The SROA Board of Directors will meet next week. Please email them to oppose extreme prohibition against protecting native plants.

You can find a lot more information by clicking the links at the top of this page.

Here’s a sample email that you can use any, all, or none of the content.
Be sure to replace “Sunriver Street Address” with your address, and
replace “Name(s)” with your name(s).

TO: beenen@srowners.org, jamesl@srowners.org, infosroa@srowners.org
SUBJECT: Proposed prohibitions against protection of native plants

Please distribute this comment to all SROA Board of Directors and include in the “Owner Comments” for the October 20th and 21st meetings.

Dear SROA Board members,

As owner(s) of a Sunriver home at [Sunriver Street Address], we value the native plants that owners have in their landscapes. We feel the Design Committee has proposed unreasonable restrictions on protecting these environmentally beneficial landscapes because:

• Numerous rules are unclear and, in some cases, unworkable;
• The rules do not allow any protection of native shrubs and wildflowers;
  which are every bit as important as native trees;
• For no apparent reason, various standard types of fencing are prohibited; and
• Limiting protection from deer browsing to just five trees is too extreme.

We urge you to appoint an ad hoc committee of Sunriver homeowners, including owners who want the freedom to plant and protect native plants on their own properties, to develop a simpler, more balanced alternative along the lines of the “Sunriver Owners’ Draft Plant Protections” posted at:  SunriverNeighbors.org

Thank you for your consideration.

[Names]