Calling all Cupertino Residents!: Share your love for parks and nature!

Here are two opportunities for Cupertino Residents to express their love for nature, wildlife birds and what makes Cupertino special:

Share your Parks and Recreation story:

Do you have a short story to tell about an experience in nature, or about the birds along Stevens Creek? The deer, quail, and coyote? The great-horned and screech owls or the red-shouldered hawk? Have you participated in a bioblitz along the creek, or visited the McClellan Ranch bird feeders? Have you seen children enjoying the birds, the bugs, the deer, the meadow?

July is ‘Parks and Recreation Month’ and Cupertino wants to hear your favorite stories about Cupertino parks! Fill out this survey by May 13th, and your story might be featured in Cupertino’s July Scene.

This is a unique opportunity to share our experience and ensure that the Cupertino Parks Department understands just how important wildlife, birds and nature are to you and your family.

And please share the stories with us as well - we’d love to hear them!

Prioritize Birds and Native Habitat Restoration in Cupertino’s New Park, Lawrence-Mitty:

Cupertino has a new park and you can help design it! Please complete this survey by May 23rd to provide design input for the City’s new park, Lawrence-Mitty!

Please include the following recommendations:

No outdoor lightingNative habitat restoration and enhancementTrails that are unlit, slow, winding, narrow trails that have minimal impact on surrounding habitatNo shade sails or other artificial shade mechanisms that would retain heat. Instead, provide more trees for shade.This park would be a great spot for planting native trees as per the CAP requirements