Richard Bangert

Parks, open space, wetlands, wildlife, environmental cleanup, and sustainability at Alameda Point, the former Naval Air Station.

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Proposal for surf pool at #AlamedaPoint skirts normal public planning process for a new park. Privately-run facility would be baked into the plan, paid for by surf pool developer, before community decides if it wants a surf pool.

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Story about a well-funded startup company that wants to purchase property and set up shop at #AlamedaPoint to build a demonstration machine to see if they have a commercially viable product for non-fossil-fuel energy production. https://t.co/tcIODTMxtZ

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Plastic trash heaved ashore at #AlamedaPoint during recent storms is an environmental mess needing cleanup before it degrades and ends up back in the water. A suction truck like the one Public Works uses to clean storm drains could do the job.

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Investigative report into handling of lease revenue from #AlamedaPoint tidelands and why ⁦@CAStateLands⁩ and @CityofAlameda are reviewing 11 years of books and how funds are used and accounted for. https://t.co/xUTe7PJU3p

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https://t.co/DIsrepN8xk Progress continues on planning and permitting for the tidal wetland ecological park at #AlamedaPoint called De-Pave Park. Details in this article.

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https://t.co/QJxX0MbB0E Commentary supporting maximum nature plan for De-Pave Park by removing all buildings and why it will support migrating birds #AlamedaPoint by Sharol Nelson-Embry, retired supervising naturalist at Crab Cove Visitor Center

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It will be many years before East Bay Municipal Utility District extends its East Bayshore recycled water service over to Alameda. Yet their signs say it is already here. Read more on EnviroReport https://t.co/olWGe3zPl6

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Proposed lease to a company that makes drone aircraft for spraying synthetic pesticides on agricultural crops completely at odds with principles of environmental sustainability that the City supports #AlamedaPoint https://t.co/fptbJcbZnO

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https://t.co/pIha8IM8YE Update on remediation of PFAS contamination at #AlamedaPoint using activated carbon.

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https://t.co/oZkiThvdzb Photo essay about birds, butterflies, and plants at #AlamedaPoint farm and how they are connected.

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Photo essay about how a simple well-planned landscape is providing a thriving microhabitat for wildlife at #AlamedaPoint throughout the year https://t.co/mvV4dxKFWV

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Chevron to clean up buried tar at old refinery site at #AlamedaPoint https://t.co/f7DfVax4PX

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Still time to choose a better location for veterans medical and admin offices at #AlamedaPoint. Sea level rise, earthquake liquefaction zone should be avoided in favor of better choices, discussed in this commentary https://t.co/pIDQwkk1UV

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https://t.co/cnmZald2La #AlamedaPoint lease negotiations include maker of drone aircraft designed to spray pesticides on agricultural crops like bananas. Co. was recently approved to sell planes in Costa Rica for use on banana plantations that are chemically dependent

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Story about #AlamedaPoint harbor seals https://t.co/rRThdS3NOB

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https://t.co/InBgpmnGR5 Fish are a staple of the Great Blue Heron's diet, but it's rare to see them in the act of catching a fish and gulping it down - it can all happen in a matter of 60 seconds. Here is a photo essay in three episodes from 2022 at #AlamedaPoint