* Jacks Peak Park is the largest stand of native Monterey Pines.
* Raptors and other birds nest in the trees that would potentially be cut down to put in the zip line.
* It’s been proven, human beings need quiet, natural places where there aren’t towers overhead and wildly yelling and excited people whizzing by suspended from wires between those towers as if on an amusement park ride.
* The animals whose home is the park need it to remain as it is.
* We are stewards of this land; and not everything in our world ought to be about money.
If you are opposed to the zip line proposed for Jacks Peak, here are a few VERY important (and easy) things you can do to voice your concern:
* Contact David Lutes of the Monterey County Parks 755-4911 x4911 or email him lutesd@co.monterey.ca.us. By making contact you will show your concern as well as receive more information.
* Contact the park commissioners: email parks@co.monterey.ca.us or P.O. Box 5279, Salinas, CA 93915. If you email, ask the clerk to give a copy of your letter to each of the five Monterey County Parks Commissioners. (Each commissioner is appointed by a supervisor. See below.)
* Contact your county supervisor
* Contact supervisor Dave Potter, as Jacks Peak is in his district.
* Write letters to the editor of the Monterey Herald and the Monterey Weekly and the Carmel Pine Cone.
Here’s the contact info for all the above:
County Sup. Distict 1: Fernando Armenta
2 60 W. Market St, Suite 110, Salinas, 93901
4Parks Com: Brian Contreras
County Sup. District 2: Louis Calcagno
PO Box 787, Castroville, 95012
Parks Com: Ken Husby
County Sup. District 3: Simon Salinas
168 W. Alisal, 3rd Floor Salinas, 93901
district3@co.monterey.ca.us
Parks Com: Ed Fischer
County Sup. District 4: Jane Parker
2616 1st Avenue, Marina, 93933
Parks Com: Roger Soell
County Sup. District 5: DavePotter
P.O. Box 1324, Monterey, 93942
Parks Com: Joe Hertlein
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Thank you, Patrice. I share your love for Jacks Peak Park, and I appreciate your willingness to serve as a "go to" site/community news source regarding the proposed zipline at Jacks Peak.
ReplyDeleteFor some background info, readers may refer to the following post at the Bicycling Monterey website: http://marilynch.com/blog/jacks-peak-park-rare-native-monterey-pine-forest-no-to-zipline.html
What Bicycling Monterey is about is "to encourage cycling, as well as other Earth friendly actions." Protecting the unique nature of this park certainly falls into the "other Earth friendly actions" category. That fact, along with my love for this park, is why there is a Jacks Peak post at Bicycling Monterey. (To avoid confusion, I'd like to remind readers that people may bike the park's paved roads; however, it is not appropriate--or allowed--to bike the trails in this park. And I am certainly in full agreement with that park policy.)
I encourage people who believe, as I do, that a zipline could be an asset somewhere in Monterey County--but not in Jacks Peak Park--to stay tuned to your Jacks Peak Journal for ongoing updates regarding the proposed zipline. I hope many will follow your suggestions to contact County Parks officials and County Supervisors, as well as to write letters to local newspapers.
Thank you.