NEWS RELEASE

For Release: November 3, 2003
Contact: John Scull (916) 985-4474/Lorna Dobrovolny (530) 272-0298
CCal-04-04

South Yuba River Planning Meeting

A public meeting to work on a comprehensive management plan for the public lands along the 39-mile stretch of the South Yuba River from Spaulding Reservoir to Lake Englebright will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2003, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the L.O.V.E. Building, 660 Minnie Street, Condon Park in Grass Valley. Everyone who is interested in the South Yuba River is invited to attend.

The Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, California Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Nevada County Planning Department are hosting the upcoming meeting, which is the eighth in a series. The four agencies are using the collaborative, or community-based planning process to create the plan. This process directly involves the public in determining the contents of the draft plan by working in cooperation with the land management agencies.

The top item on the agenda is to begin work on an overall Vision Statement for the river. This was scheduled for the last meeting; however, meeting participants had issues with voting procedures that needed to be addressed. The Vision Statement will provide a common theme for the rest of the management decisions that will be made in the planning process. According to Jim Eicher of the BLM, the creation of a Vision Statement for the South Yuba River will probably take several meetings.

The South Yuba River is a popular outdoor recreation destination for many Nevada County residents as well as people from outside the region who enjoy the opportunities for swimming, hiking, sunbathing and nature appreciation in the highly scenic river canyon.

For more information, please call the South Yuba River hot line at (530) 272-6356.

-BLM-

Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630