By Mercedes Aguilar
Pasadena Sun
Conservationists, disc golfers and other lovers of Hahamongna Watershed Park told Pasadena city officials Thursday night that they don't like a proposed $5.7-million renovation project at the 300-acre site above Devil's Gate Dam.
City officials hope to build a new sports field, add parking and improve trails and native habitat on the west side of the park.
While representatives of youth athletics leagues have said there is a demand for more sports facilities in the area, none of the 70 or so people who came out for Thursday's meeting at Salvation Army Fellowship Hall backed the Hahamongna plan.
Laura Garrett, conservation chair for the Pasadena Audubon Society, said it is misleading for proponents to say that the project would restore habitat. City plans call for raising some trails so they do not flood at times of high water behind the dam, and for planting native species in nearby areas.
