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2 The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 42 Number 6, 2003 Printed on Recycled Paper Santa Cruz County will appeal LETTERS Lompico Timber Harvest Plan The Ventana welcomes letters. Send to: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR by Kevin Collins local timber harvest. Over 300 letters of fertility losses, and streambed log skid- The Ventana, 1603 King Street opposition were sent to CDF. As report- ding that occurred during the brutal Santa Cruz, CA 95060 ed previously in The Ventana, one of the clearcut. There are scattered old growth or email to [email protected] reasons for such great concern is the fact trees among the tall stands of second Please include a phone number with that this 425-acre property is the head- growth redwood. Together they support your letter. Anonymous letters are not accepted. Letters may be edited waters of Lompico Creek, which is the habitat for endangered steelhead trout, for length. major water source for the Lompico every local owl species and forest hawk, County Water District. The district has bats, salamanders, and rare sand hills Appalled at crawdad feast been under a state-imposed moratorium plants and insects. preventing the release of new water con- Efforts by the Lompico Watershed I am writing to express my dismay that nections for many years. Conservancy and the Water District to group leaders of the Miller Canyon backpacking trip (October 11) are planning to Most of the redwood is found along purchase the property from Roger Burch, prepare “local crawdads with garlic and the stream corridors with hardwood and owner of Redwood Empire, have been lemon sauce” each night of the group hike. chaparral in the uplands. Any increase in unsuccessful even though these groups It’s one thing for one or two people to go off sedimentation in Lompico Creek will were willing to pay many times what into the woods and have a few of the local reduce winter water withdrawals from Burch paid for the property in 1995. inhabitants for ingredients for their dinner, the creek and increase the demand upon The Sierra Club is supporting the it is something else again to collect enough of the District’s wells. Thus the logging of efforts to stop this logging operation. To the indigenous creek animals to feed a group. Islandia, as the area is known locally, keep informed, contact the Lompico Whereas the flesh of a fish is edible, the will reduce the water available to a com- Watershed Conservancy, 335-8136 or only part of a crawdad that is eaten is the tail, munity already suffering from insuffi- [email protected] or visit Kevin Collins a mere bite of food. I am appalled at the idea cient water resources. www. lompicocreek.org. of a Sierra Club group killing so many crawdads for the sake of what? To feel like they The Redwood Empire logging opera- Most of the redwood is found along the tion targets land so steep, complex and are living in nature for the weekend? It is my stream corridors. Volunteers opinion that our members shouldn’t have to erosive that it can only be logged by heli- kill the animals that live in the natural habi- fter more than two years of foot copter, which would subject residents to Needed tat to experience the joy of being there. Isn’t dragging, (34 extensions!) on intensive noise. A landslide analysis com- our motto to “Leave only footprints and AOctober 30, the California missioned by the Lompico Watershed take only pictures?” Department of Forestry (CDF) finally Conservancy showed that the land is far Staff for Sierra Club Please reconsider the idea of allowing a approved the highly contentious more unstable and vulnerable to distur- Bookstore in Carmel Sierra Club group to go into nature and kill Lompico Timber Harvest Plan. Santa bance than indicated in the timber har- A chance to enjoy working in numerous little indigenous crawdads for the Cruz County has submitted an appeal to vest plan or reported in the CDF review. Carmel and helping the Club. thrill of eating a tiny bit of their body. the Board of Forestry which will decide This property has lain largely undis- Teetle Clawson Volunteers work 4 hours a month. in early December whether or not to turbed since it was clearcut before 1900. Santa Cruz Meet interesting people. Join the hear the appeal. If the Board of Forestry In the intervening hundred years it has denies the appeal, the Plan will still have team! Call Gil Gilbreath, 624-7501. Editor’s note: healed from the extensive landslides, soil to go before the Regional Water Board The biologists The Ventana consulted for a Waste Discharge Requirement informed us that the common crayfish is an Permit or waiver. Contact Your Representatives introduced species and is not native to This Timber Harvest Plan generated California. They have all but replaced our President George W. Bush (831) 429-1976 (Santa Cruz) original native species which is now on the the largest public hearing on record for a The White House (831) 424-2229 (Salinas) California Fish and Game list of threaten 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (202) 225-6791 (FAX, Washington, D.C.) Washington, D.C. 20500 [email protected] and endangered species, and which occurs Comment line: (202) 456-1111 only in northeastern California. U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo FAX: (202) 456-2461 698 Emerson Street Given that fact, a crawdad feed might be [email protected] Palo Alto, CA 94301 compared to ripping out invasive exotics (408) 245-2339 such as Pampas grass or ice plant. Vice President Dick Cheney FAX (650) 323-3498 (202) 456-1414 eshoo.house.gov/communicate.html Regarding wastage, up to 50% of the bio- [email protected] mass for marine fishes like ling cod and rock- State Senator Bruce McPherson fish are discarded after the fillets are taken, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger 701 Ocean Street, Room 318-A and similar numbers pertain for crustaceans State Capitol Building Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Sacramento, CA 95814 (831) 425-0401 (Santa Cruz) and mollusks. The “waste” for freshwater (916) 445-2841 (831) 753-6386 (Salinas) fish is somewhat less. Returning the offal to FAX: (916) 445-4633 toll free: 1-800-224-8050 the ecosystem by leaving it for scavengers or www.governor.ca.gov [email protected] by burying, ensures that it will be re-used, Senator Dianne Feinstein State Senator Jeff Denham and not really wasted at all. 331 Hart Office Building 369 Main Street, #208 Washington, D.C. 20510 Salinas, CA 93901 (202) 224-3841 (831) 769-8040 (415) 393-0707 [email protected] If 1% of California 1 Post Street, Suite 2450 Assembly Representative Simon Salinas Sierra Club members San Francisco, CA 94104 100 W. Alisal Street, Rm. 134 [email protected] Salinas, CA 93901 had 1 kilowatt solar PV (831) 759-8676 Senator Barbara Boxer FAX (831) 759-2961 systems, each year they 112 Hart Office Building [email protected] Washington, D. C. 20510 would replace power (202) 224-3553 Assembly Representative John Laird produced by 3,330,000 (415) 403-0100 (Voice) 701 Ocean Street, Room 318-B 1700 Montgomery Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 pounds of coal, and avoid San Francisco, CA 94111 (831) 425-1503 [email protected] 100 Campus Center, Building 58 releasing 3200 tons of CO2. Seaside, CA 93955 U. S. Representative Sam Farr (831) 649-2832 www.AppliedSolarEnergy.com/choices 100 W. Alisal Street [email protected] 333-1919 x 20 Salinas, CA 93901

