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Explore, enjoy and protect the planet hile it is the intent of The Ventana to print articles that reflect the position CHAPTER CHAIR Wof the Ventana Chapter, ideas expressed in The Ventana are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the Support the Coalition General Plan for Monterey County position of the Sierra Club. Articles, graphics and photographs are copyrighted by the onths ago, the Monterey hearings? It was opposed by developers. Two other General Plan alternatives authors and artists and may be reprinted only with their permission. County Board of Supervisors Appalled by the Board of Supervisors’ will come before the Board of DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSIONS Mwasted $5 million of our tax dol- leadership failure and its intent to move Supervisors: One, drawn by the inexpe- All materials for publication must be received by lars, and five years of public participa- the General Plan process behind closed rienced and overworked county staff, the deadlines listed in The Ventana publication tion when it refused to even consider a doors, 18 community, resident and envi- and one slapped together by a developer schedule (see below). No exceptions. proposed General Plan. The County’s ronmental organizations, including the consortium. SUBMISSIONS FORMAT dedicated general planning team had Sierra Club, stepped forward. In six Shortly, the Chapter will urge each of Please limit articles to 800 words; letters to based the proposed General Plan on months, at no cost to the county, the you to join with us in support of our 300. All submissions may be edited for clarity Twelve Guiding Objectives, developed coalition of organizations completed professionally-drafted Community Gen- and length. Submissions are preferred via e- mail or on a high density 3-1/2 inch diskette. by the public and approved unanimous- public meetings in every district of the eral Plan. We urge you to get involved, Save files as “text” or “ascii.” Mail hard copy to ly by the Supervisors. county. The coalition will present to the because our fight to protect the natural editor, address below. Why was the proposed General Plan Supervisors a General Plan based upon resources of Monterey County is at a WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS trashed after five years of work which these meetings and the Twelve Guiding critical point. Send submissions to: Debbie Bulger, Editor included 166 public outreach meetings Objectives, which is supported by 80% —Rita Dalessio 1603 King Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 all over the county and 84 Board of of the residents and workers of e-mail: [email protected] Supervisor and Planning Commission Monterey County. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Do not call editor! Send address changes to Sierra Club, The Ventana, P. O. Box 52968, Boulder, CO 80322-2968. F ROM THE E DITOR POSTAL NOTICE The Ventana (015057) is published 6 times a ATTENTION:ATTENTION: Reason for hope “But, you say, it costs a little more. year, (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec.) paid by ane Goodall believes our everyday Yes, it does. But as more and more peo- subscription included in membership fee, by PotentialPotential actions are reasons for hope. She is an ple buy these products the prices will The Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club, 1001 drop. And anyway, are we, or are we Center St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Periodical Advertisers!Advertisers! Junflappable optimist and the inspira postage paid Santa Cruz, California, and at tional cheerleader we each need in not, prepared to pay a few extra pennies additional mailing offices. our corner. Goodall makes the following to buy the future for our children?” Postmaster: Send address changes to Sierra Sierra Club Member observation in her latest book: (Jane Goodall, Reason for Hope) Club, The Ventana, P. O. Box 604, Santa Cruz, This is the time of year when many of CA 95061-0604. Profile “We have the potential to exert immense power for good—we each carry us share meals with extended family, Editor: purchase gifts for loved ones, and give of Advertising in this newsletter packs it with us, in our purses, checkbooks, Debbie Bulger • 457-1036 our time to make someone else’s life a more clout into your advertising dol- and credit cards. No one will force us to e-mail: [email protected] little bit brighter. It is the perfect time to (no change of address calls, please!) lars. Sierra Club members are one of the buy genetically engineered food, or meat use the power of our purchases to enrich Production: most valuable audiences in America. from factory farms, or furniture made rather than deplete the planet. Vivian Larkins, Debbie Bulger, They are “opinion leaders” and “influ- from clear-cut forests. We can search for Stephanie Kearns I encourage readers to patronize The entials;” by any name they are some of and buy organically grown food, free- Writers: Ventana advertisers. Their support of America’s most sought-after advertising range eggs, and so on. Rita Dalessio, Debbie Bulger, our newsletter deserves reciprocation. Bill Allayaud, Mardi Wormhoudt, targets. Their own purchasing activity is I also want to give special thanks to Mike Tidwell, David Tanza, substantial. But, more important, they the Chapter for providing The Ventana Debbie Bulger, Rita Dalessio, influence others—in everything from Richard Stover, Steve Chambers with new computer software and to opinion and outlook to choice of prod- Photographers: Richard Stover and George Jammal for ucts. They are not only consumers, but Richard Stover, Hannah Eade, the many hours of work they put in to Rita Dalessio, Debbie Bulger also doers and leaders. Proofreaders: get that softwear up and running. You know how it is with computer upgrades! Richard Stover, Charles Koester Club Members are among the most Distribution: Have a wonderful holiday season. active, affluent audiences of adventure Lew Weinstein, Debbie Bulger, —Debbie Bulger Sheila Dunniway, Leslye Lawrence travelers and year-round outdoor Wendy Peddicord, Meryl Everett sports enthusiasts your advertising dol- Advertising Sales: lars can buy. It’s an unduplicated audi- Volunteer opportunity Debbie Bulger ence with the power to buy your prod- Late Night Food Delivery & Software: Bookstore merchandiser Richard Stover ucts and services. ;xxxx Chapter website: The Ventana Chapter Bookstore in http://ventana.sierraclub.org Sierra Club Members are Great Prospects Carmel needs more pizzazz. Please send all Letters-to-the-Editor to: Median Age: 41 If you are creative, energetic, have Editor, c/o Sierra Club • 1603 King St. Male/Female: 63% / 37% retail experience or (for the right per- Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Median Household Income: $56,227 Send e-mail to: [email protected] Attended/Graduated College: 81% son) would like to learn more about Professional/Technical/Managerial: 36% the retail business, this volunteer posi- 2005 tion may be for you. VENTANA PUBLICATION SCHEDULE: Outdoor Sports Enthusiasts The Club would like the bookstore Issue Deadline Mailing Date Backpacking/Hiking 4 times more active to attract more customers. We need to #1 Jan. 17 Feb. 2 than the average adult #2 Mar. 28 Apr. 13 display our wares in a more attractive Mountain Biking 5 times more active #3 May 16 Jun. 1 fashion and ultimately to achieve Cross-Country Skiing 5 times more active #4 Jul. 25 Aug. 10 more sales. Whitewater Rafting 5.5 times more active #5 Sep. 26 Oct. 12 Source: 1996 MRI Doublebase If you are creative and skilled/ inter- #6 Nov. 28 Dec. 14 ested/excited about merchandising, Articles received after deadline may For Rate Information, Contact: call Marilyn Beck, 372-6860. Flexible not be published. Debbie Bulger - 457-1036 hours, variable time commitment.

