Long Valley Management Plan

Mount San Jacinto State Park

A guide for the operation and management of Long Valley for the betterment of public use and improved resource protection into the future.

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California State Parks Mission

The mission of the Department of Parks and Recreation is to provide for the health, inspiration, and education of the people of California by helping to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valuable natural and cultural resources, and creating opportunities for high‐quality outdoor recreation.

Declaration of Purpose – Mount San Jacinto State Park

The purpose of Mount San Jacinto State Park is to preserve and protect for the public enjoyment and inspiration, the scenic grandeur of the granite peaks, forest, and mountain meadows of the San Jacinto Mountain range. The sheer escarpment soaring up to one of the highest peaks in , the panoramic desert views, the wilderness and the opportunity for solitude, will remain available for future generations.

California State Parks will preserve, protect, and interpret natural and cultural resources making these features available to the public for their educational, scientific, and recreational benefits. California State Parks will establish interpretive programs for visitors that instill an appreciation for the Park’s special features and maintain cooperative partnerships with adjoining entities to foster mutual conservation and natural resource management goals.

Management Plan Inquiries

The Long Valley Management Plan was prepared by California State Parks’ Southern Service Center. For general information about the document contact the Southern Service Center at (619) 220‐5300, or direct correspondence to:

California Department of Recreation Southern Service Center 8885 Rio Drive, Suite 270 San Diego, CA 92108 Attn: Long Valley Management Plan Team

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Long Valley Management Plan

Mount San Jacinto State Park

A guide for the operation and management of Long Valley for the betterment of public use and improved resource protection into the future.

July 2011(Draft 8‐12‐11)

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Appendix 1 ‐ Long Valley Statistics ...... 32 Table of Contents Appendix 2 ‐ List of Abbreviations and Introduction ...... 5 Glossary ...... 33 Park Location (Figures 1 & 2) ...... 5 Appendix 3 ‐ Preliminary Building Programs34 Long Valley Location (Figure 3) ...... 6 Appendix 4 ‐ References ...... 35 Long Valley Area (Figure 4) ...... 7 Appendix 5 ‐ Guiding Principle for Quality Project Background ...... 8 Aesthetic Design at State Parks ...... 36 Summary of Existing Conditions and Issues ..... 10 Acknowledgments ...... 37 Setting ...... 10 Planning Team ...... 38 Proximity ...... 10 Planning Assistance ...... 38 Transition ...... 10 Importance of Long Valley to Visitors’ Experience ...... 10 Ease of Access ...... 11 Visitor Use ...... 11 Existing Facilities ...... 11 Management Zones ...... 13 Natural Resources ...... 13 Cultural Resources ...... 14 Historic Resources ...... 14 Interpretation ...... 15 The Plan ...... 16 Provide Greater Protections for Long Valley Meadow and Creek ...... 16 Improve Trail Conditions and Accessibility .. 18 Add and Improve Visitor‐use Facilities ...... 21 Add New Interpretive Facilities ...... 25 Provide Better Operations Facilities ...... 26 Facility Design Guidelines ...... 29 Proposed Improvements Plan (Figure 5) ..... 30 Proposed Improvements Plan (Blow‐Up) (Figure 6) ...... 31 Appendices ...... 32

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Introduction

Introduction

Park Location (Figures 1 & 2) Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness (the Park) is located in Southern California’s western Riverside County, along the northern edge of the . It is almost entirely surrounded by the San Jacinto Wilderness, which is part of the San Bernardino National Forest. The Park lies between the communities of Palm Springs and Idyllwild.

Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness is approximately 13,718 acres in size and includes the second highest summit in Southern California, San Jacinto Peak which reaches an elevation of 10,834 feet above sea level.

John Muir once remarked that the view from Mount San Jacinto “was the most sublime spectacle to be found anywhere on this earth.”

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Long Valley Location (Figure 3) At an elevation of approximately 8,400 feet above sea level, Long Valley is found in the northeastern corner of Mount San Jacinto State Park, at the base of a 0.21‐mile (375‐yard) pathway leading from the Mountain Station terminus of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway (the Tram) operated by the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway organization (PSAT) which is part of the Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority (WPA). Long Valley sits near the edge of one of the steepest escarpments in the nation, which takes a dramatic northeastward plunge from the nearby Mountain Station toward Palm Springs.

Long Valley Creek genters Lon Valley from the west, with its upper headwaters beginning at San Jacinto Peak and Jean Peak before flowing through Tamarack Valley and Round Valley. Once in Long Valley, the creek takes a southward turn then exits at the southern end before turning eastward and cascading down San Jacinto Mountain toward the .

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Long Valley Area (Figure 4) Long Valley is flanked on the east by a ridge overlooking the Coachella Valley and on the west by intermediate peaks leading upward toward Round Valley and San Jacinto Peak. Long Valley generally has an elongated “bowl” shape that slopes downhill slightly from north to south. Running along the mid‐line of this “bowl” is the flat and easy, 0.55‐mile Discovery Trail which loops along both sides of Long Valley Creek and Long Valley Meadow, and passes by the Adventure Center, a snow‐play equipment rental building operated in winter by the PSAT. The 0.82‐mile Desert View Trail generally travels along Long Valley’s eastern ridge to six viewpoints overlooking the Coachella Valley 8,000 feet below. A trail leading past the ranger station and amphitheater rises gently out of Long Valley to the farther reaches of the Park’s wilderness areas beyond. Connecting Long Valley with the PSAT’s Mountain Station is a relatively short but steep concrete pathway.

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Project Background

Planning for the Future of Long Valley The Mount San Jacinto State Park General Plan, approved in 2002, provides the overall and long‐range vision for Park management. Rather than prescribing specific facilities, capacities, or

locations, its broad goals and guidelines give general Patterson

direction for the desired Bob resource conditions and visitor experiences. Specific Long Valley Creek future actions are ment, and management of Importance of Long Valley determined by parameters Long Valley. As such, it Mount San Jacinto State Park outlined in management shows where relocated, was designated a unit of the plans that build on the refurbished, and new State Park System in 1933. general plan framework. facilities are proposed in The primary impetus behind order to improve resource Because the general plan acquiring the land for public protection and provide identified the need for a use was its value as better facilities, as well as Long Valley Management wilderness. Since that time, foster increased public Plan, and because of the the Park’s importance as a enjoyment and appreciation many important issues relatively untouched wilder‐ of this unique area. needing to be addressed, ness area remains its highest California State Parks (State The recommendations con‐ purpose and value. With its Parks) initiated the planning tained in this Plan are location at the terminus of process with funds consistent with State Parks’ the Tram, Long Valley acts as earmarked from State Mission and the General Plan the Park’s doorstep and Proposition 84 (Water for Mount San eJacinto Stat serves as a gateway to the Quality, Safety and Supply, Park. wilderness areas beyond. Flood Control, Natural Long Valley’s proximity to Resource Protection, Park urban populations and ease Improvements, Bonds, of access make it a unique Initiative Statute of 2006). and valuable recreational resource. This Long Valley Manage‐ ment Plan serves as a guide At the center of Long Valley for the operation, develop‐ is Long Valley Meadow.

