Folsom Lake SRA Management Plan Letters needed and meeting April 16th

California State Parks has released the long awaited Management Plan and Draft EIR/EIS for Folsom Lake public comments. There is ONE more meeting - try to make it and/or write a letter! Deadline for comments/letters is April 30th.

April 16, 2008 from 7pm-9pm at the Lakeview Elementary School at 3371 Brittany Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762

Folsom Lake General Plan Comments NEEDED. Be sure the voices of Mountain Bikers are heard.

Did you write a letter yet?

Do you care about Folsom Lake and do you like to ride there?
Don't expect your riding buddies to send a letter in for you!
You only have a few more days to get a letter in. It isn't hard. You
can send it via email or postal mail. Deadline is April 8th.

Write a short personal letter -- it doesn't need to be anything fancy.

If you want to look at details in the plan, here is a link to it:

http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=22322

Address your letter to:

Jim Micheaels
Gold Fields District
California State Parks
7806 Folsom-Auburn Road
Folsom, CA 95630
jmiche@parks.ca.gov

You can pick and choose from these these topics, or if you have
something else that you think is important, add that also:

1. Thank you for all the hard work and effort that has gone into the
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area General Plan.
2. We support the efforts to preserve and protect the nature beauty of
the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area (SRA).
3. As local residents and mountain bikers, we support the continued
development of multi-use trails within the SRA. We support the concept
of a linked trail system that allows mountain biking around the entire
perimeter of the lake. The creation of more multi-use trails will
allow mountain bike access from additional trailheads, thereby
minimizing the impact of car-based trips to the SRA.
4. We encourage the further development and implementation of a Trails
Master Plan as quickly as possible. We encourage the planning agencies
to work closely with local mountain biking organizations, such as IMBA
and FATRAC, which have a strong track record of trail planning and
construction with land managers. These mountain bike organizations and
members have consistently donated their time and effort to build and
maintain trails for the entire user community.
5. We would like to be notified of all future public events relating
to the SRA General Plan and Trails Master Plan.
6. Use of the park at night is important as a way to get exercise and
stay healthy year round.
7. Ask for them to acquire additional lands from willing sellers and
to work with local land trusts to acquire lands next to the park so
that the park will be more than a narrow strip of land around a lot of
water (did you know that there are places where there is less than 100
feet of land between high water and private property?

Add some personal note about how important Folsom Lake is to you.

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