FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: July 13, 2004
Contact: Jon Morgan, Director of Environmental Management, (530) 621-5300
Board of Supervisors Declares a State of Local Emergency
PLACERVILLE – The Board of Supervisors passed a resolution today
declaring that a State of Local Emergency exists in association with the use of
the Spider Lake – Little Sluice Area adjacent to the Rubicon Trail, a popular
recreational trail located in the upper Sierra Nevada within El Dorado County.
A significant amount of human fecal waste has been deposited within this area
creating a health and safety threat to the users of the Rubicon Trail, and a health
and safety threat to adjacent lakes and streams, which in turn flow into the
American River Watershed. The unsanitary conditions of this area of the
Rubicon Trail have resulted in the degradation of an environmentally sensitive
area. Effective today the Spider Lake – Little Sluice Area will be closed for
recreational use for 120 days. The closure will not affect the use of the Rubicon
Trail as a thoroughfare.
http://img18.exs.cx/img18/8346/Rubiconclosure.jpgthis is NOT good news......