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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meets in Cambria, CA on August 3rd, 2001 The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC) will meet on Friday, August 3rd, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Cambria Pines Lodge (2905 Burton Drive), in Cambria, CA. The SAC is scheduled to discuss the Sanctuary's upcoming management plan review, and hear a presentation on the proposed California Department of Fish and Game Marine Protected Areas. They will also hear a presentation and discuss the Sanctuary-wide issue of desalination plants. "The Advisory Council, and its working groups, are important tools in getting citizens involved in the management of this Sanctuary," said William J. Douros, Superintendent of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. "At the upcoming meeting, the Advisory Council will hear an overview on the Sanctuary's accomplishments over the last nine years relative to the existing management plan. In response to a SAC priority, Sanctuary staff will also present an assessment of the potential policy and environmental issues associated with desalination plants throughout the Sanctuary." Advisory Council members will learn about some of the important issues and opportunities existing in the southern regions of the Sanctuary, and get an update on a SAC project to fund and develop signage for the Sanctuary's coastal visitors. Other topics to be discussed include the draft SAC Handbook, and a SAC subcommittee's recommendations concerning the National Academy of Public Administration report on the National Marine Sanctuary System. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council was established by Federal law to assure continued public participation in the management of the Sanctuary. Its nineteen voting members represent a variety of local user groups, as well as the general public, plus seven local, state and federal governmental jurisdictions. The meeting is open to the public. More
information about the August 3rd, 2001 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council meeting can be found at: http://montereybay.nos.noaa.gov/intro/advisory/
Directions
for Cambria Pines Lodge: (See
Directions) Traveling from the north on Highway 1, continue past the Main Street turnoff for Cambria to Burton Drive, and take a left. Follow the signs to the Lodge. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is one of 13 marine sanctuaries administered by the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Sanctuary extends from Marin County to San Luis Obispo County, encompassing 300 miles of shoreline and 5,322 square miles of ocean. It is home to numerous mammals, seabirds, fish, invertebrates, and plants, in a remarkably productive coastal environment. For more information about Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, visit http://montereybay.nos.noaa.gov |
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