Please Recycle This Paper Again The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 42 Number 6, 2003 3 The environmental LIES of George W. Bush Suppressed or falsified science documented by Waxman Report and New York Times by Richard Stover riticism has been growing about cially for infants and developing fetuses. greenhouse gas emissions would be 50 to posed harmful rules were enacted. the Bush administration’s inter- The Bush Pentagon has systematically 100 times less than the amount claimed Bush Lie: Yellowstone Cference in the scientific research suppressed information on the levels of by the White House. A report written by Park staff detail- and analysis done by federal agencies. perchlorate in ground water and soils at Bush Lie: Environmental Lead ing several ongoing environmental con- Much of that research involves environ- numerous sites contaminated by the mil- Poisoning cerns at the Park was edited to remove mental issues. Bush’s interference has led itary and its contractors. Instead the Bush any mention of to false statements by the President, false Administration is pushing for legislation Recent research these concerns. statements given to Congress, suppressed to protect the polluters from liability. indicates that the The Bush reports, altered web sites, and more. Bush Lie: Environmental Health current federal stan- Interior Depart- Congressional Representative Henry dards for lead expo- In an effort to make sure science facts ment used the A. Waxman (D-CA) commissioned a sure in children are don’t interfere with Bush pollution poli- altered report to study to document these falsehoods. The too high. In a damaging cies, in 2002 the administration appoint- argue that Yellow- report by the Special Investigations (to children) ed persons with strong ties to polluting stone should be Division of the House Committee on attempt to block industries to an important environmen- removed from a list of Government Reform can be reviewed at any changes in tal health advisory body of the Centers parks in danger and in www.skyhighway.com/~rjs. the standards, the for Disease Control (CDC) in the need of international While many of us have heard about Bush administration Department of Health and Human attention. The United the Administration’s lies, distortions, has replaced members of Services. Nations World Heritage Com- and interference, it is still shocking to see CDC’s Committee on Bush Lie: Global Warming mittee removed Yellowstone from so many of them documented in one Childhood Lead Poisoning the list based on the bogus report. publication. The report identifies one When Bush rejected the Kyoto proto- Prevention with persons from the common attribute of the interference: it col on global warming, that was bad lead industry. It turns out that the lead Bush Lie: World Trade Center benefits powerful Bush supporters enough. But then Bush personally lied industry had a direct hand in picking In a sickening disregard for the health including business interests and political when he said his global warming policies some of these people. Even though and lives of Americans, the White House conservatives. The interference sacrifices would be “science-based.” The truth has research shows that childhood learning pressured the EPA not to warn the pub- the credibility of Federal research and been the opposite. At the behest of ability is impaired at the current federal lic about the potential health effects of harms the American public (and the ExxonMobil, Bush had the State limits and that those limits need to be the smoke, dust, and debris from the col- world) in order to promote a political Department request the removal of Dr. reduced by a factor of 2 or more, one of lapse of the World Trade Center. This and ideological agenda. Robert Watson as chair of the the Bush appointees to the committee was apparently done in order to get the Specific examples are summarized Intergovernmental Panel on Climate. actually claims that lead levels 7 times New York Stock Market reopened as below: Watson had produced a report predicting higher than the present standard are safe quickly as possible. The White House prevented the EPA from issuing guide- Bush Lie: Feedlots 2.5 to 10.5 degree global temperature for children’s brains. No one outside the increases by 2100. This conflicted with lead industry holds that discredited view. lines about cleaning apartments and The US Department of Agriculture offices. Indeed the EPA made false state- the Bush policy of global warming denial. Bush Lie: Oil Drilling suppresses research and information ments about the safety of the debris and related to agricultural pollution. In one As part of the policy of denial Bush tried to suppress other information on Halliburton (headed formerly by Vice dust without any monitoring data to case they prevented a researcher from President Cheney) uses an environmen- back it up, and they gave false advice on presenting his results from a study show- global warming. In 2002 the Bush administration left global warming out of an tally damaging drilling technique called how to do the cleanup. ing antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the air hydraulic fracturing that injects benzene The Towers were known to contain near hog confinements in Iowa and annual report on air pollution. In 2003 a major EPA report on the environment and other carcinogens into the ground. In thousands of pounds of lead, tons of Missouri. The USDA suppressed this an attempt to cover up potential ground asbestos, and thousands of gallons of research at the request of someone from also contained no information on global warming. The report originally had a sec- water contamination from this practice, chemicals which when burned produced the National Pork Producers Council. the EPA changed data in a report to dioxins and other highly toxic byprod- USDA scientists must now seek prior tion on global warming, but Bush’s political operatives demanded changes that Congress. The report in its original form ucts. While the EPA already had proce- approval (from USDA Bush appointees) showed that there was real potential for dures in place for dealing with the health for any manuscripts related to agricul- were not true or that distorted the scientific findings. This created enough of an contamination, but at the request of the and environmental problems of a major tural practices with negative health or oil industry the data were changed to terrorist attack, the EPA did not follow environmental issues. uproar among EPA scientists that EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman show no potential for contamination. its own procedures. As a result tens of Bush Lie: Arctic Refuge decided to drop the global warming sec- The White House also deleted discussion thousands of residents and workers in Interior Secretary Gale Norton gave tion completely. of the environmental hazards of Manhattan have been put at risk for seri- false written testimony to Congress Additionally the EPA has withheld hydraulic drilling from the White House ous, long-term health problems, and regarding drilling in the Arctic National reports from Congress that show that a National Energy Policy document. much of the contamination still remains Wildlife Refuge when she said that proposed alternative to Bush’s “Clear Bush Lie: Wetlands in the environment at dangerous levels. ANWR’s caribou calving occurred most- Skies Act” would be much more effec- Soon after Bush took office the U.S All of this information, including the ly outside ANWR while her own depart- tive, would cost very little more, and Army Corps of Engineers changed its direct involvement of the White House ment’s research showed the opposite. would save 17,800 lives from reduced policy from protecting wetlands to one in falsifying EPA reports and press She also deleted important findings by pollution. The alternative would also of destroying wetlands. U.S. Fish and releases, is contained in a report by the her own scientists that indicated that reduce carbon dioxide emissions, a major Wildlife scientists concluded that pro- EPA Inspector General. Although the caribou calving and survival could be contributor to global warming. Bush posed rule changes on wetlands would report was suppressed by the White harmed by drilling activities in ANWR. policy is opposed to reducing carbon lead to significant environmental damage House, a copy was leaked to the New Bush Lie: Water Quality dioxide emissions. and that the Corps’ own data supported York Times and the full report is now Perchlorate, the main ingredient in Bush also refused to let the EPA this conclusion. Interior Secretary available. This lie came to light after the solid rocket fuel, is a serious health release a study requested by Congress Norton suppressed this information by Waxman report was released. threat. Research in 1997 showed signifi- which showed that the financial impact failing to present the Fish and Wildlife Links to the entire Waxman and EPA cant health risks, even at low levels, espe- to the U.S. economy from controlling scientists’ report to the Corps. The pro- Reports, are at skyhighway.com/~rjs.

