Canyon Dump
A dump in Gypsum Canyon would cover 500 acres, or one-half, of Orange County’s rare Tecate cypress forest. Plans shown on county conceptual landfill maps would cause Tecate cypress to diminish by a significant amount as a species.
Additional rare plants and animals, some of them candidates for federal endangered-species listing, would also dwindle considerably if this plan were put into effect.
If the Orange County supervisors are serious about preserving the Tecate cypress forest, they will reject the proposed Gypsum Canyon landfill in its entirety.
CONSTANCE SPENGER
President,
Friends of the Tecate Cypress
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