Public Invited to Attend Invasive Plant Management Plan Meetings

By Susan Pascal/Agoura Hills Patch

The National Park Service is preparing a joint environmental assessment (EA) for an invasive plant management plan for Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) and Redwood National Park.

The NPS is inviting the public to attend one of two public scoping meetings for the EA. At these meetings, the plan's applicability to SMMNRA will be emphasized. 

NPS staff will brief attendees on the project’s purpose, need, objectives and preliminary alternatives. NPS staff will answer questions and solicit input from the public on issues and concerns they want addressed in the EA and its analysis of environmental consequences.

The first meeting will be on Tuesday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. at 403 Hillcrest Dr. in Thousand Oaks. The second and final meeting will be Wednesday, August 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Temescal Gateway Park’s Woodland Hall at 15601 Sunset Blvd in the Pacific Palisades. 

Any person wishing to receive email notifications concerning this process should contactnpsinvplants@nps.gov and request to be placed on the email distribution list for the Invasive Plant Management Plan. Comments will not be accepted at this email address.

To view the project materials or submit a comment online, please visit http://parkplanning.nps.gov/rs-inv-plants.