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• VOiUME THREE, NO.2 . Big Sur, California 93920 408·887·2222 FEBRUARY, 1980 $' Big Sur National Scenic Area Proposed • Cushman Unveils Adams Federal Plan Admits Plan, • January 20, 1980 KOEPPEL Details "WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BIG SUR HAS HAp· .PENED MANY TIMES AND I:r February 3, 1980 USUALLY ENDS UP CREATING A By ANSEL ADAMS PARK; AND WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS TB:A'f PROTECTING OUR ...• THE INDIVIDUALS RIGHTS ... THE HUMAN PRECIOUS HERITAGE IN RIGHTS ... ARE TAltEN AWAY," THE BIG SUR: A Public Charles director of the National Statement by Ansel Adams Inl:Jtolclers AS!,QCllaU,on, who Sur to the C.ilizens of Montere)' of County I am nearly 78 old and I have lived Carmel Highlands for the ,past 17 • "'''''IU:I1"\~ the I will ever ASKING CONGRESS TO is the OPtloftunity COAST OF CENTRAL protect "the NATIONAL SCENIC natural •
PWiilCIlliUllS, from coast to the California desert. For almost. the last • two decades I've bad ",,,h/ll/,,,,/,, of return- no
uplifting coasUl1le earth. \..Ulmm.an, whose father was Ii National Park Sur residents what to exped if Congress Indeed, I have return· • is an inholder himself in Yosemite. He formed legislated a Federal designation ror Big Sur. ed from a to East and ,OO:>-mlember National Park Inholders Association to Arizona, and I find that in the and human absence a professional inside or Forest - an outsider· with Cushman has been to kll(lwlf!dlZe of Mo!nterev
".I"'UU"~'" source who re The was unable to Friends • anoinyrnity told the determine whether Mr. spokesman that Carter Carter would reschedule his responded to the news in~ tional Park ,planned to visit Big Sur visit. , Continued on Page 32 the dividuals get caught along the way, well during the first week in Feb- future of our and ruary. our homes, I wish to take this that's just too bad,' " quoted Cushman. However, the source in opportunity to set the record dicated that President Wilderness Society Proposes straight as best I can with "But we don't think that's too bad, we think Carter's "Advance Man" facts and frankness, so that damn and we're going to do something said the visit had been cancel the debate as to whether the Big Sur National Scenic Area Big Sur Coast sbould be pro it. " ed, In addition to the Wilderness. proposal, Presumably the presiden By GARY KOEPPEL tected and preserved for future generations, or ex Cushman also brought from Washington a copy of a tial visit to Big Sur was in "In 1910 we are asking Congress to designate the Big Sur response to photographer ploited and developed can be map prepared by the Sur Foundation titled Land Coast of central Califomia.as the first National Seenic Area. Ansel Adams Nov. 6, 1979 resolved for the common Ownership of the Big Sur which indicated owner- Fee acquisition of much of the private land in Big Sur is part of invi.~ation during Ii portrait good. within the boundaries of Malpaso Creek to the our proposal." -From Ron Tipton, National • session. at the White House. It is a well-known fact that and the southern boundary of the Hearst Ranch Park Specialist for the Wilderness . Mr. Adams presented Mr. I have been an ardent conSer to the south. . Society at Interior Department Carter with a memo about vationist for more than 60 Cushman said he obtained the Foundation's map hearings held on Jan. 15, 1980. from the Senate Energy and National Resources Com Big Sur and Alaska, and it is years. I hope it is also well widely known that he is cam The. Washington, D.C.-based Wilderness Society has an known that I care deeply mittee, to whom it had been submitted six weeks ago. nounced its intention to propose to Congress this spring a new paigning for Ii Big Sur Na about my friends and fc;:llow Will Shaw, vice president of the Big Sur Foundation, Federal designation, called a National Scenic Area, for the Big tional Park. residents of Monterey Coun protested any connection between their map and tbe ~ur Coast. Both Mr. Adams and Ii ty. The entire purpose of Wilderness Society'S "The map is intended In an interview with the Oa;z:ette, Ron Tipton, a National White House press advisor effort here is to preserve only to show land and an area of concern, Park Specialist for the Wilderness Society, said the proposal informed the Gazette that the Big Sur Coast - this incom~ and was meant only for information," he insisted. was "a very high priority in 1980." contents of the memo were parable source/of natural Mr. Shaw he believed the map had bl;len widely The boundaries of the proposed new Federal designation "personal beauty for all of us and for ·;6ad '*tt'riCI:IYf'(:Ol1ttl.dentiaI..' ,CoDliDued on Palta3~ .. CoDttnuedcm Page 7 • Page 2 THE BIG SUR GAZETTE February, 1980
CPOA Hosts Forum' on Federal Local News ••• Takeover Plans The Board of Directors of the Coast Owners Association • Big Sur Deve[opm en ts Okayed resolution to Hall Forum about recent From tbe Allen plans to drill a disclosures of a national Santa Cruz well on his five·acre desllgmlton for Big Sur. coastal COll[!miISSI()n~r$ has a con Invitations have been sent day de~/elopment """,,,,,,,,, not ''''''<'U''~'U, to to Leon Panet- permits facilities of ta and Burton, Senators • County Water Co. Cranston and which drew The mutual water firm, the and Charles Cushman of the sions of concern over de report said, so. far can National Park Inholders velopment and water use in to a staff serve no more than four Association. the Pfeiffer Ridge Big Christian and is county The forum has been sion to to 15 connec- schedUled for Feb. 16, from tions. 2~4 p.m. at the Big Sur • McQueen Resigns From The other aDJ)!ic;ant, John Hall. Big Sur Foundation time Leon Panetta and Cushman had water Don McQUeen, a Trustees. " confirmed the invitation. He that his name company like Pfeiffer resident of Big Water Co., draws last week from the of be removed from the Foun School Board to from. the Sur Big Sur Crossword No. 10 • trustees of the Big Sur Foun dation's letterhead, Meet at Cooper The Trustees of the Big Sur By RANDY LARSON dation. Commission Chairman In a letter to Foundation Foundation.are as follows: Henderson of President Will Shaw, Mr. Will president she Across McQueen charged that. "!he Ansel Adams, vice 1. The part of a hundred that really matters. (10) inner core of the Foundation dent 7. What almost always meet In a dispute. (10) are prore~sional 8. Angus favorite kind of ride. (4} • makers," and that they had 9. What the gardener does. "done everything possihle" 12. Blow It to make music, but from behind It's a kind 10 gel the federal government Newell studies of game. (4) involved in Big Sur. Packard 13.. Be, speaking for (2) MI. McQueen stated that Other are: the area. Data Needed 14. Actors' targets. (5) the executive committee was Saunders Hillyer, executive 17. With these in the it's effective. (5) mar ing the decisions, then in director Mrs. Henderson such data will let the commission 18. Ready to eat in stripes, • forming the trustees or Bodowitz, advisor 20. California airline. (3) certain decisions. Zad advisor know if it should continue to issue in 21. What a good pupil must be. (8) "I feel I hat the actions be- Sam Farr, advisor ing taken on a basis arc David Vena, altorney the area, merit in Down not living up to the ap- & water's gone." 2. What you do to said he the tf they h'adn't, gotten do.ne Corrections transfer-of water one together. (10) • basin to another noted date is 4. It's aU in how you define it. Her attitude would be {n .the article on Big Sur Kindergarden \"lilt:II~lit.;S, that the Big Sur River serves negative, 1 think. (7) for the back cover was inadvertently Feb. 19. I consider tllis to two oftl:\e most used the 5. The pre-obituary condition. (S) Rial. It was actually ~her younger sister, "t::,,,,e.,,. state parks in As fl. Those were long, times. (4) produced the lelightful freckle-faced part. It has been he did in Leavy 1(1. In good or bad times there's always a whiff of it. (4) page. since the school board expressed his concern over met in Big Sur and I 11. You're likely to stumble if you take too many at a time. '" '" '" '" '" development in the Pfeiffer that We have a good turnout It was RALPH Byrne, not his brother Ray, who area which he said then from not parents of 13. It's where it Is. (Preposition) (2) • married Karen Sydney Landis Dec. 2, 1979. Last month has about 100 undevel~ Captain students, but 15. These should bEl hot, to'do the best Job of 12 across. (4) seemed!o take its toll on e .. eryone in Big Sur - especial· that could be from of Middle and 16. A barker on the rooks. (4) 19. The downfall of a one. (2) ly the Gazelle staff.· after ad(JIPU()Il students as well of a local coastal program. cornmlllllltv members. •
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[JIC SUR, CA. 939~O SUNDAY-FEB. 17 7:00 P.M. • Join usin protecting our coastal en Big Sur Grange vironment and the cultural heritage PARTICIPANTS: of those who have kept Big Sur as it Congressman Leon Panetta is today. Senator 5.1. Hayakawa" Senator Alan Cranston * • SEND MEMBERSHIP CARD TO: Charles Cushman Narne ______,______~$~------Mailing . SUBJECT: Federal Takeover SPONSORED BY BIG SUR CPOA * Not confirmed bv presstlme Membership:S20 Additional Contribution: "' _____ • February,1980 THE BIO SUR OAZEnE Page! I~. 'Over The Rainbow' on Grange Hall Stage Over the Rainbow, a nons. for children under 10 and $5 musical adaptation of Frank Tickets, which at the door. For more infor Mountain Lion Campaign Bauro's The Wizard of OZ, available at most Big mation,' contact Kirk House will be presented at the markets, are $4 for at 667-2611. We are proud to announce when a game warden insisted, and less We Grange Hall on Friday. and Saturday, Feb. 8-9 at 8 p.m. • in the Big Sur Gazette a cam over the tearful of It should bring our wishes in paign to have the Fish & of la\\r-a~'lalltlg \,.'1",",,,,,,, this matter to the attention of A of stage and Game Code so amended that on our Henry screen, the Rainbow this department will have to lion. Melio, and, perhaps, the recaps the tale of Dorothy, attempt to capture, unharm All anyone wanted was for Partington Ridge lion may not the Scarecrow, the Tinman, ed, and relocate any moun the lion to be removed from have died in vain. and the Cowardly Lions' fan tain lion it finds to be a the vicinity, but the wishes of Committee to Save tbe tastical journey to Oz. The I. depredating lion. the people were given no con California Mountain Lion songs, acting, costumes, set We can· then· expect no sideration. Evidently the design, stage production, and more such heartbreaking Department of Fish & Game Artist Bates special effects are all a col sceneS as that some of us must be instructed by the laboration of Big Sur talent lived .through last Dec. 22, people, to be more solicitous, Plans Trip who have joined efforts to stage this benefit for the Big to China Sur Cinema.~ • Carmel artist and Gazette According to producer Fund Raiser Planned cartooni·st Bill Bates is plann Kirk House, "We hope to ing a trip to China wht;re he generate more community will do a series of etchings A fund-raising dinner wUl Bill ~d Beverly Palmer of spirit. There are many be held by the Friends of the the Glen Oaks Restaurant. during the next two months. talented people here with an Big Sur Coast on Valentine's Tbe newly formed Bates has been offered interest in the theater and we Day, Thursday, Feb. 14. organization expressed its ap complimentary travel on the hope to be'an outlet for some from 6-10 p.m. at the Big Sur preciation to Mr. and Mrs. Royal Viking Line in ex good projects. After this is • Lodge. Don Tosh for the use of tbe change for teaching the art of done, we're looking forward Big Sur Lodge and to the caricatures to. the passengers, some new material by local Tickets for the fund-raising a side-line talent for which he to event will cost SI00 eacb and Palmers for preparing din writers." ner. is well known. can be purchased at the door To help finance additional Over the Rainbow is spon· or by writing to Friends of The purpose of the fund· raising is to develop a "war expenses, Bates has offered so red by Wild Lupine Pro the Big Sur Coast. elo Bar art collectors a pre-publica ductions, a non-profit BIG SUR RIVER flows deep, swift and wide after a recent bara Chamberlain. cbest" to defend Big Sur • alainst fede.. al involvement tionprice for his etchings at organization established in series of storms lashed tbe coast, At tbe. County Flood Cun Tbe food will be catered by and take-over. $30 each. Payments can be March of 1919 and dedicated trol, Art McDole's office reported tbat tbe Hood alert sirens in mailed to Bates at Box 4227 to promoting local films. the Valley and rain gauges on peaks in the Los Padres National in Carmel. stage and musical produc- Forest were all functioning an4 bad been recently tested.
The COMMUN1TV CALENDAR is a new monthly • community calendar feature, the purpose of which is to inform the public about meetings, events, entertainment and Items of public Interest. To place something on next month'S calendar, either phone us at 667·2222 or write to: FEBRUARY 1980 THE BIO SUR.OAZETrE HighWay One • Big sur, California g3920 • ...... - .• -- .... _. ' ...... - . 1 2 • Ground Hog Pay
PubllC Meeting Friends of the Big CAC Meeting 3 sur Coast, Grange 4 5 Grange Hall 6 7 8 9 Hall. 7 • p.m. Health Clinic open 7:30 p.m. Rehearsal for Big Sur Cinema Play, Over the Play, Over the Grange Hall, Over the Rainbow 8 p.m., orange Hall Rainbow Rainbow, Grange AAmeetlng 9-5 p.m. Rehearsal for Grange Hall "Lost Horizon" Grange Hall Hall,8 p.m. Grange Hall. Over the Rainbow Sp.m. 8 p.m. Hamburger & O1xle- EMT, Grange Hall Grange Hall 12 p.m. 7·11 p.m. land Party Bp.m. Nepenthe, 12-4 p.rn. • 1,4 Valentine's Pay Ghlnese 10 11 12 13 15 16 New Year Health Clinic Open Lincoln'S Birthday Friends Fund Raiser Susan B. AnthOny'S Big Sur Lodge CPOA Forum AA meeting Orange Hall Birthday 9-5 p.m. CAe meeting 6-10 p.m, Grange Hall orange HaU Grange Hall 2-4 p.m. 12 p.m. EMT, Orange Hall 7:30 p.rn. Big Sur Cinema Panetta,Cushman • 7·11 p.m. 8 p.m., Grange Hall Hayakawa, Cranston EMT, Grange 17 18 Hall, 7·11 p.m. 19 20 21 22 23 Health Clinic open CAC Meeting Ash Wednesday Big Sur Cinema Washlngtqn's AA meeting Grange Hall 8 p.m., Grange Hall Birthday Grange Hall 9-5 p.m. Grange Hall 12p,m. 7:30p.m. "All the King'S Men" • Celebrate Washington's Mardi Oras DI1 ~IIUQy 24 25 26 27·· 28 29 AA meeting Health Center CAC meeting Leap Pav ' .... Big Sur Cinema Grange Hall Grange Hall Grange Hall 8 p.m., Grange Hall • 12 p.m. 9·5p.m. 7:30 p.m. "Suddenlv Last EMT, Grange Summer" Hall, 7·11 p.m.
