Phase 2 Alviso/Ravenswood Environmental Document – Comment Deadline Extended to October 20, 2015

The deadline is now close of business on Friday, October 30, 2015. The deadline was previously Tuesday, September 22.

The draft environmental document describes a variety of alternative plans for wetlands restoration, pond enhancements, trails and other public access at Alviso and Ravenswood ponds in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, to be undertaken as part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project.

To download the draft document, go to
http://www.southbayrestoration.org/planning/phase2/downloads.html.

More information about the environmental document is on the Project website at
http://www.southbayrestoration.org/planning/phase2/.

We welcome your comments on the plans and environmental analysis.

To Provide Comments:
Please send comments to:

• Email: phase2comments@southbayrestoration.org
• Website: Brief comments can be submitted through the website http://www.southbayrestoration.org/Question_Comment.html.
• Regular mail:
  Brenda Buxton, Project Manager
  State Coastal Conservancy
  1330 Broadway, 13th Floor
  Oakland, CA, 94612

Contacts for More Information:
For general questions about the meeting, how to review the draft document or how to submit comments:

• Ariel Ambruster, aambrust@ccp.csus.edu, 510-528-5006, or ask via the website comment form.

For questions about the document content or the NEPA/CEQA process:

• Anne Morkill, US Fish and Wildlife Service Don Edwards Refuge, anne_morkill@fws.gov, 510-792-0222
• Brenda Buxton, State Coastal Conservancy, bbuxton@scc.ca.gov, 510-286-0753

Hard Copies Available for Review
Hard copies of the document are also available for public review, during business hours, at:

• Visitor Center, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 2 Marshlands Road, Fremont, CA 94555, 510-792-0222, ext. 363, [map]
• State Coastal Conservancy, 1330 Broadway, 13th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, 510-286-1015 [map]
• US Army Corps San Francisco District, 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, 415-503-6804 [map]
• Santa Clara Valley Water District administration building, 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA 95118, 408-265-2600 [map]

Copies of the document are available for public review at several area libraries – seehttp://www.southbayrestoration.org/planning/phase2/ for details.