[CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Mount Umunhum - former Almaden Air Force Station (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Feds grant $3.2 million to restore Umunhum

Peter Fimrite
San Francisco Chronicle
July 10, 2010

The Amah Mutsun Indians joined open space advocates and politicians 
Friday for a celebration on top of a mountain that, despite playing a 
prominent role in their tribal creation story, has been off-limits for 
decades.

Representatives of the tribe sang songs and told their creation story in 
honor of the fact that Mount Umunhum, the "resting place of the 
hummingbird," will once again be open to the public.

A $3.2 million federal grant will be used to clean up toxic lead paint 
and asbestos and begin the process of removing a decrepit Air Force base 
on top of the spectacular 44-acre peak just south of Los Gatos.

The idea is to restore the 3,486-foot mountaintop to its former glory by 
2013 and provide public access to the sweeping, 360-degree view of 
Monterey Bay, San Francisco Bay, Mount Diablo and the Santa Clara Valley.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/09/MN9L1EC5V2.DTL

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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