Has anybody heard of this? this was in the new Ingear

Conservation group to acquire Sierra Forest Land

Reprinted from the Reno Gazette-Journal
A conservation group plan to buy more than 30,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada from a timber company and make the land available for public use in the next two to three years.
The first phase of the agreement involves the trust for Public Land buying 6,100 acres along the north fork of the American River from Sierra Pacific Industries , a logging company , for about $6 million.
TPL officials said at a news conferance that they eventually could buy up to 50,000 acres from SPI for preservation.
" We have frequently crossed the Rubicon this year , and in years to come, we're hoping to buy the Rubicon," said Alan Front , senior vice presidant and director of federal affairs for TPL, referring to one of the rivers in the area to be preserved.


This article was submitted by Phil Bender of Reno, Nevada

What does this mean <IMG SRC="smilies/question.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/question.gif" border="0">

I take it they are trying to buy up lands that are on either side of a river , but will it remain public for all or just who can hike into it.
Can anybody else can shed some light on this .

[ 07-03-2001: Message edited by: twn44s ]

<font color="yellow">Rusty, This was posted a while ago on this site (I can't remember where, and can't seem to find it)... I think the reason CA4WDC reprinted it was to make everyone aware of it and in hopes that we would hold them to keeping some of the land open for recreational use. What type of recreational use?? I'm not really sure, I guess we'll have to wait and see what they have in mind....</font c>

it was on the news here awhile back. they aquired the land and there is a hiking trail to the river. the land they got is pretty steep country. i have heard no meantion of anything around the rubicon river but who knows

Thanks for the ino guys