The Channel Islands National Park has just released their General
Management Plan (GMP) outlining the park use over the next twenty-five to forty
years. Park officials had indicated they would include an option of reopening
the airstrip on the East end of Santa Cruz Island for public access as part of
this plan. Unfortunately this did not happen and as a result we need your help
lobbying park officials.
If the airstrip were to be reopened, CIA could again take the public to Santa
Cruz Island. The East end strip is less than a fifteen minute flight from the
Camarillo Airport which will make trips a fraction of the price of
our current trips to Santa Rosa Island. The island offers water sports
such as snorkeling, paddle boarding and kayaking as well as scenic hiking
trails with views of Anacapa Island. Access to East Santa Cruz is currently
available only by boat and we believe the public deserves an airplane
transportation option.
We sincerely appreciate your efforts to help us in our campaign. Santa Cruz
Island is a large part of our history as our first flight to the island was in
1975 which later lead to our founding and is the reason for our name.