Re: [SBB] Caution: Access Restricted to Loma Prieta

[Dean Manley <[[email protected]]>]

I need to correct an error in my earlier post today, 5/27, that is 
below.  My encounter with the MROSD ranger was on Monday 5/21, NOT 
Monday 5/14.  Time is flying.

Dean



>Hi all,
>
>First, do not get hopeful about getting a use permit for Loma Prieta
>as things currently stand.  While my permit to park behind the
>barrier was in process I mentioned to the MROSD staffer that issues
>them that some other birders would likely be interested.  I was told
>in no uncertain terms that my permit was being issued on an exception
>basis and that NO other permits for this purpose would be issued.
>People could call but they would not get permits!
>
>The rest of the story, short version.  Monday, 5/14, I had an
>encounter with a MROSD ranger in the subject parking area behind the
>guard rail.  The ranger talked about about a variety of  things and
>policy and no specific violations were actually mentioned.  But I was
>being made to feel unwelcome.  In the end the ranger said he was not
>going to ask me to leave but that I should consider getting  a permit
>before I returned.  That same afternoon I was in the Los Altos admin
>office asking for a permit.  Perhaps being able to quote the ranger
>on getting a permit helped my case?
>
>I had been thinking that other harmless birder types encountering a
>ranger on Loma Prieta would be getting the same gentle warning I got
>but Sidd's experience indicates otherwise.  It has escalated.
>
>Dean Manley
>Mountain View
>
>_

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