Save Del Puerto Canyon - seeking volunteer group leaders and community partners
Mon, Mar 24
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Interested in volunteering to help organize and oversee outreach events, help us with our canyon cleanups, leverage public media, engage with public officials, or know potential partner orgs? Please read the details at the bottom of the RSVP page and the terms carefully, and join us to learn more!
Time & Location
Mar 24, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
online
Guests
About the event
In addition to the text below, also see this video made by Save Del Puerto Canyon founder Eliaz Funez to learn more about what's at stake (may need to skip 1-2 short ads): https://youtu.be/5WBlXf85CHI?si=kwidtvNmG-r1r3G5
Save Del Puerto Canyon has been fighting since 2019 to protect several miles of Del Puerto Canyon from being destroyed for an agribusiness reservoir. Del Puerto Water District and the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority eyed more than 10 potential sites in the eastern Diablo Range and chose Del Puerto Canyon. This is a region that groups like Save Mt. Diablo have highlighted as being ecologically diverse and in need of both further study and conservation. The eastern section of Del Puerto Canyon includes the location for a previously-planned public recreation area by the City of Patterson, and the site where a teen discovered the first dinosaur fossils in California. The unfenced areas have…