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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







No. 28
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA


Congress created the Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area in 1978 with the idea that eventually it would include 150,000 acres.  Of the 40,000 acres which the National Park would buy, only 3000 have been acquired.  Already 36,000 acres are in public ownership - Malibu State Park, Topanga State Park, Point Mugu State Park.  The area is unequaled for its variety of visitor use potential.  It includes mountains, tide pools, salt marshes, canyons and coastal waters, provides for diverse plant and wildlife populations of which many are endangered species.


Intense development pressures are invading designated park land still unpurchased.  Interior Secretary Watt has said that all money for buying park land should be cut this year, but the House and Senate conferees voted to restore $51 million to be distributed on a pro rata basis to all 28 National Park units.  Of the total cuts of $14.7 million, the S.M.M.N.R.A. received a disproportionate cut of $14.2 million.

                
The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs urges that the completion of land acquisition for the Santa Monica National Recreation Area be expedited.


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