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Where’s Post Fire Ecology for the Preserve?

Jan 13, 2020

Let’s recall for a moment, WHY we created our petition to Reopen the Mare Island Preserve Now! on Thanksgiving weekend 2019. Simple. Not in ANY way because we are blaming the Mayor, City Council or Staff for their decision to address post September 2019 fire issues in...

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! All Those Who Signed our Petition so Far!

Jan 10, 2020

Are you as absolutely astonished as I am at how our petition to the Mayor and City Council of Vallejo, asking them to help us Reopen our Mare Island Preserve Now, is resonating with thousands? More than 3,200 of you have signed the Preserve the Mare Island Preserve as...

Direct Response to Staff Report to Council Regarding Preserve

Dec 17, 2019

On December 6th, Will Morat, Assistant to the City Manager updated the Mayor and Members of the City Council on the status of the Mare Island Preserve. The Mare Island Heritage Trust who, according to City staff, has been tasked with "informally undertaking interim...

Please protect the Mare Island Heritage Preserve

Dec 11, 2019

Letter from Stan Clark Creator of Astro Botanicals Dear Mayor of Vallejo, City Council and City Management Staff Please protect the Mare Island Heritage Preserve. Develop the rest of the island to its fullest extent, but please do more to support the most beautiful...

2020 San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival Cancelled

Dec 11, 2019

Only Free Bird-Watching Festival in U.S. with More Than 1.25 Million Migrating Birds Falls Victim to Vallejo & Developer Dealing, Charge Environmentalists VALLEJO – The 25th annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival, the only free bird watching festival in the...

Letter to City Council and Mayor

Dec 3, 2019

TO: Bob Sampayan, Mayor City of Vallejo Bob.Sampayan@cityofvallejo.net (with copies to City Council and City Manager) December 1, 2019 Dear Mayor Sampayan, I am writing to express my consternation regarding the recent closure of the Mare Island Preserve. I recently...