2 The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 43 Number 6, 2004 Printed on Recycled Paper LETTERS Governor’s performance on the The Ventana welcomes letters. Send to: environment mixed LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Ventana, 1603 King Street by Bill Allayaud, State Director, Sierra the Smog Check and Smog Check II pro- Supported by Club; Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Club California grams; therefore, cars built after 1974 vetoed by governor: or email to [email protected] will never be exempt from smog regula- Please include a phone number with y the end of August, the your letter. Anonymous letters are Legislature had put a number of tions. AB 2042 (Lowenthal) Prohibits air pol- not accepted. Letters may be edited environmental bills on Governor SB 1369 (Kuehl - Sierra Club CA lution at the Ports of Long Beach and Los for length. B Schwarzenegger’s desk for signature. sponsor) Increases the requirement for Angeles from exceeding baseline levels. While there were no blockbuster pieces defensible space from 30’ to 100’ in the SB 1478 (Sher) Makes numerous Save bus to Big Sur of legislation this year, there were some most fire-prone areas of the state. changes to the California Renewable In August, as a visitor to Monterey, my significant measures that we wanted him SB 391 (Florez) Requires the perpetra- Portfolio Standards Program and the purpose in coming was to see the Point to sign. The result? A mixed record. tors of pesticide drift poisonings to com- Renewable Energy Program. Lobos State Reserve and other Big Sur parks Overall, his first year appears to be bet- pensate the victims. SB 1648 (Chesbro - Sierra Club CA by bus. I took the Monterey-Salinas Transit ter than any recent Republican gover- AB 1369 (Pavley - Sierra Club CA Sponsor) Reforms the management of Bus 22 down the coast and observed the bus sponsor) Bans sale of mercury-added Jackson Demonstration State Forest in driver was keeping a careful record of the nor, but not as good as Gray Davis’s first years. thermostats for residential and commer- Mendocino County. number of passengers boarding the bus and cial use after Jan. 1, 2006. where. I thought perhaps the bus service was Here is a summary of key bills that AB 338 (Levine) Requires CalTrans to a prospect for discontinuance, and the bus reached the governor’s desk. AB 2901 (Pavley) Requires the sellers use increasing levels of rubberized of cell phones to take them back from asphalt concrete made from recycled driver confirmed this was possible. Supported by Club; I have ridden this bus in previous years. It consumers for recycling. tires. is perhaps the most beautiful public transit signed by governor: AB 2093 (Nakano), AB 2672 AB 2055 (Wolk) Would strengthen ride in the country and maybe the only one (Simitian), and AB 471 (Simitian) These the open space element in general plans, which stops at such a large number of State AB 923 (Firebaugh) This raises signif- bills tighten up regulations for cruise including emphasis on agriculture, urban Parks. It would be a tragedy to lose this bus. icant new money for the Carl Moyer ships entering state water for air and parks, and habitat issues. Recently, a magazine I receive with a tran- program, helping to reduce emissions of water emissions. AB 2476 (Wolk) Would have the sit column contained comments about prob- dirty diesel engines. AB 2572 (Kehoe - Sierra Club CA Delta Protection Commission look at lems in California. I learned that because of AB 2683 (Lieber) Will repeal the 30- sponsor) Requires water meters to be land use impacts on key resource areas. the budget deficits, state money for transit year rolling exemption that applies to installed in Central Valley cities not cov- will dry up and revenue from Prop 42 for public transit would be used to reduce the ered by last year’s bill, including the state deficit. This serves to only confirm my City of Sacramento. worst fears for the future of Bus 22 to Big SB 1459 (Alpert) Restricts bottom Sur. Chapter revises trawling in State waters. If this is the case, I am assuming that the AB 2600 (Laird and Leslie) Creates the Ventana Chapter is interested in saving bus Los Padres National Sierra Nevada Conservancy. service to Big Sur as it now exists. I hope you would use your influence and marshal oppo- Forest map sition to possible discontinuance or reduc- Contact Your Representatives tion of bus 22. by Steve Chambers —Lewis Weinfeld President George W. Bush (831) 429-1976 (Santa Cruz) ontinuing in our efforts to provide The White House (831) 424-2229 (Salinas) New York City accurate and timely trail informa- 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (202) 225-6791 (FAX, Washington, D.C.) See the night tion to local wilderness users, the Washington, D.C. 20500 [email protected] C Comment line: (202) 456-1111 U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo I wanted to get information about Ventana Chapter has revised our FAX: (202) 456-2461 Mammoth’s lighting ordinance to you. 698 Emerson Street Monterey District, Los Padres National [email protected] Palo Alto, CA 94301 It is nice to know that someone is think- Forest map. This map, bundled with our (408) 245-2339 Vice President Dick Cheney ing of being able to see the stars at night. The famous Trail Guide to Los Padres FAX (650) 323-3498 views up here at the night sky are nothing (202) 456-1414 [email protected] [email protected] short of miraculous, especially on very cold National Forest, is also sold separately. At press time it was being printed and State Senator Bruce McPherson winter nights, (around 0 to 10 degrees). The Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger 701 Ocean Street, Room 318-A Milky Way appears as a giant swath of torn will be available in early December. The State Capitol Building Santa Cruz, CA 95060 cotton candy. revised map show the recently-expanded Sacramento, CA 95814 (831) 425-0401 (Santa Cruz) Ventana and Silver Peak Wilderness (916) 445-2841 (831) 753-6386 (Salinas) —Mike Johnson FAX: (916) 445-4633 toll free: 1-800-224-8050 Mammoth Lakes boundary changes. In addition, we’ve www.governor.ca.gov [email protected] Editor’s note: corrected typos, designated an existing camp, eliminated a camp on private land, Senator Dianne Feinstein State Senator Jeff Denham Mammoth Lakes, on the east side of the 331 Hart Office Building 369 Main Street, #208 Sierra, has enacted an ordinance to reduce light and noted a few historic trails no longer Washington, D.C. 20510 Salinas, CA 93901 pollution. For illustrated examples of various maintained (much less findable). (202) 224-3841 (831) 769-8040 types of light fixtures visit www.ci.mammoth- Most of these maps will be folded to (415) 393-0707 [email protected] 1 Post Street, Suite 2450 lakes.ca.us/lighting/ stars.htm. fit with our trail guide, but unfolded Assembly Representative Simon Salinas San Francisco, CA 94104 100 W. Alisal Street, Rm. 134 copies (for wall mounting) will be avail- [email protected] Salinas, CA 93901 able at the Sierra Club bookstore in (831) 759-8676 Senator Barbara Boxer Carmel. Unbelievably, we’ve kept the FAX (831) 759-2961 Moving? 112 Hart Office Building [email protected] map price at a reasonable $4.95. They Washington, D. C. 20510 Please fill out and mail the change make great holiday presents. Buy yours (202) 224-3553 Assembly Representative John Laird (415) 403-0100 (Voice) 701 Ocean Street, Room 318-B of address form on page 15. today. 1700 Montgomery Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Many thanks to Boon Hughey of the San Francisco, CA 94111 (831) 425-1503 The post office charges us 70 cents each if Ventana Wilderness Alliance, Chapter [email protected] 100 Campus Center, Building 58 they handle the address change. Please help Seaside, CA 93955 Chair, Rita Dalessio, Joyce Stevens, the Club by using the coupon on page 15. U. S. Representative Sam Farr (831) 649-2832 Mary Gale and Steve Chambers for their 100 W. Alisal Street [email protected] Thank you work on these revisions. Salinas, CA 93901

Please Recycle This Paper Again The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 43 Number 6, 2004 3 UCSC growth stresses carrying capacity of County by Supervisor Mardi Wormhoudt big growth is necessary, but when it niversity growth has an enor- comes to universities, bigger is not nec- mous impact on Santa Cruz, and essarily better. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Uthe current proposal to expand Stanford, and Brown all have undergrad- enrollment by 6000 students (to 21,000) uate populations of less than 6000 stu- seriously threatens the quality of life of dents, which has not seemed to hinder the community. academic programs or research at any of Growth under the existing plan has these institutions. overtaxed the local street system and Undergraduate enrollment, by itself, increased pressure on the housing stock. currently makes up almost 5% of the The streets providing access to the cam- Santa Cruz County’s population, the pus are already highly congested, leading second largest percent of any UC cam- to some frustrated neighbors calling for a pus’s ratio to county size. In addition, new environmentally-devastating road university students compose over 20% of through the Pogonip park. the population in the City of Santa According to the Environmental Cruz. These percentages would increase Impact Report (EIR) completed on the significantly under the proposed Plan. current Long Range Development Plan At this point, the University adminis- (LRDP), an increase of 6000 students tration expects to approve the draft would result in a total population impact LRDP in December and start the EIR of over 16,000 additional people due to process in January 2005 followed by the

new staff, faculty, etc. Given the fact release of the draft EIR in September of Richard Stover that the City of Santa Cruz is over 95% 2005. UCSC growth has an enormous impact on Santa Cruz. The current university proposal to built out, there is little question that the Opposition to the draft Plan is grow- expand enrollment by 6000 students (to 21,000) seriously threatens the quality of life of the recent university growth has already had ing. A community group has formed to community. an inflationary impact on housing prices urge the University to reconsider the Many of us believe we have reached it. ning. UCSC insists that they want to even without this projected growth. proposed enrollment increases. Over 130 What is needed is legislation that will work with the community to mitigate The proposed increase in the campus letters were sent to the Acting require that UC campuses not exceed 5% problems caused by university growth. community of another 16,000 people Chancellor questioning the draft LRDP, of the host county’s population unless Such legislation would give them the would overwhelm the transportation and students submitted over 600 post- they are subject to local land use plan- vehicle to do so. network, increase housing prices even cards requesting, among other things, further, undermine the City’s already that the proposed enrollment increases difficult water planning efforts, and be reconsidered. decrease already limited landfill space. Like it or not, there is a limit to the Club will fight for adoption of Community The University seems to think that carrying capacity of the community. General Plan for Monterey County hase one of the Community Ventana Chapter, helped to organize and General Plan (CGP) process, iden- run the CGP Forums. These Forums Ptified by south county newspapers were held in response to the BOS decision as “...democracy in the making” con- to junk five years and $5 million worth of cluded in Marina on November 14. The planning process, and to move the devel- five CGP Forums collectively drew opment of the general plan behind closed more than 700 participants, who spent doors. Rather than accept this developer- more than 2,500 hours working on a new General Plan for Monterey County. It will be the only plan When completed by the CGP team, the plan will be presented to the before the Board that was Monterey County Board of Supervisors developed during open (BOS) for their consideration and action. meetings in every district of It will be the only plan before the Board that was developed during open meet- the County. ings in every district of the County. As described by professional planner sponsored abandonment, community, Deborah A. Malkin Terry Watt, the CGP will provide more resident and environmental organizations ATTORNEY AT LAW affordable housing than other concepts came together to develop a true considered by the BOS, while limiting Community General Plan. Specializing in new development primarily to estab- Eighty percent of the public has Wills, Living Trusts, Tax-saving Trusts, lished cities and urban areas. Further, the approved the principles on which the plan will require infrastructure to be in plan is based. The Board of Supervisors and other forms of Estate Planning. place, including roads, sewers and themselves have approved these princi- Also offering assistance with Conservatorships and Probate. proven water, before development can ples. The groups sponsoring this massive Free initial consultation proceed. The Community General Plan effort are committed to seeing that the Discount offered to Sierra Club members. precisely defines protected open space. Community General Plan is adopted by The Creekside Offices at 2425 Porter St., Suite 15 • Soquel, CA 95073 • 831-462-9100 Eighteen organizations, including your the Board of Supervisors.

