As one of the petitioners at this hearing, your writer wonders what possible reason the judge could have to take over a year to determine the outcome. If the hearing is decided by right or wrong, in our opinion of course there could be no question that we are right, since the DEP has admitted the BMAPS will fail.
All photos by John Moran.
Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum.
jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org
– A river is like a life: once taken,
it cannot be brought back © Jim Tatum
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