<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br>Message: 12<br>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 07:53:28 -0700<br>From: "Dan Hamburg" <<a href="mailto:vote@pacific.net">vote@pacific.net</a>><br>Subject: [MCN-Discussion]- Ten Mile<br>To: <<a href="mailto:discussion@lists.mcn.org">discussion@lists.mcn.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:003501ce99c7$33c8c3a0$9b5a4ae0$@pacific.net">003501ce99c7$33c8c3a0$9b5a4ae0$@pacific.net</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain;<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>charset="US-ASCII"<br><br>It was a long and interesting public hearing on Tuesday in Fort Bragg<br>regarding the Ten Mile Dunes. From my point of view, the State Parks<br>project to remove the northern part of the Haul Road (north of Ward Ave. to<br>the Ten Mile bridge) should go forward. As things currently stand (the BOS<br>will revisit the matter on August 26 in a special meeting), my best guess is<br>that there is a board majority of Gjerde, Pinches and Brown that will insist<br>a new trail be constructed, perhaps utilizing parts of the Haul Road that<br>have not been destroyed by natural processes.<br><br><br><br>Perhaps because I've never used the Haul Road for recreation, I think the<br>section from Ward Ave. south to Fort Bragg should be sufficient for those<br>who want to walk, bike, ride, etc. on a trail (or road) along the<br>beach/dunes. The northern section should be returned to as natural a state<br>as possible. (That's what a "nature preserve" is; ie, more emphasis on<br>environmental values, less on access.) The northern section would, of<br>course, remain open to those who wish to walk along the beach in that area.<br>It would not, however, be conducive to equestrians, cyclists, wheelchairs,<br>or people who have difficulty walking in sand.<br><br><br><br>I also don't want to see three-quarters of million dollars returned to the<br>state when it could be used to clean up a lot of toxic material from the Ten<br>Mile Dunes and restore it to as close to pristine as possible. Of course,<br>it's also quite possible that after the BOS acts (whatever the ultimate<br>vote), there will be an appeal to the Coastal Commission. I can't imagine<br>that body not siding with State Parks on this one, but then again, I've been<br>wrong before.<br><div>
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