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LRDP -
What's that?
UC Santa Cruz's irresponsible plans for expansion will affect the daily life of everyone in the greater Santa Cruz area. The new Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) threatens to:
- Destroy up to 120 acres of beautiful forest, building new roads and facilities in the undeveloped upper campus.
- Trade quality of education for increasing quantity of students
- Make Santa Cruz even more expensive and overcrowded. Housing, traffic, and water resources are already nearing a point of crisis.
And that's only the beginning.
Learn more
Upcoming Events
Days TBA, Fall 2012
Forest Walks in UCSC Upper Campus:
An adventure through the forest, sharing stories and secret spots, identifying plants, and discussing development plans that threaten this special place.
Meet at the Kresge Co-op, high noon.
See also:
Teach the Forest - another website related to protecting the UCSC forest.
Save Upper Campus on Facebook - Facebook is bad. Elves are still using it.
November 7th Day of Action: Save the Date!
LAFCO's final decision regarding UCSC expansion has been rescheduled again and is now set for a public hearing November 7th. Action plans TBA. Join us on Wednesday, November 7th 2012 to form a powerful presence on behalf of the forest, the water, and our collective future!
September 2012: Forest Walks are being scheduled for the Fall quarter. Do you know and love the forest that is threated by UCSC expansion? Please email forestwalkers@riseup.net if you are interested in leading a walk!
June 6th day of action (old): Click here for more information.
Greetings! This website is a general front that you can use to inform yourself about the Long Range Development Plan and the variety of perspectives and organizations that oppose it.
Announcements:
Re-awakening of elves, forestwalkers, and this website
Jaunuary 2012: After years in hibernation, this website has returned. For now, it appears as it did in 2008, preserved for seekers of knowledge and otherwise obscure recent history.
In coniferous darkness, the council of elves, forestwalkers, scholars and grumps is in a process of meeting and visioning, as a result of some troublesome recent events. Updates, announcements, and inspirations will be posted here.
New flyer: take it from the "experts"
What do UCSC biologists and other experts have to say about the LRDP and its EIR (Environmental Impact Report)? This new two page flyer consists soley of quotes, selected from the EIR's comments section. Enthralling! Take a look
Now accepting submissions...
To the long-awaited issue #2 of Long Range Resistance, a magazine dedicated to a relentless critical discussion of the LRDP and of the many ideas and inspirations that have sprung forth in this discussion. Please email [lrdpresistance (at) riseup.net] with your thoughts.
Now is the time for all those who care about the forest and the are disgusted by the idea of "The UC of Silicon Valley" to wake from our academic slumber and resist the LRDP. The "final draft" may have been signed by the Regents' fountain pens, but as yet, these plans remain nothing but a stack of papers. It is not too late to change their course.