{"id":612,"date":"2010-06-16T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T21:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/?p=612"},"modified":"2010-06-16T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T21:36:28","slug":"update-on-the-arts-trail-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/2010\/06\/16\/update-on-the-arts-trail-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on the Art’s Trail Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week we reported on the closing of the popular Art’s Trail <\/a>in Pt Mugu State Park<\/a>. Since then we have heard second-hand reports of more detailed reasons why the trail and its connectors were closed, namely, that there were archeologically interesting areas in the vicinity, and also sensitive plant species. Here is the response we got from Dennis Dolinar, District Maintenance Chief of the Angeles District of the California State Parks:<\/p>\n

Good Morning !<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

While recently\u00a0working with several people on an updated official park map for Point Mugu SP, I became aware of a set of unauthorized trails that had been developed by unknown individuals in the section of the park that roughly runs parallel to the Ranch Center Road and between the Sage and Sin Nombre Trails. These illegal routes, which likely started out as simple game trails only\u00a0used by wildlife, pass through sections of the park that have never been thoroughly reviewed by our resource staff with regard to possible impacts to both natural and cultural resources. Also, the trails themselves have never been\u00a0evaluated by staff regarding safe and appropriate routing through the varied terrain they cross. Subsequent conversations with our staff brought to light that there is at least one recorded culturally sensitive site in the immediate area and the entire meadows area should be further investigated . There also are as yet unconfirmed reports of unusual seasonal plant life in the area.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The opportunity to close these\u00a0unauthorized routes\u00a0presented itself last month and, as the District’s Chief of Maintenance, I worked with a local boy scout troop to block-off the four obvious access points to the area in question. It is our intention to keep this area closed to<\/em> <\/em>all<\/span><\/em> <\/em>users until such time as a complete evaluation of the park’s resources can be completed. There will be no attempt to actually remove the trails themselves unless that internal review warrants it. Ultimately, these routes of travel could possibly re-open but that\u00a0 has yet\u00a0to be determined.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Just to make sure that we are talking about the same set of unauthorized trails, I’m attaching a copy of a portion of a private party trail map <\/a>that I’ve taken off the Internet. The person that produced that map identifies these routes as being Art’s Trail ( #19 ). I have also heard these same routes called by other names by park visitors.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Any support that the CORBA membership can give us to manage this situation would be greatly appreciated as we strive to protect the park, it’s resources\u00a0and\u00a0all our\u00a0visitors.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I hope this helps you better understand the situation.\u00a0\u00a0Please share this information with others in your group. \u00a0===> Dennis D<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Despite the above email, questions still remain surrounding this issue and CORBA will continue to pursue any and all information pertaining to this closure.<\/p>\n

For more, see the June 25th update <\/a>on this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week we reported on the closing of the popular Art’s Trail in Pt Mugu State Park. Since then we have heard second-hand reports of more detailed reasons why the trail and its connectors were closed, namely, that there were archeologically interesting areas in the vicinity, and also sensitive plant species. Here is the response […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}