RIVER PROGRAM WON'T INCLUDE SANTA CLARA.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer An advisory committee for the American Heritage American Heritage can refer to:
Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. in the list of 10 waterways that will participate. The Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
Environmentalists who pushed for the inclusion of the local river, the last free-flowing waterway in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , blamed Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, who wrote a letter earlier this month asking that the Los Angeles County portion of the Santa Clara be removed from consideration. The river stretches from the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los to the Ventura coast. David Foy, McKeon's press secretary, said the congressman made the decision after getting input from groups such as the national Cattlemen's Association. ``They didn't contact us per se, but we heard about it,'' Foy said. ``We hadn't heard anything positive about it.'' McKeon also received objections to the program at town hall meetings and from The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. , Foy said. ``We heard from Newhall Land, but we had already made the decision to send the letter,'' Foy said. ``They talked to us about it within the last three months.'' In his June 3 letter to the federal Council on Environmental Quality, McKeon stated that he did not want his district included in the program because it was too vague and did not have funding set aside. McKeon also stated that more public hearings should have been held and that conservation efforts should be developed on the local level. After release of the letter, Foy said that McKeon's primary concern with the rivers initiative was that it allowed for excess federal regulation. ``We're very reluctant to hand over power to the Clinton administration,'' Foy said. ``It may mean help with habitats, but it may mean no development within 100 feet of a river. We were just afraid to hand them carte blanche CARTE BLANCHE. The signature of an individual or more, on a while. paper, with a sufficient space left above it to write a note or other writing. 2. In the course of business, it not unfrequently occurs that for the sake of convenience, signatures in blank are power.'' |
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