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• Plans to remove eucalyptus in Los Osos proceed

  Plans to remove eucalyptus in Los Osos proceed

  Despite some intense opposition, the Morro Coast Audubon Society is moving ahead with plans to remove as many as 120 eucalyptus trees from an 8-acre addition to the Sweet Springs Nature Preserve in Los Osos. The tree removal is part of a plan to remove invasive species and replace them with native plants, including hundreds of coast live oak.

• Cayucos cattle ranch to protect red-legged frogs

  Cayucos cattle ranch to protect red-legged frogs

  The owner of a Cayucos ranch has agreed to work with federal wildlife officials to protect California red-legged frogs.

  Under a Safe Harbor Agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Swallow Creek Ranch three miles north of Cayucos will manage a creek and pond on the property to improve habitat for the frogs, which are federally listed as threatened. In exchange, the ranch is protected if a listed species is incidentally killed or injured; it also accrues other benefits such as not having restrictions on the property if the population of a listed species increases.

  “For years, we’ve tried to balance ranching with protecting the land,” said Paul Grafton of Swallow Creek Ranch. “The SHA gives us a long-term plan as well as specific tools to help enhance the habitat of red-legged frogs on the property’s watershed.”

• Letters to the Editor 1/12

  Letters to the Editor 1/12

  Wolf invader

  Our state “fish and game” is not doing its job. That wolf that came into California that everyone wants to make a pet out of needs to be eradicated. It is an invasive species just like the mussels in our lakes.

  As to the endangered species part that someone will bring up, these are Canadian wolves. They are not endangered. Canada has plenty of them. We do not need them. Our government killed all the deer and elk on Santa Rosa Island because they were not native. This wolf is not native.

• Letters to the Editor 3/4

  Letters to the Editor 3/4

  Homeless take advantage of ‘powder room’ privilege

  In reading the letter on “Homeless parking” sent by Judith Cadigan (March 1) about religious organizations allowing a few homeless to park their vehicles in the lots for up to a month and urging them to allow the homeless to use the “powder room,” it is obvious to me that Ms. Cadigan has not had to deal with homeless parking or the filth they leave behind.

  As a local business owner, I’ve had to deal with human feces left behind on my property, soiled toilet paper tossed onto my business property, filthy diapers left behind, garbage of all kind disposed of right there where my clients have to walk.

• Developer, tribes at odds in Morro Bay

  Developer, tribes at odds in Morro Bay

  The Morro Bay City Council is to decide Tuesday whether a home could be built on a rocky promontory that is considered sacred by local American Indian tribes.

  Developer Dan Reddell is proposing to build a two-story home with garage and “granny unit” on Cerrito Peak, a eucalyptus-covered hilltop off Main Street in southern Morro Bay. The city Planning Commission approved the home in October, but four separate appeals have been filed, said Rob Livick, city public services director.

  Much of the opposition centers on the claim that the peak, also known as Eagle Rock, is considered sacred to American Indians and should be preserved as open space. In a letter to the city, Fred Collins of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council said the project would contribute to the “cultural genocide” of the tribe.