Update on Dorothea Terrace
June 2024
Dear Friends and Neighbors of Preserve Wild Poway,
You might have noticed bright orange “lot” flags near the top of Van Dam Peak. You can see one flag from Pomerado Road, as you head north towards Poway Road. The flags show the boundary lines for ten acres on Dorothea Terrace. This parcel was for sale. It is now pending. The building plans show a new house on top of the arroyo, surrounded by the Meadowbrook Ecological Preserve. If the sale goes through, two acres of endangered habitat will be destroyed.
Preserve Wild Poway worked to save this property, as it is in the Priority Resource Protection Area, surrounded on three sides by the Biological Core Linkage Area and will have a harmful impact on wildlife. This project will decrease the preserve’s size and cause edge effects, which are harmful to wildlife.
Dorothea Terrace, Spring 2023
Map of Van Dam Peak
If you would like to help preserve Poway’s wildlife habitat, please sign up to volunteer or donate today on our website at:
Preserve Wild Poway was formed in response to the continued destruction of natural open spaces. Our goal is to preserve native habitat and educate residents about the importance of preserving habitat land and wildlife corridors.
Together, let’s Preserve Wild Poway!