Posts Tagged ‘drought’

2 Oct

Please don’t pick the flowers. Oops! I meant to say FLAGS….

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in CA Native Plants, Drought, Guadalupe Oak Grove Park, Johnny Khamis, Park Maintenance, Tree Data. Tagged: , , , .

 

 

You may have seen green/blue and red irrigation flags in one area of Guadalupe Oak Grove Park between two of the main walking trails.  These flags represent a project being done in cooperation with District 10.  They mark a 30 foot-wide swath from trail to trail, and all the one-year old, baby Valley and Blue Oak shoots that are growing within.  These shoots are to be ‘caged’ in chicken wire cages to protect them, watered and encouraged to live as they are to be the replacement trees for the Blue and Valley Oak trees we are losing to the extended drought and other issues.  The flags are there because after the deciduous native oak trees drop their leaves they will be ‘invisible’ but for the subsequent caging.  Blue and Valley Oaks will not regenerate due to the high-weed and grass load in the park and the out-competing Coast Live Oaks which are overtaking the open Savannah.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

 

 

 

Pat Pizzo

21 Sep

San Jose Mercury News interviews MFPA President Linda Wilson concerning park conditions

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in City of San Jose, Drought, Heart of the Park, Jeffrey Fontana Park, Johnny Khamis, Membership Drive, MFPA, PRNS, TJ Martin Park, Turf Reduction. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , .

Martin, Fontana parks get a boost

By Julia Baum

jbaum@bayareanewsgroup.com

SAN JOSE — Preserving some of the city’s most prized natural treasures has been an ongoing challenge for the Martin-Fontana Parks Association, which hosts its seventh annual “Heart of the Park” fundraiser and membership drive on Saturday.

This year, the volunteer group is spotlighting its struggle to maintain or upgrade TJ Martin and Jeffrey Fontana parks with dwindling resources.

The group and San Jose’s parks and recreation department want to see new irrigation systems and turf installed in three areas, including the soccer fields. Native plants and mature oak trees thrive in the 33 acres that make up both parks, but non-native assets such as a grove of redwoods have been struggling to survive this past year due to budget cuts, drought and even gophers and squirrels.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

13 Jun

Drought & San Jose Parks

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in City of San Jose, Drought, Jeffrey Fontana Park, PRNS, TJ Martin Park, Turf Reduction. Tagged: , , , , , .

TJ2 damage
This comes from the City of San José Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services (PRNS) website:

Doing Our Part to Conserve

With California facing the most severe drought in history, and residents being asked to reduce usage by 30%, the City of San José takes its responsibility to conserve water seriously.  PRNS is dedicated to maintaining our facilities in a way that both conserves water and preserves our parks. Although public parks are exempt from the watering restrictions, we plan to reduce our potable (fresh) water usage while keeping areas of our parks green, to provide our residents a respite from the drought conditions and a safe environment to recreate.
For the rest of the statement click here.

29 May

Here’s an article written by Leeta-Rose Allester for the May 29th edition of the Cambrian Resident:

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in City of San Jose, Jeffrey Fontana Park, MFPA, PRNS, TJ Martin Park. Tagged: , , , , , , .

Linda Cambrian Resident 5-29-15