Draft EIS/EIR for the San Luis Reservoir SRA Resource ...

Appendix C. Public Involvement Program
Native American Consultation
July 11, 2003
Debbie Pilas-Treadway
Native American Heritage Commission
915 Capitol Mall, Room 364
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: Tribal Contacts for Western Merced and Eastern Santa Clara Counties
Dear Ms. Treadway:
EDAW Inc. has been retained by the California Department of Parks and Recreation working
jointly with the U.S Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation to prepare a joint General
Plan (State) and Resource Management Plan (Federal) at t he San Luis Reservoir State Recreation
Area ("SRA") in Merced County. We are also pre paring a General Pan for Pacheco State Park in
Merced and Santa Clara counties which is adjacent to the SRA on the west. These parcels are
depicted on the San Luis Dam, San Luis Creek, Pacheco Pass, and Ortigalita Peak NW USGS
topographic quadrangle maps and highlighted on the attached map. As part of these planning
efforts we are also preparing program level EIR/EIS's as necessary.
We are pleased to bring this activity to your attention, and would appreciate any background
information you can provide regarding prehistoric, historic or ethnographic land use. We are also
interested in any contemporary Native American values that might be present in or near the
project area and would appreciate a search of the Sacred Lands File and a list of local Native
American contacts at your earliest convenience.
If you have any questions or need further information for these requests, please feel free to
contact me at the number noted hereon or by email at ludwigt@edaw.com or the EDAW project
manager, Donna Plunkett at 415-433-1484, email at plunkettd@edaw.com. Thank you for
attention to this matter.
San Luis Reservoir SRA C-38
Draft RMP/GP and Draft EIS/EIR