Posted on 09/01/2002 11:31:33 AM PDT by farmfriend
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:42:18 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Two years after a judge rejected its last efforts, the city of Sacramento has come up with a new plan to protect threatened species while more houses and businesses are built in North Natomas.
This time, the city has teamed with Sutter County, and the two jurisdictions hope to persuade federal officials that they will preserve enough open land permanently to compensate for the farms, fields and wetlands that developers will pave over.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
People wanting to comment on the draft Natomas basin habitat conservation plan and its environmental impact statement must submit remarks in writing by Oct. 28 to the field supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way, W-2605, Sacramento, CA 95825. No comments will be accepted via e-mail. The plan can be read at: www.sacto.org.
Search the site with keywords "Natomas basin."
"After a year of quiet negotiations, Sacramento city and county officials this week unveiled a landmark agreement that would open 10,000 acres of Natomas farmland to development, while preserving 10,000 acres of open space along the Sacramento River and around Sacramento International Airport. "
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