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VENTANA WILDERNESS WATCH Ventanawild.Org VENTANA WILDERNESS WATCH ventanawild.org Newsletter of the Ventana Wilderness Alliance Volume 21 Number 1 I Spring 2020 McWay Rocks © Tom Killion I tomkillion.com Strategic Planning Old Murry Mine for the Clean-Up Decade Ahead of Wilderness Advocacy Complete Protecting the Big Sur Backcountry VENTANA WILDERNESS WATCH I Volume 21 Number 1 I SPRING 2020 VENTANA WILDERNESS WATCH Newsletter of the Ventana Wilderness Alliance Message from the President (Editor’s note: David Jacobs was elected VWA board president in January, 2020.) As I write these words, the magnitude of the human tragedy from the coronavirus PO Box 506 I Santa Cruz, California 95061 grows in ways hard to grasp. I hope you (831) 423-3191 I ventanawild.org continue to take appropriate measures to The mission of the protect yourself, your loved ones, and your Ventana Wilderness Alliance community. is to protect, preserve, and restore the wilderness qualities and In our lifetimes we have not known sudden biodiversity of the public lands global catastrophe with mortal threats to within California’s northern so many. Not since World War II has the Santa Lucia Mountains American public been asked to make such and Big Sur coast. profound changes to their daily lives. This BOARD of DIRECTORS pandemic is a humble reminder that Homo David Jacobs, CPA, President sapiens is but another fragile component Tom Hopkins, Treasurer of the complex web of life. Maria Ferdin, Secretary Ben Bruce, Director-At-Large As we radically reduce human activity, we gain perspective. Springtime still arrives, plants Al Budris, Director-At-Large still have new growth, flowers still emerge, and nonhuman animals are blithely unaware Mackenzie Little, Director-At-Large Betsy MacGowan, Director-At-Large of our plight. I find the constancy of nature very reassuring. Dottie Massey, Director-At-Large While life after COVID-19 will surely change, the need for wilderness remains. The VWA Greg Meyer, Director-At-Large will continue to fulfill its critical mission to protect, preserve, and restore the wilderness STAFF qualities and biodiversity of the northern Santa Lucia Mountains, as it has done for 20 years. Jacqui Bergner, Youth in Wilderness Program Manager The VWA marked its 20th anniversary in important ways. We are midstream in an updated Toan Do, Field Program Director strategic plan, our board is infused with a new generation of talented young leaders, and our Lucy Logsdon, Office Manager Richard Popchak, Communications operations are adapting to meet the challenges we face both on the ground and with and Development Director the many stakeholders in and around the wilderness. Mike Splain, Executive Director For 14 years Tom Hopkins has chaired the VWA board. His contributions to the vision, NEWSLETTER PRODUCTION effectiveness, and integrity of the VWA are immeasurable. His ethos is infused into the DNA Editor: Richard Popchak Design: Lynn Piquett of the organization. Fortunately, we will continue to benefit from Tom’s leadership as he Printing: Community Printers, Santa Cruz continues his board role as treasurer. Printed on 30% post-consumer waste recycled paper with Agri-based inks. I am incredibly proud of the VWA. The volunteers give so much and produce outsize results. The board carefully guides the organization on its mission through many challenges in a changing environment. And the very talented, dedicated staff executes its duties thoughtfully, ON THE COVER professionally, and meticulously. They could all pursue much more lucrative careers. They The rugged scenery of Northern California are as much volunteers as they are paid employees. inspired Tom Killion from an early age to create Despite what may feel like dark days at times, I believe we are on the precipice of a renewal landscape prints using linoleum and wood, of values that include essential protection of wilderness. The VWA will continue to increase strongly influenced by its capacity and effectiveness to aggressively advocate for the incomparable public lands of the traditional Japanese ukiyo-e style of Hokusai the northern Santa Lucia Mountains. We are dedicated. With your support, we will continue and Hiroshige. A longtime supporter of VWA, Tom’s image of Ventana Double Cone is the to champion the cause of wilderness for generations to come. ■ centerpiece of our logo. Many of his striking Big Sur prints are included in his collabora- tion with poet Gary Snyder, California’s Wild Edge: The Coast in Prints, Poetry, and History, David Jacobs I [email protected] 2 published by Heyday Books. Please visit tomkillion.com for more information. 