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More ... Ansel Adams Photo Raffle Nets. 545,000 for Cranston Gazette Staff Writer a event for the two original prints were Senator Alan at and $9,000, a.nd that which two of photogrpai1er the Cranston campaign com Local News ... Ansel Adams' original mittee the contrlbu~ were raffled to raise tions
CACMeetings Mr. and Mrs. Cranston at· • tended the event with Mi, and Mrs. Adams. Mr. Adams also autographed of rus book entitled Important Decisions and the • Must Be Made in February
statutory ~lpalbililty to with all the manage~ cornplexilties area. Without state and Feb. 12 - \.:OI:nnlUiUlty not be and will not to CQngressman yaIleUiit: cornm1umity and interests • Feb. 19 - Dis'c ullsil)n want. Plan'concepts; 7:30 2.. State Department of and Rec:rea'tion Feb. 26- Community OtSl:US5iion tion would place the malllltement authority and resl)()nl~i· by the meetings of the 12th &, 19th. in the hands of a state Our local experience (Check the. Herald for any changes. The Monday raises the question of to and edition before each meeting the information.) ad vocate loca.lland use heritage issues LCP Status -- With a three videotaping for a of the Big Sur Coast. • public record. the Jan. 8 reviewed the progress 3. National Park Service - This option places tile on the Local Coastold Program mmlagi:ment authority in the hands ofa federal 1. The county presented Clxamples land use mllPs which having the to the area, would become the basi's for th~ Land Use PlaIlto be in otilentll1ticln as an lack of final form by mid·March. presen1ce in the area make it an unrealistic choice. Neither 2. Three very important weaknesses in the implementation nor the are attracted to this choice. aspects of the. LCP were discussed. 4. United States Forest - This also 3. Congressman Leon Panetta participated in the disl:ussrion LCP management The • of five management The ,community will have to the USFS has is that it and farrtiliarity make the ultimate management choice to other interests area. The would be to extend the ElUNGAFlLL outside the community. USFS boundary to make Exchange Student Goes to Argentina Weaknesses 01 LCP Implementat10n - With corroboration the land use and juliisdil:tiO:!lS from county. state and federal officials Farr, lSutle"'1SOr. within the new ootIIlO1me:s,. "Independence. and willingness to Lee OUer, representing Ed Brown, exe:cul:ive di1'lectclr .,:el1itral ad mmistrative Dntl1nr1tv are the quallUes that American Field Service looks Coast Regional Devon in tent of the LCP. This when selecting students for their exchange program, and • . dinator, state Coastal COlmmtissi.on; IU!Vf!lnn federai legilslal:ion Sur's Erin Gafill has all of these characteristics officer. state Coastal r:rI1Upr'"DT.''''' visor, Los Padres National 118v'810nel1 after World"WarI to create gressman. the CAC special Wt\lrlClIllu,\n an of the world. hu three major weaknesses in the im!llesner;ltation elected threc . students out Monterey County to travel "were identified: abroad. Kunkle will go to Japan, Gretchen Siegrist is still 1. County· and state funding the LCPis inadequate. aW~lltltlti: word from Washington on her placement and Erin • Funds to make the LCP or even to make its leave Feb. 1 to live with a family in Argentina. management programs work most will need federal and confident 16-year-old, Erin is eager to talk assistance. If this is the case ena.O!lI18 year ahead of her. will be required, new home will be Villa Carlos in the Cordoba 2. The LCP does not .have Region. which is tije center of the the lease radical federal agency lape\. use and man~len1tent aCtlvttlies area of Argentina. My are weillth'v. cultural. people area. This will federal Jegiislal:lpn and devote Catholics, three 8 and 3.and a • 3. The LCP not CO~ltitudng S." management vdice aftel' from the immediate visory role could be de~'elopec:lt, ~'year-Ojla girl from BIij!land, tive equal in tb"'"hi""'" rabbits the area, legislation be requireO. LCP Management Opt10ltll·- management for the corllm1unllty 1. Status - This • the LCP imr1lenlenl:ati()n IUlfhl1rr1fv county. The county has
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f For Information &. Reservations, Call (408)667-2a31 or Write: Ventana f Big Sur, CA 93920 • February. 1980 THE· SIO SUR GAzEtte PageS the Forest Service is the most • CAC Special Meeting likely choice for an expanded federal presence in Big Sur, he said he is still waiting for theCAC to make its recom mendations to him on the Panetta Favors USFS Money, Control question of federal involve ment, if any, in Big Sur. "I'm not going to shove • Gazette Staff Writer With the federal govern now governing the area than the money to provide ade this down your throat," he Getting federal dollars into ment responsible for im letting the federal govern quate compensation. The said. Big Sur may be the only way plementing the LCP. he said. ment get its hand in Big Sur federal government, working In answer to another ques land use decisions. to compensate private land~ landowners would have only innovatively in the area, does tion about whether the owners for preserving the "one person to deal with." "It seems to be the most have the money. federal government is "flexi scenic qualities of. Big Sur. Federal options could in local level process that we Landowners could lease ble" enough to give money to Rep. Leon Panetta told a clude development of a na could expect to get," he said. back their property from the local and state government • special meeting of the tional park, creation of a "I distrust the long term forest service and continue to rather than coming into the Citizens Advisory Committee local council which would ad evolution of people's point of use it for agricultural pur picture directly, Panetta said on Jan. 7. minister the spending of view in the federal govern poses, he said. this would be "very And an expanded role for federal money to buy ment. Once the entrenchment "I understand the suspi difficult. " the u.s. Forest Service, development rights or pro· is there. you can't go back," cions about government," Giving tax breaks to land rather than funneling the Panetta said. "I deal with owners to encourage protee- money through some newly that every day; I have the With the federal government responsible for im tion of agricultural land CONGRESSMAN Pan'ltta created local coordinating plementing the LCP, be saki, landowners would have same suspicions every time I • council, may be the most deal with federal agencies, would also be hard. he said. addresses adzen's Advisory since the Internal Revenue Commtee at Granle practical way to get the only "one person to deal wltb," because I know how tbey HaD money out of Congress. work!' Service does not support the Jan. 18. With him Is Roger perty from landowenrs, or an Protecting Big Sur is "the But, he added, "Govern concept. Newell, CAC chairman. Panetta made those com The tax agency points to h i. ments during a CAC meeting expansion of existing Forest responsibility of the people ment is a part of our process, existing parks legislation and order to preserve t e scenIC devoted to finding ways to Service authority in the area, who came here to live," he whether we like it or not. The says use that rather than take qualities of Big Sur. make theSis Sur Local giving the agency greater said. "We all know it." answer is to guide govern a new approach. he said. "These are the kind of • Coastal Plan work once it is responsibility and leeway to Panetta again emphasized ment. That's what we're real Gary Koeppel said the specific things we need before adopted by county negotiate novel approaches that the major issue is the ly talking about. How do we whole issue of federal finan- we leap to the conclusion of authorities and the state with landowners. question of compensation for guide those actions in ways cial involvement is putting federal funding or any other Coastal Commission. A Panetta said the prospect landows who are denied the that relate to getting local "the cart before the horse" kind of funding." he said. number of people in the aud of the park service in Big Sur right to build solely because participation'1 until there is a detailed land Panetta promised he would ience questioned this ap "scares the hell out of me" of scenic considerations. •'To take the approach use map showing exactly how bring any proposal for Big proach, indicating they prefer because of its track record in "There are obviously going that just because something is many parcels might have to Sur to local groups before he • some method which relies other areas. to be some controls place," suspect, you don't want to be acquired or downzoned in presents it to Congress. heavily on local and state It is unlikely, he added, he said. "There are going to touch it at all ... the fact is authorities, that Congress would approve be controls along the coast." that government is going to See Related Story on Page 28 Lee Otter of the Central giving money to some local To make these land use be there, is going to be in Regional Coastal Commis group, thus surrendering con controls meaningful involves volved in some way. Control "It wouldn't require a massive new piece of legisla sion and Monterey County trol over the use of the funds. compensating landowners, it, limit it. That is something tion,n Panetta said. "It's simply giving tbem the Supervisor Sam Farr said The Forest Service "is in Panetta said. And local and we can do." authority to extend their boundaries." ' • state and county government the area, is sensitive to the state government don't have While Panetta indicated , would not have the funds to needs of the area." compensate landowners who "It wouldn't require a lose the right to develop their massive new piece of legisla r------II I property because it lies in the tion," Panetta said. "It's I I scenic coastal viewshed which simply giving them the the LCP seeks to preserve. authority to extend their : Subscribe now to ' : Panetta noted that leaving boundaries. " : your monthly coastal : land use decisions in local or Such legislation, he said, state· hands would cause the could be enacted in the com I newspaper ,.0 I same ldnd of "haphazard" ing session, a matter ofeight I I planning which now exists in to to months from now Big Sur. Landowners could before the bill could clear : THE : I • Landowners could lease back tbeir property from tbe I forest serviee and continue to use it for agricultural pur • poses, he jald~ I
challenge decisions of the Congress. •I iJJig@ county Planing Commission Several members of the au at the state ,Coastal Commis dience expressed great con • • sion level or in the courts, cern about the prospect. • leaving the door open to a Milt Keirn of Pfeiffer •I weakening of the LCP or to Ridge said he would rather I make do with the county and <&n~tttt different decisions in dif- . ferent cases. Coastal Commission review • •I Keep up-to-date on the issues that elfect you in the beautiful Big Sur Coast area ••• I • •••••••••• •I I • Big Sur • PLANNING • WILDLIFE • ART & POETRY • ••I • PERSONALITIES • CROSSWORD • HAPPENINGS •I • ••I • TRADING POST • CARTOONS • VISITOR GUIDE •I C.\,!!~4 • COASTAL ISSUES • LOCAL NEWS. VIEWPOINTS • .: •I FILMS FOR FEBRUARY .: •I • Feb.? LOST HORIZON Narne ______I SHORT: ·Why MM CURIes ~ I HERE COMES . I • Feb.14 MR. JORDAN .: Address ______SHORT: Wonder Gloves I • • Feb. 21 ALL THE KING'S MEN SHORT: One More Time •••I • Feb.28 SUDDENLY LAST SUM City______State Zip_· ___ MER •• SHORT: PalM Moon •I I 55.00 In Monterey county • 58.00 outside Monterey County You'll be glad I • 512.00 out Of state you did! •I 519.00 foreign "A WILD LUPINE PRODUCTION" I Mall checks to The Big Sur Gazette • Highway One. Big Sur, California 93920 • I • ~------~------, Page 6 THE BI~ SUR QAZETTE February, 1980 resource damage and violent crime. And. due to. the commercial slum in the Yosemite Valley, the NPS to. spend $100 million to relocate their headquarters and the commercial concessions to Wawona. lIiewliatW ltttWpninl6 Contrastingly, Big Sur has three million visitors a year (one-half million more than Yosemite), management problems are minimal, and there are • no $100 million National Park Service relocation EDITORIAL: The People Versus The Parkmakers errors to correct. Revelations of the weeks leave, no the inevitable federal and acquisi- Why does Ansel Adams,et aI, want to doubt that. the threat a federal buy-out and tion of all private and eventual Yosemicate Big Sur? itake-over of Big Sur is and imminent. No reU:'CatlOn of the population. Despite the that Ansel Adams has based his • longer can warnings of this threat be regarded as nro!DO!lais are promoted by a hand- entire career as a National Park concessionnaire, alarmist or paranoic. nult.u'''''''!>' environmental zealots who are and despite the fact that his business manager, A National Area proposal is sub- campaign money William A. Turnage, is also director of the mitted to the Wilderness Society as environmentalist Wilderness Society and author of both the 1977 early as May and, allegedly. a USFS management aig Sur National Park Campaign and the 1980 proposal for it National Recreation will soon desperately to make National Scenic Area proposal, surely their be submitted to Founda- is threatened are more noble than peddling more • tion. tl>...... 4'.,,"'.. that federal photographic prints and post cards. To the credit oCt he newly formed Friends of the and management are necessary •'to preserve Their propaganda propounds to "save Big Big Sur and with to Charles " Sur," Cushman, Director the National Park In Leavy. who is It brings to one oId-timer's refrain, simple holders Association, the people of Big SUI' have Foundation, but profound: Save Big Sur? From what? For been informed of the plan. over 40 homes per whom? • Ansel Adams and manager, the commission. Many well-intended but uninformed or misin William A. Turnage, are non-profit formed will no doubt be snared by the Wilderness Society as to create a Na- sloganism mentality of Save Big Sur. not know tional Scenic Area. To by either the ing, of course, that Big Sur has already been "sav U.S. Forest or Nationa.l Park Service, per year along ed. " Existing county and evolving state regula~ the proposed National Area would require constitute tions, as well as exemplary private stewardship, • the outright purchase of "much of the private have already saved and preserved Big Sur in a land in Big Sur. H an Evel Knieval manner unknown to most of ,the rest of Califor Will Shaw and his director. Saunders Hillyer, because of nia. are using the Monterey-based Big Sur Foundation 'ov'erclevieioDmlent ., in to Big Sur," Since 1962 the land laws and the land owners to promote a USFS designation aalluirc!d and managed by the .,,"'."'._ have prevented anyone and everyone from Scenic or Recreation Area, to be prctposed Californicating Big Sur, Now, as a reward for • weeks, according to Hillyer. preserving the Big Sur. the stewards are being Either proposal would sooner or smuu~:a toward the carS - the Parkmakers' SOlUtion," Big Sur has already been saved. It is not threatened by overdevelopment. The present • balance of Forest Service, State Park, and private nBrn.. ,."hin and management has and will continue preserve the scenic beauty of this remarkable area. This case must be made over and over again' during the ensuing months, and the professional Parkmakers and paid politicians must be put on • notice that the people of Big Sur intend to defend the coast from grandiose machinations and the federal agency developers,' It is time for friends and neighbors to set aside minor differences and unite against these attempts of a federal a handful of politicians • and parkmakers, This unique community has untapped in~ teUigence and resources, and when united, if in divisible from we can effectively defend our homes and human rights, and at the same time, we can continue to preserve a Big Sur that • Fine dining or in the already been in town ... country~ .. ID4t iitg hr ClUSttit Fresh. Gary Koeppel, , , , , , . , '. Publisher and Editor • delicacies are j»',ilnr•• ,1 Paula Wailing, , " ,."., .... community Editor continental Kristen Coventry.... '" ., ,., .,., Manager Oomeslicand Diane Farrow. .,., .. ,...... 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------~~-. ~ • r. February. 1980 THE 81G SUR GAZETTE page 1
A Public Statement • .ANSEL. ADAMS The legislation I am sug Continued from Page 1 7. limit the amount of in I will be talking with these gesting to establish the Big tensive recreation develop legislator~ about the specifics future generations. I think of the Big Sur Foundation, I Sur National Scenic Area ment and use in the area in of my proposal and ask them most of us live in Monterey propose the creation of a Big would: order to preserve the land to hold public hearings to County because we love this Sur National Scenic Area - 1. create the Scenic Area and the amenities of life in create the best possible land and this coast, and the a concept specially tailored to that would extend from Big Sur from overcrowding legislation - which will • rugged. unspoiled places meet the needs of Big Sur. Malpaso Creek in Monterey and environmental degrada preserve and protect both the which are becoming increas- The simple fact is that preser- County to the southern tion; coast and the rights and life~ ingly rare in urbanized ving land from the boundary of the Hearst 8. improve the quality of styles of its residents. America. While the 'Sig Sur developers and from overuse Ranch in San Luis Obispo life in Big Sur and Monterey This is one of the finest Coast is a natural treasure by the public is costly. and County, under the manage County by providing for and most exciting oppor for all Americans to enjoy, the citizens of Monterey ment of the Forest Service, viable public transit systems tunities we will ever have to the primary beneficiaries of County cannot afford to bear which already manages the to reduce the damaging im do truly special its preservation will be those the expense of protecting a adjacent Los Padres Na pacts of excessive automobile and noble for ourselves, our • of us who live here in national treasure, We need tional Forest, and protects traffic on Highway 1; friends and our heirs for cen Monterey County. the financial help of the the watershed for the Salinas 9. provide prompt, turies to come. Let us not go Make no mistake, in spite federal government to pay Valley; equitable and effective com down in history as the of the coastal legislation and for the cost of preserving and 2. autborize a sufficient pensation (fair market value) generation who stood silently dozens of plans and special managing our coastline. appropriation to purchase for land owners deprived of by while the Big Sur Coast zoning and "private steward- The Scenic Area concept land or development rights development rights and alter was developed and its natural ship," the Big Sur Coast is will fully protect the rights of (easements) only from willing native property uses .by the beauty destroyed. Let us, in~ • being developed and its beau- all Big Sur residents to re- sellers; California Coastal legislation stead, leave a splendid legacy ty is being ruined at an alar- main in their homes, while 3. deny the Forest Service and the sometimes arbitrary for our children ... let us turn ming rate. Every time I drive preserving the great natural the power to condemn land decisions of the regional to them and "This you down the coast I see yet more beauty that brought them to unless new construction or Coastal Commission; inherit; guard well, for it is construction, more traffic, Big Sur in the first place. other development activity 10. create a satisfactory far more precious than more impact on the fragile It has been misstated - as threatens the natural en alternative for landowners money and, once coastal ecosystems. part of a deliberate fear cam- vironment - a reserve beset by inheritance and pro destroyed, nature's beauty • However, it is not too late; paign - that residents of emergency power only; perty tax problems - so that cannot be repurchased at any We can save the Big Sur Carmel Highlands will be 4 secure the right of all their land can remain in the price. " .Coast and its unique life- moved out of their homes. homeowners in Big Sur to natural state. If we join together 10 ac style, if we join together and This is an absurd untruth. In- continue to live there, and How can we work together complish the preservation of act now. The job can be done deed, Carmel Highlands pass on their homes to future to save the Big Sur? As an In our Big Sur Coast I will feel I without displacing a single would not even be included generations, and forbid the dividual, I urge you to write have had a life fully lived. I resident, or having the in the boundaries of the Forest Service from acquir to Congressman Leon Panet will feel I have played a small • government buy a single Scenic Area I am proposing. ing any homes by condemna ta, U.S. House of Represen- , role in something far grander home by condemnation I But And in Big Sur, not a single tion from unwilling owners; tatives, Washington, D.C. than any or all of us. I will it cannot be done by so- home wiD be purchased by 5. guarantee the right of 20515, and ask him to in feel I have fulfilled my called "private condemnation and not a local residents to participate troduce legislation to responsibility to my children stewardship," and local zon- single resident will be displac- petpetualry in a citizen's ad establish the Big Sur Na and my friends, Please share ing in an inadequate, unen- . ed. I am somewhat dismayed visory committee for the tional Scenic Area. You can this responsibility and join forceable local coastw plan. and hurt diat my neigbbors . management of Scenic t.O Senator Alan with me to save the Big Sur. These systems have essential- would even entertain such Area; Cranston and Senator S.1. Thank you. • Iy been tried and they are bizarre, irresponsible allega- 6. encourage the continua Hayakawa, United States clearly inadequate. tions to . the effect that I tion of ranching and other Senate, Washington, D.C.