TRAVEL RESTRICTED IN LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST.Byline: Eugene Tong Staff Writer The threat of wildfire expanding into the Sespe Condor Sanctuary The 53,000 acre Condor Sanctuary was created in 1947. On January 14, 1992, two captive bred California Condors and two Andean Condors were released into the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, overlooking the Sespe Creek, near Fillmore, California. and the wilderness surrounding 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, has forced the closure Monday of parts of the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. . U.S. Forest Service officials closed eastern edges of Los Padres to travelers as flames from the Piru Fire ate into the Sespe wilderness preserve. ``If the Piru Fire continues its spread into the Sespe wilderness, or if another fire starts in this area, we will have a very difficult time finding and extracting people from the backcountry back·coun·try n. A sparsely inhabited rural region. ,'' said forest supervisor Jeanine Derby. The blaze, which burned more than 25,000 acres since it began Thursday near Lake Piru Lake Piru is a lake located in Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County and was created by the construction in 1955 of the Santa Felicia Dam on Piru Creek which is a tributary of the Santa Clara River. , made a run for the communities of Fillmore and Piru on Monday. On Monday it was only 5 percent contained. ``We are very concerned about the predicted hot, dry and windy weather over the next several days,'' Derby said. ``A fire under these conditions will spread rapidly and be very difficult to control. I'm afraid there won't be time or resources to look for anyone.'' 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 also was closed to travelers, until the end of the fire season, because of the blaze that has charred more than 56,000 acres in San Bernardino County. Known as the Grand Prix Fire, it has destroyed 77 homes and was 25 percent contained Monday. ``Right now, parts of the San Antonio Canyon and Mount Baldy northwest of the Grand Prix fire are still a vulnerable area of concern,'' Angeles forest spokesman Robert Brady said. But major highways running through the forest remain open, Brady said. ``You just can't go along the forest roads or hiking trails,'' he said. `(Only) the main corridors are open.'' A violation of the closure is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization, or imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. for not more than six months, or both. Eugene Tong, (661) 257-5253 eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com |
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