20 Years of Advocacy As the VWA embarks on “Vision 2020” strategic planning, a lively Limekiln State Wilderness I VWA worked closely with discussion has been underway regarding the alliance’s key Assemblymember John Laird to designate Limekiln State Wilder- function. Is the VWA primarily focused on public land advocacy or ness and improve management standards for all state Wilderness public land stewardship? There is no easy answer. Although the areas. VWA was founded as a force for advocacy, this essential pursuit is made far more potent and effective when partnered with strong Milpitas Special Interest Area I VWA provided and steady field programs. funding, data, and expertise to guide the Milpitas Special Interest Area Collaborative Management Plan, which protected biological The following are just a few of the advocacy accomplishments and cultural resources in the region surrounding the Wagon Cave from the VWA’s first 20 years. As the organization enters its third Plains and Santa Lucia Memorial Park. decade, new challenges are inevitable. Thanks to your continued support, the alliance will remain poised to protect, preserve, and FIRESCAPE Monterey / Strategic Community restore the public lands of the Big Sur backcountry. Fuelbreak Improvement Project I VWA staff and volunteers participated in the FIRESCAPE “all lands” planning (For a more thorough list of VWA advocacy accomplishments, visit ventanawild.org/advocacy). process and submitted comments and objections emphasizing shared community responsibility and primitive tools in the design Arroyo Seco–Indians Road I With the help of partner and maintenance of Wilderness fuelbreaks. organizations, VWA thwarted an effort to reopen Arroyo Seco–Indi- ans Road to motorized vehicles, thus protecting a proposed Wild Fishing Derby I A sportsmen’s club once hosted a fishing and Scenic River and National Recreation Trail corridor from derby at its private inholding along the Arroyo Seco. Due to permit severe degradation. violations, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) relocated the derby, unwittingly placing part of it within designated Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act I Wilderness. VWA alerted CDFW, recommended alternatives, and VWA’s founding objective added 51,758 acres to the Ventana and the derby was moved to a more appropriate location. Silver Peak Wilderness Areas and 2,715 acres to the Pinnacles (now Hain) Wilderness. Abandoned Mine Inventory and Analysis I VWA inventoried and analyzed numerous abandoned mines to identify Heli-Hunting SUP I VWA spearheaded the defeat of a environmental threats and hazardous conditions. This advocacy Special Use Permit application proposing helicopter transport of resulted in two separate bat-friendly gating projects on the Grizzly private hunting parties to and from federally designated Wilderness. Mine complex, the Guided by the following tenets, Big Sur Coastal Grazing Allotments I VWA designation of the secured permanent elimination of two coastal grazing allotments Old Murry Mine as a VWA will continue to leverage and greatly reduced stocking rates and season of use on five others. Superfund site, and a informed community involve- subsequent clean-up. ment to protect, preserve, and Don’t Bomb Big Sur I Alongside several partner See page 9 for a restore public lands throughout organizations, VWA successfully defeated a proposal for a practice history of that the Big Sur backcountry: naval bombing range on Fort Hunter Liggett. project. ■ ■ Advocate for expanded Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River designa- tions to ensure that roadless lands and free-flowing streams remain as such ■ Monitor proposals that affect these lands and take action for their continued preservation ■ Encourage conservation vigilance among members, neighbors, and partners ■ Preserve public access by securing and defending prescriptive trail easements ■ Build cooperative and effective relationships with similarly concerned agencies and organizations ■ Encourage and support conservation and natural science research and education in the region 3 A VWA Board of Directors meeting at the Libby cabin at the Indians in the early 2000’s. VENTANA WILDERNESS WATCH I Volume 21 Number 1 I SPRING 2020 Silver Peak Trails Project Is Complete This is the story of how the Ventana Wilderness Alliance parlayed its largest-ever grant into an amazing five-year project to restore “There is something infinitely healing trails in the spectacular Silver Peak Wilderness. Despite drought, in the repeated refrains of nature wildfire, historic storms, and catastrophic damage to infrastructure, —the assurance that dawn comes after project leaders remained focused and resourceful until the job night, and spring after winter.” was done. — RACHEL CARSON It all began in 2014 when the VWA was awarded a $185,000 grant from the California Coastal Commission via Sean and Alexandra Parker/Neraida LLC. The ambitious proposal was to restore roughly 20 miles of Silver Peak trails by 2020. The only reasonable way to accomplish this would involve doubling the grant with matching funds. Despite extreme drought, the project was underway by early 2015. VWA staff and volunteers obtained training for handling seacliff Despite extreme fire restrictions which induced yet more hard- buckwheat (Eriogonum parvifolium). This denizen of the coastal ship, the project made great strides in 2018 and 2019. Many a scrub is the only host plant for the endangered Smith’s blue night, weary trail crews endured cold camping without the benefit butterfly (Euphilotes enoptes smithi) and requires special care. of campfires or stoves.
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