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12/05/2022
City of Palm Springs City Council
Oswit Land Trust (OLT) is a non-profit 501c3 land trust dedicated to the conservation of
open space and critical wildlife habitat within the greater Coachella Valley area. We
represent over 5,000 residents in the Coachella Valley who are invested in our efforts to
conserve land, protect wildlife, and mitigate the effects of climate change on a local
level.
We are concerned for the future of the properties known as Boulders and Crescendo if
the city chooses to designate them as “surplus land.” To be declared surplus implies the
land is no longer of necessary use to the city and is therefore susceptible to sale or
other disposal. These properties are critically important to the endangered peninsular
bighorn sheep, mountain lions, bobcats, migratory birds and other wildlife as well as the
preservation of open space and hillside views that welcome visitors and residents alike
to Palm Springs. Oswit Land Trust would again like to urge the council to committing
these properties to conservation, preserving them as open space, and protecting the
spectacular habitat found at Palm Springs’ most picturesque entry point.
The OLT team is open to further discuss the importance of these properties & granting
them conservation status at any time. Please contact myself and/or OLT Executive
Director Jane Garrison at paisley@oswitlandtrust.org, jane@oswitlandtrust.org. Jane
can additionally be reached by calling 843-343-8887.
Thank you.
Paisley Ramstead, Staff Biologist
Oswit Land Trust