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California Department of Fish and Game News Release
November 2, 2011
Media Contacts: Bruce Forman, Interpretive Services, (916) 358-2353
Dana Michaels, DFG Communications, (916) 322-2420
DFG to Hold Public Scoping Meetings on Proposed Trail at North
Table Mountain Ecological Reserve
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG} will host two meetings in Butte County to take
public input an the future of North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve. DFG staff will
provide an overview of a proposed trail at this ecological reserve and then give the
public an opportunity to express their interests and concerns about it. Current and
prospective users of the Reserve are both welcome.
The public meetings will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21 at the Centennial
Cultural Roam, 193'1 Arlin Rhine Memorial Drive in downtown Oroville and Tuesday,
Nov. 22 at the Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 East 8~" Street in Chico.
This Reserve, which now has na trails, is managed by DFG for the protection of native
plants and animals, and for public use and appreciation. It includes annual grasslands,
vernal pools, creeks, waterFalls, rocky outcrops and cliffs, and is currently open daily to
the public, but has no trails.
The proposed trail will first undergo various surveys and analyses under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
planned for 2012. Those will be followed by a Notice of Determination that is expected
to go out for public review during late summer 2012. DFG does not plan to close access
to other sections of the Reserve.
For more information please contact Bruce Foreman at (916) 358-2353 or
bforman(a~dfp.ca.gov.
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