LAND PLAN OK'D DESPITE ACTIVISTS PRESERVE TO SIT NEAR SITE OF OLD GLORY.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer STEVENSON RANCH Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. - The Board of Supervisors approved the development of a land preserve along the same road that sparked controversy over the centuries-old oak tree dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. Old Glory. Tuesday's unanimous vote came in response to an appeal filed by the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Organization for Planning the Environment, after the county Regional Planning regional planning: see city planning. Commission OK'd what activists called a poorly planned preserve. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Stevenson Ranch developer Lennar Communities, the 8.4-acre Deadhorse Canyon preserve - a mile west of Stevenson Ranch Parkway and Pico Canyon Road - is the ideal solution for maintaining the habitat that the housing development has imposed upon. Such environmental mitigation was ordered by the state Department of Fish and Game. ``The Deadhorse Canyon property project restores a damaged area ... and does not include the construction of any roadways or homes,'' said Caryn Spencer, spokeswoman for Lennar. However, environmental activists are wary of the developer's intentions and say they do not believe the preserve will benefit the environment. The development of the preserve will involve excavating 57,200 cubic feet of earth, which will be used to fill lots for homes. It would pave the way for the widening of Pico Canyon Road and possibly more environmental damage, said Lynne Plambeck, president of SCOPE. ``It would be a good thing if it could function the way it was supposed to function,'' Plambeck said. ``But if you put a 65-mph road next to a mitigation area, then it won't mitigate.'' About a mile away from the preserve site, tree-sitter John Quigley John B. Quigley is a professor of law at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, where he is the Presidents' Club Professor of Law. In 1995 he was recipient of The Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. spent 72 days in Old Glory to oppose its removal for the expansion of the same four-lane Pico Canyon Road that the preserve will border. Plambeck was also upset that the public was not consulted about the decision. ``This is the same road and the same process that happened with the Pico Canyon Oak (Old Glory). It's the exact same process ... done without the public,'' Plambeck said. Preserve planners envision waterfalls and running water in an 8.4-acre preserve, attracting wildlife that roams the steep, craggy crag·gy adj. crag·gi·er, crag·gi·est 1. Having crags: craggy terrain. 2. Rugged and uneven: a craggy face. Santa Susana Mountains The Santa Susana Mountains are a transverse range of mountains in southern California, north of the city of Los Angeles, in the United States. The range runs east-west separating the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley on its south from Santa Clara River Valley to the north and shadowing Stevenson Ranch to the west. Grading of the site will extend to within the drip line of five oak trees, which could jeopardize the trees, according to the county's report. Fifty-nine oaks are in the area and none will be removed. Any of the five that die as a result of the grading would be replaced at a ratio of 2:1, according to the county permit. The preserve is expected to take one to three years to establish. |
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