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Through this relatively level meadow, Long Valley Creek meanders slowly, nourishing sensitive plants and creating habitat for many animal species. This meadow is an exceedingly uncommon and fragile wetland habitat, made all the more rare by its isolation high above the Southern California desert. Protecting this rare and sensitive resource is a high priority of California State Parks.

Purpose of the Management Plan In calling for a management plan to be completed for Long Valley, the authors of the General Plan recognized that there were issues of importance that needed to Purpose of the be addressed in greater Management Plan detail than the General Plan The purpose of the Long effort could accomplish at Valley Management that time. The Management Plan is to define the Plan picks up where the general scope, scale, General Plan left off by character and location adhering to and using the of proposed facilities, management zone pre‐ including trails, build‐ scriptions contained in the ings, and other General Plan. Building on structures, as well as the prescriptions of the describe the means to General Plan, the Manage‐ better protect Long ment Plan further defines Valley’s resources, in the types of facilities that will particular the montane be offered in Long Valley and meadow habitat, from where they will be located. human impacts.

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Summary of journey would normally lizard scooting across the Existing Conditions encounter. trail, the flap of a raven’s wings as they strike the cool and Issues Transition mountain air, or the scent of In the span of only 15‐ Setting pine duff as it is warmed by minutes, the time it takes to the sun. The approximately 67‐acre ride the Tram and walk down Long Valley is perched high in the pathway into Long Importance of Long the San Jacinto Mountain Valley, a visitor goes from an Valley to Visitors’ Range at the northeast often dry, hot desert to a Experience corner of Mount San Jacinto cool, mountain oasis. The A large majority (about 80%) State Park. At about 8,400 excitement, crowds, noise of visitors to Mount San feet above sea level it and confinement of the Tram Jacinto State Park come by exhibits similar characteris‐ ride and Mountain Station way of the Tram and a tics to valleys in California’s make s thi seemingly majority of people who hike Mountains: a “instant” transformation to down the pathway into the high‐elevation, snow‐fed, in‐ the calm, spacious, and quiet park stay within Long Valley termittent stream meander‐ wilderness setting even more during their visit. Therefore, ing through a wide, sedge‐ dramatic. Once in Long a visitor’s experience of Long covered meadow sur‐ Valley, the noise and crowds Valley is crucial to their rounded by coniferous of the Tram and Mountain impression of the park, as a forest. It is one of only three Station seem far away. whole. Many who come to major valleys in Mount San One’s senses quickly become Long Valley are first‐time or Jacinto State Park and its attuned to subtle sights, infrequent visitors to fragile montane meadow is a sounds and smells such as a wilderness. They include very rare resource especially in Southern California.

Proximity One truly unique quality of Long Valley is its proximity to highly urbanized areas and easy access to millions of people. The Tram carries about 400,000 people up to the Park each year and many of those walk down the 0.21‐ mile (375‐yard) path‐way to

Long Valley, entering an environment that, without Patterson

the Tram, only seasoned Bob hikers on a multi‐hour Hikers on the Trail Leading to the Ranger Station

10 | Page Project Background inner‐city school children on And the fact that Long Valley Visitor Use field trips, international is relatively compact in size A majority of visitors come to travelers, family groups with makes seeing a representa‐ Long Valley to spend a few young children, casual tive sample of the park quick hours walking the trails and sightseers, and senior groups and simple, which is enjoying the mountain on day trips. preferable to most visitors to scenery. In wintertime, most Long Valley. Despite this who visit are families excited Ease of Access ease of access, the hike to play in the snow. Some Despite being a forested down and back up the visitors pass through Long wilderness high in the concrete pathway from the Valley on their way to hike to mountains, Long Valley is Mountain Station is relatively other locations within the easy to get to thanks to the short but steep, and is an park, such as Round Valley or Tram. And because Long impediment to those with San Jacinto Peak. A few Valley is easy to travel mobility impairments (the visitors enter Long Valley on through, it allows people of pathway is 0.21 miles [375 horseback from the west and yards] and the elevation are interested in a brief stop difference between the to rest and water their Mountain Station and Long horses as they take in the Valley is approximately 120 amenities at the Mountain feet, which averages to a Station. 10% slope, but is steeper in some locations). A system Some school groups use Long for transporting these people Valley as an outdoor class‐ from the Mountain Station room by learning about the to Long Valley and back park’s resources through

again is needed. In addition, interpreter‐led programs or the trails on Long Valley’s self‐guided discovery. Patterson

Bob floor can be improved to There are no designated State Parks accessibility Pathway from Mountain campsites and no overnight standards so that disabled use is allowed within Long Station to Long Valley persons can make their way Valley. around and to each facility all ages, experience, and and feature in Long Valley. Existing Facilities ability to discover, enjoy and But overall, Long Valley is Besides trails, trail bridges, appreciate the rare, natural uniquely situated and on‐grade and above‐grade setting. The generally level, assembled to provide an utility lines, and leach fields easy trails in Long Valley easily available, enjoyable operated by the PSAT, most (particularly the Discovery experience for people of all of the existing facilities Trail) make it simple for abilities. within Long Valley are visitors of even marginal situated at the north and ability or limited experience west sides of Long Valley. to hike amongst its scenery.

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The main facilities are the does not encourage visitors to the creek and meadow, State Park ranger station to cross the meadow and is and dispersed such that located at the north end, and closer to the ranger station, access to them causes the Adventure Center, oper‐ so that winter activities can unnecessary trampling of ated by the PSAT, at the west be more closely and easily vegetation. Relocation of side of Long Valley. monitored in one area. these facilities away from the Creek will better protect The Long Valley Ranger The remaining facilities sensitive resources. Station, built in 1963, is consist of an amphitheater currently in serviceable and picnic tables spaced The waste water system for condition but is undersized randomly near Long Valley the Mountain Station and for current staff functions as Creek and at the base of the Long Valley Ranger Station well as visitor needs. For pathway from the Mountain consists of septic tanks and example there are only two, Station to Long Valley. These leach fields that are largely single‐stall restrooms (men’s are mostly placed too close located within the Long and women’s) available to service all visitors to Long Valley, including large school groups. In addition, the visitor contact area, sleeping quarters, staff offices and storage areas are all too small to accommodate current operations.