4 The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 42 Number 6, 2003 Printed on Recycled Paper City of Santa Cruz reduces pesticide use

by Celia Scott he City of Santa Cruz hires goats substantially reduce pesticide use. five years under the guidance of consul- to clear brush around the Bay In November 1998, the City Council tants (Daar/IPM Consulting Group), the TStreet Reservoir, Newell Creek approved a policy requiring all City City’s new Resource Ecologist, and an Dam and the Water Treatment Plant Departments and contractors to “elimi- IPM Technical Advisory Committee instead of using herbicides. On city- nate or reduce pesticide applications on composed of citizens and city staff. In owned DeLaveaga Golf Course, workers City property to the maximum extent December 2002 the City received an remove invasive English Daisies (mas- feasible” and to educate the public about IPM Innovator Award from the State querading as golf balls) by hand. And the dangers of toxic chemicals. The Department of Pesticide Regulation. around the city, park employees are resulting IPM Program is an ecological This October, the IPM Program

using “green-flaming” with a propane approach to pest management, where passed another milestone Steve Ash torch to remove weeds from fencelines non-chemical methods are preferred, and when the City Council environment. However, experi- and other places. It’s all part of least-toxic pesticides are used only as a adopted an IPM Guidance ence in other communities (such Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a last resort. Manual for use by City as San Francisco, the pioneer on program which has enabled the City to The program has evolved over the last staff, as well as a Reduced- IPM efforts) indicates that over Risk Pesticide List the long run, costs to local gov- (RRPL). ernment are reduced. The RRPL For more information on the includes a City of Santa Cruz IPM Program, list of and to obtain copies of the IPM acceptable Guidance Manual (which products includes valuable chapters on that have a Sheila Daar IPM use in gardening and on relatively how to deal with aphids, gophers, low hazard to users, the pink snow mold, rats and yellow jack- public, and the environ- ets), call the City Resource Ecologist and ment. The use of more IPM Coordinator, Kirk Lenington, 420- hazardous products is 5364 or visit the City IPM website: tightly controlled www.ci.santa-cruz.ca. through precise limits as us/advbod/pk/ipm.html. to use, and a strict, one- time-only, exemption process. An annual report to the City Coun- cil on all pesticide use is required. Current estimates of Poetry direct costs to the City for implementing an IPM Program are upward of $50,000 per year, without Snowy Plover Terry Tompkins, City of Santa Cruz taking into account the hard-to-measure benefits A nest of sand she made herself, to public health and the Never knowing: one night, Above: Living lawnmowers clear brush at Newell Creek Dam. Right: A city worker “greenflames a park Life’s wind-driven waves fence line. Far right: Gardeners remove English Daisies at DeLaveaga Golf Course. Would wash her world away.

Beyond flood tide she found herself, N EWS C LIPS Never dreaming: one day, Love’s storm-shattered wings Finally a park Would whisk her off again. over this rugged park. Since the birds rating information from various data sets In late October the California Court —Eugene Sobka of Appeal upheld the transfer of Hatton travel great distances, it is hoped the to monitor major habitats, species and Canyon from Caltrans to State Parks. males will eventually mate outside the issues. Attorney Michael Stamp represented the park. Their task for the present is to Club in the suit. The appeal had been learn how to exist in the wild. Under new management filed by the Citizens for Hatton Canyon, The Club’s Clair Tappaan Lodge is who sought to block the transfer in the SIMoN says now being run by Miramar Hospitality, hopes that Caltrans would one day build Check out the new Monterey Bay a hotel management group based in Los the freeway. Marine Sanctuary website, Altos. Guests should start seeing some www.mbnms-simon.org. SIMoN stands changes including remodeled bathrooms Fly boys for Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring in time for ski season. Herb Holden is Six juvenile male condors and a 12- Network and showcases scientific moni- now employed by Miramar instead of year-old mentor male condor are slated toring projects conducted by hundreds the Club.

to be released in the Pinnacles sometime of researches. The site includes an inter- Suzie Bulger in December. It has been more than 100 active mapping application that allows years since California Condors soared users to create their own maps incorpo-

Please Recycle This Paper Again The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 42 Number 6, 2003 5 C ALENDAR Sierra Club Events Thursday, January 1 bring your plate, cup and serving utensils Tuesday, January 27 Friday, February 13 and a potluck dish to share. No red Singles New Year’s wine. For Potluck: Colorado Potluck - Costa Rica and Pizza Party information Join Bob Hale on an adventure to Rocky Guatemala Meet at 6:00 p.m. at call after 11:00 Mountain National Park in Colorado. Jann McCord will present this slide show Tony & Alba’s, 226 Mt. Hermon Rd. in a.m. leader Bring food to share for 8 and your own from her recent trip to Costa Rica and Scotts Valley (King’s Village shopping Karen Kaplan plate and utensils. Drinks available. Guatemala. The potluck begins at 6:30 center). $8.00 per person; drinks are at 335-3342, or Carmel. 6:15 p.m. Turn east at Hwy. 1 p.m. Bring food to share and your own extra. Please be punctual so we know host Lulu and Rio Road; turn south at the last stop plate, cup, utensils and serving utensils. how much food to order. For more infor- Durham at light at Carmel Center Place; park in the We love home-cooked food, but store- mation call leader, Karen Kaplan, after 476-9673. lighted area behind Safeway and enter the bought items (minimum value $4) make 11:00 a.m. at 335-3342. side entrance of the mall. For more infor- great contributions too. For directions mation call Marion Chilson, 624-3510. call George, 335-7748. Friday, January 9 Colorado has many scenic Potluck - The Grand Canyon wonders. Non-Sierra Club events of interest Jeff West will present slides from his trip The following activities are not sponsored or administered by the Sierra Club. The

