Come to the Coastal Commission meeting, December
14, 2006 and speak up for the Dunes! Come to the Coastal Commission
meeting, December 14, 2006 and speak up for the Dunes! DATE: Thursday December 14, 2006 TIME: The meeting begins at 9 AM. Lawson's Landing is Item 8 on the agenda, and is likely to be after lunch. The timing of Coastal Commission meetings is difficult to predict, so it's best to arrive by 1 and plan to stay for the afternoon. Check back here for last-minute agenda changes. LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Hotel, 5 Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco, CA (415) 788-1234. You can take a ferry from Larkspur Landing right to the hotel. For ferry schedules go to http://goldengateferry.org/schedules/Larkspur.php OTHER REASONS TO GO: Before or after the meeting, have lunch or dinner or do your holiday shopping at the San Francisco Ferry Building Marketplace, which is just across the street from the meeting. For more information on the diversions available there go to http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com For more information on Tomales Dunes, go to http://www.eacmarin.org/campaigns/tomales_dunes.php For the Commission's agenda, go to http://www.coastal.ca.gov/mtgcurr.html
* * * PLEASE ACT TO PROTECT TOMALES DUNES BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! To: Meg Caldwell, Chair Dear Commissioner Caldwell, Tomales Dunes, a complex of mature mobile dunes, central dune scrub, dune prairie, and dune wetlands, is the largest unprotected dune system in central California. It is surrounded by and connected to a rich coastal environment that includes coastal prairie, coastal scrub, salt marsh, tidal flats, bay and ocean. This extraordinary site supports at least 14 listed species and has the richest collection of seasonal dune wetlands in central California. It is also one of the few dune systems in the state that still has a vital population of native dune grasses and some true mobile dunes—completely unvegetated and constantly shifting. Tomales Dunes is also the site of the largest RV campground on the California coast. Camping, ranching, and until recently, quarrying, have taken a toll on the dunes. Degraded wetlands and the invasion of the dunes by European beachgrass, an aggressive alien, are just two of the threats facing the dunes. As the commission considers the Lawson's Landing Coastal Development Permit, we urge you and your fellow commissioners to safeguard this valuable habitat from over-exploitation and ecological degradation. As naturalist Jules Evens has said, Tomales Dunes is like no other place on earth. Please protect it! Sincerely, Name: Address: Phone: Email:
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