The Adventure Center was built in the 1970s and is in a dilapidated state. Its loca‐ tion at the west side of Long Valley inadvertently causes visitors to cross the creek and meadow. During winter, the snowpack usually pro‐ tects the meadow from disturbance. However, dur‐ ing spring and fall, the snow cover may be so minimal that such foot traffic results

in damage to meadow vegetation. The Adventure Patterson Center needs to be moved to Bob a place in Long Valley that Long Valley Meadow in winter 2010

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Valley Gateway Zone. These resources and facilities. In providing maximum protect‐ components were originally addition, the potential tion for the meadow and built away from Long Valley impacts to water resources limiting facilities to trails and Creek, such that no affect to and habitat due to withdraw minor interpretive elements. the creek’s water quality of water from the creek The Seasonal‐Use Zone was would be expected. needs to be evaluated and established to recognize an However, the results of addressed prior to the area of Long Valley that is water quality monitoring by implementation of any used only during the winter the WPA has not been additional development. season for snow play reported to State Parks, and activities. The Long Valley no water quality monitoring Management Zones Management Plan follows by State Parks has taken The Mount San Jacinto State the direction established for place, so the actual effect of Park General Plan designates each of these management these facilities is uncertain at “management zones” for all zones and incorporates their this time. In addition, the areas of the Park. The intent boundaries in the “Proposed potential effect of additional of these management zones Improvements” figures pre‐ and/or larger waste water is to establish and define the sented in this document. systems associated with any general resource character new development within and management, visitor Natural Resources Long Valley would need to be experiences and uses, and The most sensitive and evaluated. possible range of proposed important habitat located facilities for the varied areas within Long Valley is the The fire suppression system of the Park. In particular for montane meadow habitat for the Long Valley Ranger Long Valley, the General Plan found along Long Valley Station and other structures describes three management Creek. This is characterized within Long Valley consists of zones: the Long Valley by a dense growth of sedges a 120,000 gallon above‐ Gateway Zone, the Long and other perennial wetland ground dedicated fire water Valley Meadow Zone, and species. Several sensitive tank and booster pump the Seasonal‐Use Zone. Each plant taxa potentially occur system, powered by an zone varies in character with in Long Valley Meadow. In auxiliary generator. The tank the corresponding needs and addition, several sensitive is supplemented every spring intent of each different area. animal species potentially with water from Long Valley In general, the Long Valley exist in Long Valley. Creek. The fire suppression Gateway Zone designates an system is currently deemed area of fewer sensitive Vegetation classification adequate. However, any resources, potentially greater types within Long Valley additional structures added numbers of visitors, and a include the Mixed Conifer to Long Valley will need to concentration of Long Forest and Montane meet current fire codes, be Valley’s facilities including Meadow (A Manual of approved by the State Fire the PSAT’s Mountain Station. California Vegetation by Marshal, and may require The Long Valley Meadow J.Sawyer and Keeler‐Wolf, additional fire suppression Zone has the priority of 1995). Wildlife habitat

13 | Page Long Valley Management Plan classifications include the including San Jacinto Peak, in its 45+ year history and is Sierran Mixed Conifer and that are held sacred by the currently in need of Wet Meadow habitats Indians. However, additional repair or replace‐ (California Wildlife Habitat consultation with Native ment. Relationship classification American groups during the system). General Plan process did not The potentially historic indicate any specific feature is the Long Valley Cultural Resources concerns for Long Valley at Ranger Station. It was built There are seven recorded that time. in 1963 from surplus archaeological sites located materials used to build the in and adjacent to Long Historic Resources Mountain Station and will be Valley. Of these, three are There is one historic feature eligible for the California prehistoric including two and one potentially historic Historic Register in 2013. isolated artifacts within Long structure located within Long Valley and a bedrock grinding Valley. The historic feature is area near the ranger station. the pathway from the The remaining five sites are Mountain Station to Long historic archaeological Valley’s floor. The original features including historic pathway was constructed of graffiti, a rock and cement concrete in 1963 and bench, and the remnants of a contained electrical cables rock structure. for heating and de‐icing the surface during the winter. There are also geographic The pathway has been formations within the Park, reconstructed several times

files

Department

Long Valley Ranger Station ca. 1963

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Interpretation A State Park Interpreter is currently stationed in Long Interpretation Master Valley to coordinate and lead Plan school group programs as An Interpretation Master well as train park aids and Plan (IMP) for Mount San provide support to the Park Jacinto State Park is volunteers. Park aids con‐ being developed duct many of the concurrently with this summertime programs. Management Plan by Volunteers provide guided State Park staff. The IMP nature walks, conduct roving provides objectives and interpretation, assist at the strategies for ranger station, give campfire development and and Junior Ranger programs, delivery of future and are school program interpretation projects, docents. programs and services.

Within Long Valley there is a Contact the Inland very popular and heavily Empire District at (951) used self‐guided nature trail 443‐2423 for more called the Discovery Trail. information or to obtain Along the trail there are ten a copy of the IMP. engraved stone interpretive panels which talk about Long Valley’s resources.

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The Plan pathway from/to the Mountain Station, and kept within the Long Valley Gateway The following section contains specific Zone. This includes re‐locating the management actions and facility Adventure Center and amphitheater. By recommendations for Long Valley, consistent locating facilities within this area, visitors with and in support of State Parks’ Mission and will be less likely to enter the creek or the Mount San Jacinto State Park General Plan. cross the meadow. The general intent of these actions is to provide better protection of resources in Long Valley as Build New Sections of the Discovery well as improve visitors’ enjoyment and Trail to Avoid the Existing Meadow appreciation of Mount San Jacinto State Park. Crossing The actions and recommendations proposed in The new sections will extend the this Plan are subject to future funding and Discovery Trail by about 1,480 lineal feet approval of State Parks management (See (0.28 miles) and include a new footbridge “Proposed Improvement Plan”). over Long Valley Creek upstream (west) of the meadow. The footbridge will be Provide Greater Protections for similar to the existing bridge at the Long Valley Meadow and Creek southern‐most portion of the Discovery Long Valley Meadow contains some of the most Trail. This new trail alignment will avoid sensitive natural resources within the Park. Long Valley Creek nourishes the meadow’s sedges and other perennial vegetation which, in turn, provide habitat for many animal species. The meadow is a natural draw for visitors for its beauty and openness within the surrounding forest. The Discovery Trail circumnavigates the meadow and in some locations is poorly located

too close to the riparian habitat. In addition, volunteer trails and natural open areas Patterson unintentionally invite visitors to venture into Bob the creek and meadow. This causes trampling of sensitive vegetation and results in The Discovery Trail at the southern degradation of the meadow habitat. Greater end of Long Valley protection for Long Valley Meadow will be crossing the meadow and establish a new accomplished in the following ways: crossing point that is out of the creek. In addition to the environmental benefits, Re‐locate Facilities to Long Valley’s North End the new trail alignment will cause users to pass by the ranger station, which offers All facilities other than trails, trail bridges, them an opportunity to stop in for maps and interpretive panels will be situated and information. north of the trail that runs between the ranger station and terminus of the

