Tag: Snowy Plover
Sale of Oceano Dunes land: Grand jury chastises county staff
From: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/782653.html Jul. 14, 2009 Bob Cuddy, www.sanluisobispo.com The county’s handling of a report affecting the multi-million dollar sale of the Oceano Dunes is “disturbing” because it gave the erroneous impression that the sale allows off-road vehicles in an area where they are banned, the civil grand jury says. The planning department’s omission of a […]
Birds’ defenders want all off-roaders out of Oceano Dunes SVRA
Jul. 13, 2009 The Associated Press PISMO BEACH, Calif. At one Central Coast beach, birds and buggies aren’t mixing. Advocates for the threatened Western snowy plover want off-road vehicles totally banned from the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, saying the dune buggies and motorcycles are a danger to the tiny bird. Environmentalists say bird […]