ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK WON’T LIMIT OFF-TRAIL ACCESS, STATE PARKS OFFICIALS SAY

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By Miriam Raftery

June 22, 2016 (Anza-Borrego) – A proposal  to ban off-trail hiking and other activities at sensitive areas of state parks won’t apply in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

The Anza Borrego Foundation and others raised concerns about impacts on recreational experiences for visitors and about lack of adequate public notice.  After our article ran, the Union-Tribune reported that State Parks now says each park administrator will decide whether to enforce the rule for that location—and that the rule won’t be applied in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Full story: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jun/17/borrego-park-regulation-change/


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