[farmfriend]

Comment period

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."

[farmfriend]

Ms. Dahlberg obviously does not read her own newspaper. While the plan, as cited, in her article provides for 1/2 acre mitigation for every acre developed, the city is proposing a one on one exchange.

Divvying up North Natomas

"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. "

[Willie Green]

More farmland being converted to more densely populated commercial/residential.
And Kalifornia doesn't have the common sense to provide adequate electricity/water/sewage infrastructure to support such growth.
I wonder if "developers" have taken this into consideration?