PROTECT C&O CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK FROM PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT
Two of your favorite trails are threatened by private development. Georgetown University wants to build an enormous private boathouse at the gateway to the C&O Canal National Historical Park and the Capital Crescent Trail. If approved, the building would block views of the river, disrupt the trails, destroy trees and natural habitat, and set a precedent for private development in other areas of the park.
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CURRENT STATUS
The National Park Service announced on December 3, 2007 their decision to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to build a Georgetown University boathouse on land within the C&O Canal National Historical Park, and on a land exchange that would make the project possible. The Park Service invited the public to submit comments on the scope of the EIS and established the following website for the project. Georgetown University Boathouse/Land Transfer Environmental Impact Statement.
The public scoping period for the EIS ended on January 18, 2007. See sample of scoping letters at "EIS-Scoping," including those from individuals and member organizations of Defenders of Potomac River Parkland. The next step in the process will be for NPS to prepare a draft EIS and invite public comment on the document, possibly during the spring-summer of 2008.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Express your opposition to a Georgetown University boathouse in the C&O Canal National Historical Park in letters to the National Park Service, US Congress, and the media. Send a letter.
Send another letter to the National Park Service commenting on the Environmental Impact Statement when the draft document is released to the public.
Spread the word.
WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
A private Georgetown University boathouse at a location inside the C&O Canal National Historical Park is not in the public interest. Public land at the gateway to the park and trails would be stripped of vegetation and sacrificed to construction - removing shade, wooded views, wildlife habitat, wetlands, and natural flood barriers.
The entrance to the Capital Crescent Trail, at K St., within three historic areas, would be impacted by a construction and maintenance access road; bikers, hikers, and baby strollers would tangle with heavy equipment and motorized vehicles.
The huge boathouse facility would tower above the river and the Capital Crescent Trail and modify the views of the river shoreline from the C&O Canal Towpath, the Key Bridge, and Virginia.
THE NATURAL, SCENIC, HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THIS SECTION OF THE NATIONAL PARK WOULD BE LOST FOREVER!
Two of your favorite trails are threatened by private development. Georgetown University wants to build an enormous private boathouse at the gateway to the C&O Canal National Historical Park and the Capital Crescent Trail. If approved, the building would block views of the river, disrupt the trails, destroy trees and natural habitat, and set a precedent for private development in other areas of the park.
REVIEW THE FACT SHEET
MEETING NOTICE ON NEWS FLASH!
CURRENT STATUS
The National Park Service announced on December 3, 2007 their decision to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to build a Georgetown University boathouse on land within the C&O Canal National Historical Park, and on a land exchange that would make the project possible. The Park Service invited the public to submit comments on the scope of the EIS and established the following website for the project. Georgetown University Boathouse/Land Transfer Environmental Impact Statement.
The public scoping period for the EIS ended on January 18, 2007. See sample of scoping letters at "EIS-Scoping," including those from individuals and member organizations of Defenders of Potomac River Parkland. The next step in the process will be for NPS to prepare a draft EIS and invite public comment on the document, possibly during the spring-summer of 2008.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Express your opposition to a Georgetown University boathouse in the C&O Canal National Historical Park in letters to the National Park Service, US Congress, and the media. Send a letter.
Send another letter to the National Park Service commenting on the Environmental Impact Statement when the draft document is released to the public.
Spread the word.
WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
A private Georgetown University boathouse at a location inside the C&O Canal National Historical Park is not in the public interest. Public land at the gateway to the park and trails would be stripped of vegetation and sacrificed to construction - removing shade, wooded views, wildlife habitat, wetlands, and natural flood barriers.
The entrance to the Capital Crescent Trail, at K St., within three historic areas, would be impacted by a construction and maintenance access road; bikers, hikers, and baby strollers would tangle with heavy equipment and motorized vehicles.
The huge boathouse facility would tower above the river and the Capital Crescent Trail and modify the views of the river shoreline from the C&O Canal Towpath, the Key Bridge, and Virginia.
THE NATURAL, SCENIC, HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THIS SECTION OF THE NATIONAL PARK WOULD BE LOST FOREVER!