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Remove the Trail Crossing through Redirect Inadvertent Foot Traffic the Meadow and its Corresponding away from the Meadow and Creek Footbridge through Natural Screening and Fencing Because of the proposed new alignment of the Discovery Trail (see prior bullet At the terminus of the pathway to/from point), the existing section of trail that the Mountain Station, where the current passes through the meadow and the Discovery Trail and the trail to the ranger corresponding footbridge over the creek station branch off, visitors have a clear is no longer needed and will be removed. view of Long Valley Creek across an open Removing this creek crossing will reduce area. This clear view and the open area visitors’ unintentional trampling of native entice visitors to hike off‐trail to the vegetation in this area. creek, bypassing established trails and causing unintentional disturbance of the Re‐Locate Sections of the Discovery open area and creek edges. Trail that Encroach on the Meadow’s Edge It is proposed that techniques of natural Where sections of the Discovery Trail screening and/or fencing be employed to enter the meadow, the trail will be moved reduce the amount of open area that is away to keep a buffer area between the visible to the public and discourage trail and meadow, to deter unintentional visitors from crossing the open area to trampling of meadow vegetation and the creek. In particular, existing downed erosion of meadow soils. It is proposed logs, downed brush, and/or new split rail that the Discovery Trail be moved outside fencing (in limited quantity) will be placed the riparian habitat of the meadow between Long Valley Creek and the environment. Its current alignment terminus of the pathway connecting the impacts the meadow and related ranger station and Mountain Station, as sensitive species. The actual trail re‐route well as potentially in other open, sensitive will be flagged bym a tea consisting of areas that are susceptible to staff from the State Parks’ trail program, unintentional disturbance. A team of District resource specialists, and ranger selected District and other State Parks staff. Trail staff will have the responsibility staff will determine the final locations and of finding a suitable final alignment within types of barriers. the flagged route. In addition to moving Move and Establish Accessible the trail away from the meadow’s edge, Locations for Picnic Areas away from periodic rest stops are proposed along the Creek and Meadow the meadow‐side of the Discovery Trail Currently, several existing picnic tables that will allow viewpoints into the are located close to Long Valley Creek and meadow. Meadow. These picnic tables entice visitors to access these areas causing additional unintentional resource damage. It is proposed that these picnic

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tables be moved away from the creek and dissolved oxygen, biological oxygen meadow to areas closer to the ranger demand (BOD), temperature, station and trail heads. In addition, the conductivity, turbidity, and discharge or picnic areas need to be designed to flow measurements. Fecal coliform comply with State Parks accessibility samples should also be collected by standards. The final location and design trained personnel, and tested by a of these picnic areas will be determined certified laboratory. Should the data by District staff and with assistance of reveal significant degradation of water State Parks trail program staff. quality, additional mitigation measures shall be implemented to alleviate Revegetate and Enhance Habitat potential sources of pollution and restore along Long Valley Creek acceptable water quality levels. In Concentrated foot traffic has contributed addition, the source of supplemental to vegetation trampling and soil water for fire suppression tanks shall no compaction along the margins of the longer be withdrawn from Long Valley creek creating large patches of bare dirt Creek but instead from imported water in some locations. Revegetation with delivered by way of the Tram. plant species native to the area will serve to protect the wetland from Improve Trail Conditions and encroachment, control erosion into the Accessibility creek, alleviate soil compaction, and The two main trails in Long Valley, the improve habitat quality. Methods of Discovery Trail and the Desert View Trail, are revegetation and strategies for excluding very popular and well used by visitors. They foot traffic will be devised to address allow visitors to access most areas of Long specific on‐site conditions, and will be Valley, such as the creek and meadow, as well determined by District and other State as take them to vantage points with spectacular Parks specialists. views of the Coachella Valley. Because of the Monitor and Protect Water ease of access to Long Valley by way of the Resources Tram, many visitors come unprepared for rigorous hiking conditions. For this reason, With the current waste water and fire Long Valley’s trails need to be designed for a suppression systems in Long Valley, it is wider range of ability levels and to the highest uncertain if the quality of ground water level of accessibility that topography and and water within the creek is being natural and cultural resources will allow. In affected. In addition, any new addition, the trails need to be improved from development in the valley may pose new user‐created routes to sustainable trail designs or increased impacts to water quality. For that represents minimal impact to the this reason, a water monitoring program resources, low maintenance cycles, and high shall be implemented. Several water quality recreational experiences. quality parameters should be regularly sampled, and assessed by trained personnel. These should include pH,

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Discovery Trail Desert View Trail The Discovery Trail is a relatively easy, level, The Desert View Trail is generally steeper, 0.55‐mile trail that travels around the meadow longer and a more challenging hike than the and has two crossings over Long Valley Creek, Discovery Trail. This trail developed over time one wooden foot bridge and one metal by visitors desiring the dramatic desert views. puncheon (a small, bridge‐type structure built The 0.82‐mile trail branches off in three close to the ground, generally 3‐feet tall or less, locations from the Discovery Trail and navigates with or without handrails, that may be used to the eastern ridge of Long Valley which cross small drainages, streams, and wet areas). overlooks the Coachella Valley. Six overlook The trail is useable by Park visitors, but is locations along the trail (Grubb’s Notch, and entrenched and impacts the high mountain Notch 1 through Notch 5) offer different ecosystem in many areas. The puncheon is a vantage points. Many visitors, regardless of resource concern because it was placed without experience or ability, make the trek along the high‐water clearances and crosses the creek at Desert View Trail to obtain these views. Not a location without adequate bank heights. This being designed but user‐created, the overall causes the puncheon at high flow to be condition of the trail is not to State Parks design inundated with water and catch debris, forcing standards and loses sediment (which ends up in hikers to bypass the puncheon and the fragile meadow ecosystem) from the high inadvertently trample the riparian vegetation. use. The trail is generally too steep, travels State Parks’ Trail Program staff has recently across elevation contours, and/or is built a wooden bridge over Long Valley Creek at entrenched. This creates difficult hiking the southern end of the Discovery Trail where it conditions and is unsustainable for long term branches off to the Desert View Trail. This maintenance. The Desert View Trail is in need bridge, as well as its accessory abutments and of re‐routing and/or re‐construction. Because causeway, were placed to allow for high flows the six overlook areas are heavily used, they are from snow melt and summer thunderstorms. in need of leveling and widening to make them They were constructed for low maintenance, more sustainable and user‐friendly. durability, and compatibility with the forest setting. By removing the current puncheon and Improving trail accessibility and conditions will installing a similar bridge upstream, in an be accomplished through the following actions appropriate location for high water flow and (See Proposed Improvements Plan [Figure 5]): away from the meadow, resource protection would be improved and lower maintenance achieved. In addition, sections of the Discovery Trail need to be re‐routed away from Long Valley Meadow in order to deter visitors from entering the sensitive habitat. Because the Discovery Trail follows gentle terrain, it is suitable for a change in use to an accessible trail which will connect facilities and features within Long Valley.

