[ACT] Proposed Grizzly Bear National Monument

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Dear Friends, Neighbors & Trail Users,

After all the destruction caused by recent wildfires in California  
and the trend towards overdeveloping the remaining wild foothills,  
the following proposal is an exciting concept for protecting a  
significant region of old growth chaparral and wildlife habitat  
within a new National Monument in California. The California grizzly  
bear may be extinct; however, our state symbol has not been  
forgotten. Old growth chaparral in the vicinity of Trabuco Canyon,  
where allegedly the last known grizzly bear was shot and killed,  
still exists and deserves recognition and protection.

Please lend your support to the proposed Grizzly Bear National  
Monument... Even though there is some debate regarding whether the  
last California grizzly bear was shot in Little Tujunga Canyon  
(Angeles National Forest, San Gabriel Mountains) or in Trabuco Canyon  
(Cleveland National Forest) to the South or in Tulare County (Sierra  
foothills) to the North. Be that as it may, most of California's  
grasslands, chaparral covered foothills and mountains were once  
"grizzly country." Protecting what is left is important and of  
special interest in the context of the California grizzly as an  
ecologically and historically significant extinct species.

For those interested in more info. about the California grizzly bear,  
the classic article, "California's Grizzly Bears" by Joseph Grinnell,  
PhD,
reprinted from the Sierra Club Bulletin, 1938, may be of interest:
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/5604/ 
grinnell1938grizzlysierra.htm

Beary best regards,
Lori


Photo of the California Grizzly Bear killed in Trabuco Canyon in 1908.

Grizzly Bear National Monument Coalition:
     * Santa Ana Mountains Wild Heritage Project
     * The California Chaparral Institute
     * Students of Cal Poly Pomona, Department of Landscape Architecture
     * Sierra Club, San Gorgonio Chapter, Santa Margarita Group
     * California Native Plant Society, Orange County Chapter
     * Sierra Club, Santa Ana Mountains Task Force
     * Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter
     * Wilderness4All
     * New National Parks Project

Sponsored by the Santa Ana Mountains Wild Heritage Project (SAMWHP)
http://www.santaanamountains.org/vision.html

Included in the California Chaparral Preservation Plan
http://www.californiachaparral.org/chappreservationplan.html
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From: "Richard Halsey" <rwh at californiachaparral.org>
Date: October 7, 2009 10:57:47 PM PDT
To: "'Richard Halsey'" <rwh at californiachaparral.org>
Subject: Grizzly Bear National Monument

Fellow Chaparralian,
With the airing of Ken Burn's National Parks on PBS this past week  
and the new push to create more National Parks by those who love  
them, we have a wonderful opportunity to spread the word on a new  
[proposed] park in Southern California - Grizzly Bear National Monument.

Please help us get the word out and distribute this flyer far and wide!

Grizzle on!

Rick

Chaparral...help protect what's left

The California Chaparral Institute

www.californiachaparral.org

P.O. Box 545

Escondido, CA 92033

760-822-0029




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