August 05, 1972 (vol. 82, iss. 57) • Page Image 3
… Ecologists attack city's soil erosion laws By DAVID STOLL Two years ago when the City Council passed the state's first soil erosion control ordinance it was hailed by conservationists as a major step toward combatting a serious ecological problem. Now, however, a number of lo- cal groups including the Sierra Club and the Ecology Center charge that enforcement of the law has been "disappointing." Problems of soil erosion and accompanying silt...…