On Tuesday March 7, the San Jose City Council voted to prioritize working on bird-safe design guidelines for buildings near creeks. (See our previous post on this issue for details.) Now, City staff will begin work on studying this issue over the coming year, and will bring their recommendations to the City Council when this...
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Speak Up for Birds in San Jose
Update: The San Jose City Council voted to prioritize bird-safe design for buildings near creeks. Five votes were needed to prioritize this issue and it ended up getting six. Thank you to all those who sent an email to the City Council! On March 7 (note: the meeting has been rescheduled, it was previously scheduled...
Win for creeks & wildlife in San Jose
After many years of advocacy, this week the San Jose City Council approved new policy and code amendments that will provide greater protection to creeks and riparian corridors, and also voted to study a city-wide bird-safe design program. The 1999 Riparian Corridor Policy Study, which established a 100-foot setback from riparian corridors as the general...
Speak up for riparian corridor protection and bird-safe design
Next Tuesday, August 23, the San Jose City Council will consider riparian corridor protections and bird-safe design guidelines. Please join me and support these protections and request the Council apply the voluntary bird-safe design guidelines to all riparian corridors, not just north of Highway 237. What’s Happening For years we have advocated with other groups...