4 The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 43 Number 6, 2004 Printed on Recycled Paper Supervisors hearing on the Pebble Beach Development deluge in Monterey Co. Revised Draft EIR. All this frenzied development activity comes at the same time as there were important environmental issues to be urrently, Monterey County addressed in local, state and national seems to be fast tracking all devel- elections. Also there were important Copment projects, overloading the forums regarding desalinization projects general public, the planning staff, the and the County’s General Plan Update. Planning Commission, and ultimately, It is hard to believe that the Monterey the Board of Supervisors. This glut of County Planning Department and projects comes during the holiday season Planning Commission can review all the when citizens are out of town or enter- voluminous documents within this short taining family and guests. It comes when time frame and make any careful and the general plan itself is under revision reasoned decisions. Furthermore, it is and at a time when a new supervisor and glaringly unjust to the general public a new County Chief Administrative who will bear the impacts of develop- Officer are coming on board. ment decisions and who were given little The Ventana Chapter cannot under- time to study and respond to the pro- stand why the Planning Department posed projects. does not have enough staff for the General Plan Update and for critical code enforcement, yet seems to have plenty of staff to process all these com- Santa Cruz recognized for plex development applications. smart growth policy Here is what the Planning he City of Santa Cruz has been

Department has been up to: Hannah Eade recognized for its innovative November 1. Scenic areas such as this south Monterey County ranchland dotted with approach to development by the native oaks could become a landfill or lost to development without a good, T Comments were community-based General Plan. 2004 Smart Growth Awards, given by due on the Draft EIR the Environmental Protection Agency. for East Garrison, a tion period for the tated Planning Commission scheduled The award is in the category, Policies development of Draft EIR future hearings in an attempt to wrap up and Regulations. Santa Cruz received the 1470 residences which ended the Rancho San Juan hearings by early award for its Accessory Dwelling Unit proposed for the in early July. December. Program which makes it easier for a far easterly part The draft Development November 17. The Planning Com- homeowner to build an accessory unit Agreement between the County and mission approved a huge Safeway at the by converting all or part of a garage or HYH Corporation, developer of Crossroads at the mouth of Carmel by building new structures on a home- of the Butterfly Village, were not released until Valley creating an unwelcome commer- owner’s property. former Fort Ord. November 5. The Development Agree- cial visual impact on scenic Highway 1, Other winners and their categories November 10. Comments ment permanently transfers rights held the entrance to Big Sur, and involving were Overall Excellence: Town of were due on the Revised Draft EIR for by the public to the developer. It is a 49- flood plain issues due to levy changes. Davidson, NC; Built Projects: the Pebble Beach project asking for a page contract. The two commissioners who live in the Greensboro, NC; Community Outreach combined development permit for new The Final EIR for the combined proj- affected district voted against the project. and Education: Sacramento Area projects at 13 locations in the Del Monte ect was released November 13, leaving November 17. The Planning Com- Council of Governments; Small Forest including a new golf course and only the intervening weekend for review mission held its first hearing for the East Communities: San Juan Pueblo, NM. 160 new visitor suites at Spanish Bay. prior to the November 15 Planning Garrison Specific Plan even though the For more information visit www.epa. This project would destroy 15,000 native Commission hearing. Despite numerous Final EIR (FEIR) had not been pub- gov/smartgrowth/awards.htm. Monterey pines and related habitat. substantive comments on the Draft EIR, lished. (At Ventana press time the prom- November 15-16. Planning Com- it was not modified and re-circulated for ised date for the FEIR was November mission hearings were held for Rancho a second round of comment. 22, “at the earliest.”) The FEIR came just San Juan, including a specific plan for Each of these documents is significant three weeks after the comments for the Butterfly Village, a 1077 residential-golf to the project; all are interrelated. Draft EIR were due and during course development. Rancho San Juan However, none was available to the Thanksgiving Week. A second hearing is will eventually have 4000 housing units Planning Commission more than a few scheduled for January 19. for 13,000 people and a 2.4-million- days before the hearings began. The doc- November 18. The County square-foot business park along uments weighed 16 lbs. and were not Subdivision Committee hearing for the Highway 101. To make the project con- available to the public in hard copy at Pebble Beach Revised Draft EIR. sistent with the County’s General Plan, the Planning Department. A clearly irri- November 30. The Board of more than 20 goals and policies must be amended. Rancho San Juan will have enormous traffic and water impacts. The project is not supported by the city of Salinas. WITTWER & PARKIN, LLP The Fiscal Impact Analysis and CSD Practicing in the areas of Environmental and Land Use Law Feasibility Study for Butterfly Village and the Facility Financing Analysis for Rancho San Juan were not released for public review until November 2. These docu- ments are essential to determining the 147 S. River St., Ste. 221 feasibility and adequacy of proposed mit- Santa Cruz, CA 95060 igations for the project. However, they Phone (831) 429-4055 were never available during the circula- Fax (831) 429-4057

Please Recycle This Paper Again The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 43 Number 6, 2004 5 C ALENDAR Sierra Club Events Non-Sierra Club events of interest The following activities are not sponsored or administered by the Sierra Club. The Saturday, January 1 Friday, January 28 Club makes no representations or warranties about the safety, supervision or manage- New Year’s Party Singles Potluck and Games ment of such activities. They are published only as a reader service. 6:00 p.m. at Tony & Alba’s, 226 Mt. Friday evening potlucks are a great way Ranch Park every Saturday and invite Hermon Road, Scotts Valley (King’s to begin the weekend, and provide an FREE Worm Workshops Sierra Club members to join them. An Village Shopping Center) $8/per- opportunity to work Learn how worms can eat your food updated list of all hikes may be found on son; drinks extra. Please be out some weekend scraps and make beautiful compost for their website: www.mprpd.org. punctual so we know how plans with others. your garden. FREE workshop for Santa much pizza to order. For more 6:30 p.m. Bring Cruz County residents, 1-3:00 p.m. Second and fourth Saturdays information, call after 11:00 a.m. food to share and Optional worm bin $15. Call to reserve 335-3342. Leader: Karen Kaplan. your own plate, cup, uten- worm bin. Sponsored by Santa Cruz Habitat restoration — sils, and serving utensils. We County Board of Supervisors. Call Karin Watsonville Friday, January 14 love home-cooked food, but Grobe, 427-3452. Second and fourth Saturdays each month. store-bought items (min- Sun., Dec. 12, Grey Bears Recycling Sponsored by Watsonville Wetlands Potluck/Slides: East Africa imum value $4) make Facility, 2710 Chanticleer, Santa Cruz Watch. