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18708 | wetlands confer an immense benefit for wildlife by providing habitat for aquatic, amphibian, terrestrial, and avian species alike. Coastal wetlands are also notoriously efficient mechanisms for carbon sequestration and storm water filtration, thereby mitigating anthropic environmental impacts on a local and global scale. In addition to the environmental benefits DePave Park can provide, constructing a shoreline wetland can establish critical ecosystem-based adaptations that would augment Alameda's resilience to global climate change. As one of the largest low-lying regions in the Bay Area, Alameda must prepare for the impending effects of sea level rise. Wetlands function as natural sponges that trap and slowly release surface water, rain, groundwater, and flood waters and distribute these waters more slowly over the floodplain, thereby lowering flood heights and dissipating storm surges. DePave Park can serve as a buffer between Alameda and the Bay to mitigate gradual and storm surge inundation to populated areas. The additional benefit of replacing the impermeable land cover currently at Alameda Point with a porous ecosystem will create immediately observable improvements. The proposed park is an investment towards Alameda's future resilience in the face of climate change and rising sea levels as well as its ecological role in the Bay. More importantly, the park will restore a sense of place and community that has been lost from this corner of the island. Therefore, Baykeeper strongly recommends that the Alameda Department of Recreation and Parks prioritize DePave Park for development. Thank you for your consideration. You may feel free to reach me at 510-735-9700 x114 or cole@baykeer.org if you have any questions. Warmly, CBB Cole Burchiel Field Investigator and Science Associate 1736 Franklin Street, Suite 800 Pollution hotline: 1 800 KEEP BAY Oakland, CA 94612 WATERKEEFER'ALLIANCE FOUNDING MEMEBER www.baykeeper.org (510) 735-9700 |