· Ansel Adams Speaking as a private would favor the displacement existing life-styles in the Big 20510, and urge them to do Carmel Highlands citizen and not as a member ofany homeowners. Sur by various means; the same. In the weeks ahead February, 19841 Editorial r--- ... ------...... 1_ ----"------.... -,------., • I I Big Sur Doesn't Need Change From the Californian developed, OVerlOOked,theGAOSaid.It: (?taure'4-~' ~ : Although proponents suggested increased use of I I We can't, honestIy, in our claim they mean only public easements, tighter I BIG SUR RECIPE I wildest dreams, imagine why undeveloped land, tbere is no local zoning and purchases of I I • there is a movement to make assurance the National Park development rights that I I Big Sur the first national Service wouldn't condemn preclude owners from ~---~------~-~f scenic area. many parcels on choice building in sensitive locales. sites through the method The tigher zoning and con The proponents. claim the declaration of taking which trol is already a fact in area needs to be preserved. gives the government title 90 California - or hadn't the (J ('-) How, we ask, could there days after the owner is proponents noticed. ~~~s~n!n~~!:t§lguP be any more notified. And. the Big S\lf develop sighs from your valentinel (J V • than right now zon ment is hardly rampant. U's ing prohibitions and Coastal Further, if the entire area is declared under Park Service always been selective - there BLACK BEAN Commission red tape are so few building sites, 'V everything? they couid 2 cups black beans 1 cup lentlls regulate Ions-time owners to anyway. Almost. all of us who 1 large onion, Chopped 1 large bay leaf New development is live here like it the way it is. 2·3 cloves garliC :2 large carrots, sliced already halted and add-om. the point of sale j\1st to get 2 TbSp. Bronner's broth :2 tsp. whOle cumin seeds the government off their We hike in the state park are about as likely to be ap (where we used to swim) and 1 t5p. basil 1 tsp crusl1ed dry chillies proved as the sardines are to backs. :2 tsp. diced fresh :2 sharp cheddar • camp out. We drive to Jalapeno pepper grated return to Monterey Bay. The netlf-n,¥svencru Nepenthe on a Sunday for an 2 cups buttermill< . Construction, even in ap to acquire more aO'vPr'n'mP' Ambrosia burger. We listen Wash the beans and picking out any small stones, cover With COld proved areas, must blend into land is a national to Jake Stock and his I water and soak overnight Place beans and lentils in a adding the countryside. For exam phenomenon. Abalone Stompers on a warm 1 cold water to caver two inCheS above surface of beans. Add onion, bay leaf, ple, yesterday's 1 pic The General Accounting afternoon, We walk the lone- I garlic, carrots, Bronner's broth, cumin seeds, tlasil and chillies. Bring to bail. I ture of new housing with a Office report released Jan. 14 ly beaches. We love it the way Then simmer until beans are tender but firm. Md more water, if necessary, I sod-covered roof, which will said federal have it is - almost as much as I during cooKing - approximately 111:1 to 2 hours. I • ." include poison oak among its bought more park land than those who have I Tr~".,e·F"'r 2/3 of thick bean sOUP, after discarding bay leaf, into a blender or I rooftop shrubs in matching is needed and exceeded the hidden homes I. puree. Melmore liquid if too thick to turn. I the coastal landscape. cost estimates No one is I Return to kettle with remaining 1/3 of soUP and add jalapeno pepper, I Big - lease of I cheese and buttermilK. Stir and simmer until well-mixed and hOt enough to I are who live there. I serve in heated bowls. Garnish with sour cream and a slice of avocado. I coastline. We feel the federal I AS with all seasonings your taste, but this soup is meant I Growth is should off I to be thick bodied. with a green salad, it IS a sustain- I their one I meal. I Sur at I I not on our narrow I Be My Valentine (?) I and winding 1 to I I • FebrUary, 1980 .1 More ... Foundation Resignation MAILGRAM The Big Sur FoWldadoll lIitUtll.aub·llIiftupnittts 401 Lt.ine St. MOllterey, Calif. '3940 Tlds mailgram is a confirmation copy of Roadsto the Mr. Will Shaw the foUowiRl melDle: tourists, more rangers to DeIIr Will: • Big Sur via Ticketron vice the area. homes for I would like to resign from President Carter near Editor but it nagged at me !IDd final rangers, schools for the the board of trustees of the When I first came to Big ly: I went to a town meeting, rangers' children ... and SUI.' Foundation. I feel White House' Sur, I felt as though a great which totally bored me, filled eventually in an effort to con- . the inner core of the Washinlton, DC 20500 weight had been lifted. No with words I didn't trot the development, they Foundation are professional longer was I going to have to stand,. and lasting too long have it. leaving and have been • deal with all the political red past my bedtime. nothing devastation in to Dear Mr. President: a power tape that had haunted my I would much rather ignore their wake. On behalf of the Friends of the Big Sur earty years, causing me to it still, but finally it· is. MY I don't know the answer. base to. get government in join every activist group and SPACE that is being attack In the I have behlnlll!{j volvement into Big Sur since Coast, I would Uke to extend a cordial in protest march ... so intent on my home for the last six to the Club. Nallonru the formation of the Founda- vitation to you to visit Big Sur to give us rather than to the the cause ... so positive we and a I care very an "equal time" opportunity to present to were right . ., so disillusioned Coast remain a very • when we lost. Somewhere for to you our views on the proposed designa wild the can travel or to in. along the line I grew up and the wilderness areas of tion and buy-out of Big Sur as a national GAVE up, and ,decided that I feel that my only use to Santa Lucias, are owners for the Foundation has beeo the scenic area. rather than tell how necessary to civilization. they could improve the and the care and use of my name and the The Friends of the Big Sur Coast is a To the folk and those knilwle!da£' that I have lived in world. I would just set an ex# devotion which they and their grass roots organization of, Big Sur ample by acting out my own not so with the ways sons have poured into their over 40 idea of peace and I took of the homesteaders, who ranches. part of residents. who are unanimous in opposing • refuge in the warm arms of have cared for their coastal We are all here because we had a any increase In the level of federal in the Santa Lucia Mountains. after love the and of fOnlrlinll: of the set of I gave up reading the obvious the coast, our homes have since been tervention or involvement in our area. newspapers and listening to answer to saving the land is are far we are a Challlge~d. and I feel that the Bil Sur is presently the most successful make a national park out cOlllmlllnih which turns actions taken on a radio reports. As far as I was example of environmental preservation in concerned the outside world it. out in mass for a parade or a basis are not up to show at the Grange. A by the could go to hell. When the I too, in my little bubble of "n_, .. _".. an de... the nation. Because private st~wardship • undercurrent of federal truely believed that a to discuss the has succeeded so well both in preservation takeover, petitions and tow.n "national park" was a dpfl.r_"l..... D issues of local made the meetings finally came to' my nrotect;ed and "r.. " .....v,"" is not so enter- and and tourist enjoyment, we believe the ex attention, it was so remote casual discussion penditure of federal funds would be total we aU have dif of some these decisions oc~ that I could not Iy unnecessary, detrimental and wasteful. where it fit into my of how should curs at the trustees meeting, life. It was a negative I believe we are all Other decisions we learn Reports of potential private overde w" .. It,,,,., towards about later on from another • where I had thought there velopment of Big Sur are completely un .. wre none. I tried to ignore it if this to source. have to be done soon, or we I would like to have my true, and in fact, impossible under all of may find ourselves name removed from the letter the present restrictions. As a thinking and reservations head and not to appear on CCiUNTRYMART Ticketron to take a "nature documents or of practical man, we ask that you come' to Gifts • HouSewares • Toys a streamlined Foundation this see tbe situation yourself. We believe that date on, • Amusing Items wilclerness, to visit the site of our own lost homes. Don McQueen you will then accept our point of view. (408) 372-0303 Big Sur 184 Country Club Gate Center. Pacific Grove 93950 Kristin ('A'ilen." Our preferred date is Feb. 16 when we will be holding a public forum on the Subscribe to The Gazette Investigate Violators issue. Please have your appointments Dear Editor violations of secretary contact me at (408) 667 .. 2384 or Your tions on n"'rtl.F~f,,'·rf.. r (408) 667 .. 2383. We thank you in advance • stated and state np"'lnln,pl wish are aware of for your consideration and most of aU, to nr£',!li'.r'Ji'. and have cOlllfirrned for your help. . Are You Concerned? violations. James Josoff these dedicated - about conserving tne COast? time and P.O. Box 153 - about preserving IndIvidual and and pros.ecute Big Sur, CA 93920 • - private propertY rights? violators. - about local control of local affairs? ners. we suggest you use and state not paper to vin11,.1",.,." of our laws, ~ The California Coastal Council believes to enforce t'~'------our current interim than do inlult those attemp· SANDWICHES lCE-CREAM that Coastal Conservation can be achiev tions but also·. lacks to our laws. ~ SALADS • ~ , CONES. ed without losIng individual or property our courage to do • rights and without IndlviCSual com so? AND 1, fP SHAKES. munities losing control of their destinies. Glynn &: Lorin Lockwood JUICES ~.A\." ~SMoomlES Big Sur ALL OF YOUR GROCERY & VITAMIN NEEDS support and Join COSMETICS The BULK ITEMS california Coastal Council ORGANIC PRODUCE • IN CARMEL VAllEY VilLAGE CENTER 659·2811 I CalifOrnia coastalCouncU I I ------central Region 13 I I 411 cannery ROW I I Monterev, CA 95940 I I 0 Enclosed Is my S2$ membership fee I • I I I I BE SAFEI • I BESEeURE.... I Address I I I We can help! ~/MFe I I • For I 624-6363 ~~.. ~ I I Carmel'Rancno Shopping atr, BIG SUR 667-2209 I I Monte Mart & The Barnyard) --.-I.. I. meeting was in fact the need Critical informatioH'bas been cesl h.asbeeathe investiga nounced a solution for .the to investigate alternatives to omitted from tbe interview tion of alternate formats BiS Sur Coast w.hich Clarification the super agency fund which gave context to my which WQuid maintain the preempts the Coastal Act. Editort Su Frueisc:o meeting held at the local ing/management concept. remarks. Statements and in balance between agency in and which reveals & budget, E~ml.er Grange Hall did not establish Additionally and contrary ferences attributed to me terests and tbe local steward timetable and' an authority (Editor's note.. Reprinted any support for the view of to a specific statement in the have been conformed to the ship role of management tmd which presume upon the in here at the writer's request.) Congressman Burton that "1\ article, 'Newell' and other article and therefore have control. tegrity and validity of the consensus is building," local residents have not become prejudiced and An article of this nature LCP process itself. • :For the purpose of presumably for a national favors the establishment of 'a misleading. My position has the· danger of becoming Roger Newell clarification. the heading, reserve status. The meeting national scenic reserve.' throughout the planning pro- self-fulfllling. You have an- Big Sur content and tenor of your ar~ did establish· with testimc;>ny tiele, Jan. 13, 1980, discuss· of county and state officials Prevent Unwise Federal Intervention ing Big Sur, has worked a that the Local Coastal Pro Honorable Leon Panetta tion for our area could, should, or would curtail this tourism. disservice to the concept of gram (LCP) as a regulatory House of Representatives As residents of Big Sur we are directly and indirectly local contro.l and manage· instrument has three key Washington, DC 20515 MAILGRAM caretakers and hosts of this horde. We watch for unsafe and il ment, and it has been weaknesses: 1) it lacks fund legal fires in canyons and on beaches. We help collect garbage • counterproductive to the ing for its implementation, 2) Dear Sir: from trails and streams, and advise authorities of the presence planning procesl\ by erodin8 it lacks authority for direct I have been informed by an article in the San Francisco. Sun of possibly disturbed and dangerous wanderers at no cost to the integrity of the Big Sur regulatory control of federal day Examiner and Chronicle, Jan. 13. 1980, that a $100 our government. We host families in our homes and guide Coast Citizens Advisory agencies in the area, and 3) it million congressional proposal to establish a federal role to them through the safe scenic areas. Some of us serve the public Committee in its function as adopted a position which protect the Big Sur Region is expected by March. The article in restaurants, inns. campgrounds and art galleries. We, as a a fact gathering forum for the has no provision for a local indicates this is necessary because Big Sur is on the brink of community, provide a haven and home for artists, writers and .community. management voice after cer large scale development and heavy tourism. I am writing this scientists. We host the beautific and the beat, at no expense to • Specifically. the public tification. The tenor of the letter as a resident of Big Sur and as a member of the Friends our government. of the Big Sur Coast, an organization of concerned residents We are a rural community on a scenic by-way between sreen Foundation Responds of this area, to. request your personal and thoughtful assistance cities. We have town meetings and local committees and we Dear Editor resources ... in preventing wasteful and unnecessary expenditures of federal fight and argue about our community in keeping and caring This is to correct mistakes "Geographically. the money in Big Sur. Development in Big SUI' is currently strictly for it in the best fashions. Some of us are refugees from the of fact concerning the Big Sur Foundation defines the Big regulated and restricted by the California Coastal Commission cities and some the children of pioneers. We are afraid that Foundation either made or Sur coast as the area exten and Monterey County Planning Co.mmission. That area which $100 million of federal money and probably more, will • implied at last Sunday's ding from Malpaso Creek on is not, is administered by the U.S. Forest Service and the state ultimately be used to buy us out, against our wishes and presentation in the Grange the north to San Simeon and Parks Service. There is also strong personal opposition by all destroy our community to no one's benefit. A GAO accoun Hall by the Friends of Big Sur from the easternmost extent landowners and residents of Big Sur and Monterey County to ting report on land acquisition practices of the National Park and Charles Cushman, the of publicly owned lands to 12 development in Big Sur. There is absolutely no objective Service entitled "Federal Drive to Acquire Private Land executive director of the Na miles at sea!' evidence that this combination of interested citizens have been Should Be Reassessed" CED-80-14, December 1979, suggests tional Park Service In Second, although in unsuccessful or incapable of carrying forth and preserving the this is a reasonable fear. holders' Association. dividual members of the fragile beauty and unspoiled environment of the coast. I request your support and meticulous attention to all • I would first like to com Foundation have expressed In 1979 three million tourists from every part of the world aspects of this issue to prevent unwise federal intervention in ment on the content, purpose their personal concerns to enjoyed Big Sur. This is one-half million more tourists than this area based on careless investigation of all facts. and distribution of the Foun elected officials, the Big Sur National Park Service figures for Yosemite National Park in , Howard Press. MD dation's map of its area of Foundation has not made any the same year. This occurred without disruption of the area or Sycamore Canyon concern, a copy of which was proposal, formal or infor undue crime problems. I do not believe that federal designa. Big Sur. CA 93920 displayed during Cushman's mal, to any member of Con presentation. As Will Shaw, gress or CongreSSional staff government participation. .