Coastal Commission Accepts EAC’s Tomales Dunes Appeal: Hearing Scheduled for March 2010
On November 17, 2008, the Marin County Board of Supervisors approved a new Master Plan and Coastal Permit for Lawson’s Landing. The permit was animprovement on current conditions at Lawson’s Landing, in that it reduced the number of RV camping units from 1,233 to 583, moved camping outside of wetlands and upgraded the septic system. Unfortunately, the Supervisors weakened some the key protections or wetland buffers and sensitive natural resources, which the Planning Commission had added after months of hearings and negotiation. Because the permit violated the California Coast Act and Marin’s Local Coastal Program, EAC and 1. Eliminating RV camping in wetland buffer zones, as required by Marin County’s Local Coastal Program. 2. Speeding up the timeline of the new septic system. (Under the County’s plan, could take over a decade to complete.) 3. Requiring the restoration of damaged dune and wetland habitat. 4. Putting an effective adaptive management plan in place to protect sensitive and endangered species. Unfortunately, due to budget constraints, the Commission will not hear the appeal until December Your support has enabled us to keep up this struggle for more than ten years now. Thank you for all you have done to save the dunes! We are nearing the home stretch.
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