On Tuesday, April 26th I attended a meeting at the ANF HQ in Arcadia which was one of three initial meetings intended to communicate about a possible non-profit association/foundation focused on supporting the ANF and gathering input from existing volunteer organizations and interested parties. I am going to [u]briefly[/u] summarize what I understood of the discussions and include my remarks, which are personal opinions and include both information from other meetings and some deduction about things that were not explicitly stated. Besides myself, attendees included Steve Messer from CORBA, Mark Gage, Tom (Pirana), Bradley (Triple B), Gary Hilliard (Mt Disappointment 50K), Hal Winton (Angeles Crest 100 Run), Richard Nyerges (Bear Canyon Trail Crew), people from other trail work and volunteer groups, in-holders/permit holders, a paid organizer for the Sierra Club, USFS staff (the new Superintendent, Tom Contreas, Marty Dumpis, Gerald Reponen) and others.
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Category : Advocacy
Dear Friend of the AFC,
Please join us for the second round of meetings on the Eaton Wash to review the trail designs developed by our consultants. You have your choice of a Thursday evening meeting in Rosemead or a Saturday morning meeting in Altadena. We got a lot of really good input from the first round of workshops and I encourage you to attend one of these final two meetings to hear about the draft designs and provide your comments.
Workshop #3: Design Review
Thursday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Garvey Center
9108 Garvey Ave.
Rosemead, CA 91770
Workshop #4: Design Review
Saturday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Altadena Community Center
730 E. Altadena Drive
Altadena, CA 91001
If you missed the first set of workshops or want more information, please go to our website:http://www.arroyosfoothills.org/eaton-wash.html
You can also download a flyer in English and Spanish to help us get the word out.
See you there!
Nancy
President
Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy
Category : Advocacy
On July 29th 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:
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