------. the Foundatin's president, or either the House or Senate We anticipate that within the • stated that night, this map's side. The implication or next few months we will con sole· use has been to provide assertions made at last Sun solidate this research, Shop by Phone· or Mall ••• information about the Foun day's meeting that the Foun develop options for meeting dation's area of concern. In dation had made, or is in any the needs identified in the addition to delineating the way supportive of any such Jan. 10, 1980, Draft Report proposal that may have been and, ultimately, suppo.rt a $ houndaries of this area, it depicts as much relevant in made by someone else, is specific proposal for doing • formation as we felt it could totally false. The Foundation so. Ail of this was anticipated carry without becoming dut has not made any proposals in the Foundation's State· teredo This is a working map; or endorsed any proposals, ment of Goals and Policies it is already dated by recent and itS staff has not made or that provides in part: changes in land ownership; endorsed any proposals. "The Foundation is and from time to time Foun Far from being secretive exploring all plans and pro dation members or I have about its activities as was im posals relating to the Big Sur • marked up individual copies plied at last Sunday's area, and studying a broad to reflect such changes. We meetings, the Foundation has range of innovative manage have distributed copies to continually worked within ment concepts in other parts people with an interest in the the framework of its State of the country. It is also con activities of the Foundation, ment of Goals and Policies sulting with other citizens and and it has been particularly that were made public over a organizations, and with agen useful asa focus for discus year ago, as referred to cies at all levels of govern • sion with a broad range of above. Two Foundation ment. UltimatelY, the Foun· people knowledgeable about members also serve as dation will dedicate its staff land management programs members of the Big Sur Coast and resources tothe support and techniques. Citizens Advisory Committee and implementation of the The Foundation publicly and I have regularly attended comprehensive program - identified its area of concern CAC meetings at which I whether local, state, federal in its Statement of Goals and have distributed copies of or combination thereof - Policies adopted by its Board Foundation materials and found to be in the best in • of Trustees and made public made reports on Foundation terests of the land. the people in November 1978. The Bi, . activities. of Big Sur and the general Sur Gazette pUblished this Most recently, I distributed public." Statement of Goals gmd at the CAC's Jan. 22 meeting As the Foundation develops Policies in full in its a copy of a draft report dated its further positions it will December 1978 issue and the Jan. 10, 1980. on the need for continue to share them with Bi, Sur Roundup also a legislative charter for the the community through the • published it at approximately Big Sur Coast (a copy of Big Sur Citizens Advisory that time. With respect to the which is enclosed, for your in Committee and the local boundaries of the FQ\lnda· form~tion). This draft report press, as it has done in the tion's area of concern, this has been approved by. the past.. .Now that the Friends of ...... a selectIon of .,. the best of Statement provides: Foundation's Board of Big Sur is formed and shows Big Sur art & California coastal crafts "The Foundation's goal" Trustees for discussion. pur interest in actively par without ·precommitment to poses and it reflects the Foun ticipating in the planning pro • any solution. is to seek the dation's thinking on the un cess, I would like to express best possible framework for solved problems Whose my hope that its members will ------the futUre of the Big Sur equitable solution, in our opi. likewise present their posi Ves! Please send me_copies of the Coast Gallery'S Fail/Winter Catalog. I en Coast. Its objectives are two nion, exceeds the capabilities tions and concerns through close $1 per copy. Make checks payable to Coast Gallery, Highway One, Big fold: (1) to preserve for of the local landowners and the public meetings held by Sur, CA 93920. future generations the natural residents, and the county and the Big Sur Coast Citizens spJendor. historial heritage, state government. Advisory Committee on a bi Name ______..... ______and special character of the We have now been resear weekly basis. I look forward Big Sur coast; and (2) to sup ching for over a year land to a fruitful exchange of ideas Addrell ______~--~--- port appropriate develop management prosrams, tools in that context. Clty ______State ___Zlp ____ ment, public and private, and techniques. involving Saunders C. Hmyer commensurate. wjth protec private land stewardship, and . Exeeudve Director ting its scenic and natural county. state and federal Big Sur Foundation • page 10 THE BIO SUR ,GAZETTE February, 1980 Mountain Lion Death More ... Dear Editor our lives, or fall into the cir I know that all of us care, cumstances of the event and each individually and in our look to be right about it. llitwli nub llJitwpntnm own personal way, about the Choosing to be aware of recent death and killing of the process as well as circum mountain lion. stance, and in the context of I concern is what we do this awareness, we could look with that Will we use forward to being responsible • Sawtooth Recreation Area this to be right for all circumstance and in so Dear Editor need for more to meetings with the The about look to being doing create all circumstance Fortunately or unfor allow them to back. Forest Service it had to someone as beneficial. tunately depending on who it 3. The "basic" reason for be done because of an Thank you for the oppor is, Big Sur is being contrasted the and the NRA approved but unbuilt Or there a way to hold, tun'ity to contribute to you. to the Sawtooth National was to control development. vision. The contrast to this to contextualize, the death of Bob Muson • Recreation Area. It's unfor This WaS a must because there could be for example - •'to this lion so that the lion's Carmel tunate for the general were no land use and and combine death actually contributes to residents, commonly referred no for most of the on Pfeiffer the of life of the com· Glen Oaks to as "locals" and the either county in " Dear Editor landowners because is very 1 remember, I do not have the quote in front of me, a We are happy to tell our have had the most as it has friends in Big Sur that Bill understanding of all aspects U5'Jl.V'''~ planning statement by Dr. Loren the well-known nat and Beverly Palmer are the • of the creation of that Na inc,.,""''''rlo land control new managers of Olen Oaks tional Recreation Area and the past 18 that could be useful to us: Motet. what it would mean to them years. Bill and Bev formerly lived 4. p,." ..... 'rt" taxes were low the peregrin fal~ if the enactment of that in Newport Beach. Because than con is not about federal legislation was the Big of many vacations spent in Sur National Area! should have been. Creation the peregrin falcon; it about the processes we Big Sur during the past 20 I along with two other of the NRA has enhanced the they are familiar with members of theCAC and the therefore increasing will go thru as human • beings in saving the pere area and already have a executive director of the taxes which balanced the number of friends here. Sur am fortunate overall tax base and revenue not aVl!ilahle CIII,,.,,,,,,tlv grin falcon." Perhaps we can choose to We welcome you, Bill and enough .to been loss to the local government 7. The NRA had to Bev! around the Sawtooth Recrea- of facUities and land, land become aware that the death l1DllrOved it of this lion could be about Mary and Doris Fee rion Area the Forest Ser- a National want, because it was tied up In vice and sa! in con- The NRA an or foun~ the we will go what you write tlwn,,,.n as human in Kudos !'crencc with the ad allows use of the tbe NRA bad to • isn't what you and once Dear Editor land, In contrast, there is not bail out these This ..... "IVtn'" this event and so ministrators and residents of you start you turn back, Really enjoy the Big Sur the Sawtooth NRA, October the removal of land by the hal)J)ened because the other choosing, the death of the and condemna- lion and the lion become a Gazette. Look forward to its 1979. I would lil-e to I feel that federal arrival month! In- and contrast a few tions. The effect Sur is don a very cOlmplex contribution to our lives. unknown, With What it takes is to be aware telligent for those in- and uncertain situatron to any terested in and tax laws and area. It isn't a of the process, the interaction between rather than the with and ,,".,'''UIU, method to comPare of the beauti.ful feel safe to assume nr''1nF'rhl different areas the circumstances of the will ini;':rease in coast. where consequences and Anne T. TumEi at a faster rate than are not even the same. Sawtooth type nt'r.1'h"",,,,j'<>h! the mecbanics NRA reduce Appreciation The Sawtooth has no method of to express my land of your in • use of her condemnation, "Song of The Forest Service felt White in Its
We are at choice, wnrif' ..' TIE T BAT A T to and be aware of have occasion • had this natural, human par by this process and have poet. tOLtE,trIO) Bob Zobel the lion's death contribute to Russell H. Broadhead of HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS •
~neral Index of Collection Subjects Circa 1880 to 1940 (circa 1880 to --.....------50010 off on 1 ..':U".<1' 1 /L._/-.,, __ 1I. $. oti.. ___ I".nA • Everything Missions Cannery Row e/Vu.H'~ EST~~~ Carmel thru February Chinese Pacific Grove Del Monte Hotel An Types of Commercial and • Personal Insurance Naval Vessels Railroads San Francisco UI SAN CARLOS BTWN. 5th & 6th-liTHE MALL"-624 .. 1255 .. P.O. BOX 362 • CARMEL, CA93921 . Mon.-Fri.'9:00a.m.-s p.m. - saturday 10:00 a;m.-3:00p.m. ON HIGHWAY 1 AT SAN SIMEON RESERVATIONS: (B05) 927·4604 • page 12 THE BIO SUROAlETTE February. 1980 \ the county planning ap paratus, controls by the ·1 More ... California Coastal Commis- controls by the Depart ment of Fish and Game, con 1ltitWli Hub lIttwpntnt.6 trols by. the Department of Parks and Recreation, con- the Forestry Service. Big Sur Region, "UIIU\';'!~ by the Environmen • PHOTOGRAPHY Taxpayers Say "No" tog;etner . with the dedicated tal Protection Agency, con Hon. Leon Panetta The recent Congressional ownership, have been trols by the Water Quality 431 Cannon House Office to appropriate one sufficient barriers un Control Board, and an 640 Del Monte Shopprng 1\11"' ....."' .... " CA 93940 overlapping of controls and Phone 14(8) 315-1313 • 372-2401 Bldg. ' million dollars in sound use and de,relopm'~nt. Washington, D.C. 10515 order to establish federal con- This can continue to effec restrictions on every level of near Congressman Panetta: troIs over a number of tive, and at a minimal cost to government. At direction of Presi- in the Sur the taxna'lers In view of a lack of any • dent Brown, and the comes the Big Sur substantiated evidence of any " Board of Directors of the as a shock to us. federal coastal area is dire threats to the Big Sur Peninsula Tax inlrlll Book. "Gilt• .• Muslo" Je"""" .. Rec:offh and CiB.SflttN • .' .arwt1ng CJatta and Notes .. and .. oallllOtiOn of tile OontflmPDfIIfY Jewel" 1.11 JemeI Awry, et.ft.man $5.00 in Monterey county • $8.00 outside Monterey county I• COME SEe us SOONI $12.00 out-af-state • ~~S19.00 foreign • Published monthly I 28388 Carmel Rancho Ln., Carmel-U4.. 1290 BARNVARD" • __I"" .. " ....flt antranou •I I am enclosing my check for __ I • • ------.-----~--.------.,I I • •I One year's gift I I subscription to: I ;.sig hr I • •I o&UJtttt •I I • •I • fSfg~ur I I TO I almost on rodents. the Fish & Game Code man determined to be a Assemblyman, Henry Mello, FOR He is no threat to domestic the Fish & Game depradating lion. If you think State Capitol, Sacramento, as attested to to capture, and this would be a good idea we CA 95B14, and ask him to in numerous relocate, any mountain lion suggest you write our troduce such a bill. THE that of our own Department of Fish and AWARE Game. Lion Killing Bill is Defeated Being higllly inquisitive he By CAROL FULTON and hundreds of letters and calling his own witnesses. • By ARABY COLTON is terribly vulnerable to opposing tbe bill had been he withdrew the bill before His reproductive rate Faced with sent to the Senators on the the opposition had an oppor very low - <:mly three kittens formed. But for now, committee. Concerned tunity to testify, stating he II He needs protection. possibly this entire citizens from across the state realized he did not bave John Holmdahl has S.B. 835 is dead. "Praise the Richardson had gathered in Sacramento enougb votes to carry tbe bill introduced a bill, S.B. 1066, Lordi" (We .passed the am withdrew bis Bm No. to oppose the bill, and scien in committee.) which would a four~ munition!) 835 wbich would have broken tists currently The current moratorium • moratorium on the trap~ THE BOBCAT NEEDS the moratorium on mountain studies on the state lion on hunting mountain lions in sll(>otiing of bobcats, lion in California. por)Ubltio,n had informed the California runs until Jan. 1, OUR HELP deJ)ra(iations on We all cheered when the in The to be committee that they would 1983'. It prohibits hunting ternational trade in heard the Senate Natural also be in opposi- lions except in cases of of the Resource!! &. Wildlife Com tion. oc~ livestock predation, in whicb cheetahs; was mittee on Jan. 8 at 9:30 a.m., . last April 24 when case the offending lion can be LIONS SAVED But our little was witbdrawn by the Senator RiChardson, killed. Senator Ricbardson's • -FOR NOW American bobcat did not Senator on Jan. 7 at 4:30 Hnnr... ·" .. " Chairman of the bill sought to establish "lion Once as he did + cheer, His beautiful tbat and witb for tbe Reestab control areas" in any county April, Richardson which was about two than three weeks' lisbment of Mountain Lion where there had been as few withdrew biU, S.B. dollars in now Huntittg in first as two predations within the introduced this bill in Com4 two years-trophy whicll would have re-installed up to $400. Most of the 22, to gatlllen:d in OPIPosltlo~n mittee. After presenting it would then bave been the hunting~ of mountain vote rm",~i".<.... furriers, ....¥·_it· ... ti togo in and kill 15 lions. Jeff Arthur, counsel the bill to traditional exotic cat percent of aU the lions • for the Senate Committee on failed for A Review: have turned to America's estimated to be in the area (in Natural Resources & Wild· one vote. Let's make sure own cat-with of tbe fact that no ac life, says it was because he Sen. Nimmo knows we want 'Mary, Mary' at Studio disastrous results for this curate county population knew he didn't have the him to vote for S.B. 1066. votes. However, says our animal. By LESUE LIEBMAN Fri. sbows: dinnerIsbow estimates exist). The best Assemblyman Henry Mello, In California the IN MEMORIUM 7 p.m.; show of total lion Richardson can be counted bobcats has in"""'lll~"ti Some of us who were so Dick could steal the 8:30 p.m. population in the entire state on to come back with it, past 10 shocked the of the show in Mary at tbe Sat. shows: dinnerlshow from only 1,000 to • sometime in the future. The mountain last Dec. 22 Studio in 7 p.m.; show animals. has a statewide would be an ecological and who wasn't? have Carmel if it weren't for Rod 8:30 p.m. Oponents of the bill in which he's bound to try to disaster. He is one of nature's been there Allison. Sun. shows: dinner/show cluded local, state and na please.) We'll ocu:nucloes subsisting should be 1m amendment to Rod $13.50, 6 & 7:30 tional wildlife conservation bribes (Customers may while sUpporters in own beer and bunting gun p",I'''III'I1'v theater clubs, big game hunters and • I guides, houndsmen BerloH Brecht taxidermists. The Weill's The of now Fish and Game opposed. the Don rJi,",n .. ",; bill. stating that the current ing Feb. 22 at Hidden Valley, moratorium provides ade- and Bus Stop Feb. 22 protection for • at tbe Studio Theatre. Exhibiting the carefully selected works of over seventy· five Big Sur artists Natural Life at Point Lobos and coastal craftsmen. Robin Coventry, one of the Studied in New MPC Class many fine artists exhibiting Monterey Peninsula Col naturalist/researcher. Jud at the Coast has Learning is pro Vandevere, will involve'dass • caught the atmosphere of tM will present "Natural and field of .plant and gallery perfectly in this of Point Lobos and the animal life as it evolves drawing. Nestled into the M(l'nte~rey Peninsula" the spring months. side of a mountain, on a truly Feb. 8.at spectacular coastline, it is a Multi~use For more informatin call magnificent setting for the Siegel, program director, many line art objects taught by at 649-1150, 451. displayed within. Henry • Miller'S lithographs. and Southern Pacific Says Income serigraphs are featured in a ·year~long exhibition of his Set New Record Last ·Year works. The sculptured Southern Pacific net in- net income was $118.2 animals of Loet Venderveen I;ome rose 55 last or $4.39 a share, in and the bronze figures of to a record 1977. James Hunoft compliment • tbe company .. "'-"..... ,.! Chairman Benjamin F. the unusual Neanderthal Hlagg1:nl said the record was Furniture designed by Ken The 1979 net income result of the diversified Green. Gary Koeppel's old activities of the company, in rerU'£lIU':I,ted $6.67 a up world candles and holders Ticor, acquired last are surrounded by unique from $116 million, or a in 1918. and by hanging pots and wind pipeline chimes for your garden. The • The .....,.U;n,w bigh year for subsidiaries. fine handcrafted of Douglas May and Muriel Jenny are displayed amidst A Wide Range 0/ Men'$ Oothing - including a Big & Tall Shop exotic hardwood boxes by Dean Santner and Fred Buss, along with sculptures bY Frank lloyd Wright and • Gordon Newell. There is & much more ... unusual things OCEA, AVE. SAl CARLOS for your home or yourself, 62 ....23$ CARMeL which wHI make th~ Coast Gallery an experience you will never forget OPEN 9-S D.AIL Y 861·2301 Located on Highway One, Big Sur, California 33 miles South of Carmel, 50 miles North of Hearst Castle 3 miles So.uthof Ventana and Nepenthe • February, 1980 THE BIO SUR &AZETTE page 15 Helen Colby Ross Helen Colby Ross, a Big Sur resident artist for over 25 years, A discipled and sensitive ar.ist, her drawings, collages aJ;1d died of a heart attack Jan. 2 at the age of 76 . sumi-e paintings reflected the quality of her wilderness life in . - Helen had exhibited at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, :Big Sur. Chicago Art Institute and most recently at th~ Monterey Helen, who was the widow of William E. Colby, later mar· Peninsula Art Institute, and her creations with tissue paper ried Harry Dick Ross, well-known Big Sur painter and and clear x-ray film were the subject of an entire chapter in the sculptor. In addition to Flarry Dick, Helen is survived by her Van Norstrand Reinhold publication, New Ways of Collage. daughter, Sylvia Pollock of Malibu and her grandson Duncan Pollock. Graveside rites were held Jan. 4 at the Monterey City • Cemetery with Rev. Peter Farmer. The heartfelt sentiments of Harry Dick Ross are reflected in BUCHWALD this poem by Walter De La Mare. Here lies