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Dear Chancellor Birgeneau, Mayor Bates, UC President, & City Council: - The Memorial Oak Grove is an irreplaceable resource. It is the last surviving Oak-Bay woodland ecosystem in the Berkeley lowlands. The California Native Plant Society has stated that the grove is "an important gene-bank for Coast Live Oaks." On top of this environmental importance the grove is also listed as part of a national historic site by the federal government. - Every mature oak tree in the grove should also be protected by law under the City of Berkeley Coast Live Oak moratorium which forbids cutting large live oaks in Berkeley. But the University is choosing to ignore this local environmental law - in so doing UC is dismissing the values of the community and setting a terrible example for it's students. - Meanwhile, the University has already identified alternatives sites which do not require the destruction of the Oak Grove. - I am writing to ask the University of California to adopt an alternative plan that will preserve this important Oak Woodland. The trees in this grove play an important role in the life, ecology and history of the University of California and the City of Berkeley. - Please respect the value of this Oak Grove in your plans. Thank You,