CactusToCloud Institute Joins Calls to Designate Chuckwalla National Monument
Please join us in calling for the designation of Chuckwalla National Monument so that everyone can share the beauty and wonder of our desert.
L.A. Times Interview
While CactusToCloud Institute might not be sending you spam mail, we did help shed light on this atrocious development project this month with a larger audience, the Los Angeles Times! Times reporter Ian James visited Coral Mountain with CactusToCloud board member Colin Barrows, who had this to say about the project.
The Birds & the Bees, and the Beavertail Cactus
If necessity is the mother of invention, the land of little rain and even less shade must be a hotbed of innovation and adaptation for the plants and animals who live here. A complex chain of unique interactions link desert life together, and as often as not, this chain begins with the relationships between wildflowers and the pollinators (often, but not always, insects) that have co-evolved to survive and reproduce in our harsh desert conditions. You can use iNaturalist to learn more about these relationships and contribute to science with this guide.
Coral Mountain Resort City Council Meeting - Oral Comments
The climate crisis is here, and no amount of outdated water projections or wishful thinking can make it go away. However, there is hope! And you can be a part of the solution.. The city can work with developers and towards responsible, sustainable, and resilient projects to increase housing, outdoor recreation amenities, and tax dollars in our city.
Letter to the California Fish and Game Commission
Letter to the California Fish and Game Commission in support of listing the Western Joshua Tree as a threatened species, and giving it full and lasting protection under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA).
Coral Mountain Resort Planning Commission Meeting - Oral Comments
People depend on and trust that their local elected officials will read through all the documents and always represent the community's best interest. However, this has not always been the case. Whether we believe in it or not, climate change is already affecting us. We can either keep on adding lighter fluid to the fire and ignoring the facts or be proactive and protect the economic well-being of our city and the future generations who will call La Quinta home.
The State of Water in the Coachella Valley
We urge the Planning Commission to deny the Coral Mountain Resort proposal. The world we’re living in now is different from the one past generations grew up in, and the pace of change is only increasing. When making decisions about if, where, and how to build a house, a golf course, or a surf park in the desert, the option to ignore reality is quickly disappearing. Instead, we hope all members of our community are able to proactively embrace climate resilient planning, and work together to find innovative and equitable solutions to the unprecedented environmental challenges ahead of us.
Additional Comments regarding Coral Mountain Resort
We thank The City of La Quinta for your response to our comments regarding the Coral Mountain Resort Draft Environmental Impact Report, received on March 10, 2022. Based on this response, and after reviewing the final EIR and further reviewing referenced sections of the draft EIR in the response, we are providing additional comments for the consideration of the planning commission.
Letter Regarding Coral Mountain Resort Draft EIR
As concerned La Quinta residents, and given our training and time spent in our community, we consider it imperative that we oppose this project, and we ask that the DEIR be revised to address the concerns contained in this letter, and other letters of concerned residents and conservation organizations.
