We first brought you the story last February when the county parks department said it wanted to reopen a road in the Sailor Bar nature area that had been closed for more than a decade. On Thursday night, protesters made one last effort to keep cars out.
"It's been allowed to restore and wildlife populate, and it's a disaster waiting to happen with cars coming in," said Bruce Forman with Friends of Sailor Bar.
"My concern is that the county is moving forward with a plan without doing the proper planning," said Paul Miller with the Sacramento Audobon Society.
"Fire is the number one concern because Sailor Bar is rated the number one fire risk along the whole American River Parkway," Forman said.
"Vehicles will disturb the birds," Miller said. "There is a rookery for herons right on the river."
"We're fully staffed now. We have the maintenance staff to properly and adequately maintain that area," said Ken Casparis, a county spokesperson. "We have the ranger staff to make sure that everybody's safe."
"Gravel roads are kind of tricky to traverse sometimes, especially for people with mobility needs," Casparis said.
"It will basically just provide an audio description of the trail, the different facilities out there," Casparis said.
"Where else are people going to be able to get away at a place like this from the urban environment besides Sailor Bar?" Fair Oaks resident Jodi King said. "Once it's gone, it's gone."
The county parks department says it's making some final improvements to the road and that it should be reopened sometime next week.
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