Jan 12

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1/12/2012 11:30 AM 

Park Service taking over two National Forests

The public comment period on a proposed land grab to create create a huge new national park ecompassing two national forests in Southern California has been extended until Feb. 13.

We encourage you to OPPOSE this huge federal land grab which will shut down prospecting and mining within its far-reaching proposed borders. Here is the notice being distributed by the National Park Service:

NPS extends comment period on draft study to February 13, 2012

Dear Friends,
 
We would like to thank everyone who submitted comments on the Draft San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study and Environmental Assessment. If you have not yet submitted comments, the NPS is extending the public comment period for the draft study report to February 13, 2012.
 
There are several ways to comment. You can provide your comments online at
http://www.nps.gov/pwro/sangabriel/index.htm you can send an email to pwr_sangabriel@nps.gov or you can send a letter to:
 
National Park Service - Planning and Environmental Compliance
San Gabriel Watershed and Mountains Special Resource Study
333 Bush Street, Suite 500 pwr_sangabriel@nps.gov
San Francisco, CA 94104
 
Next Steps in the Study Process:
Spring 2012:
Comment Analysis / Determine Necessary Revisions to Study Report
Spring/Summer 2012:
Final Study / Transmittal to Congress

— National Park Service