a most beautiful lady By ART BUCHWALD Light of step and heart was she I think she was the most beautiful/ady WASHINGTON - The big question Americans are faced That ever was in the west country. with is whether we should or should not participate in the but beauty vanishes; beauty passes; • Moscow Olympics. Unfortunately, everyone has made this an However rare it be; "either-or" proposition. I believe there is room for com· And when I crumble who shall remember promise which· would show i------. This/ady the west THE LATE· HELEN COLBY ROSS with husband Harry' }lek. the Soviets we mean business and at the same time the door open in case Cone Peak to change their ways. • Why couldn't we tell the Proposed for Russians that we intend to go into the Landmark Ple'cellleaJ basis Oetlen So come to the River Inn· THE CLUB in the evenings now and eat • MONTEREY'S FINEST NIGHTCLUB DISCOTHEQUE a1V'thing you darn well please - Di$cO Dancing Nightly 8-2 SUNDAY·· Live bands MONDAY -- Ladles' Night ByKATHRYNFAaMER The calf is born in the water flukes first, and swims to the The need for conservation and protection of the gray whale They come each winter; Flukes rising and falling, the crest surface for its first breath of air, often with the assistance of . was long recognized by many but little was done lUltill9JI of gray backs and misty white spouts reveal their rhythmical another female or "aunt" whale, The newborn calf is 12-17 when 26 countries at the assembly of the League of Nations in migration along the California coastline. In an irresistible urge feet long and hefty at 1,000-3,000 pounds. A close bond is Geneva approved of the formation of an International Con- to journey the face of the earth, no other marine mammal. formed and mtohers nurse their calves until the autumn when vention for the Regulation of Whaling. Agreeing upon a quota parades for more scientists and sightseers as does the Californ- they are weaned in the north and are generally 18-25 feet long. of whale to be filled for the 1931-32 season, the first actual ia gray whale. .' ~ ~ Growth then slows until four or five years of age when the gray IWC meeting was not until 1937. Postponed by war-time im- Following a migratory path of 5,000 to 7,000 miles, the whale is about 35-45 feet long and sexually mature. peritives, it was not until the fall of 1948. that the IWC was of- Californian herd of Eschrichtius robustus ranges from its sum New mothers do not mate while cows without cales do so in ficially activated and charged with such, tasks as protecting mer feeding grqunds in the far north of the Bering Arctic to' its the outer parts of the lagoons. This results in Ii cycle of about overexploited whale species, setting minimum size limits, max- mating and calving grounds ·in the shallow, tidal lagoons of one-half of the females mating and the other half birthing each imum catch quotas and designating areas closed to' hunting; western Baja and th~ northwestern shores of mainland Mex- . winter with a reversal of roles each successive year. Males, Although each commissioner is in principle responsible for his ico. ready to mate each winter and. outnumbering the available nation's observance of regulations, the commission itself has The California gray whale, unli\{'mo~ baleen cetaceans,is females 2 to 1, form harmonious trios. An unusual reproduc- neither inspection nor enforcement powers. The ruling princi- a bottom-feeder. Gorging on the abundant benthic organisms tive behavior, scientists have proposed this sort of "menage a pie is voluntary cooperation among members 'and there are of the Arctic's summer seas, the gray whale stores its winter trois" to be nature's solution for balance. many people who feel this is both inefficient and insufficient. and spring budget of energy as thick, fl!tty blubber. This fat Even though the U.S. currently has two federal laws protec largely sustains the whales for the ar~uous months of migra-' The ,Devastation of Whaling ting cetaceans in its waters, the Marine Mammal Protection tion, a period when they feed little, if at all. As arctic days The gray whale has few enemies except for man. Once plen Act of 1972 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973, an shrink during October and November, and plankton and bot tiful in these coastal waters, many writers of the early and awareness that this may not be enough has given birth to a tom food sources dwindle, the gr3JL wiWes begin their ritual' mid-1800s repeatedly reported their abundance'. "Whales were num.ber of organizations around the world dedicated to saving journey south, swimmlng steadily at about 4Y2 knots each day seen by the hundreds -along the California coast ... in whales and dolphins. The Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and throughout most of the nights. . . Monterey Bay, whalers could fill up lying at anchor '" " the Audubon Society, and the American Cetacean Society all .Amazingly, scientists know little of the gray whale's exact Masacred by the methods of .shore and ship whaling, the sponsor whale conservation projects. Greenpeace,which is course through the Bering Sea and across the Gulf of Alaska. Californa gray whale herds were slaughtered to the verge of ex headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., is the most aggressive of Beyond that, their course is well charted south to Baja; Most tinction on two occasions. Yet the grays still survive. these organizations and operates upon the Quaker ethic' of of the gray herd keeps close to coastal shores, navigating by The 1820s to the 1870s was the height of the old-time whal "bearing witness against the atrocities of life" but with a twist the contours 0 f the ocean floor, islMds. ~d possibly, scientists ing industry. Shore whaling stations along the California of "direct action to' subvert them." Sponsoring sea vessels, conjecture, aided by geographic memory. coast, induding points. at Monterey Bay, Point Lobos and Greenpeace has actively interfered with Russian and Japanese During. their migratory passages, gray whales are spurred even Point Sur, captured migrating gray whales by the Whaling operl!tions, often by putting themselves between the onward, )lot only by learned and instinctive urges, but by fre medieval methods of towing in whales with small boats and a floating whale factories and the intended catch. Of recent con quent contact with each other. Scientists observing the small crew of men. Once its devastating methods had depleted cern to Greenpeace and many otherorganizaiions is the issue " behavior of gray whales, particularly ()n the northbound trek, the herd or made the normally peaceful and gentle gray whale of off-shore oil drilling along the California coast and its • have reported great massings off the Olympic Peninsula of wary, shore whaling gave way to. vessels tracking the migrating. potential impact on the gray whales' seasonal migration. Wash. and Western Vancouver Island, B.C., where, they' herds to mating grounds and wholesale slaughter off the coast a A MONTEREY Bay Whaltl,ll! believe such concentration gives st:)ngC or stimulus to each of Baja. Captain Charles M. Scammon expressed concern for Scientific Studies . California gray whale herd. whale before it 'begins the last leg of the journey; his crews in his classic Marine Mammals oj the Northwestern Mindful of many-of the environmental iss~es', scientists have the harpoon .. Invented in 1868 by Norwegian Svend (1919. Photo by L.S. Selvin. From the Pat Hathaway Collection.) Gray whales are not highly $ocial beings bULdo form pods, Coast: "Hardly a day passes but there is upsetting and staving been devoting more study to the cetaceans. While census c Foyn the harpoon sounded. the death knell for the usually in trios. Their interaction and method of communica of boats. The crew receiving bruises, cuts and in' many in studies of the California gray whale herd will always prompt tion fascinates scientists, who are studying the 'whale's highly stances, havi'ng limbs broken and men have been killed instant controversy, a 1968 study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser evolved brain ,andultra.sophisticatedi'.use· of, s.onar, termed ly or receh:ed mortal injury." Ofthe gray cows, aggressive and vice estimated population counts to' be between 8,000 and echolocation. Sound, which travels more' readily through self-sacrificing when threatened with the safety of thier young, 9,000 and projected a steady annlial increase of 10 toll per water, is emitted by gray whales r mc'Sure the unseen. By Scammon reports, "in her' frenzy, she will chase the boats and cent. Another'federal study by the National Marine Mammal mentally measuring the time sound takes to travel to an object overtaking them will overturn them with . her head or dash . Laboratory is nearing completion after 13 years. According to and u:turn, the gray whales' use of echolocation is more refin- them to pieces with a stroke of her ponderous flukes." Taken wildlife biologist Bruce Krogman, a member of the federal 15 . ed than toda~'s most technically adv;mced sonar equipment: to be a mark of the creature's sagacity, it wasoilly a matter of research team stationed at Granite Canyon, they "suspect llO . Through the use of a paralimbic lobe; which man does not two to three years before the California herd was virtually non increase in population although it will take. a few years to have, Eschrichtius robustus sizes. up a situation with all his existant. evaluate the data and historical material to identify where the senses much like a computer memory bank. This evolved state A lucrative business, oil and whalebone were the principal :r tendencies lie." In making annual counts and population has led scientists to consider the~ossi.bility of a language' products ofthe hunt; oil for lamps and candles and whalebone detections,. team.members of Project NOAH hope to develop . amongst whales that although controversial, holds promise. for ladies' stays. The scarcity of the whale population, along viable information for the management of herds, to be able to . Breeding Cycle . with the pumping of petroleum oils let the bottom out of the detect declines and correct for the survival of the her,:!. Says a The numerous shallow lagoons along the low coast of whaling industry by 1880 and most whaling companies had Bruce, "With increased funding at high levels, much more in western Baja attract mating and calving gray whales in the disbanded long before die turn of the century. formation will be coming out on Alaskan based marine mam season from January through March. Although some cows do Believed extinct until the early 1920s, there was a second mals within the' next four to five years." not make it all the way, and mothers with newborn calves have -onslaught againstlhe gray whale betwre.n 1924 and 1927 when Even with the advances, there is still much to be learned of - been reported along the coast of northern California, the ma Norwegian factory ships, anchored in Magdalena'Bay, found the gray whales. Conjecture often..1akes up where fact leaves jority seek the far inner reaches of Ce' f\Cican lagoons to give numerous gray whales and killed most of them, shrinking the off as most people respond to the beauty and gentleness of II birth. herd to barely 500. these highly evolved spectacles of the sea. PACIFIC OCEAN HA of a sperm whale ashore in Monterey the mpre plentiful days 0/ the California gray and Bay draws a crowd %lliookers. Dated Feb. 21, 1919, humpback whales. . , an occasional sperm whale was a rarity compared with (Photo byL.S. Selvln. From the Pat Hathaway Collection.) Page 18 THE 810 SUR OAZETTE February, 1980 • From Jug to vintage wines Case DI800unts Media Response • 20 Carmel Center CARMEL 824-0880 • GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO? Burton Stung by GA 0 Study For a delectable treat, try .. , Juanita's Burritos (, Taqueria Made at His Own Request • limited to lands that are "critical" and not just "suitable or QUALITY .~ FRESH DAtLY desirable" for preservation purposes. It greater reliance TAKE OUT ORDERS on the Tahoe Reaional the purchase of easements from local owners. Open Noon to Midnight GAO condemned Park out private landowners in the town of at Yosemite. The report. JOHNJ. LYONS notes that the Park Service was set to million for 172 . • ~t""v.,,, Streets 386~3031 IJUll.:lIl:1kl/\;!I in Wawona only plw:me1ct," It notes that COt1!lJ')ILtible with the nature of criticizes land practice at iskc:vtCIWD.-Sblasta·' National Area in tRe far northern part of the state. GAO concluded • the Forest Service has more than acres and has to instructions from Conlress to land PUI'clulses Dell & Restaurant mm,,,,,,,,,, mianllgelrs at the of Agriculture Featuring Various Vegetarian Interior GAO's criticism Sandwiches and DeliciOus Soups, Beer & Wine comments attached to the report, the officials said the overlooked recent moves away from • halllhru:ard purchases and efforts to focus purchases on high· needs, LUNCH, DINNER It DELI OflticiaLls at the two age:nci'l!ls also charged that the report . 9 a.m.-a p,m. Mon,~sat, 11 a,m.-S p,m. Sun, minimized the with acquiring easements and decisions as substitutes CARMEL CENTER MALL for land acql11isition. HIOHWAY ONE &: RIO ROAD, CARMEl In the case, Forest Service officials said, easements • Sid~walk cafe atmosphere. Tables on the mall have cost 90 percent of the price of the land outrilht. aiso said the Tahoe future clouded, and ques how its use controls are likely to be. The lov1ernnlent between 1970 and • Big Sur Campground t Cabins Quj~itilons involved Inw'~n.. iinri't" , At the" San Francisco Nlll:ional Wildlife IN THE MAGNIFICENT RFiDW'nC.,')~ officials of the Fish and Service have ON THE BIG RIVER chase acres of land for million and are UCII:VUi'UUj~1I. nn,·"h<.~ ..~ of an acres with an estimated value million. The GAO noted that of the Leslie Salt only 200 acres are • salt:J)O!lQS or marshes. • Rustic A-Frame Cabtns aVEUlailllA are now on a daily rental basis Furnished with Kltohens & Salconles not believe the land was needed because the visitors center were available. " • • " said the Park Service moved to purchase Campsites for any size RV's or Tents acres of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Hot Showers·· Clean Restrooms because it believed the law the scenic area rp""I11""" Overnight AccommodaNons In a "n.... h,.",. rather than other oroltecltive rustic and comfortable atmosphere, "The legislation does not aeoluirinlttitle to all lands. • Service Staflon and Restaurant featuring Laundromat ••Glrnt':eri,AA-.Plla\uu'nl It states: 'Within the recreation area, the outdoor dining deck overlooking Ooast. Fishing & Swimming ._.... t<" .. , may acquire waters, or in- • terests by donation, or GAO said the Park QA_$I~'~ ai:Quisition in a number of some 700 Lucia Lodge of Cnl"fTlAn ,..n... "u"". 50 miles South of Carmel OPENALL YEA 26 miles south of Carmel on Highway LUCia Lodge Your Hosts: Big Sur, California 93920 Reservatlone accepted 667.. 2322 John & Ruth Harlan Phone (408)667·2476 • February, 1980 THE B.O SUR OAZETTE page 19 region. Last year, more than 2 milliQn motorists drove on Highway 1 along the spectacular coast and through valleys filled with Crowning Big Sur's Majesty sycamore ,and redwood. More than half a million people used the state park campgrounds. • By CARL IRVING Channel Islands National Park. embracing all four channel Some residents see the time when there could be a l()()..mile Reprinted from tbe San Francisco Examiner &: Chronicle islands, and rescuing the two largest-Santa Rosa and Santa string of stalled traffic on the frequently narrow two-lane • Cruz-from possible private development. highway. The Big Suri 100 miles ()f plunging coastline below -Congressional action on a proposed "national scenic" Sandy Hillyer of the Big Sur Foundation favors ,an expan Monterey, appears destined for protection as a national scenic designation for Lake Tahoe, accompanied by funds to buyout sion of Forest Service boundaries through purchases from will· reserve this year after many months of quiet and delicate Nevada landowners who threatend to build more casinos by ing sellers. He favors letting landowners continue to use their negotiations among residents andmany levels of government. the lake shore, land "consistent with a land-use plan." A $100 million congressional proposal to establish a federal In an interview, Rep. Philip Burton, D-San Francisco, Big Sur has 800 undeveloped parcels of land where construc role to protect the region is eXJjected by March. chairman of the House subcommittee on parks and insular af tion could occur. • Like many valued natural areas in California, Big Sur is on fairs, said he sees "no problem" for passage of a bill to Hillyer points out that national scenic and recreation areas the brink of large-scale development and heavy tourism. establish the Channel Islands National Park. The bill passed, and seashores have been tailor-made, with considerable suc "Every month you see a new building or road, and sooner the House a year ago and a similar version is due on the Senate cess, for the Oregon Dunes, Sawtooth Range, (Idaho) and or later the place will be lost, And the Big Sur coast has extend floor for a vote. Cape Code (Massachusetts). He expects that a locally oriented ed significance, like Yosemite:' Ansel Adams,photographer, Bimon sees the Tahoe situation as "still murky" and is "a plan, supported by federal money' and the Forest Service, Sierra Club leader and nearby resident, told The Examiner. little less optimistic" about congressional action. could do the same, for Big Sur. Congress is expected to consider a proposal that the U.S. He calls the Big Sur matter "touchy" but sees "some Others want more local con~rol with federal funds. • Forest Service extend, its jurisdiction to help local residents favorable signs that perhaps a consensus is building." Only "We favor mostly local stewardship," says Roger Newell, preserve ,and restore Big Sur. 1,500 people live along the long Big Sur coastline that begins $econd generation Big Sur resident, landscape architect amf This year appears to be the year for other such efforts all below Carmel and ends about three miles below the Monterey chairman of the local advisory committee. •'Our success so far over California. Among them: County line. - leads us to believe we should continue. b:ut pressures have -Action, after a decade of squabbles, on a master plan to Last week, a pqblic hearing at the local Grange headquarters grown and local residents know they can't handle them clear out some of the congestion in Yosemite Valley: The plan seemed to support Burton's view, A cross-section-.from alone.