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Improve Trails to Meet State Parks trail will be re‐routed and re‐constructed Accessibility Standards to improve usability and bring it up to All portions of the Discovery Trail Department design standards, thus (including new sections) and sections of improving sustainability. the Desert View Trail up to Grubb’s Notch Establish New Sections of Trail to and Notch 5 (approximately 5,872 lineal Connect With The Round Valley Loop feet or 1.11 miles) will be re‐routed Trail and the Willow Creek Trail. and/or reconstructed to meet State Parks’ With the proposed creek crossing (foot “accessible” trail standards (admission, bridge) upstream from Long Valley passage, circulation, and full use of Meadow, there is the opportunity to buildings, facilities, programs, and the establish two new trail sections various elements within or the connecting this portion of the Discovery combination of them, to persons with Trail to the Round Valley Loop Trail and disabilities). The section of the Desert the Willow Creek Trail (approximately 818 View Trail between Grubb’s Notch and lineal feet or 0.15 miles). These new Notch 5 (approximately 2,690 lineal feet sections will eliminate the need for the or 0.51 miles) cannot be brought up to section of the Willow Creek Trail accessibility standards because of steep (approximately 447 lineal feet or .085 and difficult terrain. This portion of the miles) that crosses the creek and allow for the removal of its existing, small wooden puncheon, which does not meet Department design standards. In addition, placement of a new trail section north of the creek will allow for removal of the portion of the Round Valley Loop Trail between the ranger station and the intersection with the Willow Creek Trail (approximately 667 lineal feet or 0.13 miles). This portion needs to be abandoned due to its steep alignment, deep ruts, and unsustainability. New trail sections will be designed to avoid sensitive resources and will be approved by State Parks resource specialists and operations staff.

Re‐Route Sections of the Desert View Patterson Trail Bob Sections of the Desert View Trail will be View of Coachella Valley from the re‐routed (approximately 2,230 lineal feet Desert View Trail “Notch 3” or 0.42 miles) so that the trail alignment

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better follows slope contours, thereby decompacted and/or regraded, and reducing the steepness of grade. This will downed vegetation (e.g., logs, shrubs) make for a better user experience and could be placed to block or obscure entry will result in less maintenance to the closed sections. Broadcast seeding requirements over the long term. Where or container plantings may also be used sections of the trail cannot be re‐routed, to revegetate the trail; thereby such as between Notch 4 and Notch 5, it reestablishing native habitat and will be re‐constructed in place for the promoting recovery over the long‐term. purpose of reducing maintenance needs and creating a better trail for hikers to Add and Improve Visitor‐use use. All re‐routed trail alignments will be Facilities designed to avoid sensitive resources and Current visitor‐use facilities in Long Valley approved by State Parks resource consist of trails, restrooms at the ranger station, specialists and operations staff. amphitheater, picnic tables, and an Adventure Re‐Construct All Six Overlooks of the Center. The Adventure Center is a winter‐only Desert View Trail snow‐play equipment rental building operated by the PSAT. All of these facilities are in need of Although situated to take advantage of some form of improvement. The restrooms in the best views, the current overlooks are the ranger station and the leach fields that un‐defined, sometimes steep, semi‐ service them are undersized to handle current cleared areas that were formed by visitor capacity. The picnic tables need to be re‐ foot traffic. All six overlooks will be located away from the meadow and creek to reconstructed in‐place to provide a reduce existing impacts to the riparian area. cleared and level pad area. This will be The Adventure Center is dilapidated and in a accomplished by building low, native rock location that encourages visitors to cross the retaining walls along the view‐side of the meadow and creek, inadvertently causing overlook. Only about 6‐inches of each resource damage. retaining wall will be visible while standing at the overlook while the rest In addition, because so many people come to will be hidden below and would only be Long Valley in winter to enjoy snow‐play seen if looking back at the overlook from activities, there is an opportunity to provide the view‐side. Each re‐constructed additional recreational activities that are overlook will keep to the same size consistent with the use of Long Valley and in footprint as the original. keeping with the guidelines of the General Plan. These activities can provide additional quality Rehabilitate Closed Trail Sections recreational experiences consistent with the Following closure of the selected trail State Parks’ Mission. sections, and removal of the existing small foot bridge (puncheon), restoration Following are proposed additional and will be conducted to prevent the improved facilities (See Proposed continued and inadvertent use of the Improvements Plan (Blow Up) (Figure 6)): pathways. The trail surface will be

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New Adventure Center The building will be designed to blend with the natural setting and be A new Adventure Center is to be located compatible with other, rustic structures in at the site of the former equestrian the vicinity, such as the ranger station, stables (the existing abandoned maintenance shop, and water storage equestrian stables, barn and storage tanks. sheds will be removed). This generally cleared area has seen significant past The existing Adventure Center will be disturbance from the former mule‐ride demolished. Materials will be either concession, it sits on several feet of salvaged and stored at the maintenance decomposed manure, has few sensitive shop or removed from the park and resources, is away from the creek and disposed of at an appropriate off‐site meadow, and is close to the ranger facility. Rehabilitation measures to return station. For these reasons it is a good the Adventure Center area landscape to a location for the new Adventure Center natural setting (e.g., regrading, revege‐ and associated snow‐play activities. tation) will be determined by site assessment. The Adventure Center will be built, maintained, and operated by the PSAT to Outdoor Activity Area function as a snow‐play equipment rental An outdoor activity area, suitable for concession. When not in winter use, it various recreational, interpretive, and may be maintained for group use by operational needs, is proposed for the reservation, staff functions, and its deck former equestrian stables area adjacent used for picnicking. to the new Adventure Center. The intent Because the building site has many feet of of this area is to be a flexible space for unconsolidated fill (decomposed winter activities such as snow play and manure), a pier or stem wall foundation skating (see “Synthetic Ice Rink”), as well that extends through the fill to the as for school group activities, gatherings underlying native soil may be required. for educational programs, and other various uses at any time of the year.

The outdoor activity area will be located at the previously disturbed former equestrian stables area. This area is relatively level making it well suited for the intended activities.