to the Grand Canyon. The potluck Richard Stover Club makes no representations or warranties about the safety, supervision or manage- begins at 6:30 p.m. Bring food to share ment of such activities. They are published only as a reader service. and your own plate, cup, utensils and Friday, January 23 serving utensils. We love home-cooked Tuesday evenings - January - March Ranch Park every Saturday and invite Singles Potluck and Games food, but store-bought items (minimum Sierra Club members to join them. An Master Composter Training value $4) make great contributions too. Friday evening potlucks are a great way updated list of all hikes may be found on For directions call George, 335-7748. to begin the weekend, and provide an Learn everything there is to know about their website: www.mprpd.org. opportunity to make weekend plans with backyard and worm composting. FREE Sunday, January 18 others. 6:30 p.m. Bring food to share and training for Santa Cruz County residents. Second and fourth Saturdays your own plate, cup, utensils, and serving In exchange, students will volunteer to Vegetarian Potluck: Habitat restoration - utensils. We love home-cooked food, but teach others about composting. Includes Watsonville Speaking Up For Animals store-bought items (minimum value $4) 7 Tuesday evening classes and 5 Saturday The potluck is at 6:00 p.m. Afterwards make great contributions too. For direc- field trips. All class materials including Sponsored by Watsonville Wetlands we will see a documentary video about tions call George, 335-7748. books, worm bins and worms provided. Watch. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Meet in the ethical treatment of animals. Please Contact Ecology Action, 426-5925 x 14 Orchard Supply lot at Green Valley Road or www.ecoact.org. Sponsored by the and Main Street in Watsonville. Gloves, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. tools and lunch provided. Call Laura Kummerer, 728-4106 for more informa- Sunday, December 14 tion. No experience necessary. Benefit Concert Saturdays (see dates below) The Lompico Watershed Conservancy Habitat restoration — will hold a benefit concert at Don California Native Plant Society Quixote’s Restaurant in Felton. 4-9 p.m. Four popular blue grass, Celtic, and Volunteer to restore native habitat in country rock bands. Call Jessica, State Parks in Santa Cruz County. Wear 334-7696 for updated information. comfortable layered work clothing. Bring water & gloves. Tools provided. 10:00 Wed. - Sat., January 21-24 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We work rain or shine, but, if things get particularly unpleasant, Ecological Farming Conference we call it a day. Call Linda Brodman, Major meeting on sustainable agriculture. 462-4041 for more information. Email: Preconference session on Wednesday on [email protected]. website: sustainable fisheries. Sponsored by www.cruzcnps.org. Ecological Farming Association. Asilomar. For more information visit Dec. 13, Sat. - Henry Cowell State Park www.eco-farm.org. Jan. 10, Sat. - Quail Hollow County Park Saturdays Jan. 24, Sat. - Sunset Beach State Park Garland Ranch hikes The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District docents lead hikes at Garland Deborah A. Malkin ATTORNEY AT LAW Specializing in Wills, Living Trusts, Tax-saving Trusts, and other forms of Estate Planning. Also offering assistance with Conservatorships and Probate. Free initial consultation Discount offered to Sierra Club members. The Creekside Offices at 2425 Porter St., Suite 15 • Soquel, CA 95073 • 831-462-9100

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R ATINGS In the interests of facilitating the logistics of some outings, it is customary that 9 miles. Dress in layers. There is a 3/4 hr. participants make carpooling arrangements. The Sierra Club does not have drive to the trailhead. Meet at the Santa Cruz County Government Ctr. at 9:30 a.m. Leader: GENERAL INFORMATION: insurance for carpooling arrangements and assumes no liability for them. Nick Wyckoff, 462-3101. All outings begin and end at the trailhead. Carpooling, ride sharing or anything similar is strictly a private arrangement Carpooling to and from the trailhead is strict- among the participants. Participants assume the risks associated with this travel. Sunday, December 14 ly a private arrangement between the driver and his/her guests. Carpool drivers are not [email protected]. WALK: FORT ORD Take a break from holiday frenzy and join us agents or employees of the Sierra Club. D ECEMBER Sunday, December 7 for a 2-3 hour loop around the southeast cor- GLS = Gay & Lesbian Sierrans. All are ner of Fort Ord. Bring water and snack. Meet welcome on GLS outings. Wednesday, December 3 WALK: SOMEWHERE IN MONTEREY at 10:00 a.m. at the trailhead off Portola COUNTY EXPLANATION OF RATINGS: Drive, near the Reservation Road exit from HIKE: POGONIP Meet me for a walk in the surrounding area, The outings described vary in difficulty Enjoy a walk through this 640-acre expanse of Hwy. 68. (Hint: follow signs to CHP office, depending on the weather and our whim. bear right by open field on paved lane to park- from leisurely walks to strenuous hikes. The open meadows, woodlands, and creeks that Bring water and lunch. Meet at Albertson’s at following explanation are general guidelines. was once part of the Henry Cowell Ranch. ing area.) Hard rain cancels. Leader: Mary 9:30 a.m. Call for more information. Leader: Gale, 422-6970. (For more information about the difficulty of We’ll walk up to Harry Rocky, 625-7632. UCSC to eat our a particular hike, call the leader): Wednesday, December 17 Walk: Between 2-5 miles, leisurely pace. sack lunch and Notice Wednesday, December 10 Easy: No more than 5 miles a day; slight return on the HIKE: HIDDEN VILLA Pogonip Creek WALK: BAMBOO GIANT Nestled in Los Altos Hills is a youth hostel on elevation gain; easy pace. Nature Trail. 6 Club events such as potlucks, slide NURSERY Moderate: 5-10 miles a day; up to 2,000 shows and other This world-famous nursery the 1,600-acre non-profit organic farm and miles. Meet at wilderness preserve founded by Frank and ft. elevation gain; 1 to 2 1/2 mph; boots; bet- Sears 41st Ave. at get-togethers are on page 6 in the in Aptos features 47 different varieties of bamboo from Josephine Duveneck in 1924. They held many ter than average fitness required. 9:00 a.m. to car- Calendar listings. multicultural summer camps here, and the Strenuous: Distance variable; may in- pool, or at the around the world and is one of the largest of its kind in Santa Clara Loma Prieta Chapter of Sierra volve off-trail hiking; demanding pace; for Golf Club Drive Club was founded here in their home. We’ll experienced hikers in good condition only. entrance to Pogonip. (Park on street by bus North America. They have a trail system featuring 3 self-guided walks and a picnic area. visit the hostel, the organic vegetable garden, garage, and walk to park gate for 9:30 meet- the education center, and hike 5 miles of the ing.) Leader: Diane Cornell, 423-5925. Bring lunch. After lunch we’ll continue down M EETING P LACES Freedom Blvd. to Green Valley Rd. and walk trails behind the historic house built in 1880. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. at 9:00 a.m. to car- Saturday, December 6 around Pinto Lake County Park. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. to carpool at 9:00 a.m., in pool, or at 10:00 a.m. at Hidden Villa, 26870 DIRECTIONS: Moody Road, Los Altos Hills off El Monte Big Sur Land Trust Parking Lot: 3785 BIKE/HIKE: PEBBLE BEACH front of the Express Deli at Rio Del Mar exit Bike and hike in Pebble Beach, doesn’t that at 9:20 a.m., or at the nursery, 5601 Freedom Rd. and Hwy. 280. Parking $5. Leader: Diane Via Nona Marie, Carmel. From Hwy. 1 head- sound like fun? Bike 4 miles (gentle uphill). Cornell, 423-5925. Co-leader: Irvin Lindsey. ing south in Carmel, turn left on Rio Road, Blvd., Aptos at 9:45 a.m. Leader: Diane Hike 3 miles. Meet at the Fishwife Restaurant Cornell, 423-5925. left on Via Nona Marie, then left into the at Hwy. 68 and Asilomar Blvd. in Pacific Saturday, December 20 parking lot behind Monterey County Bank, Grove with bikes at 9:00 a.m. Bring water and Saturday, December 13 HIKE: MAL PASO TO SOBERANES opposite the Post Office. lunch. Heavy rain cancels. Leader: Marilyn We’ll walk up Mal Paso Cyn, then south up a Albertson’s/Bagel Bakery: Heading south Beck, 372-6860 or [email protected]. HIKE: ANDREW MOLERA WEST 8-mile hike up Ridge Trail, down Panorama steep ridge on good trail, then up to on Hwy. 1, pass through Monterey. One mile Soberanes Trail. Return via Rocky Ridge. Car past the Ocean Ave. intersection, turn left on Saturday, December 6 Trail. Lunch on the beach. Redwoods, meadows, views galore. 