~' is expected next month. disciples of Henry Miller and rock stars to industrialists: Large land holdings have been sold to pay estate taxes and -Congressional approval of $40 million to help establish a indicated cQncern about potential" develo"ment in the fragile will l"fecipitate development unless tougher land-use controls • are imposed. Newell and other local residents favor federal Private Property-Buy-Out Foreseen funds for a national scenic reserve to be given to the Coastal Conservancy, a new state agency establishe" he'said. • PaQe20 ttl! BIG SUR GAZETTE February, 1980 Big Sur Erupts Over Big Sur Foundation Cranston's USFS Bill By GARY KOEPPEL The Map Flap • At the Jan. 20 town hall D,C, Bar meeting, Chuck Cushman of ~$:mClll:mIJn,. made no com· the National Park Inholders the meeting. Association from Mr. Washington, D.C. a Cushman met members by the Sur of the Carmel Highlands Pro which he Owners Association, • new aCQuisl.ton the he presented the During Resources to map, Sarldy :Hillyer inter sent and 1,500 Ipl"'nh,'u,,, whom it had been submitted the meeting by to the lelO!!Slal:10n six weeks prior. sn()utl.ng, "What you have knowledge" and without The deIineQ.tes proper- is bull-···!" in the Senat.e, from Maipaso t.hen reiterated An aide in Senator Cranston's office was "shocked the to the southern statement of the • t!OtlnClary of Hearst Cas- of has caused. H previous that • 'the tie. S.l. had been widely and the Senate Energy also Opr)o!i~:d Will president of the db,rril-mt.f!ri up arld down the men! no public hearings had been Sur Foundation, insisted coast," arld he said he had Roy Senator Cranston's Administrative Assis- the had been "wide· copies of the map for anyone tant, told the Gazel1e that the an amendment to the the Big Sur in the audience. He was arld down the Channel Islands National would allow Los Padres re~ltrained from further com- • Forest boundarie,s "to be changed and extended to include Citizen Ad· ment. :ontrltmti,ons or purchases." Comrrlittlle." and that governing the USFS boundaries limit the to show the The next night at the not more than acres outside their ex- of .con- Citizen Advisory Committee cern." in Big Sur. Mr. 3,000 acre quota is almost used up," he "and the Ken Hillyer distributed the map arld apologized to the com l!SFS cannOI or accept outside its present the CAe, Mr. • without Shaw saying he had seen the mittee for not sharing it with them earlier. He said he had Mr. that "we proposals 10 map at some but ex- (ome hefore Congress this year for the same sort of Park Ser- CAC member Harlarl tried to give it to them during m Forest Service for Sur, and we view who has a few a ih June 1919, but this as a measure to allow CAC meetings. the that a CAC ~mber bad ob the Forest Service to 10 the larger had not been distributed jected to the Big Sur Foun proposals. . to CAC. datin's use of the CAe "This simply time s6 we can look at the of, Sandy Hillyer, the ex- meetings as a forum for their • should there be a master plan for ecutive director of the Sur ideas arld he refused to allow "It simply the to who is an at· the materials to be redraw the and this ap- registered with the distributed. proval for t hat or a The amendment would ty of a U All inholders are living in toilets. U At press of amendment was Congressman Phillip Burton at a land acquisition • unknown, but the .atest from Senator Cranston's office was seminar in Washington, June 15. 1979 that 'a new had been introduced and that hear- ingswerc for the Senate Energy and Resources Committee soon. • ESUR • Vine indoors or on our • beautiful terrace and enjoy unsurpassed 40-mile yf,~tas oj 'BiB Sur Coastline. • Photo by Greg Dodge ACCommodations In Quiet. off-the-road, natural setting. Sixty-one cottage, some with fireplaces and kitchens. H.eated swimming pool, Open dai Iy year 'round re,creatlon .hall, eight miles Of hiking trails. 11:30 a.m. to midnight .'\ • COTTAGES If GIFT SHOP .~C.~~\fT"~&(.,.. Dining and Cocktails Open All Year Visit our new Pub Room RESTAURANT RE·OPENS MARCH 28,1980 ,,,enJoY a game of POOl and ttle best of good COmpanyl Reservations for large parties only miles south of Big Sur vlUage on HWV. 1 661·2345 Panoramic of ocean &: coastline Restaurant • Groceries • Gifts On Highway One Master Charge Beer • Wine • Gas Your BankAmerlcard Open All Year L~~o~pson 30 miles South oj Carmel Visa mas) 927·3083 • February, 1980 THE BIG SUR GAZETTe Big Sur's Threat Udall Asks of Overdevelopment? Andrus.to Fire At the Jan. 7 Citizen Advisory CommSStee (CAe) meeting Bill Whalen • with Leon Panetta, CAC member and Coastal Commissioner Zad Leavy informed the audience that "from Malpaso Creek Gazette Staff Rep(lrter to the county line there are in excess of 4O-plus single family The Gazette has ·learned dwellings a year built along the coast, and that the number of that on Jan. 29 Congressman Big Sur houses had nearly doubled since then." Morris Udal (D~Aril.) •.£hair~ "Prior to 1972, there were only about 10 houses built along man of the Interior and In the coast each year. I'd say the Coastal Commission was get sular Affairs • ting pressured,' I . added Commissioner Leavy. wrote a scathing letter to The next morning, the Gazette interviewed Lee Otter. a :-'I'rrl'fJarv.of the Interior Cecil member of the Central Coast Regional Commission staff, and Andrus. demanding .the requested the statistics of the number of houses built in Big Sur resignation of William since the Coastal Act. Whalen. Director of tbe Na~ The following information was provided by Lee Otter on tional Park Service. Jan. 11: Coastal CommissioR IRformatloR,. Big Sur Udall wrote that he was • SiRlie family homes "outraged" threats made Whalen to Year Number Approved Number Declined the Park Service 1973 10 0 1974 7 0 Concessionaires on Oct. 19. "In spite of what some 1975-76 12 2 "'Records not very accurate-there were at least this many bureaucrats might think, I he 1977 30 2 citizens of this country are • 1978 16 2 entitl.:d to fair and civil 1979 13 3 (pending 2) ment government ficials, he tharged. "'Coastal zone is now much larger. Udall wrt'te that Contrary to Coastal Commissioner Zad Leavy's informa bureaucratic harassments are tion, the Coastal Staff statistics total 88 approved permits dur~ small concessionaires ing the seven-year period from 1973 through 1979 indicate that to to • an average of 12.57 homes per year have been built along the which "have the financial tOO-mile coast rather than "in excess of 40," as Commissioner '" to combat Leavy states. aulotratak dnminulion or During that same period nine permits have been denied. such bureaucrats." • For Business, Shopping or Fun! NOW YOU CAN Fly Yosemite Airlines • FROM MONTEREY TO Grange .Hall Cushman and see two film presentations on San Francisco .Jan. 20 at the first Friends of the Bil Sur land acquisition abuses in several newly na Coast meetinl to hear speaker Charles tionalized areas. I Alternate Energy I; JADE CREATIONS: SUNDAY Clocks. Tables. Sculptures • Wind Open on Peninsula SHUTTLE SERVICE • Chimes. Bookends • Jewelry Pacific Grove mayor Continuous flights between Mon~ • Custom Work Florus Williams and Joe Jade Specimens: Vulcan • Botroy/da.! terey and San Francisco Airports. Rice, president of the town's 1<30 p~m. to 5:00 p'~m. '",,' Chatoyant • Polished Nuggets chamber of commerce, will to Boulders officiate at the grand opening $57. RoundTrip of It new alternative energy (S45.60if prepaid 3 days) BIG SUR JADE CO. store. SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHUTTLE • Williams and Rice presided Contact Gomez- GORDA STATION - Southcoast at a ribbon-cutting ceremony BIG SUR, CA 93920 in January to mark the open Bus. 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MINIMUM FOUR PERSONS Apple Pie Children's Bookshop day were guest experts, who discussed the principles and 498C Foam St" Monterey practicality of solar energy; YOSEMITE FLIGHT • (comer McClellan) wood stove installation and 373·1230 safety; and the tax advan MONTEREY to SAN FRANCISCO - Fare $29.50 one-way tage&" of installing alternative 601 9:00 a.m. 9:40 a.m. Daily except Sunday 621 2:00 p.m. 2:40 p.m. Daily except sunday energy systems. 631 5:00 p.m. 5:40 p:m. Dailv except Saturday CHRISTMAS 641 8:15 m. 9:00 m. is for SAN FRANCISCO to MONTEREY - $29.50 one~way • 602 10:15 a.rn. 11:00 a.m. Dally except SUnday CHILDREN, TOO! 622 3:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Daily except Sunday 632 6:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Dally except Saturday " .. , a of 9:50 complete Hair Care for men & women GIVE A BOOK GIFT CERTIFICATE 667-2101 .. REDEEMABLE AT PARTICIPATING BOOK STORES ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES 667-2615 your travel agent Of Yosemite Airlines at the Monterey Airport (408) 646~1871 • page 22 . THE BtG SUR .GAZETTE , February, 1980 Editorial: • Cone Peak • Landmark/Foothold? isolated and twice-protected Cone stand for. When are taxpayers going to soon to have yet another branch of realize that bureaucratic over-protection • claim to feeds on itself and that are paying for of Los Padres Nal~lonal every bite. covered under· the Wilderness H is Ollt feeling that this redundantprotec:: Act as Cone Peak seems to tion is politically motivated rather than ted itself from here on out. in resource-oriented. If you share the feeling the of Interior has nominated it that this government expenditure is unwar for on d)e National of ranted. YOU HAVE UNTIL FEB. 6 to com- • Natural LW.IUIII.i11 but comments after that date may also No for including be into so do not hesitate to {Ed. Note: The/oJlowing was sent to the Friends 0/ Big Sur in response to the peak some miles south of mail this editorial your name and per- to stop federal intervention.} Sur on this list, but to those of us who sonal comments, if you agree with our stand, "l thoroughly agree with your sentiments its inclusion to have to do to: the interest the Del)arl:ment Cecil of the Interior tho' I no longer live In Big Sur. But J have a has in this area, the U.S. of Interior of C St. between 18th & 19th Sts: NW • house there which my children (Val and Tony ~r"i ....) existence here-even if on a <:llillmgl,uII, D.C. 20240 limited scale. FROM: Miller) occupy. Cone Peak does not need this triple Name: ______Get rid of the politicians!" nro'teetiion. the do not need Address;_~ ______adcliticmal map.IIlakl:ttg, Ust- Henry Miller fnrl.m,aKI1111 that the incllusil:>n comments: ______more should be • January 1980 nrntectleci mountain that all we do and Federal Government already owns well more NotaablaOuotabla. one-third of the nation's land, and the committee tlellteVf~S the current drive to acquire still more should be • "1 don't lee that thRtl is anythin, Itlcred about private reassessed. Too often, it seems, Federal land acquisition property. I tllink humlln "gilts R1'e mor, important tllan recreation, resource "l'lln.I"'V rights. U Help Prevent Forest Fires ...... ",.,...... ,"'tinn and environmental protec William A. Turntl,•• D,c. tion proposals. to bring more and -OPEN YEAR' ROUNQ.. more acreage into Federal ownership has at times Plan to only (lSS,t Newton County r,s'Id,nts is th,ir trampled upon individual property rights, vastly in- attlte • Itmd. and with them. RI'~')nlA'TItJ flated land values some cases, fostered profiteer- 2 miles south of Lucia on Hwy. cannot be divld,d. ,. and corruption. findings from a current (498) 667 ~2403 M.E. General Accounting have suggested widespread problems in area and seriously question- ed real need for many land proposals "Bill and practices. • down -From the n ...'~r''''''·'''+ of and Related Appropriation Bill, 1980 "I'm not other CAL. LIe. NO. 369100 Salinas Construction • GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR making it New construction • Remodeling tlnd bringing In Hot Tubs • Decks. Etc. we now unbrtng RIPPLEWOOD RESORT P.O. BOX 42 • CA 93920 JUAN SALINAS a treasure trove of Qu,estion: .. What if Burton introduced Objets d'art •. jewelry lellifslaltlon to make this lome :iort national desigM- doesn *t want • ORIENTAL RUGS done. H BUD William Whalen, I)ll~"t!lfnl'. Sept. 15, the largest cotiectlon DeAMARAL In Central California ~GRADING THE PENINSULA ~S COMPLETE RUG STORE: SPECIALIZING IN ROUGH TERRAIN • rugs pl,IrChased, restored, appraised and el(pert1~ hlilnd-washed. Brush Clearing. Reservoirs Grading • Road Work Backhoe. Loader Conway of Asia CHOCOLATIER CARMEL CAT 0-5 DOZER &. RIPPER 3~ miles up Carmel Valley Rct 3614 The Barnyard CAT 12 GRADER • . Vaney Hills Shopping Canttr t ' ..TArn .. , CA 93923 625-0595 625·1779 Phone (408)674-5300 The '/nett, PUl'flBt EUfoptHIn ctlocoIllhII 45125 Carmel Valley Rd .• Greenfield • February. 1980 THE 81G SUR GAZETTE • GAO Report Digest The Federal Drive to Acquire Private Lands Should Be Reassessed1 Federal agencies need to acquire private lands essential to achieving the objectives of parks, forests, wild and scenic rivers, preserves, recreation areas, wildlife refuges. and other PERCENTAGE OF STA IE LAND OWNED national areas established by the Congress. The chairman, • Subcommittee on National Parks and Insular Affairs, asked BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAO to examine the Federal government's policies and prac tices for purcashing title to land versus using less expensive protective methods. This report focuses on the activities of The Committee is extremely concerned about the • number of land acquisition cases pending in the Depart ment of Justice and has increased the funding so that ex peditions action may be taken to clear the backlog of cases. However, the Committee expects the Department of Justice to utilize these funds first to ensure the credibility of the 20,000 condemnations pending and, in • particular, the 10,100 declarations·of taking before in itiating further litigation. -From Departments of State, Justice and Commerce, the Judiciary. and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 1980 • three Federal agencies with major land management and ac quisition programs-the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. and the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Na • LESS THAN 1 PERCENT tional Park Service, Department of the Interior. The three agencies generally followed the practice of acquir ing as much land as possible without regard to need and alter prehensive master plan for the area effectively combining land private lands are acquired, project plansbe prepared which: natives to purchase specially spelled out in legislation. use controls, easements and selected private land acquisition -identify specifically the land needed to meet project pur • Consequently, lands have been purchased not essential to for this project. . poses and objectives; achieving project objectives, and before planning how the land Although the National Park, Forest and Fish and Wildlife -consider alternative land protection strategies; was to be used and managed. Because of this practice, Federal Services now have policies requiring consideration of less than -weigh the need for the land against the costs and impacts overlooked viable alternative land protection full-fee acquisition, many agency officials argued that partial on private landowners and state and local governments; strategies such as easements, zoning and other Federal interests are costly, ineffective and administratively burden "-show close coordination with state and local governments regulatory controls including the dredge and fill permit pro some, These feelings could hamper effective implementation and maximum reliance on theix land use controls; gram for protecting wetlands administered by the of of the agencies' policies. Further. their arguments seem to be -and determine minor boundary .could save Engineers, Department of the Army. perceived rather than demonstrated. because there has been costs, facilitate management, or minimize bad effects. • MAGNITUDE OF FEDERAL LAND OWNERSHIP successful USe of acquiring partial interests in land. For exam- RECOMMENDATION TO THE CONGRESS AND PURCHASES the Fish and Wildlife Service administers wetland GAO is recommending that the its OVer one-third of all the land in the United States is owned easements on 1.1 million acres in the upper Midwest. While authorization, and appropriation deliberations re- by the Federal with local and state gm1erl'llments there been few violations the 18,000 the Secretaries and the Interior to holding asmaU share (6 easements in fiscal year officials that the use the nr,,,,.,·1".'S is held in trust total to of easements of four times as much land 42 percent. Most of this was in as could have full-title VVl"H,.a<;. • owned by individuals (700 million Alternatives could offer other benefits. Resistance to ''''ril"r<.Uu owned some 60 million acres have been Federal should be since the land will re- lands essential to ,w""<,v",,, main on tax rolls. Residents will retain their homes, ob- the National Park, Forest and viating relocation costs. Certain lands could re- nn~sel've and protect and Fish Services fun or title to 2.2 mam in use, with the scenic values Final· landowners and others. million acres· for $606 million. The pr(~domilnarlt the Federal government would be the cost of ad- of GAO's method used was of full the area although there could be costs associated recommendation is because of the • cent of the acreage and 95 of with enforcement and maintenance. sums of money available from the Land and Water tion authorizes to $10 Opportunities also exist to work with state and local govern· Conservation Fund for acquisition of lands; Conservation billion ments. For when a 52-mile section of the Lower St. followed by Federal of acquiring as billion for grants to states and local land ac Croix River was made a component of the Wild and Scenic private land as possible in unnecessary land quisition and development over the next 11 year:s and assures River System, local zoning ordinances were changed to pro purchases and adverse impacts on private landowners; that federal as well as state and local governments, vide protection. The Park Service, however, viewed this as on -successful use of alternatives to full-title acquisition to will continue to increase their inventories of land. ly a temporary measure until it could purchase titles and achieve project objectives; and • COSTS AND IMPACTS SHOULD BE restrictive easements to all the lands in the Park Service's -reluctance on the part of many agency officials to use less CONSIDERED IN LAND PURCHASES 27-mile section. Costs have increased from the initial legislated than full-title acquisition to achieve project objectives. Government acquisition of private lands for protection, ceiling of $7.3 million to the current ceiling of $19 million. APPRAISAL OF AGENCY COMMENTS preservation and recreation is costly and usually prevents the This attitude toward zoning has antagonized local com Four of the five agencies responding-Forest Service, land from being used for resource development, agriculture munities and landowners. On the contrary, the states of Min Department of Agriculture, Fish and Wildlife Serviee, Na and family dwellings. It also removes the land from local pro nesota and Wisconsin, which have responsibility for 25 miles, tional Park Service and Heritage Conservation and Recreation perty tax rolls, although payments are made to local govern feel easements and zoning can adequately protect the river. Service, Department of the Interior-generally agreed with • ments in lieu of taxes. Thus, neither plans any major fee-title purchases. In this and GAO's recommendations or said they were in compliance. The Agencies have regularly exceeded original cost estimates for several other projects it reviewed, GAO believes the Federal agencies sharply disagreed with some of GAO's conclusions purchasing land. The cost of many projects has doubled, tripl agency could have relied on the local initiatives taken to pro and defended their practices as being consistent with Congres- ed, even quadrupled from original estimates and authoriza tect the .land until it was evident that the protective provisions sional intent. . tions. Also, agencies have bought.land without adequate con would change. At that time, Federal agenCies could either pro The Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service