On July 29^th I attended a public meeting concerning the Eaton Wash Corridor Plan. There were about 25-30 people attending, counting the presenters.  The meeting was opened by Marc Stirdivant of the Arroyo and Foothills Conservancy.   There is a lot of overlap between their board and the Altadena Crest Trail (ACT) Restoration WorkingGroup.  Marc introduced the planning group by noting that they had previously worked on the Emerald Horseshoe Concept Plan for the Conservancy while they were graduate students at Cal Poly Pomona.  This is a massive document which shows that the planners should be very familiar with local conditions.  To boil over 100 pages down to a sentence, the concept is to have continuous trails and green space from the Arroyo Seco on the west up to and across Altadena following the ACT to Eaton Canyon, then down Eaton Wash to the Rio Hondo.  Here is a link to the main part of their report, which loads a bit slow being 20 MB:

http://ww2.cityofpasadena.net/planning/deptorg/commplng/OpenSpace/Emerald%20Horseshoe/EmeraldHorseshoe_part4.pdf

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PASADENA – U.S. Forest Service officials announced Friday (June 4th) the beginning of a five-year study of an open space that stretches from the Santa Monica range to the San Gabriel Mountains. The Rim of the Valley Corridor includes private and public land from the Santa Monica Mountains, Santa Susanna Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains, Verdugo Mountains and San Rafael Hills. Continue Reading