This idea scares the hell out of me.

It is a 500,000 acre chunk of land from Snow and Goat mountains all the way down to Lake Solano that people are seeking to "regulate" and "manage". 

This 500,000 acres is composed of Federal land, Wilderness areas, State land, University of California land, Fish and Game land, county and probably private property.  A few of their KEY points on why this is needed is ecenomic growth of Winters and Clear lake, illegal pot growers, invasive species, water quality, fire and "unmanaged recreation".

I think with the above listed powers to be, Federal, State and County, they should have a pretty good grasp on the above issues.  There is no shortage of regulation or regulating agencies for this state, much less for a newly designated 500,000 acre chunk of land.  This proposal is supposed to help coordinate management practices between agencies.  By bringing in a new stakeholder with their own ideas and goals for management?  It could possibly open up additional Federal funding opportunities.  Were broke already, sure why not.  Kind of like the "improvements" along Putah courtosy of Lois Wolk.

When I fist started to research this I figured it was nothing short of a land grab, which it may very well end up being some day.  But it certainly is a solution to a problem that does not exist. Now i am not totally crazy with the USFS or BLM's ability to fairly manage the land that they have under their control, but adding another regulatory stakeholder to the mix isn't going to help as the listed "issues" are already being managed by other agencies.  I see no need to duplicate things and find a solution by making another agency to further add to existing regulations.

I will be sending my letter to Congressman Mike thompson and my Representatives in opposition to this.