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National Forests

Forest Service seeks public comments on proposed changes to Recreation Fee Areas on Cleveland National Forest

Posted on by Shawn E. Bell

The U.S. Forest Service has proposed changes that would allow public access to an additional 30,000 acres of the Cleveland National Forest for free.

The changes to Recreation Fee Areas would eliminate or reduce the size of six existing recreation areas where visitors are now required to have Adventure Passes.

The public comments period is open now through December 13, 2013.  Comments may be submitted to:

Cleveland National Forest
Trabuco Ranger District
1147 East Sixth Street
Corona, CA 92879

or by email to: jfrodriguez@fs.fed.us

The full press release follows (you may also view it HERE):

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Protecting the Cleveland National Forest – San Diego’s Planned Encroachment

Posted on by Shawn E. Bell

According to the Sand Diego Union Tribune, San Diego County has just released a Draft Environmental Impact Report regarding the Cleveland National Forest.

In 1993 the voters of San Diego County by a two-thirds vote endorsed and passed the Forest Conservation Initiative, which protected the forest from what the U-T called a “Death Sentence” of development.

The new Draft Environmental Impact Report seeks to replace the riparian and rangeland habitat with urban sprawl. According to the DEI, the plan’s SIGNIFICANT impact in the forest is “unavoidable” because the county must put housing in San Diego’s last remaining wilderness area. Continue reading →