Synthetic Ice Rink

Winter‐time skating could be a popular visitor activity that is similar to and an Patterson

Bob extension of the current snow‐play activities in Long Valley. A synthetic ice Existing Adventure Center

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rink; installed, operated, and maintained purpose of transporting people in by the PSAT; is proposed to be located at wheelchairs or with limited mobility from the outdoor activity area for this purpose. the Mountain Station to Long Valley’s floor. It would be used only for this The synthetic ice rink would be used purpose and fees could not be charged during the winter season and afterward for its use. disassembled so that potential noise and high levels of use would occur only during A feasibility study is also proposed to the winter months to coincide with snow‐ determine the most suitable type of play activities. The synthetic ice rink will funicular and alignment, as well as not require any major permanent utility establish cost and operational or equipment infrastructure, and is a parameters. This feasibility study would temporary facility. be an independent analysis, funded by the PSAT and subject to State Parks The synthetic ice rink shall be blended as approval. best possible with the natural setting and terrain. This can be accomplished New Restroom Building through creative siting, rustic railings A restroom building and associated septic and/or barriers, equipment screening, tank and leach field, of adequate size to and maintaining a small footprint. In serve the needs of visitors who are using addition, the facility will be designed, the Adventure Center, outdoor activity installed, and maintained so as to reduce area, and synthetic ice rink, is to be built potential sound, crowding, and visual adjacent or attached to the Adventure impacts to the greatest extent possible. Center. The restroom building will be Funicular designed to blend with the natural setting and be compatible with other rustic Currently, there is no way for people in structures in the vicinity, such as the wheelchairs or with limited mobility to ranger station, maintenance shop, and access Long Valley. The existing concrete water storage tanks. pathway from the Mountain Station to Long Valley is too steep for wheelchairs Equestrian Staging Area and too long for many people with A small, compact equestrian staging area, disabilities. Providing access to Long with room for up to six horses, is Valley for the elderly and people with proposed for visitors to Long Valley who mobility impairments is a desire of arrive on horseback and wish to take a California State Parks and the PSAT. break from trail riding and rest their Having this access will allow all visitors to horses. The location is proposed between have a first‐hand experience of Long the new ranger station, Adventure Valley instead of merely looking at Long Center, and maintenance shop in a Valley from the Mountain Station. suitable, already‐cleared open area. The The proposed funicular device, funded equestrian staging area will include a and operated by the PSAT, will serve the corral, shade ramada, hitching post, and

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watering device. The area will be available that are strong enough to navigate the for day use only (no overnight use) and no steep pathway are needed at regular horse washing facilities will be available. intervals so that they may rest. In All facilities in the equestrian staging area addition, the pathway is in need of a new will be rustic in appearance, blend as best handrail along the entire length that will possible with the natural terrain and provide a more reliable hand‐hold and setting, and match as closely as possible prevent children from passing to other structures in the vicinity. underneath. The pathway and handrail Responsibility for maintaining and replacement will be designed to comply cleaning this facility will be State Parks with all applicable codes including the staff and/or volunteers. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Care will be taken to maintain the existing Area for Summer Equipment Rental pathway alignment as the original Seasonal Structure pathway is historic. The pathway and An area for a seasonal structure to house handrail replacement will be paid for by a summer equipment rental (climbing the PSAT and will be considered a high gear, etc., for areas within the park and priority due to the need for reliable and north of Long Valley) is proposed for a safe access to and from Long Valley. suitable, already‐cleared open area New Benches along Concrete located near the outdoor activity area. Pathway The temporary structure could be a tent on elevated platform, such as a yurt or The 0.21‐mile (375‐yard) concrete canvas‐walled structure, which can be pathway from the Mountain Station to easily set up and dismantled after the Long Valley is relatively steep. While climbing season is over (once winter walking this pathway, many visitors tire weather begins). Funding, operation, and and need a place to rest. It is proposed maintenance of the seasonal structure that new benches be installed at would be the sole responsibility of the appropriate places along the pathway, concessionaire with oversight by the such as at switchbacks and at regular PSAT. intervals, to provide resting places for visitors walking to or from Long Valley. Replacement Concrete Pathway and These benches will be rustic in Handrail appearance to blend with the natural The existing, 0.21‐mile (375‐yard) surroundings while remaining durable in concrete pathway from the Mountain extreme weather conditions. Larger Station to Long Valley, although recently benches will be considered at switchbacks replaced, is already deteriorating and as long as fencing or other barriers are poses a slipping hazard in several erected to deter people from traveling off locations. For this reason, a replacement trail. pathway is proposed for the entire length. Level, pull‐out areas for wheelchair users

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Add New Interpretive Facilities At the existing amphitheater, the seating, fire pit, and electrical outlets will be With a high number of first‐time, foreign and removed and may be re‐used for other school‐age visitors to Long Valley’s wilderness park purposes. The area will then be setting, there is a great opportunity to inform reviewed to evaluate the level of and educate them about the Park’s resources disturbance, so that District and State and recreation activities. New interpretive Parks specialists can develop, and facilities are proposed that will help accomplish subsequently implement, suitable this goal. methods of habitat restoration and/or Amphitheater with Rustic Stage for enhancement. Interpretive Programs Visitor Contact Kiosk In a clearing just north of the terminus of For many visitors to Long Valley it is their the pathway leading from the Mountain first time to the Park and many are Station into Long Valley, an amphitheater uncertain what there is to see and do. In with seating for up to 100 people is addition, many of these visitors have not proposed to replace the existing been introduced to wilderness conditions amphitheater located between the ranger and may not understand the value and station and Long Valley Creek. Moving importance of the Park’s resources. For the amphitheater to this location, which this reason, there is a great opportunity currently serves as an informal picnic area for a State Parks’ employee or volunteer and has already incurred ground to greet the public as they enter Long disturbance, will significantly reduce foot Valley and offer trail maps and traffic damage in and around the creek. information, Park brochures, and public In addition, the location at the pathway safety information, to direct hikers to the bottom is a more strategic location for ranger station for wilderness permits and interpretive programs and large, school answer visitor’s questions, as needed. group presentations. When not in use as an amphitheater, the seating areas may A small, moveable, rustic‐appearing kiosk be used by the public for picnicking, is proposed that will serve as a meet‐and‐ resting, and observing nature. greet station and storage area for hand‐ outs and interpretive materials. The On the site of the new amphitheater, a intent of this kiosk is to be set up rustic pavilion with a stage is proposed for intermittently at the terminus of the conducting school group programs and concrete pathway from the Mountain interpretive presentations to the public. Station. This could be done during any The amphitheater will blend with the busy season, such as winter holidays, forested setting and match the rustic then removed and stored until it is appearance of the nearby, existing water needed again. storage tank. Split logs will be used for seating at the amphitheater.

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Sign Plan New Ranger Station In many locations throughout Long Valley, A new ranger station, either in a single signs are needed to better inform visitors building or multiple buildings, is proposed of Park regulations, identify trails, and that will replace the existing ranger provide information about Park resources station in Long Valley. The location will consistent with the intent of the 2011 be the same, but the square footage(s) Interpretation Master Plan (IMP) for and overall footprint(s) will be twice the Mount San Jacinto State Park. For size of the existing station. The larger example, a sign informing visitors that building(s) will accommodate current they are entering a wilderness setting is staff levels and uses, including larger and needed somewhere along the pathway improved visitor contact area, work leading from the Mountain Station to stations, storage, and sleeping quarters Long Valley, to warn visitors of a (sleeping quarters are needed because of potentially harsh environment beyond the remote location and for multi‐day the confines of the Mountain Station. assignments).

