We need your help. Just one short letter or message could help save this area. A lot of letters and message definitely will. We want to send the City of San Marcos a clear message

:: STOP REPLACING OUR HABITAT AND WILDLIFE WITH DEVELOPMENT! ::

Friends of Hedionda Creek  are a group of local citizens working to preserve the Hedionda Creek Valley and San Marcos Mountains. This area is located at the end of Las Posas road in San Marcos and is one of the last large blocks of natural open space left in the City of San Marcos for which development permits have not been issued.

Hedionda Creek is a natural wildlife corridor. The valley serves as its head waters with the creek eventually emptying into Agua Hedionda Lagoon. The City of San Marcos plans to extend Las Posas Road up to Buena Creek Road , which will add between 11,000-13,000 vehicle trips per day to Las Posas.

Once Las Posas is extended across the Creek, two other projects can move forward. The first, the proposed San Marcos Highlands, will add 230 homes to the northeast, placing development and a road in the middle of the wildlife corridor, fragmenting the habitat and severing the corridor. Wildlife attempting to use the corridor will be placed in the path of vehicles and become road kill.

A second project, the future Murai, according to the City's General Plan, will add an additional 89 homes to hillsides north of the existing end of Las Posas.

Friends of Hedionda Creek is opposed to the extension of Las Posas Road and the proposed San Marcos Highlands project because they will cause excessive environmental damage including loss of habitat, loss of wildlife and degradation of water quality in Agua Hedionda Creek.

What you can do:

1. Let us know if you support our efforts to preserve this area. Contact us at 760-727-0311 or at sfarrell@utm.net.

2. Contact the following people and ask them to either work to preserve the habitat in Hedionda Creek Valley by supporting acquisition of the property for open space, or request the redesign of these projects so that they are less environmentally damaging. We ask for the elimination of the Las Posas Road extension and the use the County's zoning on the property of 1 dwelling per ten acres.

San Marcos City Council members: General phone number: 760-744-1050
Mark Rozmus: mjrozmuscpa@ixpres.com;
Hal Martin: HMartin@ci.san-marcos.ca.us;
Pia Harris: PHarris@ci.san-marcos.ca.us;
Lee Thibadeau: LThibadeau@ci.san-marcos.ca.us

State Senator: R-Bill Morrow, 760-434-7930, Web site: republican.sen.ca.gov/web38
Congressmen: R-Randy Cunningham, 760-737-8438,
Web site: www.house.gov/cunningham
and Darrell Issa, 760-940-4380, Web site:www.house.gov/issa
For images and additional information:
www.geocities.com/sanmarcospreserve

Simply phone these numbers and tell them you support Friends of Hedionda Creek ask them to work to preserve the habitat in Hedionda Creek Valley by supporting acquisition of the property for open space,….it will help a lot!   Thank you.

Sandra Farrell,
Friends of Hedionda Creek