1200’ elevation gain. shuttle. Expect some adventure, 7 miles, Carmel Valley Road (Hwy. G-16), toward WALK: POGONIP Footbridge is gone, so be prepared to wade 1,500' elevation gain. Bring lunch, water. Carmel Valley. Go approximately 0.1 mile Join Friends of the Pogonip for a 3-hour the Big Sur, shin deep. Bring water, lunch, Wear hiking boots. Meet at Albertson’s at and then turn right at the light toward the morning walk on the Pogonip. We will dis- windbreaker, hat, and $ for carpool. Meet at 9:30 a.m. Leader: Charles Gagarin, 659-1062, shopping centers. Albertson’s and the Bagel cuss a recent revival of a proposed paved road the Bagel Bakery at 9:00 a.m. Heavy rain can- co-leader Larry Parrish, 622-7455. to the University across the Pogonip. Meet at Bakery are on the right. cels. Leader: Suzanne Arnold, 626-4042. Saturday, December 20 Santa Cruz County Govt. Center: This is the top (north end) of Spring Street in Santa the large grey building at the corner of Ocean Cruz at 9:30 a.m. Call leaders Celia or Peter Saturday, December 13 HIKE: HENRY COWELL Scott, 423-0796 if you have questions. and Water Streets in Santa Cruz. We meet at HIKE: CHALK MOUNTAIN. Meet at the Santa Cruz County Government Ctr. at 9:00 a.m. or at the park headquarters the corner of the parking lot that is nearest to Sunday, December 7 Climb Chalk Mtn., the highest point in Big the gas station. Basin State Park. 1800 feet elevation gain and in front of the store at 9:30 a.m. 8 miles. Bring Felton Faire: From Santa Cruz take HIKE: SANTA LUCIA TRAIL Graham Hill Rd. toward Felton. Just after Strenuous 11-mile loop from Arroyo Seco. We’ll hike through a variety of habitats you pass Roaring Camp (on the left), make a including chaparral, river, and oak wood- right into Felton Faire shopping center. We lands. Some of the hike will be along the sel- meet at the edge of the Safeway parking lot dom-traveled and infrequently-maintained nearest Graham Hill Rd. Santa Lucia Trail. Expect overgrown sections 41st Avenue Sears: From Hwy. 1 in with poison oak and considerable elevation Capitola, take the 41st Avenue exit and con- gain. Meet at 10:00 a.m. at the trailhead at tinue toward the ocean on 41st Avenue Arroyo Seco. Call leader for directions. toward the Mall. Pass the main Mall entrance Heavy rain cancels. Leader: Betsy and turn right into the next entrance heading MacGowan, (510) 215-9255 (new number) or toward Sears. We meet behind the bank located at 41st and Capitola Road. Senior Saunter meets in Sears parking lot close to 41st Avenue. Moving? MPC Parking Lot: Monterey Peninsula Please fill out and mail the change College Parking Lot. From Hwy. 1 take the of address form on page 15. Fisherman’s Wharf exit, go straight one block, turn left and left again into the first parking The post office charges us 60 cents each if lot, parking lot A. This is the site of the they handle the address change. Please help Thursday Farmers Market. Plenty of parking the Club by using the coupon on page 15. without a fee on weekends. Thank you

Please Recycle This Paper Again The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 42 Number 6, 2003 7 O UTINGS lunch and water. Leaders: George Jammal, Wednesday, January 7 monarch butterflies in the eucalyptus grove. 335-7748 and Gary Harrold, 662-0102. J ANUARY HIKE: ALMADEN VALLEY/LOS GATOS Lunch at the picnic tables by the Visitors’ This recently opened trail links Almaden Center. 4 easy, flat miles, shorter option. Saturday, December 20 Meet at Sears 41st Ave. before 9:30 a.m., or at Thursday, January 1 Valley with Los Gatos as it snakes along the WALK: SOMEWHERE IN MONTEREY CO. ridgeline below Mt. Umunhum. This longest 9:50 a.m. at the Lighthouse Field parking lot See December 7. HIKE: PEBBLE BEACH stretch of new Bay Area trail in more than 10 next to the restrooms. Bring lunch, sunscreen, We can never hope to equal the great New years goes through an area once laced with hat and $1 for carpool. Binoculars optional. Sunday, December 21 Year’s Day hikes by Bob de Yoe (for 25 years) mining caves and mine dumps. Bring lunch Leader: Jean Harrison, 425-5447. and Joan di Stefano (for the last 12 years), but and water. 9 miles. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. at HIKE: POST SUMMIT & MOUNT MANUEL come along with us for a laid-back 4 miles. It’s Saturday, January 17 Very strenuous hike from East Molera over 9:00 a.m. to carpool or 10:00 a.m. at trailhead a Ventana Chapter New Year’s tradition. in San Jose (Hwy. 17 to Camden to end of HIKE: JOSEPH T. GRANT COUNTY PARK Post Summit and Mount Manuel to Big Sur We’ll try to include a surprise. Meet at 10:00 State Park. 12 miles, 3000' elevation gain. Hicks Rd.). Leader: Diane Cornell 423-5925. We’ll explore the upper reaches of this Santa a.m. in Pacific Grove at Sunset Drive & Clara Co. Park in the foothills of Mt. Beautiful views of the Big Sur coast. Car shut- Asilomar Ave. Cloudy or shine. Dress for tle. Hike will take all day. Bring $ for carpool. Saturday, January 10 Hamilton east of San Jose. 12 miles with 2000' weather. It’s usually windy along the coast. elevation gain. See some of the largest white Wear boots, bring a big lunch and lots of Bring water and snacks. For more info, phone HIKE: MOUNT MANUEL water. Meet at Albertson’s at 8:00 a.m. Heavy We’ll ascend the ridge from Big Sur State and black oaks I have ever encountered and co-leaders: Mary Gale, 422-6970 or Joyce beautiful views overlooking Santa Clara rain cancels. Leader: Steve Legnard, 402-1422 Stevens, 624-3149. Park. Strenuous 10-miles with 3000' elevation or [email protected]. gain. Panoramic views all the way. Bring County. Meet at the Santa Cruz County Government Ctr. at 9:30 a.m. to carpool. It is Saturday, January 3 lunch, plenty of water, $ for carpool. Heavy Sunday, December 28 rain cancels. Meet at the Bagel Bakery at 8:00 a 1 1/4 hour drive over Hwy 17. to the trail- WALK: SOMEWHERE IN MONTEREY CO. a.m. Leader: Suzanne Arnold, 626-4042. head. Leader: Nick Wyckoff, 462-3101. BIKE RIDE: CSUMB/FORT ORD See December 7. Work off some holiday calories. 20 miles, Saturday, January 17 mostly on paved streets. We’ll explore the Cal Sunday, January 11 Tuesday, January 6 HIKE: EWOLDSEN TRAIL State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), HIKE: POGONIP/GRAY WHALE/WILDER the East Garrison area, and see native plant SENIOR SAUNTER: SUNSET BEACH We’ll use the bus system at the start and end 5-6 mile hike starting at Julia Pfeiffer Burns reserves. Hilly terrain; leisurely pace. Meet at We’ll walk both the bluffs and the beach. 4 of this hike to enjoy a fine 8-mile walk in the State Park to a panoramic viewpoint high 10:00 a.m. at the thrift shop parking lot just miles with some hills. Bring lunch, water, $2 greenbelt lands surrounding Santa Cruz, tra- above the ocean. After we’ll visit the water- inside the main gate off Hwy. 1. Bring water for carpool and your share of entrance $. versing the Pogonip, the upper UCSC cam- fall. Bring hat, water, lunch, and $ for car- and a snack. Helmets mandatory. Leaders Dress for windy and/or wet weather. Meet at pus, the Gray Whale Ranch and Wilder pool. Meet at Albertson’s at 10:00 a.m. Back Cath Farrant and Mary Dainton 372 7427. Sears 41st Ave. before 9:30 a.m., or at Sunset Ranch State Park. Our route will take us around 5:00 p.m. Leader: Andrea Phelps, 884- Beach at the kiosk parking lot about 9:50 a.m. through forests, and over meadows with spec- 9705 or [email protected]. Leaders: Joan Brohmer, 462-3803 and Mary tacular views across Monterey Bay as we Saturday, January 17 Lou Schneider, 479-1859. descend toward the ocean. Bring lunch and $3 bus fare. Meet at the Santa Cruz Metro HIKE: GLEN DEVEN RANCH Center on Pacific Ave. in time to catch the Hike 2.5 miles on the ridge with optional 4.5- 9:05 a.m. #16 bus to campus; we’ll return to mile canyon hike (both on dirt roads). With the Metro Center at 4:55 p.m. Call leaders good weather, we’ll sit overlooking the ocean Celia or Peter Scott at 423-0796 to confirm and share poems and stories. If weather is bus times, or for further information. inclement, we’ll do this in Virginia Mudd’s studio on the ranch, which looks out on the Sunday, January 11 mountains and valleys. Bring lunch and HIKE: WEST MOLERA water. Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Big Sur Land “Peace begins Hidden Trail to Ridge Trail to Panorama Trust office. Heavy rain cancels. Call or email Well Within” Trail to Bluff Trail. Fantastic ocean views. to reserve a spot. Leader: Marilyn Beck, 372- Stream crossing. 8 miles, and 1000' elevation 6860 or [email protected]. gain. Meet at Albertson’s at 9:00 a.m. Bring Sunday, January 18 lunch and water, extra shoes for the stream crossing. Heavy rain cancels. Leader: Steve HIKE: DANISH CREEK Legnard, 655-3109 (new telephone number). Continuing our exploration of the perimeters of the Ventana Wilderness, we’ll hike from Sunday, January 11 Los Padres Dam, join the Big Pines Trail, and P RIVATE SPAS & S AUNAS OVERLOOKING WALK: SOMEWHERE IN MONTEREY CO. then down to secluded Danish Creek. See December 7. Possible extra mile to Rattlesnake Camp. 8 A J APANESE GARDEN miles, 1800' elevation gain. Bring lunch, Tuesday, January 13 water, and wear hiking boots. Meet at Mid- Valley Shopping Center in Carmel Valley at SENIOR SAUNTER: WEST CLIFF/ 8:30 a.m. Leader: Larry Parrish, 622-7455. NATURAL BRIDGES Massage Therapy We’ll walk along the bluffs to view large winter waves. At Natural Bridges we’ll visit the Skin & Body Care All Natural Skin Care Products

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Tuesday, January 20 from bulldozing during the 1999 fire. 8 miles Jan. 25, 50% by Jan. 28, none after the 28th. the first Tuesday of the month. After a brief and 2000' elevation gain. Bring lunch and lots For more details call leader, George Jammal, visit, we’ll walk past remains of a shipwreck SENIOR SAUNTER: HISTORICAL 335-7748. BOULDER CREEK of water. Meet behind Brinton’s at 8.30 a.m. to DeAnza then return to the picnic tables at to carpool. Day-use fee we can share between Natural Bridges for lunch. Meet at Sears 41st By special arrangement, we’ll tour the San Saturday, January 31 Lorenzo Valley Museum and the old town car occupants. Rain cancels. Leaders: Cath Ave. before 9:30 a.m. or on Delaware Ave. in jail. Then a short walk to the new library, fol- Farrant and Mary Dainton 372 7427. HIKE: POINT LOBOS EAST Santa Cruz, at an entrance to Natural Bridges Short hike up to Huckleberry Hill from at 9:50 a.m. Dress for the weather; bring lowed by an additional Sunday, January 25 little country walk Hwy. 1, just south of the entrance to Point water, lunch, sunscreen, and $1 for carpool. before lunch at a park Getting to outings HIKE: JUNIPERO SERRA Lobos but at the east side. Perhaps we’ll check Binoculars optional. Leader Jean Harrison: beside the river. Sierra Club encourages outings Carpool 1-1/2 hours to out Gibson Cyn. Bring water, lunch. Call for 425-5447. participants to walk, bicycle, and more details. Meet at Albertson’s at 9:30 a.m. Overall, 2 miles. Bring Fort Hunter Liggett to Wednesday, February 4 lunch, water, sun- take the bus to outings meeting climb the highest peak in Heavy rain cancels. Leader: Charles Gagarin, screen, $2 for carpool places. the Ventana Wilderness. 659-1062, co-leader: Larry Parrish, 622-7455. HIKE UVAS CANYON COUNTY PARK and $ for a museum Very strenuous. Reserve This lushly wooded 1200-acre park is nestled donation. Meet at Sears X Xb all day. Call for meeting F EBRUARY on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz 41st Ave. before 9:30 place and time. Leader: Mountains. After hiking the waterfall loop, Betsy MacGowan, 510-215-9255 or e-mail at we’ll hike uphill to Triple Falls and then a.m. or at Felton Faire at 9:50 a.m. Leader: Sunday, February 1 Maureen Maynard, 336-5293. [email protected]. Knibbs Knob (steep). 7 miles. Bring water and HIKE: MITTELDORF PRESERVE lunch. Hiking boots recommended. Meet at Wednesday, January 21 Tuesday, January 27 Wonderful hike around the Mitteldorf Sears 41st Ave. to carpool at 9:00 a.m. or at HIKE: JACKS PEAK SENIOR SAUNTER: SEACLIFF BEACH Preserve, administered by the Big Sur Land 9:15 a.m. at Express Deli at Rio Del Mar exit, This 855-acre Monterey County Park has Hiker’s choice of a level 4-mile hike along the Trust. 9 miles and 2000' elevation gain. Great or at entrance to Uvas Canyon County Park. excellent views of Monterey Bay and Camel beach path, or walk up Cliff Drive in a neigh- views and gorgeous old trees (the largest red- Leader: Diane Cornell, 423-5925. wood in Monterey County). Bring lunch and Valley from the 5 miles of trails through borhood for a mile and back down to the Saturday, February 7 coastal scrub, chaparral, and Monterey pine. beach along a secret path. Lunch at the picnic water, wear boots. Meet at the San Carlos We start near the top of the peak. Bring lunch tables. Dress for weather and bring a sit-upon Ranch Gate, one mile off Carmel Valley Road HIKE: PINNACLES and water. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. at 9:00 (benches may be wet). $1 carpool fee. Meet at at 9:00 a.m. Call leader for reservation. Winter is the best time for the Pinnacles. The a.m., or at Express Deli at Rio Del Mar exit at Sears 41st Ave. before 9:30 a.m. or at Rio del Leader: Anneliese Suter, 624-1467. “grand tour” entails the High Peaks, Balconies Mar by Cafe Rio at 9:50 a.m. Leader: Beverly and caves. 9 miles, 1200' elevation gain. Bring 9:15 a.m., or at the trailhead, 10:10 a.m. Tuesday, February 3 (Hwy. 68 to Olmsted Rd. to Jacks Peak Dr. Meschi, 662-2434. lunch, water, a flashlight and $ for carpool Go left 0.3 mile to east parking area.) Leader: SENIOR SAUNTER: ANTONELLI and parking. Meet at K-Mart in Seaside, next Diane Cornell, 423-5925. Friday - Sunday, January 30 - Feb. 1 POND/SEYMOUR CENTER to the gas station at 8:00 a.m. Heavy rain can- SKI: HUTCHINSON LODGE 3-mile easy walk by Antonelli Pond to visit cels. Leader: Suzanne Arnold, 626-4042. Saturday, January 24 Hutchinson Lodge is the small the Homeless Garden, then on to the Seymour Center, which has free admission WALK: SOMEWHERE IN MONTEREY CO. lodge near Clair Tappaan. We’ll See December 7. have it to ourselves. The lodge has 2 sleeping lofts, 2 wood stoves, and a Saturday, January 24 sauna. The cost of this weekend/per- HIKE: VICENTE FLAT son is only $50/members. Non-mem- Great views on this 11-mile hike bers/$54. The price includes all through meadows and in redwoods. 2,000' meals! (Vegetarian available) X- elevation gain. Meet at the Bagel Bakery at country ski rentals and lessons available (for a 8:00 a.m. Bring water, lunch and $ for 1 hr+ fee) at the main lodge, in addition to free carpool. Wear good boots. Heavy rain can- access to groomed trails right from the back cels. Leader: Suzanne Arnold, 626-4042. door. Free shuttle bus to nearby cross-country and down-hill ski areas. We’ll share cook- Sunday, January 25 ing and cleaning. For reservation and trip information, send the completed form below, HIKE: DEVILS PEAK a check for the total (payable to Sierra Club) Starting at Botchers Gap, this hike goes steadi- and a SASE or e-mail address to: Hutchinson ly uphill through oak and madrone woods to Ski, P.O. Box 604 Santa Cruz 95061. Mail-in Skinners Ridge, then up the steep, dry path to reservations must be received by January 22. Devils Peak. Panoramic views from the coast Information will be sent to you on Jan. 23. to the interior of the Ventana Wilderness. Early reservations are a must; space is limited. We’ll see how the wilderness is recovering Refunds for cancellations are 100% before

