Original sentence: Mary Shallenberger, chair of the California Coastal Commission, issued a statement which criticized the Ventana Inn and Spa for having closed a mandated public campground in 2007, and said, in part, "I thank Mr.Parker for having his wedding there, so we discovered all the violations and the six years where the public has not had access,".Parker had previously donated $250,000 to the Save the Redwoods League, which, according to Parker, then recommended the closed Ventana Inn and Spa campsite as an environmentally responsible wedding site.The wedding made national news after it was claimed that extensive damage was done due to the unauthorized development of a campsite at the wedding site.Under heavy criticism in advance of his wedding, Parker had agreed to indemnify the Ventana Inn for any penalties imposed by government agencies.When the dispute deepened, Parker hired an attorney in a leadership role with the California League of Conservation Voters to represent him.When the multi-million dollar settlement was announced, the enforcement chief for the California Coastal Commission commented that "The environmental damage from the wedding-related construction work was less serious than we had originally feared, in part due to the fact that the large majority of the development was performed on a campground and existing road, not in a virgin forest
Edited sentence: The wedding made national news after it was learned that extensive damage was done due to the unauthorized development of a campsite at the wedding site