Dear Friends:
Can you help us save one of Baja California’s most spectacular natural landscapes?
HERE’S THE STORY: Punta Banda, the point of land that forms the tip of the bay of Ensenada, Baja California is one of the last remaining areas of endangered maritime coastal scrub habitat in the region, as well as the site of countless prehistoric and historic archaeological sites. Often compared to California’s Big Sur, Punta Banda’s rocky sea bluffs, caves, coastal terraces, shorelines, tidepools and the extraordinary biodiversity of these terrestrial and marine environments have made it a natural museum that must be preserved for present and future generations.
HERE’S THE PROBLEM: Unfortunately the area has recently been “discovered” by Texas billionaire investor Red McCombs who has enlisted golf celebrity Tiger Woods to promote the development of an exclusive golf course and resort. Homes will cost 3 to 10 million dollars each and transportation will be provided by helicopter. Access to local people, a right under Mexican law, has already been cut off. Hundreds of acres of endangered habitat and countless archaeological sites will be destroyed. A desalinization plant will dump huge quantities of salt sludge into the bay, affecting water quality and marine life. And yet the promoters’ website calls this a “light imprint on the earth.”
WHO ARE WE? The Viva Punta Banda Coalition is formed of local citizens, scientists, businesspeople, housewives, and other friends of Punta Banda concerned about the preservation of Baja California’s unique natural and cultural heritage.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
1-Sign an online petition voicing your support: SIGN PETITION
2-Write your own letter to Tiger Woods and send it to mark.steinberg@imgworld.com
3-Forward this message to your friends and family to multiply this effort. (Using the option BCC)
MORE INFORMATION:
Punta Banda pictures and press release
CONTACT US: vivapuntabanda@gmail.com
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