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Meet in “Close encounters of the best great contributions too. Orchard Supply parking lot at Green kind: an overview of East For directions call Valley Rd. and Main St. in Watsonville. Africa” is the title of this George, 335-7748. Saturdays (see dates below) Gloves, tools and lunch provided. Call slide show by Dr. Habitat restoration — Manny and Berna Laura Kummerer, 728-4106 for more California Native Plant Society Nitzberg. The information. No experience needed. potluck begins at Volunteer to restore native habitat in 6:30 p.m. Bring State Parks in Santa Cruz Co. Wear lay- food to share and ered work clothing. Bring water & your own plate, cup, utensils, and serving gloves. Tools provided. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 utensils. We love home-cooked food, but p.m. We work rain or shine, but, if Volunteers store-bought items (minimum value $4) things get particularly unpleasant, we call make great contributions too. For direc- it a day. Contact Linda Brodman, 462- Needed tions call George, 335-7748. 4041, [email protected]. website: www.cruzcnps.org. Staff for Sierra Club Dec. 11 Henry Cowell State Park Bookstore in Carmel Jan. 15 Quail Hollow Ranch Co. Park A chance to enjoy working in Saturdays Carmel and helping the Club. Volunteers work 4 hours a month. Garland Ranch hikes Meet interesting people. Join the The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park team! Call Gil Gilbreath, 624-7501. District docents lead hikes at Garland

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In the interests of facilitating the logistics of some outings, it is customary that end of the street leading into Simpkins Swim R ATINGS Center. Leader: Diane Cornell, 423-5925. participants make carpooling arrangements. The Sierra Club does not have insurance for carpooling arrangements and assumes no liability for them. GENERAL INFORMATION: Friday, December 17 Carpooling, ride sharing or anything similar is strictly a private arrangement HIKE: OLD COAST ROAD, BIG SUR All outings begin and end at the trailhead. among the participants. Participants assume the risks associated with this travel. Carpooling to and from the trailhead is strict- In winter the unpaved Old Coast Road makes ly a private arrangement between the driver Sur State Park. Strenuous 11 miles, 3000' ele- a delightful walk. 11 miles up and down and his/her guests. Carpool drivers are not D ECEMBER vation gain. Some downed trees on trail. through fern-lined redwood canyons with agents or employees of the Sierra Club. Panoramic views. Look for condors. Bring views out to the coast and inland to Pico GLS = Gay & Lesbian Sierrans. All are Saturday, December 4 lunch, plenty of water, sun hat, sun block, $ Blanco. Car shuttle. Strenuous hills at a leisurely pace. Bring lunch and water, meet welcome on GLS outings. HIKE: PALO CORONA RANCH for carpool, park fee. Meet at Bagel Bakery, 8:30 a.m. Leader: Suzanne Arnold, 626-4042. behind Brinton’s at 8.30 a.m. Leaders: Cath EXPLANATION OF RATINGS: We’ll hike into the old homestead in the Palo Farrant and Mary Dainton, 372-7427. Corona Ranch. At least 10 miles and 2000' The outings described vary in difficulty Saturday, December 11 elevation gain. Bring lunch, water and wear Saturday, December 18 from leisurely walks to strenuous hikes. The hiking boots. Call two weeks before to HIKE: BUTANO STATE PARK following explanation are general guidelines. HIKE & CLEAN UP: SALMON CREEK reserve a spot, meeting place, and other Something different from the mostly forest (For more information about the difficulty of details. Heavy rain can- walks in this park. Please help clean up Salmon Creek and see its a particular hike, call the leader): cels. Leader: Larry The northerly fire spectacular 100' waterfall. We’ll hike 5 steep Walk: Between 2-5 miles, leisurely pace. Parrish 622-7455. Notice road gives views in miles to beautiful Spruce Creek and explore Easy: No more than 5 miles; slight eleva- all directions. 8 Miles up the creek. Wear hiking shoes. Bring lunch, tion gain; easy pace. Saturday, December 4 Club events such as potlucks, slide and 1800' elevation plenty of water and $ for carpool. Meet 8:00 Moderate: 5-10 miles; up to 2,000' gain; shows and other gain. Meet at the a.m. at Albertson’s for the 2-hour drive down HIKE: MALPASO breathtaking Hwy. 1. Heavy rain cancels. boots; better than average fitness required. CREEK get-togethers are on page 6 in the Santa Cruz County Government Center Call leader for more information: Esperanza Strenuous: May involve off-trail hiking; Malpaso Creek is actually Calendar listings. Hernandez, 678-1968. demanding pace; for experienced hikers in a hill climb just south of at 9:30 a.m. to car- pool. Leader: Nick good condition only. Pt. Lobos. Probably Friday - Tuesday, December 24 - 28 1500' gain and 7 miles. Beautiful overlook of Wyckoff, 462-3101. Pt. Lobos. I’m doing it because house building HOLIDAY SKI TRIP: HUTCHINSON M EETING P LACES along the way may block access in the future. Sunday, December 12 Our first ski trip of the season to Hutchinson I think that Clint Eastwood’s Malpaso HIKE: VICENTE FLAT Lodge, near Clair Tappaan. We’ll have it all to DIRECTIONS: Productions is named for this scenic location. 11-mile hike to Vicente Flat. Meet at 8:00 a.m. ourselves. There are 2 sleeping lofts, a large Big Sur Land Trust Parking Lot: 3785 Meet at the Santa Cruz Government Center at the Bagel Bakery. Bring lunch and lots of living/dining room with 2 wood stoves, and a sauna. Cost /person is only $96 for 4 nights/ Via Nona Marie, Carmel. From Hwy. 1 head- at 9:30 a.m. to carpool. Leader: Nick water. Please contact Betsy for more details Wyckoff, 462-3101. and to confirm that this hike will take place as members, non-members: $104/4 nights. ing S in Carmel, turn left on Rio Rd., left on Includes all meals! (Veg available) X-country Via Nona Marie, then left into the parking lot scheduled. Leader: Betsy MacGowan, 510- Sunday, December 5 215-9255 or [email protected]. ski rentals and lessons available for a fee. Free behind Monterey County Bank. access to groomed trails from the back door. Albertson’s/Bagel Bakery: Heading south WALK: POINT LOBOS Free shuttle bus to cross-country and down- on Hwy. 1, pass through Monterey. One mile 4-mile loop, starting from Hwy. 1, toward Wednesday, December 15 hill ski areas. Share cooking and cleaning past the Ocean Ave. intersection, turn left on Whaler’s Cove then China Beach. Back thru HIKE: SCHWAN LAKE/HARBOR chores. For reservation and info, send the woods. Meet at Albertson’s at 9:00 a.m. to Hike on hidden trails near the Santa Cruz completed form below, a check for the total Carmel Valley Rd. Almost immediately, turn carpool. Bring snack and water; we’ll be done right at the light toward the stores. Harbor, find a secret garden, and see a short amount payable to Sierra Club and a SASE or about noon. Leader: Martha Saylor, 372-9215. new rail trail developed by volunteers. Brisk e-mail address to Hutchinson Ski, P.O. Box Albertson’s and Bagel Bakery are on the right. pace to complete a 6-mile maze through city Santa Cruz County Govt. Center: The 604, Santa Cruz 95061. Mail-in reservations Sunday, December 5 areas you may have thought you knew. must be received by Dec. 14. Information will large grey building at the corner of Ocean and HIKE: JUNIPERO SERRA Touring part of Arana Gulch open space will be mailed to you on Dec. 16. Early reserva- Water in Santa Cruz. We meet at the corner of Hike up Junipero Serra Peak, the highest allow us to see some fine Heritage oak trees. tions are a must; space is limited. Refunds for the parking lot nearest to the gas station. mountain in the Ventana Wilderness. Very Bring lunch, water and wear comfortable cancellations are 100% before Dec. 16, 50% by Felton Faire: From Santa Cruz take strenuous 12 miles with 3,800' elevation gain. walking shoes. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. at 9:00 Dec. 22, none after the 22nd. For more details Graham Hill Rd. toward Felton. Just after Strong hikers only. Bring lunch, lots of water a.m. or in the parking lot off 17th Street at the call leader, George Jammal, 335-7748. you pass Roaring Camp (on the left), make a and wear boots. Meet at MPC parking lot at right into Felton Faire shopping center. We 8:00 a.m. or at the Indians trailhead at 9:00 meet at the edge of the Safeway parking lot a.m. Leader: Steve Legnard, 402-1422. D Hutchinson Lodge Ski Trip nearest Graham Hill Rd. Friday - Tuesday, Dec. 24-28 Wednesday, December 8 D 41st Avenue Sears: From Hwy. 1 in D Capitola, take the 41st Avenue exit and con- HOLIDAY LUNCHEON/WALK Names ______tinue toward the ocean on 41st Avenue Our luncheon will be at the Paradise Park toward the Mall. Pass the main Mall entrance Social Hall. ON A WEDNESDAY. This will Street______and turn right into the next entrance heading be a potluck with beverage and a meat pro- City______ZIP______Eve Phone______toward Sears. We meet behind the bank locat- vided. We’ll do a White Elephant gift # of members ______@ $96 each = ______ed at 41st and Capitola Road. Senior Saunter exchange: the cheaper & more outlandish, the better. Weather permitting, we can walk # of non-members ______@ $104 each = ______meets in Sears parking lot close to 41st Ave. around the Park after lunch. Meet before MPC Parking Lot: Monterey Peninsula 11:00 a.m. at Sears 41st Ave. or go direct to Total enclosed (make checks payable to Sierra Club) = ______College Parking Lot. From Hwy. 1 take the parking lot by Park office and Social Hall. $4 Departing day/time ______Returning day/time ______Fisherman’s Wharf exit, go straight one block, charge for entree, beverages and decorations. Carpooling information: r I/we have room for ______riders turn left and left again into the first parking Reservations required. Leader will coordinate r I/we need a ride lot, parking lot A. This is the site of the potluck items. Leader: Pat Herzog, 458-9841. r You may give my name and phone number to other participants. Thursday Farmers Market. Plenty of parking Rides cannot be guaranteed, reserve at your own risk. without a fee on weekends. Saturday, December 11 r A Self Addressed Stamped Envelope is enclosed OR email: ______HIKE: MOUNT MANUEL We’ll ascend the long sunny ridge from Big

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Sunday, December 19 Wednesday, January 5 panoramic views from the coast to the interi- HIKE: TORO PARK J ANUARY HIKE: HUCKLEBERRY HILL or of the Ventana Wilderness. 8 miles and Let’s meet outside Toro Regional Park gate We’ll hike 6 miles on an uphill trail off Hwy. 2000' elevation gain. Bring lunch and lots of (off Hwy. 68 at the Portola Drive exit) at Saturday, January 1 1 to view the Monterey Bay from behind Pt. water. Meet behind Brinton’s at 8:30 a.m. for 10:00 a.m. and walk in to look for a not-too- HIKE/POTLUCK: MYSTERY SITE Lobos. Boots and long pants recommended carpooling. Day-use fee to share among car strenuous climb up to a view. If we go up Happy 2005! Leave your football games and because of poison oak beside the trail. Bring occupants. Rain cancels. Leaders: Cath Farant Wildcat Canyon we may encounter some ero- cares behind and start the New Year off with lunch and water. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. at and Mary Dainton, 372 7427. sion and do a little scrambling (slowly!) on the fresh air and good friends. Easy walk at an 9:00 a.m. or behind the gas station at the Rio steep bits. Under 5 miles; leisurely pace. Bring easy pace on fairly easy terrain at a very nice Del Mar turnoff in Aptos at 9:15 a.m. or at Sunday, January 9 lunch and water. Rain cancels. Leader: Mary place to be decided later. Dress in layers, wear the trailhead parking along Hwy. 1 across HIKE: ASILOMAR-PEBBLE BEACH Gale, 626-3565. good walking shoes, carry water and a snack, from the Pt. Lobos entrance. Leader: Diane 4-mile loop starting on neighborhood streets, and perhaps raingear. Hurricane cancels. Cornell, 423-5925. thru dunes, out to a point, and back along the The BOULDER CREEK After the hike we’ll carpool to a home with beach boardwalk. Possible whale spouts. BREWERY indoor plumbing and outdoor barbecue for Saturday, January 8 Meet across from the Fishwife Restaurant on our traditional potluck. Bring a cooler with a HIKE: MT. MADONNA COUNTY PARK Sunset Dr., Pacific Grove at 9:00 a.m. Back dish to share and something to BBQ for your- We’ll seek the rarely noticed fetid adders- about noon, bring snack and water. Leader: self. Directions to the home will be given at tongue. 7 miles; 1200' elevation gain. Meet at Martha Saylor, 372-9215. the hike; space is limited so call early for your the Santa Cruz County Government Center reservation. Leaders: Mary Gale, 626-3565 and at 9:30 a.m. to carpool. Leader: Nick Tuesday, January 11 Esperanza Hernandez, 678-1968. Wyckoff, 462-3101. SENIOR SAUNTER: SUNSET BEACH Open 7 days a week We’ll walk both the bluffs and the beach. 4 Sunday, January 9 miles with not very steep hills. Dress for S.C. Coffee Roasting Co. Coffees Make a difference HIKE: DEVILS PEAK weather. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. before 9:30 Organic Coffee From Bottcher’s Gap, this hike takes us a.m. or at Sunset Beach at the kiosk parking Homemade Desserts Join Sierra Club lot on the bluff at about 9:50 a.m. Bring Lots of other goodies! steadily uphill through oak and madrone California’s woods to Skinners Ridge, then up the steep, lunch, water and $2 for carpool. Rain cancels. Pouring our 1996 1st place Stout Legislative Action dry path to Devils Peak. Spectacular Leaders: Joan Brohmer, 462-3803 and Mary and 2000 Bronze Winning Network Lou Schneider, 479-1859. Summer Wheat Restaurant open at 11:30 every day Wednesday, January 12 Serving food and grog HIKE: GARRAPATA STATE to 11 PM Weekdays & 12 AM Weekends http://cal-legalert.sierraclubaction.org PARK/SOBERANES CANYON The Bird Feeder This trail into the canyon from the Hwy. 1 goes through a fine stand of redwoods and a A Birder’s Emporium hillside of cactus. Then it rises in a steep assent (32% grade) over the Rocky Ridge Trail and down on rocky switchbacks with excellent ocean views. Maybe we’ll see migrating gray whales. Wear hiking boots. 9 Everything for the wild bird enthusiast miles. Bring lunch and plenty of water. Meet including bird feeders, houses, baths, at Sears 41st Ave. at 9:00 a.m. or behind the gas station at the Hwy. 1 and Rio Del Mar field guides, bird books, videos, turnoff at 9:15 a.m. or at the trailhead on Hwy. 1 south of Carmel near the number 13 cassettes, t-shirts, posters, turnout marker and stand of tall trees. binoculars, note cards Leader: Diane Cornell, 423-5925. seeds, and more. Saturday, January 15 HIKE: JACKS PEAK 6-mile perimeter loop with some elevation gain. Great views of Monterey Bay and Pt. 347 SOQUEL at OCEAN Lobos. Bring water and lunch. Meet at K- Santa Cruz • 457-8240 mart parking lot (gas station side) in Seaside at 1:00 p.m. Back around 4:00 p.m. Rain can- Open Mon. - Sat. 9:30 - 5:30 cels. Leader: Andrea Phelps, andrea_phelps Sun. 11:00 - 4:00 @csumb.edu.