A comprehensive sign plan is proposed Designers will consider the option of that would accomplish these goals. This having multiple buildings connected by plan will consider all types of signs such as walkways or decks ify the would fit the those for trail identification, information site better and reduce the potential and interpretation, regulatory, way‐ environmental impacts as compared to a finding, and building identification. The single, larger building. scale of signs in Long Valley will be as minimal as possible and their appearance The appearance of the new building(s) will be compatible with the natural will blend with the natural surroundings surroundings and rustic buildings and and nearby rustic structures, as well as structures. work into the existing grade

Provide Better Operations Facilities To help make the staff and volunteer work environment more hospitable and efficient to use, as well as provide new and improved areas where staff can interact with visitors, the following operations facilities within Long Valley

will be replaced with new, more efficient facilities (See Appendix 3 – Preliminary Patterson Building Programs). Bob

Existing Ranger Station

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New Maintenance Shop, Storage Improve Electrical Service Building, and Wood Shed Currently, electrical service for facilities in A new maintenance shop, storage Long Valley is supplied by way of building, and wood shed are proposed overhead lines from the Mountain that will replace the existing maintenance Station. These lines and the poles which shed. The location of the new support them impact the natural scenery. maintenance shop will remain the same In addition, the electrical power available as the current maintenance shed, from these lines is insufficient to supply however the footprint and square footage all the power needs of the existing ranger will be enlarged by about 1/3 the original station. For this reason, the ranger size. The larger building (approximately station has an auxiliary generator. This 500 sf) will accommodate current generator runs frequently and contributes maintenance and operational activities, to noise impacts in the wilderness setting. and provide storage for heavy equipment. Space will be provided for shop tables, It is proposed that the existing auxiliary tool racks, and work areas. generator be removed once the proposed new ranger station and other buildings In addition, a new, small storage building are constructed in Long Valley. This is proposed with cabinets, racks, and generator will be replaced with: shelves to store supplies, chemicals, paint, lubricants, etc. A new wood 1) new and improved electrical lines storage shed will also be constructed from the Mountain Station, nearby to house all of the wood and other preferably placed underground if building materials needed for repair and soil conditions are favorable and if refurbishment of State Parks‐maintained existing natural and cultural structures in the Park. A rustic fence will resources can be protected; and/or surround the maintenance shop, storage 2) solar power for each building; building, and wood shed to provide a and/or secure area for working and material 3) tying into the auxiliary power at the storage. Mountain Station.

The final solution will be sustainable, cost effective, and have the least effect on the environment.

New Animal‐Proof Trash and Recycling Enclosures At a location near the terminus of the concrete pathway from the Mountain Station to Long Valley there is a fenced area designated for trash containers. The current containers are not animal‐proof.

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By not providing animal‐proof receptacles there is the potential to lure bears and other wildlife from adjacent wilderness areas to Long Valley. It is proposed that new bear‐proof trash and recycling enclosures be installed in place of the existing containers. Besides being animal‐ proof these enclosures will be ADA compliant, as well as blend as best possible with the natural setting.

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Facility Design Guidelines When the design of buildings and structures dominates, competes with, or ignores a Park’s natural surroundings, it can detract from a visitor’s overall Park experience as well as diminish their appreciation of the natural environment. To help guide the design of facilities proposed in this Management Plan, the following guidelines are dpresente to help create an integrated and aesthetically pleasing park setting. In addition to these guidelines, further recommendations are found in Appendix 5 – “Guiding Principle for Quality Aesthetic Design at State Parks”.

Development will blend with and compliment the natural surroundings. Structures will not dominate the site but rather remain in harmony with the native landscape.

Disturbance of native vegetation will be avoided or minimized by integrating structures with the native landscape and topography. Whenever possible, place structures in open areas rather than removing trees or vegetation.

Sustainable design and maintenance practices will be followed that promote energy conservation, waste reduction, recycling, and other resource conservation practices.

Textures of the development, whether of material or the overall physical profile, will be reflective of the surrounding environment.

Night lighting will be designed so as not to obscure or intrude upon the night sky. Activities such as star gazing will be fully considered in developing lighting options. If required for visitor safety, energy efficient light fixtures set low to the ground plane, should be used to reduce glare and light pollution.

Both existing and future utilities such as telephone and electrical lines will be installed underground wherever possible.

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Proposed Improvements Plan (Figure 5)

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Proposed Improvements Plan (Blow‐Up) (Figure 6)

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Appendices

Appendix 1 ‐ Long Valley Statistics

Park: Mount San Jacinto State Park and Interpretive Signs: 12 (2 large, 10 small on Wilderness Discovery Trail) State Parks District: District State Parks Buildings: 2 State Parks Sector: San Jacinto Sector PSAT Buildings: 3 County, State: Riverside, California Water Tanks: 3 (not including the tank for the State Designations: State Park, Wilderness Mountain Station) Total Acres: 13,718 Fenced Vegetation Restoration Areas: 3 State Park Designation Acreage: 3,818 Leach Fields: 3 Wilderness Designation Acreage: 9,900

Long Valley Meadow Acreage: 6.16 Natural Resources Palm Springs Aerial Tramway –e Averag Wildlife Habitats: Sierran Mixed Conifer, Wet Annual Ridership 1999 ‐ 2008: 390,430 Meadow Cooperative Associations: Mt. San Jacinto Vegetation Types: Mixed Conifer Forest, Natural History Association Montane Meadow

Perennial Streams: Long Valley Creek Trails Length of Long Valley Creek through Long Number of Trails: 4 Valley: 3,160 lf (0.60 miles) Trail Names: Soils: Sandy, unstable, formed from weathered - Discovery Trail granite - Desert View Trail

- Round Valley Loop Trail Cultural Resources - Willow Creek Trail Archaeological Features/Sites: 7 Total Feet of Trail: 9,917 lf (1.88 miles) Historic Resources: 2 (1 existing, 1 potential) Feet of Accessible Trails: 432 lf (.08 miles)

Length of Concrete Pathway from Interpretive Programs Mountain Station to Long Valley: 1,123 lf (0.21 Guided nature walks: Mid‐May through Mid‐ miles), (375 yards) October Trailheads: 2 Junior Ranger Programs: Self‐guided, Junior Trail Bridges and Puncheons: 4 Ranger activity guides Trail Viewpoints: 6 Family Days: One Saturday each month in

summer Facilities School Programs: April through Mid‐October, Campsites: 0 weather permitting Ranger Station: 1 (1000 sq. ft.)

