Los Caballos Campground at Cuyamaca State Park

Dear Equestrian Neighbors,
It's Time!! Please attend this November 2 meeting. We finally have our public meeting regarding the Los Caballos Campground scheduled for Wednesday, November 2, starting at 6:00 at the Marriott in Mission Valley. Please put this notice in your newsletters and encourage all equestrians to attend. This is our chance to be heard in a public forum to save the horse camp at Cuyamaca State Park.

From: Peggy Martin

At the focus meeting last night we saw the concept plans which we reject. The campsites would be one on top of the other, smaller than ours, requiring extensive grading and construction, not be finished until July 2008 on their timeline with likely delays which are inherent in such a process. They never satisfactorily answered our questions about why this process is even necessary except to say that building the bathroom was "challenged" by a Native American and a law suit threatened although the bathroom had been approved through SEQA processes. They refused to provide the concept maps and elements before the meeting, putting us at a disadvantage in making proposals.

We support a plan to eliminate three campsites in the highly sensitive archeological area, moving the bathroom, keeping the loop and existing campsites, changing the day use area (hopefully enlarging) location keeping it adjacent to the camp, adding at least 3 campsites to replace those removed.

Focus meetings with Native Americans, business and professional, natural resources, and cultural resources continue this week. We are hopeful that our proposal will be presented to the other groups.

Our legislators Representative Duncan Hunter, Senator Ray Haynes, Assemblyman Jay La Suer, and Assemblyman Dennis Hollingsworth and their staff has been superb in supporting and representing equestrian interests in the park. Please individually thank each one. If you need addresses, please let me know.

Also, write Director Ruth Coleman and tell her you support our plans, if you like them.

Thanks so much for your support of the Los Caballos campsite,
Peggy and Bernie Martin
Cuyamaca Equestrian