Re: 'Shame on those that discredit Granite' [Letter, Village News, 7/15/10]

The Santa Margarita River (SMR) is an environmentally significant and sensitive property in Southern California. In 1962, Murray Schloss lovingly bequeathed the original 2,480 acres to SDSU for what has become the university’s research station.

Since then, Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, Fallbrook Land Conservancy, FPUD and many others have collectively sacrificed much to protect the SMR corridor from the hands of developers.

Now, a powerful company wants to create the largest open pit mine ever known to our area in the most pristine part of that habitat. Last week, Sten Thordarson wrote tha...