Veteran of environmental campaigns to speak Sunday, ahead of this week's DEIR public meeting

Ray Williams, professor of biology and a veteran of successful environmental campaigns, will speak Sunday, June 21, on tackling environmental impact reports and will focus his comments on the San Gabriel River Discovery Center draft environmental impact report.

His talk comes just a few days before the first of two public meetings scheduled on the San Gabriel River Discovery Center DEIR, which was released June 5 and is in its 60-day public comment period.

Ray's talk is scheduled for 1 p.m. in the picnic area of the Whittier Narrows Nature Center. The Nature Center is at 1000 N. Durfee Ave., South El Monte, across from South El Monte High School. (Map)

The first public meeting on the discovery center DEIR is scheduled for Wednesday, June 24, 7 - 9 p.m., at South El Monte High School, 1001 N. Durfee Ave. (Map)

The second public meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 18, 2 - 4 p.m., also at South El Monte High School.

Please join us in commenting on the problems with the discovery center and about alternatives that would deliver true benefits to the community while protecting the only wildlife sanctuary on the San Gabriel River.

The DEIR is available at http://discoverycenterauthority.org/env_doc/env_doc.html