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Elmer C. Aldrich PLANNING MILESTONES FOR THE PARK UNITS AND MAJOR PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS SYSTEM July 1, 2010 Planning Division California State Parks P. O. Box 942896 Sacramento, CA 94296-0001 PLANNING MILESTONES FOR THE PARK UNITS AND MAJOR PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARK SYSTEM July 1, 2010 OVERVIEW This document is a compendium providing selected information on the classified units and major unclassified properties which currently are or have in the past been associated with the California State Park System. The main purposes of this compendium are to provide, in a single source: 1. a record of the major milestones and achievements in unit-level land use and management planning which have been accomplished through the years by the Department, with the major accomplishments of the last year summarized in Chapter II; 2. a variety of other information useful to understanding the past history or current status of these units and properties, and of the evolution of unit-level land use and resource management planning in the Department; and 3. The definitive number and the specific identity of those basic classified units and major unclassified properties which constitute the official State Park System as of the date of this report’s publication. As of July 1, 2010, the California State Park System consists of 278 basic classified units and major unclassified properties. These are identified on Lists 1 and 2 in Chapter III. To have data current to July 1, 2010, this total will be the Department’s official figure until the next edition of this report. Located in a pocket on the inside of this report’s back cover is a map of California which shows the location of the State Park System’s 278 units and properties. It also shows the System’s 86 classified “internal units.” Copies of this document are available for examination at the Department’s district offices and in the state’s seventeen depository libraries. Copies may be obtained from the Department’s Planning Division in Sacramento, by sending an email to [email protected] or calling (916) 653-9901. This document is also available in electronic format through the Internet, on the Department’s website at: http://www.parks.ca.gov/planning. Regarding this document and its map, any errors, omissions or suggestions for improvement may be reported to California State Parks’ Planning Division. PLANNING MILESTONES i ©a Sacramento Bee Bee ©a California State Parks Parks State ©a California ©a UC Berkeley Berkeley ©a UC ©a ©aAudubon Society Sacramento Bee Bee ii PLANNING MILESTONES DEDICATION DEDICATION: ELMER C. ALDRICH This Planning Milestones continues a tradition of honoring individuals whose contributions have left a significant and lasting impact on the California State Park System and its Planning Division. Elmer C. Aldrich 1914 - 2010 Elmer Clare Aldrich was born in Eureka, CA in 1914 and spent many hours as a young child hiking, “all over a lot of the redwoods up there, and in state parks.” He expressed that these experiences as a young boy influenced his lifelong deep regard for the natural world. During the Great Depression, Elmer attended the University of California, Berkeley, studying under the tutelage of world-renowned zoologist Dr. Joseph Grinnell. Working to support himself through school, including three summers with National Parks, he eventually earned a master’s degree in wildlife biology. Elmer was also a photographer.He took wildlife photographs as part of his first post-college job as a California Department of Fish and Game junior biologist, and later befriended famed nature photographer Ansel Adams. Six months before the advent of World War II, Elmer married Jane Nold, whom he had met in a Berkeley embryology class. While still a newlywed, Elmer was called to active service in the Navy and used his expertise in photography to make a significant contribution to the war effort in the Pacific Theater. Elmer and Jane settled into a home near the American River in Sacramento in 1949, when he took a position at the California Division of Beaches and Parks (CDBP) as Supervisor of the Conservation Education Section. He held this position until 1957, when he was asked by CDBP Director Newton Drury to head a major study legislated by the California Public Outdoor Recreation Plan Act. Under his leadership, California gained a groundbreaking plan to guide future state recreation. It led, among other things, to the California Scenic Highway System. A life-long birdwatcher, Elmer was captivated by the American River riparian areas near his home. In 1952, he wrote in the Sacramento Audubon Society’s newsletter about the opportunity to create “an integrated park system for public enjoyment” along the river. His idea helped lay the foundation for the American River Parkway, a 4,000-acre greenbelt in the Sacramento area that today draws more than 1 million visitors annually. In 1960, Governor Edmund G. “Pat” Brown appointed Elmer as the Chief, Division of Recreation. He served in this role for four years until he became the Manager of Statewide Planning for the California Department of Parks and Recreation (successor to CDBP) in 1964. In the early 1970s Elmer was promoted to Assistant to the Chief, Design and Development Division. Elmer worked as an environmental consultant after leaving state service in 1972, specializing in park and recreation planning. Elmer reared two children with his wife, who died in 2004 after 63 years of marriage. Until six months before his death in 2010, he enjoyed 20-mile rides three times a week with friends on the bike trail that runs the length of the American River Parkway. A trail he helped create. PLANNING MILESTONES iii TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................... i DEDICATION: ELMER C. ALDRICH .................................................................................. iii CHAPTER I: REPORT ORGANIZATION ........................................................................... 1 CHAPTER II: SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF FISCAL YEAR 09/10 ............................... 5 CHAPTER III: INFORMATION ON THE UNITS AND PROPERTIES: CATEGORIES AND LISTS ........................................................................................... 9 A. THE CURRENT STATE PARK SYSTEM 11 B. AREAS INTERNAL TO STATE PARK SYSTEM UNITS 53 C. MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENTAL PROPERTIES 65 D. DEPARTMENTAL PROPERTIES - SOME HISTORY 69 E. SPECIALIZED DEPARTMENTAL SORTING 87 CHAPTER IV: LIST ORGANIZATION AND DEFINITIONS ............................................. 109 CHAPTER V: HISTORY OF THIS DOCUMENT .............................................................. 115 CHAPTER VI: AVAILABILITY OF ORIGINAL AND IN-PROCESS PLANNING MATERIALS ............................................................................................................. 117 CHAPTER VII: A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF GENERAL PLANNING ACTIVITY .............. 123 iv PLANNING MILESTONES CHAPTER VIII:MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION REGARDING GENERAL PLANS ...................................................................................................................... 135 A. MULTI-UNIT GENERAL PLAN DOCUMENTS 137 B. GENERAL PLANS PREPARED BY OTHER ENTITIES 139 C. UNIT NUMBERS USED BY TWO UNITS OR PROPERTIES 143 CHAPTER IX: STATE PARK SYSTEM FIELD ORGANIZATION ................................... 145 INDEX .............................................................................................................................. 161 PLANNING MILESTONES v vi PLANNING MILESTONES CHAPTER I CHAPTER I: REPORT ORGANIZATION This report provides information on the planning documents which have been prepared for the individual classified units and the major unclassified properties that currently are (or were in the past) part of or associated with the California State Park System. These are planning materials which provide broad policy and programmatic guidance for resource management, land use, facility development, interpretation and concessions, as well as for certain operational activities relevant to the unit or property. This document does not include information on plans that deal with specialized resource issues (e.g. control of exotic plant species), visitor management plans or with the development of the unit’s infrastructure (e.g. construction of a utility system or a building). The two types of properties considered in this report are: • classified units - These are properties for which a specific, legislatively-defined, classification was approved either by the State Park and Recreation Commission or, in rare instances, assigned to the land by the California Legislature. There are two kinds of classified units; the ‘basic’ units that collectively form the bulk of the State Park System, and the ‘internal’ classified units that may be located within and as part of the basic units; and • unclassified properties - These are lands which are or have been associated with the State Park System, but which have not been classified by the State Park and Recreation Commission as units. Many of these properties are major holdings that will eventually be classified as individual park units. The others are smaller properties that are being held by the Department for a variety of reasons. Virtually all of the Department’s planning work is applied to classified units. Except as a guide to interim management, relatively little formal, long-range planning effort is expended on
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