Date: October 18, 2017
Contact: Kate Kuykendall, 805-370-2343
The National Park Service (NPS) has announced the availability of the Invasive Plant Management Plan/Environmental Assessment for Redwood National Park and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area for public review and comment.
The overarching purpose of the actions evaluated in this EA is to provide a comprehensive approach for protecting natural and cultural resources on National Park Service lands from the impacts of nonnative, invasive plants.
Through the preferred alternative, the NPS would strive to enhance or refine practices such as: public outreach, collaboration with stakeholders, invasive plant detection and treatment, recordkeeping and monitoring, revegetation, adaptive management, and best management practices using an integrated invasive plant management approach.
The NPS seeks the public’s thoughtful review and comments during the comment period, which concludes on December 1, 2017. The EA is available on the NPS Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) website at: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=44351 .
Hard copies of the EA are available for review at park headquarters and the visitor center as well as the following local libraries:
Calabasas Library
City of Camarillo Library
Grant R. Brimhall Library
Los Angeles County Library- Agoura Hills
Los Angeles County Library- Malibu
Los Angeles County Library- Topanga
Los Angeles County Library - Westlake Village
Newbury Park Branch Library
Santa Monica Public Library
Woodland Hills Library
The park will host an in-person open house meeting during the comment period, on Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 from 6:30-8:30pm. The meeting will be held at the Conejo Recreation and Park District Community Room (403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91360).
Interested parties can submit comments either electronically on the PEPC website (the preferred method of receiving comments); at one of the in-person public meetings; or via U.S. Postal Service to:
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
ATTN: Invasive Plant Management Plan
401 West Hillcrest Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