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Saturday, January 15 pool. Heavy rain cancels. Meet at Carmel and up to Knobcone Point. Bring lunch and Sunday, January 30 HIKE: BIG BASIN Bagel Bakery at 8:00 a.m. Leader: Suzanne water. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. at 9:00 a.m. or HIKE: PT. BONITA We’ll enter Big Basin from the North and Arnold, 626-4042. behind the gas station at the Rio del Mar After driving to San Francisco, we’ll take the cover 10 miles with 800' elevation gain. Bring turnoff at 9:15 a.m. or at Uvas Canyon bus across the Marin Headlands to the Pacific lunch and water. Meet at the Santa Cruz Sunday, January 23 County Park parking lot off Croy Rd. in Coast. We’ll visit the park visitor center and County Government Center at 9:30 a.m. or at HIKE: WADDELL CREEK Santa Clara County. Leader: Diane Cornell, Pt. Bonita lighthouse, then hike back via the Felton Faire at 10:00 a.m. Come with us for a 423-5925. Coastal trail to and Leader: George Jammal, moderate hike up the across the Golden 335-7748. Getting to outings Waddell Creek Saturday, January 29 Gate Bridge. 10 Sierra Club encourages outings canyon in Big Basin. HIKE: ROCKY RIDGE miles with 1000' Sunday, January 16 participants to walk, bicycle, and We’ll meet at 9:00 Strenuous 7-mile loop elevation change. HIKE: PALO CORONA take the bus to outings meeting a.m. to carpool at up along the creek Bring water, lunch RANCH places. Shen’s Gallery at through Soberanes and a snack, and $1 We’ll hike into the old Mission and King in Canyon with its beau- bus fare. Wear hik- X X Santa Cruz, across tiful redwoods. We’ll ing boots. Binoc- homestead in the Palo b Corona Ranch. 10 miles from New Leaf. We’ll then go further up the ulars and/or cam- and 2000' elevation gain. Bring lunch, water visit a little-observed small waterfall and super steep ridge, era suggested. return to Santa Cruz by 4:00 p.m. Contact which we will regret Dress for windy and good hiking boots. Call two weeks ahead Rita Dalessio to reserve a spot, find out about meeting place leaders Celia and Peter Scott, 423-0796 or doing, that is, until we Point Lobos awaits you. weather. Meet at and other details. Rain cancels. Leader: Larry [email protected] if you have any questions. get to the top where we the Santa Cruz Parrish, 622-7455. will be mesmerized by the sight of a spectacu- County Govt. Center at 9:45 a.m. Leader: Tuesday, January 25 lar view of the Big Sur Coast. We’ll come George Jammal, 335-7748. Tuesday, January 18 SENIOR SAUNTER: RIO DEL down Rocky Ridge and enjoy more fabulous views as we descend a very steep trail. Wear SENIOR SAUNTER: WEST MAR/SEACLIFF BEACH F EBRUARY CLIFF/NATURAL BRIDGES Hiker’s choice of a level 4-mile hike along the hiking boots, bring lunch, plenty of water and $ for carpool. Meet at Albertson’s at 8:00 We’ll walk along the bluffs from Lighthouse Seacliff and Rio del Mar beach path or walk Sunday, February 6 up Cliff Drive along a neighborhood for one a.m. For more information call leader: Field to Natural Bridges and visit the Esperanza Hernandez, 678-1968. HIKE: JACKS PEAK monarch butterflies in the eucalyptus grove. mile and back down to the beach along a lit- 8 miles around the perimeter of Jack’s Peak We’ll take the Nature Trail to Moore Creek tle-known path. Lunch at picnic tables. Dress Saturday, January 29 Park. Great views of Monterey Harbor and Lagoon and return for lunch by the Visitors’ for weather and bring a sit-upon. Meet at Pt. Lobos. Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the K-Mart Center. For a shorter hike, we can skip the Sears 41st Ave. before 9:30 a.m. or the park- HIKE: SIERRA AZUL OPEN SPACE PRESERVE parking lot in Seaside. Take the 218 exit off of Nature Trail. Easy 4 miles, or 3 miles for ing lot at Rio del Mar by Cafe Rio at 9:50 a.m. Hwy. 1. Bring lunch, water, and wear boots. shorter walk. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. before $2 carpool. Rain cancels. Leader: Beverly Car shuttle adventure up from the East Los Leader: Steve Legnard, 402-1422. 9:30 a.m. or at 9:50 a.m. at Lighthouse Field Meschi, 662-2434. Gatos Kennedy road entrance, over the Mt.Umunhum ridge and down to the parking across from Surfing Museum. Bring Tuesday, February 8 lunch, water and $2 carpool. Leader: Jean Wednesday, January 26 Lexington Reservoir. 9-10 miles and 2000' ele- SENIOR SAUNTER: ANTONELLI POND Harrison, 425-5447. HIKE: UVAS CANYON COUNTY PARK vation gain. Since cars and bodies must be mixed in the right proportion, you will call We’ll start our 3-mile easy walk along the Once tribal territory of the Mutsum Ohlone west side of Antonelli Pond and visit the Saturday, January 22 Indians used for hunting and gathering, this the leader for time and to see if enough driv- ers are willing to make this work. Leader: homeless garden then on to Terrace Point to HIKE: DE ANGULO TRAIL TO canyon was settled in 1873 by Montoya and TIMBERTOP Nick Wyckoff, 462-3101. the Seymour Center. We’ll return to Natural Atkinson who constructed a lumber mill and Bridges picnic tables for lunch. Meet at Sears This steep, difficult trail offers rewarding raised crops. Later came the grape vinyards 41st Ave. before 9:30 a.m. or meet on coastal views. We’ll do a car shuttle after that gave the park its name. The wet winters Sunday, January 30 HIKE: POINT LOBOS Delaware Avenue in Santa Cruz just past winding 39 miles down the Big Sur coast. create numerous waterfalls on the Uvas, Swanton Ave. at entrance to Natural Bridges Some of the trail is overgrown and eroded. Swanson, and Alec Creeks. Elevation ranges 4-mile loop, starting from Hwy. 1, toward at 9:50 a.m. Dress for weather. Bring lunch, Return via Timbertop Trail. Ventana peaks from 1000-2700 ft. in this 1200-acre park, so it Whaler’s Cove, along North Shore, towards water and $2 carpool. Leader: Jean Harrison, views and possible condor sightings. 9 miles. has a lot of diversity in habitat and animal life. China Beach, and back thru woods. Meet at 425-5447. Wear boots, bring water, lunch and $ for car- Join us for a 7-mile hike around the waterfalls Albertson’s at 9:00 a.m. to carpool. Bring snack, water. Done about noon. Leader: Martha Saylor, 372-9215.

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Honda Civic Hybrid/48 mpg (48 city / 47 highway)/36 tons property. truck. However, the Bush administra- 3. Honda Civic/39 mpg (36 city/44 highway)/44 tons Sempervirens paid over $12 million tion’s report downplays information 4. Toyota Echo/38 mpg (35 city/42 highway)/45 tons for the two properties financed by over that it doesn’t want American con- 5. Toyota Corolla/36 mpg (32 city/41 highway)/48 tons 15 thousand generous private donors. sumers to see—that some of the most 6. Scion xA/34 mpg (32 city/37 highway)/51 tons The State funding came from recent common and “popular” vehicles are the 7. Scion xB/33 mpg (31 city/35 highway)/52 tons park bonds (Prop. 40) passed by the vot- worst gas-guzzlers on the road. Instead 8. Toyota Matrix/33 mpg (30 city/36 highway)/52 tons ers of California. of highlighting the inefficient, gas-guz- 9. Pontiac Vibe/33 mpg (30 city/36 highway)/52 tons The land will become part of Castle zlers many Americans drive such as the 10. 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Please Recycle This Paper Again The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 43 Number 6, 2004 11 There would be reductions in ozone and What you eat affects the sky Local Farmers’ Markets particulate air pollution and ground Aptos—Cabrillo College water contamination. The report, which was co-funded by by Mike Tidwell comes from the combustion of pulver- Capitola—Capitola Theater parking ized coal. lot the Pentagon, can be downloaded from ew of us realize it, but the food we Finally, there’s the runaway explo- www.oilendgame.org. put in our mouths each day dra- Felton—Felton Presbyterian Church sion in food transportation. Thanks to Hollister Fmatically affects the global climate. globalization, artificially low gas prices Live Oak—Portola Dr. & 15th Ave. The typical American diet requires the and massive government highway subsi- staggering equivalent of 400 gallons of Marina—across from Post Office dies, the average kilogram of food Monterey Bay Peninsula College oil each year. That, in turn, generates, nationwide travels at least 1500 miles nearly as much planet-warming carbon Salinas “Alisal” from farm to plate. Indeed, the average Salinas—Northridge Mall dioxide as the average U.S. car creates. prepared meal in the U.S. includes ingre- Our country derives almost all of its Old Monterey—Alvarado St. dients produced in at least five other Santa Cruz—Lincoln & Cedar Sts. energy from fossil fuels—oil, coal, and countries. natural gas—whose use generates mil- Watsonville—Downtown Plaza It should be easy now to see that most Westside Santa Cruz—Swift Street lions of tons of CO2 annually. And near- CDF tries to re-start of us are basically eating fossil fuels Courtyard ly one fifth of that energy is devoted in when we sit down to dinner in America, some way to food. For more information pick up a free Lompico timber cut the equivalent of 400 gallons of oil per copy of the Local Food Guide produced Let’s start with fertilizer. Virtually all capita. of our food crops are raised with petro- by the Community Alliance with espite the fact that the applica- Solution: Eat organic foods grown in Family Farmers. This booklet is being tion by Redwood Empire to log leum-based fertilizers. We actually your region. extract the nitrogen we need for plant distributed at local farmers’ markets. Dthe Lompico Creek headwaters All of these diet-related impacts on www.caff.org, 761-8507. was denied by the Board of Forestry, the stimulation from various petroleum our climate and natural environment products. This alone takes up 30 per- California Department of Forestry could be dramatically and painlessly (CDF) is trying to restart