[CINC] Release--NPS Seeks Public Comment on Coastal Wetland Restoration

[Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov]

A request for your input from the park:

(See attached file: PR EIS to Restore Coastal Wetland.pdf)

   May 28, 2009
   For Immediate Release
   Yvonne Menard, Channel Islands National Park (805) 658-5725

   National Park Service Seeks Public Comment on Coastal Wetland
   Restoration

   Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell E. Galipeau Jr.
   announced today the availability of the Prisoners Harbor Coastal Wetland
   Restoration Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for public
   comment. The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to restore a
   portion of the coastal wetland and associated stream channel at
   Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz Island.

   Prisoners Harbor, once the largest coastal wetland on the Channel
   Islands, was important for water retention and habitat for wildlife and
   native plants. Coastal wetlands in California are increasingly rare—over
   90% have been eliminated.

   Methods to restore ecosystem function to this coastal floodplain wetland
   and the steam corridor are analyzed in the Draft EIS. The project
   extends over nearly 60 acres of land owned by the NPS and The Nature
   Conservancy. Restoration action is needed because prior modifications to
   the site degraded the ecology of the wetlands and stream corridor...


Yvonne Menard
Chief of Interpretation & Public Information Officer
Channel Islands National Park
1901 Spinnaker Drive
Ventura, CA 93001
(805) 658-5725
Fax (805) 658-5799
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