Oxnard Mayor Pro-tem Carmen Ramirez, Downtown Ventura business woman Michelle Stevens (owner of the Refill Shoppe) and Mayor Jan Marx of San Luis Obispo are in Washington, D.C. Thursday, April 21, advocating for the Central Coast Heritage Protection act, which would designate some coastal lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Representatives from Ventura-headquartered Patagonia and Toad & Company will also visit D.C. in support of the bill.
If adopted, Senate Bill 1423, introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer, D-California, would designate 2,174 acres of Los Padres National Forest as the Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness Area, 41,617 acres as Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Area, 18,666 acres as the Condor Ridge Scenic Area and 15,846 acres as the Black Mountain Scenic Area.
The bill would also designate specified segments of both Piru and Sespe creeks as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
The trio will meet with Senators Boxer and Diane Feinstein, D-Califoria, as well as with members of the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of the meeting of The Energy and Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining.
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