I’ve been busy covering this one for Watchduty.org so haven’t been able to post here. I highly recommend watch duty. As I type it is 15 acres with a slow rate of spread. Tankers and helicopters are working it. Kerri Frangioso sent me these 2 photos she took:
Rachel Goldberger sent this one of the helicopter and the Little Sur River
Hello,
Please see the attached Community Meeting Notice for the Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan Update Community Meeting, scheduled for June 18, 2024, from 4 pm to 6 pm via Zoom. The Notice includes information on how to access the Zoom meeting.
The second Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan Update Community Meeting will be on July 15th. Details will be sent out before the meeting.
Thank you,
Melissa McDougal
This does NOT mean the entire length of Highway 1 thru Big Sur will be open, but it does mean that access can now be made to Lucia and the Hermitage.
Today he would have been 79. We will all miss this wonderful friend and neighbor.
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The County of Monterey is holding a collaborative, hybrid Big Sur Land Use Update Community Meeting on June 18, 2024 in Big Sur.
Residents are invited to bring questions, ideas, and feedback regarding the Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan and how to best expand opportunities for affordable and employee housing for the Big Sur community.
The meeting will be held in person at the Big Sur Lodge, 47225 Highway 1 in Big Sur from 4-6pm. For those who cannot attend in person, there is a virtual option.
Zoom
https://montereycty.zoom.us/s/94456711368
Webinar ID: 944 5671 1368
Passcode: 156512 or dial in +1 (213) 338-8477
This meeting will offer an overview of the preliminary draft of the Rural Community Center Zoning District and hold a collaborative review to understand the desired outcomes for affordable and employee housing opportunities. A second meeting will be held to review the Big Sur Coast Planning Area Land Use Designation and Zoning maps.
SOLVANG, Calif.— Los Padres National Forest officials announced that the Coastal Zone Visitor Use Management strategy for the Big Sur coast has been completed following extensive collaboration with partners, user groups, residents, and local agencies over the past three years. This comprehensive strategy sets forth the guiding principles for developing a sustainable implementation plan to address the growing number of visitors to the Big Sur coast.
With outstanding natural resources and high visitation trends come challenges for managing visitor use to minimize impacts to resources and infrastructure while maintaining recreation opportunities and access. Recognizing the need to focus on the unique visitor use management challenges of this area, the Forest followed the Interagency Visitor Use Management Framework to develop management strategies and actions to move towards more sustainable recreation management and positive visitor experiences.
“This management plan is the result of a shared commitment to addressing the growing number of visitors and to balance public use with resource protection,” said Monterey District Ranger Fin Eifert. “I sincerely appreciate the input we received as we worked through this process to develop a strong foundation for implementing sustainable practices.”
The Coastal Zone Visitor Use Management Strategy was developed by working through each of the steps of the framework to understand the project area needs and issues, define desired conditions, and to identify short, medium, and long-term management strategies and actions to help achieve the desired conditions. Public input was incorporated throughout the development of this strategy.
The Visitor Use Management strategy is available on Los Padres’ public website. A virtual meeting will be scheduled in the next few weeks to outline the strategy and address questions.
For more information on Los Padres National Forest, please visit our website athttp://www.fs.usda.gov/lpnf.
Here is a direct link to the plan, as Trey provided. I could not find it on the given public website.
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