Due to length , this is now part 2 of 3. J
Here is what the California Parks Department has to say:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Fuzie" <mfuzie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Joan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: RE: Los Caballos....VERY IMPORTANT!!
> Thank you for the information. Los Caballos has been taking a great
> deal of my time since the fire. While it is a great campground, when
> it was originally built it was place partially within a village site
> that has recorded Native American remains. After the fire, the site
> was surveyed again which lead to the concern by the native American
> Heritage Commission about returning the campground to its exact
> footprint. State Parks is schitzophrenic on the issue with Cultural
> and environmental folks pushing one way and recreationalists pushing
> the other. What we put forth was a concept plan that we believed
> would work for all concerned. Closing Los Caballos has never been put
> forth as an option. Moving it west a few hundred yards and utilizing
> some of the existing campground as well is what we put forth as our
> concept. This gets the village site protected (NAGPRA compliance) and
> keeps the camp in primarily the same location. In concept this would
> add sites to Los Cab with a net gain. What is happening now is the
> mandatory Section 106 review since FEMA dollars are involved. The
> process of public input was just started by FEMA December 15 with a
> Native American Consultation
> (required) and will continue with a public input process that FEMA will
> control. Con’t part 3