the logging cent of our energy budget for food. reduced if Americans took three easy Then there’s our complementary plan. The end run includes a plan to steps: 1) buy locally raised foods allow public comment for only 10 work- use of petroleum-based herbicides whenever possible; 2) buy organic Researchers show how and pesticides, as well as diesel fuel ing days. foods; and 3) reduce meat consump- U.S. can wean itself A timber harvest plan denied on and gasoline for combines and other tion. farm machinery. We also need fossil appeal, as was this one, is not open to Thankfully, buying local food that from oil reactivation as proposed by CDF. The fuels to irrigate our crops before harvest has not been trucked thousands of miles and often to dry the same crops after agency might have gotten away with the is not difficult on the Central Coast. The Rocky Mountain Institute has restart, however, were it not for the maturity. Besides local farmers’ markets, con- issued a report claiming that the United Our nation’s great consumption of watchful eyes of the Lompico Watershed sumers can buy directly from a specific States could save more oil than it gets Conservancy and the Santa Cruz meat, eggs, and dairy products amplifies farm near them thanks to a practice from the Middle East by 2015, use less all of these energy needs manyfold since County Planning Department. Both called “community-supported agricul- oil than in 1970 by 2025, import no oil wrote to CDF pointing out that restart roughly 80% of all corn and other grains ture.” For a set annual price, you essen- by 2040, and use no oil at all by 2050. grown in this country go to feed ani- of a denied timber harvest plan is in con- tially “subscribe” to a farm, receiving a Authored by Amory Lovins and oth- flict with the Forest Practice Act. Under mals, not people. Our annual per capita standard weekly share of whatever the ers, the 329-page report explains in detail consumption of about 230 pounds of that act, Redwood Empire must file a farm produces during the growing sea- how the change could be made. The rec- new timber harvest plan if they wish to meat requires an ocean of oil. son. ommendations are market based and Once shipped from the farm, of proceed. A second important step, beyond innovation driven. Major savings in oil It is not clear if CDF will try to per- course, much of our food is then refrig- buying locally, is to buy organically- consumption could be achieved by erated, processed, and packaged which sist in its illegal action. raised food. On average, organic farms boosting the fuel efficiency of motor When the County of Santa Cruz requires enormous amounts of electrici- use 37% less energy than conventional vehicles, including vehicles used by the ty. Over half of our nation’s electricity appealed the original timber harvest farms. military. The report recommends, plan, the Board of Forestry stunned its The last critical step in the food/ener- among other actions, rebates for buyers own staff and the industry when it found gy equation is reducing one’s of fuel-efficient cars paid for by fees on that this logging plan did not adequately consumption of meat. It takes inefficient vehicles and investment address the cumulative impacts on 40 pounds of grain to produce incentives for automakers to retool. Lompico Creek. The Board of Forestry one pound of beef. Simply In addition to achieving greater fuel- found that the timber harvest plan was put, America could feed most efficiency, the report recommends not in compliance with an existing plan of Africa with the grains we replacing oil with biofuels. At the same to reduce sediment in Lompico Creek feed to livestock. time our projected natural gas use in under a section of the Clean Water Act. 2025 could be cut in half with established Lompico Creek has been designated as efficiency tech- “impaired” under the Clean Water Act. niques, and some of Lompico Creek has a viable popula- the saved natural tion of listed Steelhead which would also gas could be used to be harmed by a big logging operation. further replace oil. The Lompico headwaters have extensive By 2025 we areas of extreme erosion hazard rating could meet 61% of by CDF’s own measurement standard. U.S. obligations The land is second growth redwood for- under the unrati- est with scattered old growth growing in fied Kyoto stream gorges and terrain so inaccessible Protocol. This that the trees can only be removed by would probably be helicopters. better than any Efforts began in 1997 to try to pur- nation currently chase this property for watershed and expects to achieve. wildlife protection. To help in this effort, call 335-8136.

12 The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 43 Number 6, 2004 Printed on Recycled Paper D IRECTORY OF C LUB L EADERS Chapter Office – Sierra Club Book Store –Carmel N EWS C LIPS Las Tiendas Building, Ocean Avenue between Dolores and San Carlos, Carmel Mailing Address – The Ventana Chapter, P.O. Box 5667, Carmel, CA, 93921, e-mail:[email protected] Phone – 624-8032 Fax - 624-3371 (Santa Cruz Group Phone – 426-4453) Website:www.ventana.sierraclub.org Sierra Club Bookstore Activist honored Deficit spending Manager Gil Gilbreath 24351 San Juan Rd. Carmel, CA 93923 624-7501 The Sierra Club honored Antarctica A WWF International report con- Buyer Mary Gale 25430 Telarana Way Carmel, CA 93923 626-3565 activist, James Barnes, with its highest firms with rigorous analysis that humans Treasurer Bruce Rauch 2655 Walker Ave. Carmel, CA 93923 626-9213 Volunteer Chair Rita Summers P.O. Box 646 Pacific Grove, CA 93950 655-2526 international award on November 15. are now consuming 20% more resources Chapter Executive Committee The EarthCare Award was presented to than the earth can produce. The report, Chapter Chair Rita Dalessio 16 Via Las Encinas Carmel Valley, CA 93924 659-7046 Barnes in recognition for his work as which is available online, has graphs Vice Chair D’Anne Albers P.O. Box 2532 Carmel, CA 93921 375-1389 Admin Chair/Sec Mary Gale 25430 Telarana Way Carmel, CA 93923 626-3565 founder of The Antarctica Project, a galore. The report concludes that we are Treasurer Joel Weinstein 140 Carmel Riviera Dr. Carmel, CA 93923 625-5586 non-governmental organization which headed for big trouble unless we reduce Other Members Larry Espinosa 19240 Reavis Way Salinas, CA 93907 663-2753 works to protect the biological diversity world population, reduce per capita con- David Epel 25847 Carmel Knolls Dr. Carmel, CA 93923 625-3137 Alan Church 1251 Josselyn Cyn Rd. Monterey, CA 93940 375-6138 and the wilderness of Antarctica. sumption, and implement more resource Joel Weinstein 140 Carmel Riviera Dr. Carmel, CA 93923 625-5586 efficient technologies. For more details Julie Engell 15040 Charter Oak Blvd. Prunedale, CA 93907 633-8709 Marilyn Beck 528 Crocker Ave. Pacific Grove, CA 93950 372-6860 Food facts visit www.panda.org where you can Gudrun Beck 23765 Spectacular Bid Monterey, CA 93940 655-8586 The Community Alliance with download a copy of the Living Planet Coastal Chair D’Anne Albers P.O. Box 2532 Carmel, CA 93921 375-1389 Family Farmers has released a free guide Report 2004. Conservation Committee Co-Chairs Gudrun Beck 23765 Spectacular Bid Monterey, CA 93940 655-8586 to fresh foods from Central Coast farms. Gillian Taylor 52 La Rancheria Carmel Valley, CA 93924 659-0298 The guide includes a directory of local Beautiful bunchgrass Local Wilderness Committee farms, farmers’ markets, Community It’s official. We now have a state grass: Chair Steve Chambers 319 Caledonia St. Santa Cruz, CA 95062 425-1787 Computer Database: Supported Agriculture farms, and Farm the purple needlegrass (Nassella pulchra). Stephanie Kearns 740 30th Ave. #67. Santa Cruz, CA 95062 475-1308 to School programs in Santa Cruz, A native bunchgrass such as purple NC/NRCC Reps. George Jammal 601 Manzanita Ave. Felton, CA 95018 335-7748 Patricia Matejcek P.O. Box 2067 Santa Cruz, CA 95063 423-8567 Monterey, and San Benito Counties. needlegrass is recognizable on the state Alternate Mary Gale 1310 Prima Vera #122 Salinas, CA 93901 422-6970 flag if one looks closely (beneath the Outings Chair Anneliese Suter 9500 Center St. #53 Carmel, CA 93923 624-1467 It also lists restaurants and caterers grizzly’s feet). The role of our native Population Committee that sell or cook with locally-grown grasses in maintaining spectacular wild- Chair Harriet Mitteldorf 942 Coral Dr. Pebble Beach, CA 93953 373-3694 farm products. The guide is available at Political Chair: Terry Hallock P.O. Box 486 Carmel, CA 93921 625-1477 flower displays and habitat for native Pot Luck Committee area farmers’ markets, natural food species is critical. Chair Marion Chilson 6060 Brookdale Dr. Carmel, CA 93923 624-3510 stores and at public libraries. For more Sierra Club Council Delegate David Epel 25847 Carmel Knolls Dr. Carmel, CA 93923 625-3137 information, call 761-8507. Alternate Rita Dalessio 16 Via Las Encinas Carmel Valley, CA 93924 659-7046 Transportation Committee Chair Neil Agron 26122 Carmel Knolls Dr. Carmel, CA 93923 624-3038 Green building expo energizes local member Ventana Editor Debbie Bulger 1603 King Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 457-1036 Pajaro River Committee Co-Chairs Lois Robin 4701 Nova Dr. Santa Cruz, 95062 464-1184 JoAnn Baumgartner P.O. Box 1766. Watsonville, CA 95077 722-5556 In November, local Sierra Club member jeans, numerous material manufacturers Santa Cruz County Group of the Ventana Chapter and architect, David Tanza, attended the whose products utilize recycled and Group Office: 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz, near Actors’ Theatre Website:www.ventana.sierraclub.org Greenbuild International Conference and renewable resources, green and living Mailing Address: Sierra Club, Santa Cruz Group, P.O. Box 604, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0604 Expo in Portland, Oregon. roof