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Local Focus - Update on The Planned Removal of Arundo Donax in the Norco Bluff Trails

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The Planned Removal of Arundo Donax Threatens the Norco Bluff Trails -
Norco, California

 

There has been a great response from the Norco, CA equestrian community to the blog Local Focus - The Planned Removal of Arundo Donax Threatens the Norco Bluff Trails.

Thank you to everyone for commenting and sharing your thoughts, feelings and opinions. Local activists, like Bobbie Pope, met with city officials and the Army Corps of Engineers yesterday (Monday, July 26th) to determine the best way to eradicate the Arundo without destroying trails like the Arundo Trail "Shady Glades", and other Norco Bluff trails in the Santa Ana riverbed.

The removal of the Arundo and the concerns of local Norco citizens has even garnered T.V. news attention from KABC-TV channel 7. Click here to watch the video.

Bobbie Pope, after her meeting with Mayor Malcolm Miller and other city servants, along with the Army Corp of Engineers, wrote:

"I have gone to the meeting and was pleasantly surprised at  the willingness and spirit of cooperation the Army corp of Engineers are wanting to work with us not against us. They want to work together to restore this area not destroy it.. The Arundo has to go. Unfortunately we do not have a choice.  Norco does not own this land and we are riding on it as guests. The meeting yesterday with the corp answered a lot of questions. It was very productive.  They are wanting to restore the area to it's natural state. Leaving it as a recreation area and wildlife habitat. Miriah's Wood is a good example of how it could look. It will take a few years but I think it will be a good thing.  We have the opportunity to partner with them  to have the Arundo removed and most of our trails preserved and the promise of new trails.. We are fortunate to now have a voice as a partner. We will lose some trails and there will be an impact on the area for a while, but I think we  can work together and hopefully save most of our trails. Let's all understand now that we have the information to proceed and the promise of restoration not destruction."

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Everyone is asking how the meeting went. As a citizen and someone who truely loves these trails, I was pleasantly pleased at their williness to work with us as a team. Though time will tell, my hopes are that with their promise of restoration we will still have a trail system and still be able to enjoy the area as we do now. We are partnering with them to help keep the trails. Though there will be a rough year ahead as we see them with their tractors and saws tearing up the landscape we love. But they have promised to restore the 250 acres they are working on to a wildlife & recreation area.This means they will plant and help bring it back to its natural state with native riparian plants. It will be up to us to help them know what we want and with the spirit of cooperation we might get back most of our trails. They won't be the same but we will still be able to ride and enjoy the beautiful Bluffs. I personall went to some areas which have already gone though the process of Arundo removal. I was pleased to see alot of regrowth. But also dissappointed as many of the areas are struggling to return to a landscape of plants and re-growth. My hopes and with their promise of replanting, our area might have a better opportunity to return to a forrest like area. But make no mistake, I think it is going to take our help too. We are forming a focus group of a few citizens and city representatives to help guide this project. I think this will be a positive influence on the corp to help them know just what we need to make the bluffs a wonderful place to ride agaion.

 

 

 

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