GROUP FIGHTS TO SAVE TREES IN LANG DAM AREA.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer Ventura County Flood Control District officials met Monday with environmentalists who want to save some of the 41 ancient oaks that will be removed when the controversial Lang Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. Dam is built. The removal of the trees early next year was a condition the state Department of Fish and Game imposed on its agreement allowing construction of the 66-foot-tall dam and debris basin because construction is banned around nesting birds. ``The idea is to remove all the vegetation during the non-nesting season that may be a harbor for nesting birds during the construction season,'' county Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Director Jeff Pratt said. ``We were told by Fish and Game the ideal time is sometime in January or February because nesting birds may be moving in there in March.'' Pratt said plans are to go out to bid in January or February, with construction of the $3.8 million dam beginning in early April. The district is building the dam and debris basin for the city to protect downstream properties from runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. from the 2,257-home Lang Ranch development. An environmental group has proposed transplanting transplanting, in horticulture, the process of removing a plant from the place where it has been growing and replanting it in another. The major requirement in transplanting (especially of larger plants) is a sufficient water supply, since the roots are almost about 15 of the trees to another location at its own expense, said Pratt, who is negotiating with the organization. Pratt said a final hurdle HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. , a permit from the state Division of Safety of Dams, will be forthcoming. ``Dam Safety is confident the dam is in the right place and is safe from earthquakes,'' he said. A group of residents, however, plans to make a last-ditch effort to stall stall, small division of a larger space, sometimes partly partitioned. The term is used for a booth for display and selling at an exhibition, for a compartment in a stable or kennel, or, in England, for the forward seats in a theater orchestra. the dam by going before the City Council tonight. ``That totally freaked me and other people out,'' said Gerry Langer, board member of Save the Conejo 2000, of learning the trees were to be removed soon. ``We want to stop that immediately. There are some major issues here that still need to be flushed flush 1 v. flushed, flush·ing, flush·es v.intr. 1. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush. 2. out.'' Langer said they will ask the council to do an independent review of the project and to do new test borings of the basin site. ``We want to make sure those trees are not touched until this is decided,'' Langer said. Residents are opposed to the dam because it would uproot the oak trees and impede im·pede tr.v. im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing, im·pedes To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder1. [Latin imped their view of the area. They also claim the site is geologically unstable. Pratt said his department is preparing a report to address the residents' concerns. City Public Works Director Don Nelson said enough studies have been conducted on the district project. ``We've done an awful lot of work out there, and a tremendous amount of information has been developed,'' Nelson said. ``I really can't say anything more than that. At some point in time, the project needs to move forward.'' |
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