To Learn More:
Save the East Bay Hills gives a good overview of the issues, as well as resources for contacting the responsible agencies.
Death of a Million Trees keeps track of the environmental science relevant to the East Bay hills ecology.
East Bay Pesticide Alert has toxicological information about the pesticides being used in the hills, and documents some of the history of this struggle back to 2005.
Hills Conservation Network has more historical documentation, and has been taking legal action against the responsible agencies.
TreeSpirit Project features the photographic art and civil disobedience of Jack Gescheidt, as well as scientific documentation challenging ‘Invasion Biology’.
Bay Area Progressive Directory features Ken Cheetham’s photography from inside the threatened forests, and key arguments against the projects with scientific citations.
The Next Major Fire in the East Bay Hills by Dave Maloney provides a perspective of the fire danger that will be caused by the projects by a retired Oakland firefighter, former Chief of Fire Prevention at the U.S. Army Base in Oakland, and member of the Oakland-Berkeley Mayor’s Firestorm Task Force.
East Bay Forests: Invasive Fire Hazards or Natural Treasures? features conservation biologist David Theodoropoulos, author of Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience, Dave Maloney’s fire demonstration, Ken Cheetham’s photography, and others at a public forum in Berkeley, July 2015:
Official Documents:
Oakland Vegetation Management Plan and Environmental Impact Report CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS – Sign up for updates and public hearings at link!
Oakland Veg Mgmt Plan Revised Draft, November 2019
Oakland Veg Mgmt Plan Draft, May 2018
Oakland Veg Mgmt Plan – Scope of Work, October 19, 2016
Oakland Veg Mgmt Plan – Contract with Horizon, November 1, 2016
Video of Oakland Veg Mgmt Plan Stakeholder Briefings March 29 and 30, 2017
Video of Oakland Veg Mgmt Plan Public Meeting June 29, 2017
Video of Oakland Veg Mgmt Plan Public Meeting May 23, 2018
Video of Oakland Veg Mgmt Plan Scoping Session November 20, 2019
East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) East Bay Hills Wildfire Hazard Reduction, Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Report
Measure FF 2018 according to the EBRPD – FORMERLY MEASURE CC
Measure FF – 2018 Voter Handbook Statement in Opposition by the Forest Action Brigade
Measure FF – 2018 Voter Handbook Rebuttal to Arguments in Favor by Peter Gray Scott, architect, Jean Stewart, botanist and former pesticide researcher, Maxina Ventura, East Bay Pesticide Alert, and Mary McAllister, webmaster of Million Trees blog
Measure FF – 2018 Green Party Alameda County Recommends No, with Reservations
Measure CC 2004, original ballot analysis and arguments
UC Berkeley Fire Fuel Management Program, including the Hills Campus Addendum to the 2020 Long Range Development Plan Environmental Impact Report, that was successfully met with legal challenges, and is currently on hold CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS
UC Berkeley 2020 Long Range Development Plan Environmental Impact Report
FEMA East Bay Hills Hazardous Fire Risk Reduction Final Environmental Impact Statement
East Bay Municipal Utility District Watershed Master Plan
Oakland-Berkeley Mayors’ Firestorm Task Force, also known as the 1991-1992 Emergency Preparedness and Community Restoration Task Force
