SaveDonnerSummit.org preserves Donner Summit against irresponsible development.
Title
Save Donner Summit
Description
Excerpted from the website description:
- Helping to preserve the tranquility of Donner Summit
Additional Information
Donner Summit is one of the truly historical landscapes of the Sierra Nevada, treasured by many throughout California, Nevada and the world. Visitors, hikers, skiers, naturalists, historians, climbers, train buffs, second homeowners and residents alike have enjoyed and continue to enjoy Donner Summit's unique environment and offerings.
Donner Summit with its irreplaceable resources is now at risk: in 2005, Foster-Syme, or Royal Gorge LLC, the partnership of Foster Enterprises (controlled by the grandson of the Foster that created Foster City in the Bay Area) and Woodstock Development (controlled by Kirk Syme ), purchased Royal Gorge Cross-Country Ski Area and 3,000 acres of adjacent private land, along with Ice Lakes Lodge and the historic Rainbow Lodge. The Foster-Syme group is proposing major development on Donner Summit in four separate locations. Their initial plans include 600+ "shared ownership" condominiums, two hotels, employee housing, several ski lifts and runs, two artificial lakes, and hundreds of home sites. Most of the development will be put right in the middle of currently pristine forest and meadow areas. Thousands of trees will have to be cut down. Roads, parking lots, ski lift corridors and ski runs will have to be plowed out of the forest. Erosion and watershed issues will effect both the South Yuba River and the North Fork of the American River as well as the local summit lakes and wetlands. Traffic, water supply, overcrowding, public safety, and sewer capacity are just a few of the additional concerns created by the proposal. Saddest of all would be the desecration of the popular Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski resort, the largest in North America.
Concerned citizens (including many from outside the local community) are working with existing conservation and community groups to form a long-term strategic campaign to defend the Donner Summit area and safeguard its future for generations to come.
Overview of proposed Development.
Impact on Royal Gorge Cross Country Resort.
Join us and help SAVE DONNER SUMMIT.
Related Domains
External Links
- Alexa: Save Donner Summit
- Sierra Watch
- South Yuba River Citizens League
- Save Our Summit
- Save Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort
- Sierra Club