stated sideration of .the impact on communities and private owners test the change or, if necessary, proceed to purchase lands that what is needed is a thorough research, analysis and train by viewing acquisition of full title as the only way to protect through negotiation or condemnation. Ing program to encourage project managers to use alternative • lands within project boundaries. In summary, alternatives to full-title acquisition, such as land protection strategies. GAO agrees this is needed and For example, for three wild and scenic rivers GAO reviewed. easements, zoning and other Federal regulatory controls, are should be considered during th~ development of a new Federal the original congressional ceilings had increased from $11 feasible and could be used by Federal agencies where ap land protection and acquisition policy. million to $34 million, an increase of 210 percent. This is in a propriate. GAO recognizes that some lands must be purchased Interior's Office of the Solicitor disagreed with the cOIlel\! program where land acquisition was intended to be minimal. if they are. essential to achieving project objectives. sions and recommendations. Its major point was that the Yet. agencies are buying as much land as possible, leading to RECOMMENDATIONS recommendations should be addressed to the Congress. increased costs and local opposition. GAO recommends that the Secretaries of the Departments GAO believes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior NEW LAND PROTECTION STRATEGIES of Agriculture and the Interior jointly establish a policy for have the authority to implement GAO's recommendations. • AND OVERALL POLICIES NEEDED Federal protection and acquisition of land. The secretaries Further, it should be noted that the National Park. Forest and The Federal government has no overall policy on how much should explore the various alternatives to land acquisition and Fish and Wildlife Services have adopted separate policies re land it should protect, own and acquire. provide policy guidance to land-managing agencies on when quiring consideration of less than fu!l~fee acquisition. When the objectives of a project concern preservation. con lands should be purchased or when alternatives should be used GAO believes the case examples included in the report and servation, or aesthetic values, the government need not to preserve, protect and manage national parks, scenic rivers, appendix I adeuqately support the concIusionsreached, Fur necessarily own all of the land but could cQntrol the use of recreation areas and others. ther, GAO believes that where it is feasible to protect areas and lands by alternative means such as easements and zoning. GAO further recommends that the secretaries evaluate the to provide recreational opportunities to the American public Alternatives are feasible and have been used successfully. For need to purchase additional lands in existing projects. This by using alternatives to full-title acquisition, then the alter example, the Forest Service at the 754,000-acre Sawtooth Na evaluation should include a detailed review of alternative ways natives should be used. In no way is GAO against Federal full tional Recreation Area in Idaho, successfully worked with to preserve and protect lands needed to achieve project objec title acquisition of land when it has been determined that ac private landowners,conser:vation groups, state and locaf tives. quiring such land is essential to achieving project objectives. gg\lenlmcent:s, and other Federal agencies to develop a com- GAO further recommends that at every new project, before This is. the essence of the report. • Distributi(}n section, Room payable to the U.S. General Accounting Office. • GAO Reports 441 G Street, NW NOTE: Stamps or Superintendent of Documents Available Washington, D.C. coupons will not be accepted. 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Washington, D.C. 20013 should be sent to: such copies will meet your needs, be sure to U.S. General Accounting Office Checks or money orders should be made specify that you want microfiche copies. • NATIONAL PARK IN HOLDERS ASSOCIATION NAME ______~~ ____~ ______~ ______Addresses of Our Representatives MAILING U.S, SENATORS State Capital The Honorable Alan Cranston Sacramento, CA 95814 452 Old Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 STATE SENATOR • or 1 Hallidle Plaza San Francisco, CA The Honorable Robert P. Nimmo 17th District State Senate NAME OF COMMUNITY INHOLDING IS IN, ______The Honorable S.I. Hayakawa State Capital 6221 New Senate Office Building Sacramento. CA 95814 . Washington, D.C. 20515 or 2555 Garden Road Suite 304 NAME OF 1390 Market St. Monterey, CA.93940 Francisco, CA LOCAL. NEWSPAPERS.______TOWN • U.s. REPRESENTATIVES STATE ASSEMBLYMAN The Honorable Henry Mello Any other information you feel annlrnnriatl" .. write on the back. The Honorable Leon Panetta 28th District, State Assembly Member of Congress 16th District State Capital 431 Cannon House Building Sacramento, CA 95814 Wa'Shlngton, D.C. MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES: Remit to: National Park Inlll()lde:rs Association or 1200 Aguajito Rd. "0" Ol' 380 Alvarado St. Monterey, CA 93940 REGULAR MEMBER $25.00 510 Monterey, CA 93940 SUPPORTING $50.00 Washington, • SUSTAINING $100.00 The Honorable Carol Hallett GOVERNOR 29th District, State Assembly LIFE $500.00 The Honorable Edmund G. Brown Jr. State Capital Governor of Calif. Sacramento, CA 95814 ~".' ~.,.,.. ~¥:;;,.. 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Chevron au • a,..ry Store very truly yours, For additional in/ormation, write to: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE P.O. BOX 19367 WaShington, D.C. 20036 • ·Page25 • The 1977 Big Sur t.aeer holography "lit Finegiftware ! • National Park Campaign Gallery featuring laser art! Man'. N.... t Art Form ~ [Editor's Note: SUBJECT: PROJECT OUTLINE: THE CAMPAIGN FOR The following Big Sur National Park Campaign Scenario BIG SUR NATIONAL PARK 121 Ocean View Blvd" Pacific Grove was authored by William A. Turnage and reproduced on his I. Concept • letterhead in August 1977. 1. Initial Discussions: Panetta, Shaw, Adams, Tur William A. Turnage is Ansel Adams' business manager and nage, F. Farr, Moss the executive director oj the Wilderness Society, which on Jan. 2. Sam Farr 15, 1980, announced its intent to propose a National Scenic 3. Secondary Discussions: Panetta, Adams, Turnage, Area deSignation jor the Big Sur Coast. Foley, Franzen in Washington, D.C. SpecIalizing In :1"'1 It should also be noted that when the. Campaign Scenario a. Mo Udall Serve! Propane _ ....~ was exposed and distributed to the community in the fall oj 4. Shaw-Turnage: Budgets, Planning, Initial Execu- Gas Refrlgeratorsc,U-' • 1977, resident Nathaniel Owings objected to Turnage's use oj tion ' SALES-REPAIR . his name, stated that he was not in favor oja Federal takeover, 5. Adams-Farr-Owings: Basic conepts-Develop and he favored local control.} preliminary proposal (September/October) and SERVICE ALSO Propane Water Hea --- .. , There appears .to be virtually unanimous agreement among II. Organization ters, 12-Volt Solar Cella concerned Peninsulans that there exists an urgent necessity to and Solar Satterlee. 12-Volt 1. Create an Entity and a Steering Committee 27Q.Watt Stereo Amplifiers ENERGY ACCESS CO. act now to save .the remaining undeveloped areas of the Big (August) 12-Volt lVII, 12-Yoll House Sur, and to protect and preserve the remarkable character and Lights, 12·Yolt Water (408) 625-2433 2. Select an Executive Director (August) Pumps, Electrical InYlll' • beauty of this very special part of the California coast. inform- 3. Fund-raising-Will Shaw (August-October) tera, o,a Genellltolll, eta. Ext. 51 .. al exploratory discussions indicate that the most viable and 4. Establish program and office (October/November) satisfactory method of saving Big Sur lies in mounting a con certed and professional effort to establish a Big Sur Nat m. Concept Presentation ional Park or National Seashore. Among the individuals in 1. Local groups (civic, environmental); prominent in volved in or aware of the discussions include, in addition to the dividuals and Big Sur large landowners; local members of your board present at the luncheon on July 28, in media. ..___ ~rmeIRancho _____ clude Fred Farr, Sam Farr, Nathaniel Owings, Ansel Adams, 2. County and local governments • Congressman Leon Paentta (and members of his staft), Larry 3. State Government: Governor's offtce, .Resource Chiropractic Moss (director. Planning " Conservation League), and Will Department, Legislature. Offices Shaw. 4. State Parks Department Charles A. Nelson, D,C, It is our consensus that to develop the Big Sur concept and 5. National Park Service plan. present it both locally and nationally, and organize a suc 6. U.S. Forest Service" Department of Agriculture cessful park campaign will require one full year of work by a 7. Federal 'Administration: Interior. Office of local coordinator with experience and professional com· Management" Budget, White House, CEQ. A Natural Approach to Health • petence, operating with a budget of approximately $60,000. 8. National environmental organizations specific Gonstead Analysis & Procedure The project could and should begin as early as Nov. 1. (This phase to occupy November & December, con • Family Health care The Monterey Peninsula Foundation has been suggested by current with Phase IV --- Information Gathering) -workers compensation Will Shaw and FredFarr as an ideal "sponsoring entity," • Group/union Insurance IV. Information Gathering • Accident/InJury though the campaign would presumably be separate and the 1. County Plan Study (Sam Farr) • Medicare coordinator would not be an employee of the Foundation. Mr. 2, " Available Scientific Literature Shaw has volunteered to undertake the major fund-raising ef- 3. Other existing studies of area fort, and the Foundation could serve as the recipient of tax 4. Personal interviews (residents, USFS, State Parks, 625-3335 '. deductible gifts. I believe your attorney has indicated that such NPS. etc.) a procedure would be legal and satisfactory. We have also had S. Intense on-site familiarization with area 26365 Carmel Rancho Blvd., suite F several discussions in this area with Latham" Watkins of Los 6. Resource inventory Angeles, one of the largest law ftrms in the West, who have in 7. Need for possible additional professional studies? dicated an intere.st in donating up to $SO,OOO worth of legal (This phase to begin in November, but to extend services in connection with the project. through March""':overlap with Phase II-Concept All campidgn activities would be undertaken with Presentation) • scrupulous regard for legal. accounting and management stan INVESTIGATE dards, and in close concert with the relevant attorneys. . v. Proposal Formulation We need not review the critical nature of the development, 1. Boundaries visitation and land-use pressures in the Big Sur region. Nor is it 2. Cost THE ALTERNATIVES necessary to extol the aesthetic and natural virtues of the land 3. Inholdings Policy and coastline. Big sur clearly needs and merits protection and 4. Management Objectives" Philosophy preservation. 5. National Park Service input • Discussions to date have focused on the national park or 6. Local input and collaboration seashore concept as the best because: (1) the Federal Govern 7. Guidance from Panetta, Burton" Congressional ment alone has the necessary ftnancial resources for land ac staffs/committees quisition~ preservation and management; (2) the National (This phase to be completed April-July 1978) Park Service is widely recognized as the most experienced and VI. Proposal Presentation effective resource preservation/people management agency in 1. Local groups and individuals as in III.I. (primary) the U.S.; (3) unified, one-agency management of this large. 2. National environmentalists (key) • complex and very heavily visited region seems essential. 3. Administration: White House, OMB, Interior, We believe there is unlikely to be major, serious opposit~n Agriculture, NPS to such a Big Sur concept, either at the local, state or national 4. State goverament level-though there might clearly be some debate about the (This phase is an in-depth expansion of Phase m. best method. and timing for achieving the desired objec Crucial element in success of Campaign. (August tives. The residents of the Big Sur area itself are extraordinari- October 1978) ly aware of their unique physical environment and deeply con • cerned aboqt the problem of overdevelopment and excessive SUBJECT: INITIAL BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THE uncontrolled tourism. CAMPAIGN FOR BIG SUR NATIONAL PARK Many conyepts and issues remain to be resolved, of course. The entire idea is very much in the earliest stages of discussion. 530,000 -. Executive. Director or Coordinator The views and suggestions of your board members are ernestly $ 4,500 -' Part-time Secretary/Bookkeeper (includes payroll solicited. Among the issues to be considered are the bound taxes" benefits) aries of a proposed park or seashore; cost and method of land $ 4,SOO -- Payroll taxes" benefits (social security, unemploy- acquisition; policy towarp.s inholdings and developed areas; ment, workmen's Blue Cross, coverage, etc.) See • collaboration with the state parks system; long-term use and $ 6,000 -- Office equipment expense allowance AsuaHeater development plans for the area; etc. !4)includes offtce space, utilities, furniture and equipment, The enclosed scenario/ outline focuses the majority of the etc.) Today At campaign's time and effort towards gathering information, S 6,000 •• Travel (primarily to Washington, D.C., San Fran then developing and effectively communicating a viable, truly cisco and Sacramento; per diem of $6S), includes local democratic proposal which reflects the wishes and aspirations automobile mileage reimbursement. of Monterey Peninsula residents while maintaining the S 2,SOO ~" Telephone SOLAR HEAT broadest public and national interest. $ 2,500 .- Supplies, Entertainment. Miscellaneous" Con We look forward to further discussions with you and your tingency 1219 Forest Ave, colleagues. The goal is worthy of our best efforts-and the $ 4,000 _. Printing, publications, promotion & postage PACIFIC GROVE challenge is among the most exciting and important ever to Initial Estimated budget $60,000 for one year: Nov. I, 1977 to 375-4862 (behind "aWl face the Monterey Peninsula. Nov. I, 1978, • Page 26 THE BIG SUR GAZETTE. February, 1980 tions. " • Bio SUR Coastal Conservancy To qualify for action under CAMPoROUNDS the Act, the • CABINS restoration and IN THE REDWOODS Eyeballing Big Sur Projects enhancement projects must ON THE BIG SUR RIVER be identified in CAMPSITES FOR ANY Reprinted from the tions, rents and any Department of Parks and the Coastal Pro- SIZE RV TRAILER Recreation. The Conservancy gram. OR TENT Marcb 1979 Gazette other or public finan- • Hot showers· LaunClromat cial support." can establish "buffer" areas Private Land Trusts Snack Bar • crocery The state Coastal Conserv Throughout the state, says around sensitive public "Those lands which the Swimming to be confused with Petrillo, we've identified $40 beaches, parks and preserves Coastal chooses OPEN Commission or to $60 million in market value by rezoning into a "Resource from develop 26 miles So, of carmel on HWY. Nature of we're Protection Zone" (RPZ). be acquir,ed Reservations fifi~7·7'~77 at "many J976 Act The Conservancy can grant land trusts," ",'"'f''''''' in the Big Sur area," the money to Parks to informed the • 1'\r"~ ... ntprl a status interest in lands deemed the interview. Conservancy. for RPZ "P"'''''''¥ln $100,000 are cassettes Copied a more recent Coastal COmltllSSllon. to local land Gazette interview, Mr. adding Famous Voices Museum Petrillo said that pro recent nr,",nr"'" is novel in the TtlMtvalclg. considered the of " OIdF~. Wharf General Conservancy When asked if he had been ~UMI(408) 373-61111 Sur area included "47to and Recreation to establish in the vipw \ issued earlier this year. The regulations are called Subscribe to the an interim management plan. But since the wilderness review process may extend in Big Sur Gazette to the. 199Os, said Assistant Interior Secretary Guy Mar- ~ ••• c ••••• c.... c,.c~_~.. • THEIIG SUI CA2S1'ft. Low Cost Coast Housing Poor Idea From tbe Cambrian from county supervisors at a $43,500. Dec. 18 meeting, calls for Various interests have been De'''elc~l)mlent of low~ and auidelines for the coastal united in their stance against moderate-income housina zone which would the proposal, citing the coast via a state builders of 16 or more discrimination, confusion. Commission pro- residential units to set aside vagueness and impracticality. • was poo-poohed the 2S for low- and Several speakers at Friday's Central Regional moder'ate-m<:ottle families. meetina voiced. strong op mission at a Jan. 4 meetitlg Low and moderate in~ position, one of those was San Luis Obispo. comes were defined as those John Korench. a Los Osos ar in the to 517,400 a chitect. year Homes or con· He sald the burden of dominiums would be made building· would be borne by • to tbe potential homeowners who fall into the moderate/af fluent category and would The which drew make housina along the coast almoat unanimous Opl;x>siUctn much more expensive, • Panel Cuts County Coastal Commission Attorney Removed LCP Fund Request CuMtal Cowcli News H said Nix, who also of the ma:IOfi'ty belongs to the people, not to From tlte Berald Release serves on the His statements were made individual property owners. .. SANTA CRUZ - Reaional coastal commissioners MondliLY attorney Coastal Commis in to angry protests Coastal Council Director approved barely half the extra funds as a as an alternate com to commission over Nix further stated that "it is • County for its local coastal planning lawyer. often missioner, prescriptive rights inv:estilla such dangerous philosophies coastal staff both as to speed and quality. l'1'iirll'!ilr.l!!d for being soft on tions which had been which are dominant in com Commissioners recommended that the California was removed Getz outraged many cen itiated by commission staff in mission actions that have tral coast residents at a com- the central coast area without created much ill will that has Commission grant a six~month extension to coIlnpl;ete for the Central Sur lQcal coastal program (LCP) and .'"".rii""" Coastal Commls~ mission (Oct. the knowledge of the com~ led to adverse relationships quest that totaled$J13.091. sion in Santa Cruz just 1978·- Oral Communications mission. toward the commission by Accordina to its original contract, the after critics pressed for when be stated that More recently Getz stirred local citizens and local • Department was to have completed the Big Sur ouster, not believe that the controversy in the San aovernments. In seven years, of the $53,311 requested, and that a for A coalition representing in to oWn property is a area in a quote to a at an expense of some $40 meet a cost overrun on the Big Sur be um::ctel:f. owners, constitutional right or an local newspaper (San Mateo lUU.UUlll. the commission has ..... In many cases the time spent ors:anl!ut:iolliS. farmers "unalienable right" and that Nov. 23, 1979) failed to justify its ex tasks has far exceeded staff estimates and cannot met with the of the minority of according to the article. he istence. It is now time to 14 to ac zone property owners sald that the commission's return control back to local for. It the staff report said. "In other cases the quality of the nr.)dllicts submitted has AU,,,.... ,.,, Charles to the betterment pblilosopllY is that the coast governments," Nix said •. • been .below reasonable expectations therefore staff does not reQOmmend reimbursement," environ Cites Extortion State Measure t,."m",i... on the Solar Water Tile. county, acc:o~ling to the will have to absorb the Heaters Are costs or seek a state measure zone. urLder whichiocal for The coalltion is called the Endorsed by Planning Office money.spent on state-mandated pro,grams. '-WUUIUlliIi Coastal COllDlc:iI. • Monday's commission action State PUC Investigation Asked $55,186 to meet costs of and benefit increases and in direct charaes for.the Big Sur. North County. Del Monte Capitol N~ws Seniee From the Cambrian members of the community, Forest .. and Carmel area LCPs and $1,300 of the .lI"~I.