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Follow on Google News | Save SoCal's Santa Clara River -- Public comment window closes March 17, 2010Southern Californians have until March 17 to express their concerns about or oppose the Newhall Ranch Resource Management and Development Plan to build a massive community along the banks of the endangered Santa Clara River.
By: NEWS ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL The Newhall Ranch Resource Management and Development Plan was re-circulated on February 1. It is a plan, however, that conservationists say may create potential impacts to aquatic resources of national importance that should be avoided. Shortly after the vital ecosystem was determined to be one of America's most endangered river systems. Animals on the Edge president Leo Grillo commissioned notable landscape photographer Peter Goin to take photographs of the river in all its stages. A portfolio, containing a total of 52 historic images were presented to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on March 2. The photographs, in larger-than- International wildlife photographer Chris Weston is teaming with some of the region's top biologists to document the estimated 38 species of threatened, endangered and rare species on plants and animals. Their findings will be the topic of the second in a series of "Animals on the Edge" books. Animals on the Edge has provided a contact list and sample letter for residents and business owners. The following agencies must hear from the public no later than March 17. Enrique Manzanilla, Director Communities and Ecosystems Division UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION IX 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Aaron Allen, North Coast Branch Chief U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ventura Field Office 2151 Alessandro Drive, Suite 110 Ventura, CA 93001 Diane Noda, Field Supervisor U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura Office 2493 Portola Road, Suite B Ventura, CA 93003 L.B. Nye, Regional Program Manager Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board 320 W. 4th Street, Suite 200 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Ed Pert, Regional Manager California Department of Fish and Game South Coast Region 4949 Viewridge Ave San Diego, CA 92123 Dennis Bedford California Department of Fish and Game South Coast Region 4949 Viewridge Ave San Diego, CA 92123 Jill Whynot South Coast Air Quality Management District 21865 Copley Drive Diamond Bar, CA 91765 Matt Carpenter, Director Environmental Resources Newhall Land and Farming Company 23823 W. Valencia Boulevard Valencia, CA 91355 SAMPLE LETTER March 8, 2010 Enrique Manzanilla Director Communities and Ecosystems Division IX United States Environmental Protection Agency 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Dear Mr. Manzanilla: On behalf of the many rare and endangered species of plants and animals which inhabit our Santa Clara River, please do not allow the Lennar Corporation's Newhall Land and Farming Company go through with a plan that could result in permanent negative impacts to the last major wild river we have in Southern California. This river is not ours exclusively. It is an archaeologically important national landmark that belongs to the world. It is an aquatic resource of international importance. The Santa Clara River represents the diversity of life on Earth. My family and I support the Environmental Protection Agency in its rejection of this developer's Proposed Project Alternative 2 because it is environmentally harmful. Not only will our water resources and air quality be affected adversely by this blueprint, we will also lose 157 acres of our 100-year floodplain. This is where we work, live and prosper. More than 12 million productive citizens and taxpayers depend on the Santa Clara River yearround. I'm one of them. I appreciate the opportunity to express my concerns. Thank you for doing the right thing for my generation and for our posterity. Do within your power to help save the Santa Clara River from possible extinction. Sincerely, Jane Doe Street Address City, State & Postal Code End
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