SESPE CREEK : $1,500 Donated to Keep River Scenic
A Ventura company has donated $1,500 to help encourage legislation to protect all 55 miles of Sespe Creek.
Patagonia Inc. donated the funds to the Keep the Sespe Wild committee, a group of environmentalists who hike in the Sespe and want to preserve the area in its natural state.
The committee will use the funds to support legislation by Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.), a spokesman said.
Cranston authored a bill that would place all 55 miles of the river into Wild and Scenic River status, which would preclude development of a dam on the river. Sen. Pete Wilson (R-Calif.) sponsored a second bill that would preclude development on slightly more than half of the creek, leaving unprotected two possible dam sites.
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