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Wash Plan
In 1993, representatives of numerous agencies
- including water, mining, flood control, wildlife, and municipal
interests - formed a Wash Committee to address mining issues
local to the upper Santa Ana River wash area. The role of the
Committee was subsequently expanded, and it began meeting in
1997 to determine how this area might accommodate all of the
important functions represented by the participating agencies.
The Wash Committee seeks to disregard land ownership lines
in favor of a "best use" strategy for land use planning.
It is anticipated, for example, that significantly disturbed
areas are more favorable for mining while undisturbed lands
are more favorable for preservation. This project is expected
to produce a Land Management and Habitat Conservation Plan for
the wash planning area, covering 4,500 acres
ranging from the mouth of the Santa Ana River canyon to Alabama
Street in the Santa Ana River wash.
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Wash Plan Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
The purpose of the proposed project is to allow the continued use of land and mineral resources while maintaining the biological and hydrological resources of the Planning Area in an environmentally sensitive manner. The Wash Plan is intended to coordinate and manage the present and future activities in the Wash, which are under multiple jurisdictions, each with different needs. The goal of the proposed project is to balance the ground-disturbing activities of aggregate mining, water conservation, and other public services, including recreational activities; with quality, natural habitat for endangered, threatened, and sensitive species.
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