Restrooms: 2 (1 women’s, 1 men’s) Note: Data are for general reference only. Picnic Areas: 2 Measurements shown are approximate. Amphitheaters: 1

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Appendix 2 ‐ List of Abbreviations and Glossary Accessible Admission, passage, circulation, and full use of buildings, facilities, programs, and the various elements within or the combination of them, to persons with disabilities (per California State Parks, 2009, Accessibility Guidelines). ADA Americans with Disabilities Act CEQA California Environmental Quality Act IMP Interpretation Master Plan (for Mount San Jacinto State Park) PSAT Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The organization that operates and maintains the Tram. Puncheon A small, bridge‐type structure built close to the ground (generally 3‐feet tall or less), with or without handrails, that may be used to cross small drainages, streams, and wet areas. WPA Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority. The governing body of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. A public agency and public corporation of the State of California.

Patterson

Bob

View of from Desert View Trail “Notch 3”

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Appendix 3 ‐ Preliminary Building - Building will evoke the spirit and Programs minimal‐rustic feel of the original Long Valley Ranger Station, Maintenance ranger station Shop, Storage Building, and Wood Storage Maintenance Shop Shed - Insulated Maintenance Shop with roll Long Valley Ranger Station up door (for tractor) - Washer/dryer hookups - Building will accommodate at least ten - Sink (10) staff working simultaneously - Chemical/paint/lubricant storage locker - Multi‐purpose room with seating for - Emergency shower and bathroom about fifteen (15), to serve as training - Assembly shop table with dust room, incident command post, park collection system aide office, and overflow sleeping area. - Lumber rack Equip with projector and screen, copy - Tool tables machine, smart board, and at leasto tw - Hand tool rack (2) computer stations with flat panel - Attached or integrated pull‐through monitors carport for trailer - Ranger office: space for three desks, three file cabinets, gun safe, secure fax Storage Building line, lost and found/evidence storage - Non‐insulated Storage Building with roll - Two (2) bunk rooms, with sleeping up door capacity of (4) four per room - Chemical/paint/lubricant storage - Two (2) staff restrooms with shower, lockers towel hooks, toiletry cabinet for each - Shelving, racks, and storage employee compartments - Locker room with ten (10) wall lockers (lockers 2’‐wide X 6’‐high due to large Wood Storage Shed amount of winter gear) - Non‐insulated, wood storage shed with - Visitor contact room (approx. 300 sf) roof and enclosed back and sides to - Kitchen with pantry space for ten (10) insulate wood and building materials - Fitness room from weather - Communications area for base station - Racks of various sizes to accommodate radio and battery chargers random sizes of lumber and various - Animal‐proof garbage and recycle types of building materials receptacles - Adequate electrical outlets and storage - Adequate propane storage tanks, propane water heaters, and automatic generator for electrical power outages and periods of insufficient electrical supply

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Appendix 4 ‐ References Mealey, Marla, Associate State Archaeologist with Southern Service Center, California Bevil, Alex, State Historian II, California State State Parks, E‐mail 6/2011. Parks, E‐mail 6/2011. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, 2004, Visitor Bevil, Alex and Mealey, Marla, 2001 Mount San Guide & Map. Jacinto State Park and Wilderness Resources Inventory – Cultural Section. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, 2009, Ridership History, FY 1998/1999 – 2008/2009. California Department of Parks and Recreation, 2002. Mount San Jacinto State Park Rischbieter, Douglas, 2000, Reconnaissance General Plan. Evaluation ‐ Select Hydrologic Resources of Mt. San Jacinto State Park California Department of Parks and Recreation, and State Wilderness: Long Valley Concessions and Reservations Office, Meadow, Round Valley, Hidden Lake. 1996. Operating Agreement for Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority. San Diego Natural History Museum, 2008, San Jacinto Centennial Resurvey, California Department of Parks and Recreation, http://www.sdnhm.org/research/sanjac 2011, Interpretive Master Plan for into/index.php. Mount San Jacinto State Park. Wassenberg, Katherine; Hendricks, William W, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Ph.D.; Greenwood, Jerusha B., Ph.D., 2008, Project Evaluation for Long Valley 2008, Mount San Jacinto State Park Interpretive/Directional Sign, for P.R.C. Visitor Survey, California Polytechnic 5024, 5024.5 and E.O. W‐26‐92. State University, San Luis Obispo, Recreation, Parks & Tourism California Legislature, Fifty Sixth Session, 1945, Administration. Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority Act, Statutes 1945, Chapter 1040.

California State Parks, 2009, Accessibility Guidelines

California State Parks, 2002, Mount San Jacinto State Park Map

Chester, Tom; Stith, Dave; and Dillane, James; 2008, Flora of Tamarack, Round and Long Valleys, San Jacinto, Mountains http://tchester.org/sb/plants/floras/rou nd_et_al_valleys.html.

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Appendix 5 ‐ Guiding Principle for Quality Aesthetic Design at State Parks

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Acknowledgments

We wish to thank all of the people who have helped support and develop this project. The staff of the California State Parks Headquarters, Inland Empire District and San Jacinto Sector provided considerable assistance and knowledge. Special thank you goes to staff at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Their help in providing a wonderful venue for the public meeting is greatly appreciated. And finally we wish to thank the many public citizens who helped shape this plan through their participation at the workshops and meetings.

Sincerely,

Ron Krueper District Superintendent Inland Empire District

Bob Patterson Project Leader Southern Service Center

“The clearest way to the Universe is through a forest wilderness”

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Planning Team Planning Assistance Ellen Absher Alexander Bevil State Park Interpreter II State Historian II Perris Sector Southern Service Center

Garratt Aitchison Mike Bonk Sector Superintendent Research Program Specialist I (GIS) San Jacinto Sector Southern Service Center

Enrique Arroyo Rich Burg Associate Park and Recreation Specialist Senior Environmental Scientist Inland Empire District Southern Service Center

Larrynn Carver Bart Grant Associate State Archaeologist Supervising Park Ranger Inland Empire District San Jacinto Sector

Lynn Earls‐Holliday Karl Knapp Park Maintenance Chief III Staff Park and Recreation Specialist Inland Empire District Facilities Management Division

Rob Howard Barney Matsumoto State Park Interpreter I Supervising Landscape Architect San Jacinto Sector Southern Service Center

Ken Kietzer Marla Mealey Environmental Scientist Associate Archaeologist Inland Empire District Southern Service Center

Ron Krueper Steve Musillami District Superintendent Associate Landscape Architect Inland Empire District Planning Division

Bob Patterson Luke Serna Associate Landscape Architect Park and Recreation Specialist Southern Service Center Southern Service Center

Debbie Waldecker Environmental Scientist Southern Service Center

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Long Valley Management Plan

Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor

John Laird Secretary for Natural Resources

Ruth Coleman Director of Parks and Recreation

State of California The Natural Resources Agency Department of Parks and Recreation P.O. Box 942896 Sacramento, CA 94296‐0001

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