A drive by of Fairview Esplanade in Costa Mesa doesn't affect abundant awe. About bisected of the esplanade looks like any other: sad grass, abandoned barbecue tables, and adumbration trees. The added bisected of the park, however, is a natural, wildlife habitat, peaking out in the distance. Tonight, the Fairview Esplanade Citizens Advisory Committee will vote on whether or not a allocation of this more-rugged abode with built-in plants should be collapsed and adapted into able-bodied accessories that will crave sprinkler systems, abort wildlife, and abolish aloof a little bit added of the acreage that makes planet Apple so gosh-darned appealing and not manicured Irvine.
In July, the Department of Fish and Wildlife appear a seven-page address on Fairview Park, anecdotic measures that should be taken to restore the bloom of built-in plants and animals. Curiously, killing them wasn't mentioned anywhere. The wildlife zones are home to burrowing owls (cute!) and raptors (not those kind). Vernal pools are buried in the clay and brush, acceptance runoff to eventually bleed aback into the earth. The pools are apartment for the endangered and awesome-sounding San Diego Fairy Shrimp. See, they are fun:
There's additionally that aridity thing. Some cities are throwing money at bodies who rip out their lawns and alter it with built-in plants--but Costa Mesa is because aloof the opposite. Fairview may accept some addle landscaping, but the ecology amount is not account a subjective, artful boost. Let the kids comedy soccer in the street.
The affair will be captivated in the Victoria Room at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center at 1845 Esplanade Ave. Be there at 6 p.m. See you there!
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Fairview Park
2501 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, CA
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Title : Stop Wildlife Destruction at Costa Mesa's Fairview Park TONIGHT!
Description : A drive by of Fairview Esplanade in Costa Mesa doesn't affect abundant awe. About bisected of the esplanade looks like any other: sad ...