Granite Construction Corporation’s proposed Liberty Quarry project is inconsistent with the needs and land use within the targeted area of southern Riverside County.

The Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve is part of uninterrupted forest adjacent to the proposed quarry. On this same land, the existence of the last wildlife corridor between the coastal Santa Ana Mountains and inland Palomar Mountains is threatened. The Santa Margarita is the last free flowing river in Southern California and is in danger of becoming polluted. Failure to consider cultural, environmental, and social issues beyond the letter of the law will lead to irreversible consequences within the vicinity of the site and at locations distant from the site. These include threatened loss of Native American Sacred Sites, pollution of groundwater, pollution of the Santa Margarita River from quarry runoff, pollution of the drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendelton, loss of San Diego State University-based research funding and ultimately, loss of the LAST pristine, wild river and wildlife corridor of Southern California’s American West.

Take Action

“All it will take for Granite Construction to triumph is for good citizens to do nothing.” —Edmund Burke (with respect)

Don’t let cynicism rob you of your will to speak up for what you know is right. If you elect to do nothing to speak for the land which cannot speak for itself, the corporation will win through the default of your inaction.

Send the petition below, post on FaceBook, make calls to your elected representatives, tell your friends, read more about what we all stand to lose if Granite Construction Corporation has their way. They may win anyway. Guaranteed you will sleep better at night knowing that you at least tried to make a difference.

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