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MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT PRESS RELEASE - email 
mrosd@netcom.com

CONACT:  RANDY ANDERSON PLANNING MANAGER

MALCOLM SMITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER (415) 691-1200

Open Space District Publishes Resource Management Policies

	Los Altos, CA -- The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
	wants to hear from the community about protection and
	restoration of public open space lands. With the objective of
	maintaining its preserves in as natural and unspoiled a state
	as possible, the District is publishing a draft set of policies
	and guidelines for how to protect and restore the lands it
	manages for the public, and is inviting the community to review
	and comment on that draft document.

	Resource management issues to be reviewed in the draft include
	protection of native vegetation and animals, prevention of
	erosion and pollution, removal of invasive non-native species,
	protection of visitors from natural hazards, and protection of
	cultural resources.

	The District held public workshops in September and November of
	1993 to get input on the general organization, subjects to be
	covered, and format for the resource management document.
	Another workshop with the Board's Land Use and Management
	Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, July 20 at 7:00 p.m. in
	the District offices at 330 Distel Circle in Los Altos. This
	meeting will provide an opportunity for comment on the draft
	resource management policies document. To obtain a copy of the
	draft to review prior to the meeting, or for more information,
	please call the District office at (415) 691-1200.

	The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, extending from
	the Town of Los Gatos to the City of San Carlos, is a public
	agency which owns and manages over 36,000 acres of diverse open
	space in 23 open space preserves.

	Funding is provided by a small share of the annual total
	property tax revenues collected within District boundaries.
	District lands provide permanently protected wildlife habitat,
	natural resources, watershed, and a variety of ecosystems, and
	are available for low-intensity recreational use by the public.
	The District's goal is to acquire a continuous greenbelt of
	protected open space lands for public use and enjoyment. There
	are approximately 20,000 - 30,000 acres of land still at risk
	of being lost to development within the District's planning
	area.

	The District is divided into seven geographic wards, each
	represented for a four year term by an elected Board member.
	The Board holds public meetings on the second and fourth
	Wednesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m., at the District
	offices.




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