Local congressmen unite in effort to preserve more land





U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Woodland Hills) recently appeared before the House Resource Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, advocating for a bill to adjust the boundaries of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA).


The bill has the bipartisan support of Sherman and U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Oxnard), whose respective districts traverse the proposed wilderness expansion.


The SMMNRA Boundary Adjustment Act will bring an additional 3,700 acres of donated and private land into the SMMNRA, allowing the National Park Service to manage the land.


The area, referred to collectively as the Wildlife Corridor Expansion Area, would serve as a viaduct by which animals could move between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.


Norman Buehring of Saratoga Hills attended the hearing.


A former board member of the Saratoga Hills Homeowner Association, Buehring represented the views of hundreds of homeowners who support the incorporation of their homes into the SMMNRA.



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