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Sunday, February 8 Sunday, February 8 WALK: POINT LOBOS, NORTH COAST HIKE: MOUNT MANUEL Easy 2-mile loop around Whaler’s Cove, the We’ll hike up from Big Sur State Park. Pit and Moss Cove then over to the south end Strenuous 11 miles, 3000' elevation gain with of Monastery Beach. Although short, the incredible views. Wear boots, bring lunch and walk will be splendid—or your money back. lots of water. Meet at Albertson’s at 8:00 a.m. Meet at the Bank of America on Rio Road in Heavy rain cancels. Leader: Steve Legnard, Carmel at 10:00 a.m. Bring snack, water, and 655-3109 (new phone number). dress for the weather (windbreaker advised.) Rain cancels. For more information, call Sunday, February 8 leader: Joyce Stevens, 624-3149. HIKE: TASSAJARA LOOP This strenuous hike in the heart of the Ventana Wilderness is best done in winter. Expect a great wonderful tour. Call for necessary information. Leader: Betsy MacGowan, 510-215-9255 or [email protected]. Tuesday, February 10 SENIOR SAUNTER: SALINAS RIVER BEACH HIKE We’ll walk along the beach to see an old ship- wrecked boat half buried in the sand, and then on to nearby Salinas River. Walk is on dirt road and sand. Easy 3 miles. Meet before 9:30 a.m. at Sears 41st Ave. To go direct, take Hwy. 1 south to Marina - Del Monte Blvd. exit and turn right. Meet at dirt parking lot at 10:00 a.m. Bring lunch, jacket and $2 for carpool. Leader: Grace Hansen, 476-7254.

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10 The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 42 Number 6, 2003 Printed on Recycled Paper Updated Los Padres Resurrected Eastern Access road Trail Guide now available would harm Pogonip he 7th edition of the “Trail Guide Petition signatures needed to the Los Padres Forest” is now Tavailable for sale. Containing over 100 pages of trail descriptions, general lore of this ruggedly beautiful terrain and evival of an old threat to the severely “As far as I could see, a dark green sea of helpful advice, this pocket-sized volume integrity of the Pogonip damage untouched forest rolled out to the whole is a must-have for exploring the RGreenbelt in the City of Santa its nat- Northern Los Padres Forest, the Ventana Cruz has mobilized the Sierra Club and ural encircling horizon. In a lifetime—mine, and the Silver Peak Wilderness. sparked the formation of a new group, beauty anyway—one is given this blessing only The Trail Keep the Greenbelt Green. The Club and rarely: the chance to stand on high Guide, which has opposes a paved roadway (known as the wildlife habitat, and ground, turn in every direction, and see been published “eastern access”) through the Pogonip. would replace its peaceful serenity with by the Chapter Proponents envision a road from Hwy. traffic noise and air and water pollution. absolutely not one single sign of humanity. since 1969, is a 9 to UCSC which they believe would For many in our community, as well as This is how the world once was, without comprehensive relieve university-related traffic on the the resident wildlife, Pogonip is a sanc- our outsize dreams and dominion. and essential westside of Santa Cruz. tuary from the urban world. Roads and —Barbara Kingsolver ” handbook for Keep the Greenbelt Green acknowl- traffic have no place in Pogonip. “The Way to Nueva Vida,” Sierra, the hiker and edges the traffic problems in Westside How to help Sep/Oct, 2003. neighborhoods, and supports more effec- backpacker in • Sign a petition. Petitions are avail- tive, energy-efficient and environmental- this remote able for signing at the Sierra Club office, ly-sound solutions rather than violating region. It is 1001 Center Street, Santa Cruz (phone the integrity of City greenbelt lands. organized 426-HIKE), or at various locations in the Effective solutions to Westside traffic are by the 6 major water- City of Santa Cruz (phone 429-6166). included in the Master Transportation sheds: Carmel River, Little Sur River, Big They may also be obtained on line at ATTENTION:ATTENTION: Study (MTS) now pending before the Sur River, Arroyo Seco River, San sensibletransportation.org/greenbelt, Santa Cruz City Council. Antonio River and Kirk Creek. The along with a flyer and a fact sheet on the PotentialPotential Keep the Greenbelt Green is circulat- Guide is illustrated throughout with “Eastern Access.” ing a petition to the UCSC Chancellor Advertisers! color photos and black and white draw- • Download a petition and gather Advertisers! and the Santa Cruz City Council urging ings. signatures. them to reject a roadway through the Sierra Club Member This new version of the Trail Guide is • Email the Santa Cruz City Council Pogonip and to implement instead the based on the work of Nancy Hopkins, ([email protected]) and Profile solutions outlined in the MTS. The peti- who put together the first edition in Chancellor Greenwood (mrcgrnwd@ tion will be submitted to the City 1969. Nancy passed away in 2001, but ucsc.edu) to oppose a road through the Advertising in this newsletter packs Council at the 3:00 p.m. public hearing her outstanding vision and knowledge Pogonip. more clout into your advertising dol- December 9, where the Council will live on. • Contact 429-6166, or greenbelt@ lars. Sierra Club members are one of the take action on the Master Many people contributed to the pro- sensibletransportation.org to volunteer most valuable audiences in America. Transportation Study. duction of this edition from walking the or for more information. They are “opinion leaders” and “influ- A paved, heavily-used roadway trails to proofreading. In addition to the • Come on the Dec. 6 Pogonip hike entials;” by any name they are some of work of Ventana Chapter members, sub- through Pogonip’s steep terrain would to view proposed routes for the roadway. America’s most sought-after advertising stantial support was provided by the targets. Their own purchasing activity is Ventana Wilderness Alliance and the substantial. But, more important, they Mounted Assistance Group. Co-editors influence others—in everything from Joyce Stevens and Steve Chambers thank opinion and outlook to choice of prod- the following helpers: Bob Eaton, ucts. They are not only consumers, but Gordon Williams, Larry Parrish, David also doers and leaders. Nelson, Boone Hughey, Robin Way, Rita Dalessio, Mary Gale and Ben Post. Club Members are among the most Trail Guides are available through active, affluent audiences of adventure Sierra Club Books, the Ventana Chapter travelers and year-round outdoor bookstore in Carmel (624-8032), P. O. Design • Build • Maintain sports enthusiasts your advertising dol- Box 5667, Carmel, CA 93921, and at lars can buy. It’s an unduplicated audi- many local retailers. The cost of the ence with the power to buy your guide including the map is $14.95 plus tax (831) 425-3514 products and services. and shipping. www.terranovalandscaping.com Sierra Club Members are Great Prospects Median Age: 41 Male/Female: 63% / 37% Each month a one kilowatt PV system Median Household Income: $56,227 Attended/Graduated College: 81% prevents 150 lbs of coal from being mined Professional/Technical/Managerial: 36% What’s good for the prevents 300 lbs of CO2 from entering the atmosphere keeps 105 gallons of water from being consumed Outdoor Sports Enthusiasts environment keeps nitrous oxide and SO2 from being released Backpacking/Hiking 4 times more active than the average adult is good for the We design and install electricity-producing solar photovoltaic systems for homes and Mountain Biking 5 times more active economy businesses in Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties. 