ballona Wetlands in Southern California with the intrusion of concrete and steel onto a landscape set aside for marshland restoration. The … Continue reading →

With the declaration that Drakes Estero at Point Reyes National Seashore in California is one of the crown jewels of our nation, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar issued his decision on November 29that the lease of a commercial … Continue reading →

By Elizabeth Baker Vice President, Resource Renewal Institute Measure A1 asks us to consider what is more valuable in the long run: wild animals or captive animals? Perhaps most important, Measure A1 suggests that walking at dusk across oak-studded hillsides … Continue reading →

RRI Environmental Elder, Dr. Ruth Malone, spoke on KQED Forum on Oct 22, 2012 against Alameda County, CA ballot measure A1 by the Oakland Zoo that could support expansion into Knowland Park in Oakland. Defense of Place has been assisting … Continue reading →

RRI and Defense of Place are part of the “No on A1″ campaign to protect Knowland Park and oppose Oakland Zoo’s destruction of a public park. (more…)

Defense of Place is honored to lend its voice to the Save Knowland Park Coalition campiagn to halt a project by the Oakland (California) Zoo that would obliterate irreplaceable and rare native grassland, plants, and fragile wildlife habitats within the … Continue reading →

The recently revealed news of fiscal improprieties within California’s Department of Parks and Recreation adds to state parkland advocates’ dismay over the agency’s suspect budgetary and management practices the past few years. No activist group has been more impacted by … Continue reading →

Defense of Place is honored to lend its voice to the Save Knowland Park Coalition campaign to halt a project by the Oakland (California) Zoo that would obliterate irreplaceable and rare native grassland, plants, and fragile wildlife habitats within the … Continue reading →

Check out the January 26, 2012Marin IJ column by Huey D. Johnson on the subject of wilderness protection at Pt. Reyes. The ongoing conflict over the lease extension has helped focus attention on how “sound science” is used as a … Continue reading →

California’s State Parks Commission met on January 27 in Brentwood, CA, to “reconsider” its decision last fall to remove vital protections from Washoe Meadows State Park by reclassifying significant portions of parkland. Despite overwhelming public response opposing the move, the … Continue reading →