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Raise your own urban chickens

Herbs and veggies in your backyard is so last year. Step it up a notch and raise your own...

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  1. San Mateo’s plan for the sea wall is not consistent with any “key demand” of the broad coalition working to build a modern national park on the land.

    Sharp Park has never had a naturally occurring tidal lagoon. The lagoon at Sharp Park was historically a “back barrier” lagoon system, which is not influenced daily by the tides. Daily tidal action would create an unnaturally high salinity level in the lagoon, and the endangered species would perish.

    Our coalition’s plan would restore a back barrier lagoon system, not a tidal lagoon. Back barrier lagoon systems are not influenced by daily tides, but provide freshwater outflow to the Ocean during the winter rainy season. These systems are commonly inhabited by frog and snakes species along California’s coast. The coalition’s peer-reviewed plan can be read here: http://wildequity.org/entries/3146.

    This is a key distinction between our coalition’s plan and what is reported here: our plan would improve habitat for endangered species at Sharp Park while adapting the land to sea level rise and providing recreation opportunities everyone can enjoy.

    The County’s plan would destroy the habitat permanently so taxpayers can continue subsidizing a failing golf course. It’s a raw deal by any measure.