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    The InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a nonprofit organization comprised of 10 California Indian tribes, submitted a letter in response to Caltrans' proposal to improve operations at Richardson Grove. The Council opposed the proposal due to concerns that construction would damage the redwoods' root systems and the ecosystem. As the tribes have inhabited the area for millennia and view the redwoods as sacred, the Council argued any threats to the trees should be avoided. They also believed the economic benefits claimed were speculative and did not justify the environmental impacts. The Council endorsed the "No Build" alternative along with other traffic measures instead of the proposal.

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    The InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a nonprofit organization comprised of 10 California Indian tribes, submitted a letter in response to Caltrans' proposal to improve operations at Richardson Grove. The Council opposed the proposal due to concerns that construction would damage the redwoods' root systems and the ecosystem. As the tribes have inhabited the area for millennia and view the redwoods as sacred, the Council argued any threats to the trees should be avoided. They also believed the economic benefits claimed were speculative and did not justify the environmental impacts. The Council endorsed the "No Build" alternative along with other traffic measures instead of the proposal.

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    The InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a nonprofit organization comprised of 10 California Indian tribes, submitted a letter in response to Caltrans' proposal to improve operations at Richardson Grove. The Council opposed the proposal due to concerns that construction would damage the redwoods' root systems and the ecosystem. As the tribes have inhabited the area for millennia and view the redwoods as sacred, the Council argued any threats to the trees should be avoided. They also believed the economic benefits claimed were speculative and did not justify the environmental impacts. The Council endorsed the "No Build" alternative along with other traffic measures instead of the proposal.

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    InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council

    P.O. B ox 152 3 Uki a h, C A 954 82 Pho ne (7 07) 468 -95 00

    InterTribal Cultural Conservation for Sinkyone Indian Lands


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    January 29, 2009

    Deborah Harmon
    Senior Environmental Planner
    California Department of Transportation
    1656 Union Street
    Eureka, CA 95501

    Re: Proposed Richardson Grove Operational Improvement Project

    Dear Ms. Harmon:

    This letter constitutes the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council’s response to Caltrans’ Draft
    Environmental Impact Report (DEIR)/Environmental Assessment and Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation
    for the proposed Richardson Grove Operational Improvement Project.

    Founded in 1986, the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council (Council) is a nonprofit Native land
    conservation organization comprised of 10 federally recognized California Indian Tribes that retain important
    cultural, ancestral, and historic ties to the region of Humboldt County within which the proposed project is
    located. Our peoples have inhabited this region since time immemorial, long before the era when the Grove’s
    now-huge trees were mere seedlings. Native people of this region view the redwood trees of Richardson
    Grove as sacred, and consider them to be an especially unique and important cultural resource that deserves
    special protection.

    The Council is particularly concerned about the adverse impacts that the Build Alternative would pose to the
    root systems of the Grove’s redwoods and to various other elements of the redwood ecosystem. The Council
    is strongly opposed to any actions that would threaten the well being of the Grove’s redwood trees. The
    proposed project, as outlined in the DEIR, would result in substantial and adverse impacts to the botanical,
    avian, wildlife, and other biological and aesthetic values of Richardson Grove State Park and the surrounding
    environs.

    The DEIR’s argument that the Build Alternative will produce economic benefits to the region is highly
    speculative. Further, the DEIR incorrectly assumes that these hypothetical economic benefits present
    sufficient justification for the irreversible environmental damage that would result if the proposed project
    were undertaken. Because of these insupportable arguments, the DEIR’s other numerous weaknesses, and the
    various reasons stated above, the Council is opposed to the proposed Build Alternative. The most sensible
    way to address traffic safety problems at this location is to adopt the No Build Alternative along with
    additional traffic-slowing measures.

    Sincerely,
    [signed by]
    Priscilla Hunter
    Chairperson

    cc: North Coast Redwoods District, California State Parks


    Save-the-Redwoods League
    Environmental Protection Information Center
    Northcoast Environmental Center

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    InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council is a Nonprofit Consortium of California Indian Tribes


    ● Cul tur al Co nserv atio n ● N ative S te war ds hi p ● W aters he d Re habili tatio n ● Cul tural Ecolo gy E duc atio n

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