[pct-l] FW: Great News for the PCT

[Donna Saufley]

>From the PCTA Director, Liz Bergeron.  

 

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From: Liz Bergeron [mailto:lbergeron at pcta.org] 
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:41 PM
To: lbergeron at pcta.org
Subject: Great News for the PCT

 

Dear PCTA Friends and Supporters,

 

You may have already heard about the monumental conservation plan unveiled
by Tejon Ranch and several national environmental groups this Thursday.
These groups worked together to come up with a landmark conservation and
land use agreement that provides the framework for conserving up to 90% of
Tejon Ranch’s landholdings, amounting to 240,000 acres.  

 

This agreement is great news for the PCT, and here’s why:

 

*         A significant part of the plan includes a conservation easement
for the trail that will allow the PCT to be relocated from the floor of the
Mojave Desert to the crest of the Tehachapi Mountains, in keeping with the
original vision for the PCT and following the preferred route agreed upon by
the U.S. Forest Service and the Pacific Crest Trail Association (see the
future route of the PCT on the map below). 

*         The easement, to be donated by Tejon Ranch Co. and valued by the
U.S. Forest Service at an estimated $12 million, will permanently protect 37
miles of trail and 10,000 acres of trail corridor. 

*         This is the largest relocation project since the trail’s official
completion in 1993, and will fill the largest gap where the PCT does not
follow the originally designated trail route or the crest of a mountain
range. 

 

If you would like to read more about this historic agreement, please visit
HYPERLINK "http://www.pcta.org/"www.pcta.org and click on the link for
“Tejon Ranch Trail Relocation Project” at the left side of the main page.

 

The number one goal of the Pacific Crest Trail Association is to permanently
protect the PCT corridor.  Thank you for making our success possible!

 

Liz Bergeron

Executive Director

Pacific Crest Trail Association

5325 Elkhorn Blvd #256

Sacramento, CA  95842

 

916-349-2109 x 15

 

HYPERLINK "mailto:LBergeron at pcta.org"LBergeron at pcta.org

 

HYPERLINK "http://www.pcta.org/"http://www.pcta.org

 

The mission of the Pacific Crest Trail Association is to protect, preserve,
and promote the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail as an internationally
significant resource for the enjoyment of hikers and equestrians, and for
the value that wild and scenic lands provide to all people.

 

 


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