technologies, paint without volatile Phone: 831-426-HIKE (426-4453), Fax: (831) 426-LEAD (426-5323), e-mail: [email protected] organic compounds, concrete made with Executive Committee by David Tanza Chair Marilyn Demos Fravel 51 Ocean St. Davenport, CA 95017 458-1959 recycled glass, waterless urinals, and Treasurer Nan Singh Bowman 12470 Lorenzo Ave. Boulder Creek, CA 95006 246-3591 olar energy is the last thing that solar panels using photovoltaic systems Other members Patricia Matejcek P.O. Box 2067 Santa Cruz, CA 95063 423-8567 Kristen Raugust 454 Swanton Road Davenport, CA 95017 423-8566 comes to mind when one flies into to generate electricity. Renée Flower 1747 King Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 427-2202 Portland, Oregon through an over- One of the more inspirational presen- Lois Robin 4701 Nova Dr. Santa Cruz, CA 95062 464-1184 S Irvin E. Lindsey 150 Lions Field Dr. Santa Cruz, CA 95065 423-5925 cast and cloudy November sky. tations was by Glenn Murcutt, an archi- Richard Shull 110 Amber Lane Santa Cruz, CA 95062 425-5153 However I’m arriving in Portland to tect, naturalist, environmentalist, Shandra Dobrovolny 147 S. River St., Ste 221 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 477-1981 attend “Greenbuild,” the 2004 Inter- humanist, and economist from Aus- Kevin Collins P.O. Box 722 Felton, CA 95018 335-4196 Growth Management Committee national Conference and Expo where tralia, who was the winner of the presti- Chair Charles McClain 420-1747 over 6000 building industry profession- gious 2002 Pritzker Architectural Prize. Conservation Committee als have come to learn about the latest Mucutt’s simple architecture responds Chair Patricia Matejcek P.O. Box 2067 Santa Cruz, CA 95063 423-8567 Forestry Task Force advancements in sustainable and green directly to the site, landscape and cli- Chair Jodi Frediani 1015 Smith Grade Santa Cruz, CA 95060 426-1697 building design, construction, finance, mate. His inspiration clearly comes from Membership Committee building management, and of course, the indigenous people of Australia. His Chair Marilyn Demos Fravel 51 Ocean St. Davenport, CA 95017 458-1959 Outings Chair George Jammal 601 Manzanita Ave. Felton, CA 95018 335-7748 solar energy. structures respond to, and blend with, Transportation Committee There are presentations and daily edu- the environment. Chair Jim Danaher 340 Soquel Ave. #205 Santa Cruz, CA 95062 427-2727 cational sessions on sustainability, In addition to the conference and Water Resources Committee Co-Chairs Carol Hamilton 2220 Pleasant Valley Rd. Aptos, CA 95003 724-2059 designing smart and healthy buildings, expo, there were several tours showcas- Ned Spencer 4778 SoquelCreek Rd. Soquel, CA 95073 476-9197 living landscapes, green community ing Portland’s green building activities Political Committee planning, and the implementation of the that are successfully linking economic Chair vacant Leadership in Energy and Environ- prosperity with environmental steward- mental Design (LEED) program, which ship for the city. Even without the sun, is the cornerstone to the green building it was clear why Portland is considered program developed by the U. S. Green the “greenest” U. S. city by the Green Please use this coupon. Attach current mailing label Building Council. Building Council. MOVING? here and write in new address below. On display in the exhibit hall are the (Please allow 4-6 weeks processing time) latest green building products, systems David Tanza, AIA, CCA, is an archi- Name and technologies from more than 300 tect and principal of Strategic Address companies and organizations. Items Construction Management, Inc., located in range from wood products certified by Santa Cruz, CA. He is a LEED(tm) City State Zip the Forest Stewardship Council, cotton Accredited Professional. insulation made from recycled blue Mail to: Sierra Club - P.O. Box 52968 - Boulder, CO 80322-2968

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I have used my knowledge and skills the Executive Committee. ty and environmental groups, including Ventana Chapter to contribute to the Chapter’s fiscal My history of involvement includes the Sierra Club. In the early 90s, I helped soundness, and in the community, to exposure to and knowledge of most, if found, and still serve on the Board of Candidates work with diverse groups. I would be not all, of the administrative agencies Citizens for Responsible Forest Manage- happy to continue to work for our chap- with jurisdiction in the County. My ment, dedicated to preserving forests and ter and the Monterey area to keep it ongoing conservation activities, and my watersheds in Santa Cruz County. green. background as an attorney, should blend At a time when the battle between well with the work of the Executive economic interests and truly sustainable Committee. environment grows more heated, I am especially compelled to leverage my local forestry experience, along with 20+ years of global business/marketing man- agement background to help protect our environment for future generations. It would be a privilege to do so in the con- text of the Sierra Club. Rita Dalessio As Chapter Chair for the past three years, I have worked with other Ex-Com members to protect the natural resources in the Monterey Bay area. Currently one Heather J. Allen of the fastest growing areas in the state, I would like to serve on the Executive we’re finding that the pressures to devel- Committee of the Sierra Club Ventana Aldo Giacchino op, especially large subdivisions on unin- Chapter because I share the Sierra Club’s I want to contribute to the advance- corporated county land, have never been mission to explore, enjoy and protect the ment of the Executive Committee’s stronger. planet. In my relatively short time on work. I have lived in the Bay Area for 30 If re-elected to Ex-Com, I will contin- the Central Coast, I have been fortunate years, the past seven in Santa Cruz. I ue to oppose unwise development and to explore and enjoy the wildness of the have taken every opportunity to ski, implement the expertise and legal clout Big Sur coastline and the tranquility of hike and camp in the Sierras and to crew of the Sierra Club to ensure that envi- Monterey Bay. I am continuing to learn competitively in San Francisco Bay. I Lois Robin ronmental laws and procedures are how to best protect these fragile love the coast and the mountains with I have been taking part in activities in enforced in our area. resources as a graduate student of equal passion. I will do my utmost to the Pajaro Valley with groups such as As a hiker, I am especially committed International Environmental Policy at preserve and enhance the enjoyment of Action Pajaro Valley, the Pajaro Valley to protection of the vast Ventana the Monterey Institute of International our region’s natural assets. Ohlone Indian Council, the Pajaro River Wilderness. Our Chapter is actively pro- Studies. I believe the Sierra Club builds I have a Master’s degree and a ten-year Taskforce, the Toxics Action Coalition, moting the preservation of this national the capacity of local people to improve career in city planning, including the the Pajaro Valley Art Council and treasure to ensure that its spectacular fea- their own communities and protect their position of Planning Director of a major Voices of the Wetlands. The Valley will tures will continue to be a sanctuary for environment, and I would like to share city. I have also been an executive in sev- soon experience a population explosion. human visitors as well as for wildlife. my knowledge and experience to help eral health care organizations. Will it create livable, sustainable com- protect the treasures of the Ventana I have engaged in many community munities, or will it be maul and sprawl? region. efforts to protect the Santa Cruz envi- Will the Valley preserve its wetlands and ronment. I have successfully contested prime agricultural lands, or will it suc- Santa Cruz Group environmentally damaging projects cumb to thoughtless development? Will before the Coastal Commission. I have it solve the problems of toxic pollution Candidates the experience to plan, manage, and from agricultural and other toxic sources work collaboratively on complex prob- or go on poisoning its residents? The lems and organizational issues. I would Sierra Club has a major responsibility to appreciate your vote. this critical area at this time. I was a member of the Santa Cruz Executive Committee in the 1980s. In recent years I’ve spent my time on South County matters providing a Speaker’s Forum there on issues of growth man- Joel Weinstein agement, intelligent planning and the A permanent beach closure in my preservation of the environment. childhood first aroused my concern Protecting the wild places-and the urban about the environment. The Monterey spaces-remains the core of my being and area’s environmental quality drew me the motivation for serving again on the here, and I’m strongly motivated to pro- Santa Cruz Ex-com. tect it. Michael A. Guth I worked with both business people I have been active in conservation and environmentalists to achieve com- activities, and especially coastal issues, as mon goals in a traditionally polluting an individual and as a member of numer- Bojana Fazarinc Morgenthaler industry in Los Angeles. Our company ous organizations, boards, and commis- For the last 15 years I have lived in led the industry in pollution control, sions (including the Conservation Santa Cruz County, relishing its natural eliminating or recycling virtually all Committee of the Santa Cruz Chapter of beauty and working to preserve it. wastes, demonstrating that clean practices the Sierra Club). I believe that I can During those years, I worked and part- were more profitable than pollution. make a strong, positive contribution to nered on forestry issues with communi-

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