YellowSub1962
02-02-2001, 12:05 PM
> Contact: Jim Bramham
> (916) 424-5800
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
> CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION TO DECIDE
> ON FUTURE MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL FOR
> OCEANO DUNES STATE VEHICULAR RECREATION AREA
>
> San Luis Obispo, Wednesday, February 14
>
> SAN LUIS OBISPO (Feb. 1, 2001) - Off highway vehicle and other outdoor
> enthusiasts are encouraged to attend the upcoming California Coastal
> Commission meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 14 in San Luis Obispo, where the
> commission will decide whether to adopt a new management protocol for the
> Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (previously known at Pismo Dunes
> State Vehicular Recreation Area).
> According to Jim Bramham, a member of the California Association of
> Four Wheel Drive Clubs, the commission is not deciding on whether vehicles
> should be allowed in the park. The issue, he said, is for the commission to
> consider a recommendation brought forward by San Luis Obispo County and
> California State Parks. This recommendation would set new limits on day use
> visitors, camping, and OHV use at the park. Further, it would create a
> Technical Review Team (TRT) that would assist park officials with on going
> park management.
> "The TRT would be part of an adaptive management process that would
> oversee on-going monitoring of both environmental and visitor use trends in
> the park for the purpose of supporting decision making about such things as
> total day use in the park," said Bramham.
> Bramham said the TRT, if approved, would be comprised of
> representatives from San Luis Obispo County, the California Coastal
> Commission, the Off-Highway Vehicle Commission, OHV groups, California Fish &
> Game, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, local government, local business
> interests and the local environmental community.
> -more-
> California Coastal Commission Meeting
> Page 2
>
> "The current limits were set in the early 1980s," Bramham said. "We
> now have nearly a 20-year record of visitor use patterns and resource
> monitoring. The proposed limits represent a reduction from the current
> limits that were rarely met in recent years. The new limits ensure that the
> historic use patterns would continue and recognize the resource protection
> measures that the state has implemented throughout the park."
> The TRT would look at such things as sanitation, traffic in the park
> and surrounding community, visitor safety, habitat and resource protection,
> endangered species protection, visitor satisfaction and many other park
> issues.
> The nearly 4,000-acrea Oceano Dunes SVRA is part of the 15,000-acre
> Nipomo Dunes complex. Slightly less than 1,500 of these acres are available
> for camping and off-highway vehicle use. In terms of coastline, OHV
> enthusiasts are using about 5.5 miles compared to the 17 miles of coastline,
> which was available in years past. By far, the greatest acreage is managed
> for non-motorized recreation.
> Bramham said that in addition of OHV recreation, the scenic park is
> used by many others for aquatic sports, picnicking, fishing and clamming,
> photography, horseback riding, and camping. More than 1 million visitors
> each year enjoy the park and it generates nearly $100 million in revenue for
> San Luis Obispo County businesses.
> The February 14 Coastal Commission meeting will be held at the Embassy
> Suites, 333 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo, beginning at 8 a.m.
> For those with an interest in the future of the park's management and
> cannot attend the upcoming Coastal Commission meeting, Bramham said they
> could write letters to the following address: California Coastal Commission,
> Central Coast Area Office, 725 Front St., Suite 300, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.
> For more information, contact Jim Bramham at 916/424-5800 or email at
> JIMMIEB@ns.net or contact the California Association of Four Wheel Drive
> Clubs at www.cal4wheel.com. (http://www.cal4wheel.com.)
>
>
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>
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<FONT COLOR="yellow">"Its a Wheelbase Thing, Your Jeep Wouldn't Understand"</FONT c>
Peter S. Di Primo
V.P. - Ventura County Axle Snappers 4WDC
www.axlesnappers.com (http://www.axlesnappers.com)
Yellowsub1962@aol.com
> (916) 424-5800
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
> CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION TO DECIDE
> ON FUTURE MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL FOR
> OCEANO DUNES STATE VEHICULAR RECREATION AREA
>
> San Luis Obispo, Wednesday, February 14
>
> SAN LUIS OBISPO (Feb. 1, 2001) - Off highway vehicle and other outdoor
> enthusiasts are encouraged to attend the upcoming California Coastal
> Commission meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 14 in San Luis Obispo, where the
> commission will decide whether to adopt a new management protocol for the
> Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (previously known at Pismo Dunes
> State Vehicular Recreation Area).
> According to Jim Bramham, a member of the California Association of
> Four Wheel Drive Clubs, the commission is not deciding on whether vehicles
> should be allowed in the park. The issue, he said, is for the commission to
> consider a recommendation brought forward by San Luis Obispo County and
> California State Parks. This recommendation would set new limits on day use
> visitors, camping, and OHV use at the park. Further, it would create a
> Technical Review Team (TRT) that would assist park officials with on going
> park management.
> "The TRT would be part of an adaptive management process that would
> oversee on-going monitoring of both environmental and visitor use trends in
> the park for the purpose of supporting decision making about such things as
> total day use in the park," said Bramham.
> Bramham said the TRT, if approved, would be comprised of
> representatives from San Luis Obispo County, the California Coastal
> Commission, the Off-Highway Vehicle Commission, OHV groups, California Fish &
> Game, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, local government, local business
> interests and the local environmental community.
> -more-
> California Coastal Commission Meeting
> Page 2
>
> "The current limits were set in the early 1980s," Bramham said. "We
> now have nearly a 20-year record of visitor use patterns and resource
> monitoring. The proposed limits represent a reduction from the current
> limits that were rarely met in recent years. The new limits ensure that the
> historic use patterns would continue and recognize the resource protection
> measures that the state has implemented throughout the park."
> The TRT would look at such things as sanitation, traffic in the park
> and surrounding community, visitor safety, habitat and resource protection,
> endangered species protection, visitor satisfaction and many other park
> issues.
> The nearly 4,000-acrea Oceano Dunes SVRA is part of the 15,000-acre
> Nipomo Dunes complex. Slightly less than 1,500 of these acres are available
> for camping and off-highway vehicle use. In terms of coastline, OHV
> enthusiasts are using about 5.5 miles compared to the 17 miles of coastline,
> which was available in years past. By far, the greatest acreage is managed
> for non-motorized recreation.
> Bramham said that in addition of OHV recreation, the scenic park is
> used by many others for aquatic sports, picnicking, fishing and clamming,
> photography, horseback riding, and camping. More than 1 million visitors
> each year enjoy the park and it generates nearly $100 million in revenue for
> San Luis Obispo County businesses.
> The February 14 Coastal Commission meeting will be held at the Embassy
> Suites, 333 Madonna Rd., San Luis Obispo, beginning at 8 a.m.
> For those with an interest in the future of the park's management and
> cannot attend the upcoming Coastal Commission meeting, Bramham said they
> could write letters to the following address: California Coastal Commission,
> Central Coast Area Office, 725 Front St., Suite 300, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.
> For more information, contact Jim Bramham at 916/424-5800 or email at
> JIMMIEB@ns.net or contact the California Association of Four Wheel Drive
> Clubs at www.cal4wheel.com. (http://www.cal4wheel.com.)
>
>
> ###
>
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<FONT COLOR="yellow">"Its a Wheelbase Thing, Your Jeep Wouldn't Understand"</FONT c>
Peter S. Di Primo
V.P. - Ventura County Axle Snappers 4WDC
www.axlesnappers.com (http://www.axlesnappers.com)
Yellowsub1962@aol.com