\.IlN no matter how divergent their quested for a water study for the North County coastal Attorney Joseph Ough views. It is an unconscionable gram. president of the destruction of the democratic LCPs are to be completed before coastal de,'eloipmlent Callfornia Coastal Council, by Oov. Brown's mit authority reverts to local governments and regional recently called for a Orand staff in • commissions are dissolved. whlch-under current legista~ investigation into what Sa(:rarnerlto." The Coastal Council claims Commission (PUC) .,._.... tlv don-will occur July 1, 1981. an property owner he the misconduct of In addition, Oughemetti Expiuatiu ...... " .....'li that the eCll.lllvallent Oov. Brown's Office of Plan sharply criticized the failure rnemberslmp of about million of oil Raymond W. Lamb, assistant director. statewide and orglmi2:atiCtnal and Research. and a the county counsel's office could be saved yearly if 80 of the active involve- of Santa Cruz to protect its told regional coastal commissioners that one reason affiliations of the Big Sur LCP is so far behind schedule is "overwhelm~ percent of the state's ment by the of Santa citil~enl'Y from the abdicative labor farm groups, ing" local response and in tile local pro residences were Cruz ptannina conduct of the county plan- • and iocal citizen with solar water heaters. cess. that represent the and county littll,.,,""'" The PUC plans to ask Recentlly the council was he said, has required many of the citizen ad· of over 200,000 'Visor)' committee to allow Big Sur area residents to express California's major investor from revelations controversy (see thrloui:bolilt the state owned utilities to submit when, after opinions on the issues to be resolved for their environmentally have opposed to of Santa Cruz sensitive area. for relinq\lisll all of the coun~ several of its officers met coastal commission DOIICl!;:'!!. Commissioner Zad Leavy of programs to test a of disc.retlonary powers in with attorney general pathy with the problem outlined Robert Nix of Mo'nte.reY. COI1CCIDts for consumer accep- to the Deukmejian. Charles Oetz, a • urLderstood some of the state director of the cost and of Plan~ attorney general finding quali.fied pro,fesisiol1tR COllndll. sald that "Oetz and 'W"",lr,,!hm!tv The tests should and Research in ren,resentina two northern aram. other attorneys rep,resentlna PUC stated, no- response to OPR's threat to Califmnla Re!i~onal commis- Leavy's Ad'¥iee the commission have close down the county was reassigned, This uThe county Planning Department has to become more an undue over com nina department. led to the resignation of frugal, efficient and economical," noting that mission staff and the com Calling the conduct of another. deputy Alexander JOme of the citizen were attended mission that has resulted in OPR blatant Henaon. who charged • by three or four umvlmiflell and unfactual in~ Oughemetti cited a recent Deukmejian with methodical L~~ responded that such time often was staff presented to series ofevents in Santa Cruz ly dismantling the Justice members who "want to be at those and communicate commislsion and findings county. "OPR. threatened to Department's environmental with the public!' aPIlUcl,tiOlls that to close down the on its unit. Lamb told The Herald that WIlllOUj~n date for be to protect the plan- Executive director of the the county contract for the Big Sur commission attorneys if completion of various Mastroianni, untit October that it could win antliroval ha.d to ao to court to elements in that plan, and stated, of our major • aram. which defines what the commission's actions." "ft...... ".~ that a massive further demanding that all of objections to. the local plan- "Wewere working in dark " "They advising program would the discretionary process is that it leads to Lamb that it took revision revision to the have also act·UWIIV reduce rates for elec powers in reviewing planniing the of autonomy by local achieve a work program that satisfied tbe coastal commission. been in pros- Commissioner be turned over to officials. This thinj in Santa "We were flying blind all that time," he said. ecuting and placing Jr. said. Cruz is another example of Backgruud Repurts conditions on "While our estimates indicate , 'As a result of this con state intervention into the af on which the land use for coastal 11"'II·.. ln·".. gas rates could go up, even duct," con fairs of local aovernment. Lamb has ment that deny our most conservative tinued, "the entire communi seem to think they, the to go numb,ers it seems the increase of voters have been de Slltiela~~QlliO!1tical appointees, with his would be much less than rate of local control of can do a better job than while it goes down on the increases which we had to environment. This act elected officials," aa~~quiate." cOllllmi.ssicln books as an ap- grant 1919 alone. the of all Mastro,iannl added. • February,19So THE 810 SUROAZETTE··· . pagen i. recording facilities. He everything, from thimbles to reported that the copy of the wagons. old Paul Haden interview Bill Post showed slides will be completed soon. taken at or collected for . Meetings have been previous meetings beginning scheduled for March with his. own family pictures 9 at 2 p.m. at the Grange and prepared for the meeting at on May 4 for a tour of the Pt. the Post Homestead. 'Fhere Sut Lighthouse. The new were also pictures from the newsletter will be coming out July 4. parade ~and the in and will contain Historical SocietyflQat, the more information on the meeting at the Jardine Ranch lighthouse. The name and the meeting at the Mur~ and logo newsletter are . phy house at I;salen ...Thepil>' still under discussion, It will tures provide.d· an opportuni~ • be published every second ty t.o review the events of the month in those months which past year. have no meeting. Sylvia introduced new member Jaci Pappas who is Coastline rece,utly from Sacramento where>she was on the History Estate Wanted r~rlce, no object. • and Museum Committee and Call Robert. Cross influential in getting their (hOme) 408-667-2406' museum bullt. She has had experience in working for grant and endowment funds. "One of the first tasks," she said, "is to determine .. what the museum will.house, the scope and kind of collec Harry Dick Ross Hosts Historical Society tions available." She asks Sunday, Jan. 20, the Big past year and make plans for Members were requested to now holds $782.21. She re that interested people call her Sur Historical Society met at the future. Dues were ac· save their receipts as they quested that all outstanding at 667·2629 if they have the Grange Hall to recap the cepted for the coming year. must be presented at the gate bills be presented before anything they would like to in order to join the lighthouse March. donate or loan to the propos Firewood tour in May. Only members Sylvia Eisenberg announc· ed museum. No binding gifts • may attend that meeting. Pre ed the appointment of two are to be made, but the infor sent membership .now in new co-chairmen of the oral mation will assjst the Jim Hunolt cludes 29 individual members history cOlllmittee, John and Historical Society in obtain and 37 families. Thelma Burchell. John has ing government and private 667-2490 Treasurer Dottie Williams background in media work grant funds. The Historical reported that the treasury and access to professional Society is interested in • 1980 - The Year oj the Coast United States ,Aims at ,mitt· • Prudent Coast Use Plan Reprinted from the of the rest by the end of surance, disaster relief. and <&U5tttt Christian Science Monitor 1980," says Michael Glazer, community development pro OCTOBER MEETING was hosted by Harry Dick Ross. newly appointed director of grams can encourage unwise is'YOU! He showed his collection of antique tools. On New Year's Day the federal Office of Coastal building in environmentally thousands of Americans did Zone Management. "But the sensitive areas. Tax Inform usaf not follow the usual regimen process has taken much supported networks to save • of football bowl games, longer than anyone thought it homes from beach erosion in the news events parades and parties. Instead. would." places like Long Island, in YOUR life. they hiked along America's Critics outside the federal N.Y., are artificial and ex beaches, dunes, estuaries and government say the law lacks pensive attempts to Newsroom marshlands. With President effective inducements or manipulate nature. it is Carter's endorsement, they goads to comply. They fault charged. number: were celebrating the first day what they see as weak state All of this may be chang 667-2222 • of the "Year of the Coast." programs. ing, however. As part of his The coming year will be an "A lot of the weaknesses in 1979 environmental message important one for attempts to tbe program flow from .the to Congress, President Carter balance the protection and structure of the law itself," called for "a clear national development of the country's says attorney Sarah Chasis of coastal protection policY," 88,OOO-rnile coastline. Unless the Natural Resources and said .he "heartily en reauthorized by Congress, Defense Council. "We have dorses" the designation of the Coas~.a1 Zone Manage found that the state programs 1980 as the "Year of the • ment Act of 1972 will expire. in large measure have fallen Coast." The administration With energy a prime national short of the statutory goals. " is preparing amendments to concern, pressures to build In California - the state the 1972 coastal zone legisla: offshore facilities and coastal With what many observers tion that would strengthen refineries are particularly think are the best protection and clarify certain· provi great, Meanwhile. mjllions of measures - coastal regula sions, particularly the role of Americans with jobs. recrea tions are coming under in the federal government itself • tion and retirement on their creasing attack from as a prime developer of such minds continue to crowd developers and local govern things as energy production PAKISI'ANI toward coastal areas. Already ment officials. During 1977 and sewage treatment 60 percent live there, and the and 1978. regional coastal facilities· in coastal areas. INDIAN number is expected to in commissions in California Legislative hearings will be crease to 75 percent by 1990. approved 93 percent of ~l re held on both east and west KELlH\, The coastal protection quested building permits. coasts in January and • legislation passed in· 1972 note that the February, after which Con largest selection sends federal grants to states government itself gress will consider its own (as that develop management often undertakes programs well as the president's) pro On the .Peninsu/a plans for their coastal are.as. that can adversely affect posals to make the Coastal • Finest quafity • In seven years, however, coastal areas. The U.S. Army Zone Management Act more in the Mall barely more than half (19) of of Engineers· recently effective. (between Long's & sateway! the 35 states and territories approved an oil refinery in "We have a unique asset bordering the Atlantic, Hampton Roads, Va., which that has to be prudently Rio Road & Hwy. 1 Pacific or gulf coasts, or the could increase tanker traffic used," Mr. Glazer says. C~rmel Center Great Lakes, have completed through the Chesapeake Bay "That's what we're really Tel. 6.24-2929 MARY FLEANOR, Rosita Lopez and Frank Trotter admiring federally approved plans. once the dredging and fiUing talking about in the Year of some of HIUTy Dick's prints. "We expect to have many is completed. Flood in· the Coast. • Page 30 THE BIG SUR GAZETTE February, 1980 On the Road with Charles Kuralt in Monterey By BETTY BARRON everyone of. Now it is familiar to every third in went with Harry Reasoner to his hometown ill Iowa. :ijis uncle this state. " asked us for and invited the They didn't of California I Kuralt Rachel Carson's Silent and added, "I want to talk but about European Common sit there for an hour. As started for the first time what a world we are Market." . to be and to leave to our children and their children." ,Kuralt went on: "No one is silent in our more. in his address on 17 at the Comn:lUflity In sincere way, Kuralt said that the of our attention. I think to the Hospital annual luncheon mel:ttng. environment was not of national concern until a few we don't have to feat the (The overflow trowd at the tonference center all or even hostile voices. If an'IitI1:lnl!: I feel about this whole coast," C0l1tlIlUC'Cl • • • .<) • • j February, 1980 THE BIG SUR GAZETTE page 31 L r~"--"~"-"'''--'~''-''''''-''''~''-''''~ t Carmel Valley Business Services BONDeD ••8C.8TARIAL . 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" 200.00 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACTlETTIRS I ReqUest for Information Follow-up Appeal I BOTH FOR $5.00 ves, 'a new service of the Big Sur Gazette ... now you can rurl; FREE I classified ads in your·local coastal newspaper! It's easy to do, too. I. • DO you have something to sell? Trade? Looking for something specific to purchase? Let everyone know about it in the TRADING Your Local Western I Union Agent POST! No phone ads, please. Mail your copy to The Big'Sur Gazette, Highway One, Big Sur, CA 93920. Vou can use the handy form above. • DEADLINE: 20th Of the month preceding issue. . Name~~~~~~,·.. ··. iI OSSOCIO AddreSS ______'------r ______- N "IN THE MAll" San CarlOs btwn. 5th & 6th • Carmel 'Clty _____---.- ______....;.. Zip___ ; 625 .. 1255 I Mon.~FrL 9-5:30 - Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m, I • ------I page 52 THE BIS$UR SAlmI! February, 1980 The Federal Government already 'owns more Ulan " .. ""'""t .... ",, was at Indiana Dunes. In Cushman Unveils Federal Plan one--third of the nation's and the committee NOl! believes the current drive to still more should be which Continued from Page 1 reassessed. Too it seems, federal land acquisition distributed to the public and to Citizen r\.U'Vlsorv is seized upon as a quic;k fix for recreation. resource con but Cushman "You are under 1m- nr""~"'r'\I'atjrm and environmental nfOUlCIJOn ",,"'''co;,,,, that these have seen the map, but nrl".nn,.,.I~ rn!;Wl'VlUlI", the rush to more and more • " n,"II~ .. r'lhin has at times tralmnled inflated protltc:emlg and cor ac of common tactic. wide EGO·POLlTICAL VS. RESOURCE PARKS ~t'j'nu~llv questioned the new Santa Monica Mountains National aC(luis:iticm proposals and Rec:rea1tion where "the Park Service ended up with a \.,uUgreSll," Cushman • j" 21,000 CONDEMNATIONS said many areas were eIl:Ct-n()litj,ca.l as 01'- "Pt'f'~'l"nt:lv there are condemnation lawsuits in~ to resource federal courts, of which are of tak- "A number of ""T1,llItnr~ COnlme~~rnen wanted to a World Wal' II emf't'Q'en<:v use it as a stelilpirlg the Service and Without due process, the title Federal and "BI, Sur as a political • their families have lost stfl'IJD,inl' stone because area simply not need federal management to pro states that the Federal Government said. percent of U ,g, and that $4 One of the the Park Ser- have been the vice and Forest to nl',rlm:lfie land- owners they can remain on lands, have become a way to • Forest and Fish and Wildlife "so many of our "'''.'''h,~", of ae but later chan,e and evict to create. ool~sibfle rl'''I>"rll",,;,~ of the DeO'Dle. im;pacts on " asked Cushman, we need somethin, that nll~ifln'nlj saved?" • ot1'j~t,,'''' of the President's Council on En- vir()nrnlental landn~npN'h'fi area. " Accordin, to Cushman, during the past two years the numb"pof jn,bolders has -I creased from 34,OItJ to l00,O()(J. "The old and landmarks have been torn burned down and boarded Promises made to- The 1980 he "will be t:UlI,fij<:>a reflects the of • (Editor's Tbe foDowi •• petition being distributed throughout The President Big Sur in response to efforts by Ansel Adams, the Big Sur Founda in Big Sur? Wilderness Society Proposes tion, aud otbers to obtain federal funding and federal control of tbe CODtinDed from 1 Big Sur National Scenic Area Big Sur area~) Carter comes will insist Continued from PIlIt! 1 time, Federal involve~ be from Creek south to the Do you like the Big Sur Coast ment, intervention and a and the shoreline to 1·3 federal for Sur eiq:llaililcd the land condemnations they the way it is? were nrcrnolllnsz would be Uto preserve the area and stop future A petition to aU eletted officWs servial Bil Snl', to nUdD the historic balance of private, connly, state and federalownenbip and control ia. Bil SIU'. nrnnnc.al differed from that of the said "the Foundation is • to reflect the local constituency We, the undersigned, !lt1'(lnlllv p ..tUIUIl that there be no in...... "." .. interven- have to local landowners Uon or involvement in Big is at it a National but said. Federal said. We believe the ...... "'_v,.ttnn Sur Coast should be continued throuilh the determined Charles Cushman, ex there efforts of its fh""",.h ,,",,""""". state and federal have ecutive director of the Na Tipton that to move proven their the tional Parks and Federal "A'''~U'''' landowners out of Sur. • Lands Inholders ASlsoc:tauon, not proposing that Federal move in The conservation and of Big Sur and the restrictions present~ "A federal U!;~"~lldU~JU there with a club, as with the Redwoods Park, where ly imposed by local, state and agencies provide sufflCient controls to prevent for Sur is came in and condemned the land immediately." overdevelopment. Further national and international attention focused on this area would because the area is said he was for support from create significan(dangersto our fragile environment, ,,----<-- and he they had Con- be a l.Jrf~'fl1IUl support. We respectfully request that each of you as our elected proposals which not a resource to convince Congressman Panetta," he add • are lobbied by special interest groups and which are designc~ to increase role of federal in- Cushman sald, "and very important what the local Congressman volvement in the Big Sur area of Monterey ask that the new General writing of your response to our request. We are determined to the ReJlarclinl! Ansel Adams' Well!-pII1DlllClZ'!:U ftr.. f" ... ", ..",,, generations. rather than ton "Ansel will be SiJ!tature Printed Name Address that he wants tbe Park will be simpler to boundaries of the Los • to "I'd be if be probleIn5 ll(:cePlting the to Forest Service as the area," he concluded. For other stories related to proposals for a Big sur Federal designation, Mail to Friends CA 93920 please turn to page. f8 through 28. •