In the Feb. 8 article, "Off-roaders will see changes ... to Oceano Dunes," The Tribune informed us that state parks wants to work with off-roaders, and "a lot of the ideas are coming from them." That is exactly the problem: State parks, the fox, has been asked to take care of the chickens, all of us who are not off-roaders. Why not work with those who suffer because the off-roaders drive on our beach and dunes? Off-roading is hurting Mesa and Oceano residents. Yet, parks works with off-roaders and listens to their ideas.

Furthermore, Oceano's residents do not have a safe beach to recreate on because it has been set aside for those who call themselves friends of Oceano Dunes but should really be renamed: friends of the Central Valley. Parks is not listening either to the Chumash, whose sacred sites are regularly being driven over although they are supposed to be fenced off and protected. Parks is not listening to the Arroyo Grande Creek and its endangered species who need safe passage to the ocean. Vehicles should not drive through the Arroyo Grande Creek. Sadly, parks had not consulted with any of those local parties impacted by the ecological and human disaster it has created. It is listening to those who create the health problem but not to those who suffer because of it.

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