Gaviota Coast Too Unique And Valuable For Protection?
A National Park Service study concluded that Central California's unspoiled
Gaviota Coast contains nationally significant natural and cultural
resources suitable for inclusion in the National Park System.
Unfortunately, it also concluded that an NPS-managed designation (such as a
National Park or Seashore) is not feasible at this time. It is clear that
politics has trumped conservation.
You can still help: NPS is now seeking public comments on what
course it should recommend to Congress: do nothing at all (Alternative 1), or
at least promote state and local conservation (Alternative 2). A "do-nothing"
recommendation would make things much harder for future conservation efforts:
please urge NPS to recommend Alternative 2 to Congress, and urge them to reconsider
national park feasibility again in the near future. Written comments will be
accepted until July 18, 2003. For more information visit: http://www.gaviotacoastconservancy.org/index.html
and click on Gaviota Coast Feasibility Study--Talking Points.
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Just three miles off of Interstate 80, 