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Please Recycle This Paper Again The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 42 Number 6, 2003 11 Sierra Club heralds environmental wins in State Legislature 47 of 48 bills supported by Sierra Club California priority bills signed into law in 2003 Club signed into law • SB 20 (Sher) creates an advance recy- • SB 810 (Burton) gives the Regional • AB 906 (Nakano) prohibits cruise cling fee on electronic waste to fund recy- Water Quality Control Boards the authority ships from discharging graywater from his was a banner year for the envi- cling of discarded electronic equipment. to block the approval of logging plans that kitchens, laundries, and showers into State ronment in the California State • SB 189 (Escutia) moves California would violate water quality standards. waters. TLegislature with laws passed to closer to the goal of establishing an envi- • SB 923 (Sher) authorizes the State • AB 998 (Lowenthal) imposes an ini- protect our watersheds, coastal waters, ronmental health tracking system. Water Board to issue waivers from waste dis- tial $3 per gallon fee on perchloroethylene air quality, and community environ- • SB 245 (Sher) restricts salmon, trans- charge requirements, authorizes a fee on (perc or PCE) to fund a grant program for ment. One of our highest priorities, SB genic, and exotic finfish aquaculture in waivers, and requires waiver conditions to alternative dry cleaning systems consid- 810 (Burton) marked the first significant State waters. include a monitoring requirement except ered to be nontoxic and nonsmog-form- reform to the State Forest Practices Act • SB 288 (Sher) blocks the Bush when discharges do not pose a significant ing. in 30 years. This new law gives the Administration rollback air quality regu- threat to water quality. • AB 999 (J. Horton) reduces mercury Regional Water Quality Control Boards lations. • SB 1004 (Soto) establishes safeguards to pollution by making non-mercury dental the authority to block the approval of • SB 331 (Romero) codifies the doc- protect Californians from perchlorate conta- fillings eligible for Medi-Cal reimburse- logging plans that would violate water trine of delayed discovery as it applies to mination and require those who contami- ment. quality standards. the statute of limitations for filing a law- nate drinking water supplies to pay for the • AB 1168 (Berg) assigns Wild & Scenic Two other bills signed into law which suit for illness, injury, or death caused by costs caused by their pollution. River status to Albion and Gualala Rivers. will improve enforcement of State water exposure to a hazardous material or toxic • AB 16 (Jackson) requires that oil pro- • AB 1244 (Chu) encourages the mod- quality law were SB 923 (Sher) and AB substance. duced offshore be transported by pipeline ernization of urban schools and will help 897. SB 923 requires that State Water • SB 352 (Escutia) prohibits the siting instead of by ship. to revitalize urban neighborhoods. Board waivers from waste discharge of a school within 500 feet of a freeway • AB 21 (Jackson) establishes terms for • AB 1330 (Simitian) creates a private- requirements be in the public interest, and brings closer scrutiny to the siting of Coastal Commissioners appointed by the ly-funded State Department of Education authorizes a fee on waivers, and requires schools near large agricultural operations Legislature (response to lawsuit by Pacific study to analyze the scholastic and behav- waiver conditions to include a monitor- or rail yards. Legal Foundation). ioral effects of outdoor education on ing requirement except when discharges • SB 412 (Sher) allows for the collec- • AB 28 (Jackson, Pavley, Burton, Sher) underserved populations. do not pose a significant threat to water tion of any fully-protected species as is increases the deposit amount for beverage • AB 1360 (Steinberg) provides a statu- quality. AB 897 (Jackson) strengthens necessary for scientific research, includ- container recycling. tory basis for CalEPA’s Environmental water quality enforcement by reducing ing efforts to recover those species. • AB 47 (Simitian) requires landowners Indicators for California Project. distinctions between nonpoint and point • SB 418 (Sher) streamlines and clari- to include maps of their past logging con- • AB 1492 (Laird) closes loopholes in source violations. fies the streambed alteration agreement ducted in the watershed. the Williamson Act by restricting lot line Also signed were AB 121 (Simitian) process. • AB 110 (Oropeza) allows the establish- adjustments and construction of nonagri- and AB 906 (Nakano), which regulate • SB 552 (Burton) requires the ment of a regulatory fee structure that cultural buildings not allowed in the con- discharges by cruise ships in our coastal Department of General Services, in con- ensures that those who pollute our air and tract. waters. AB 16 (Jackson) will protect our sultation with the California Air water will bear the full cost of regulation. • AB 1497 (Montañez) helps ensure coastal waters and shoreline by requiring Resources Board and the California • AB 121 (Simitian) prohibits cruise ships that solid waste landfills throughout the offshore oil to be piped rather than Energy Commission to develop mini- from dumping sewage or oily bilge into State state are operated in a manner that pro- shipped by tanker to shore. mum fuel efficiency and emission stan- waters. tects public health and the environment A groundbreaking package of bills dards and specifications for all vehicles • AB 302 (Chan) bans the use of fire- by increasing the ability of communities authored by Senator Dean Florez leased or purchased by the State of retardant polybrominated diphenyl ethers to participate in decisions about local land- (Bakersfield) will address the terrible air California. (PBDEs) after 2008. fills. quality in the Central Valley where chil- • SB 649 (Kuehl) prohibits mining • AB 334 (Goldberg) allows local govern- • AB 1541 (Montañez) improves dren suffer from asthma at three times operations from selling their products to ments to limit the availability or prohibit the reporting of water pollution by classifying the national rate. Other significant air the State agencies unless they have com- installation of water softeners that discharge failure to file reports of the discharge of quality bills signed include SB 656 (Sher), plied with SMARA. to community sewer systems. waste into waterways as “serious viola- which strengthens regulation of particu- • SB 656 (Sher) works to improve air • AB 433 (Nation) reauthorizes the tions” under the Porter-Cologne Water late matter, and SB 288 (Sher), which quality by requiring the California Air model ballast water discharge management Quality Control Act. locks in place California’s air quality reg- Resources Board and local air districts to program, which will help control the intro- • AB 1548 (Pavley) facilitates coordina- ulations in the face of rollbacks by the identify and adopt cost-effective measures duction of invasive species accidentally tion of environmental education curricu- Bush administration. to reduce particulate pollution. released from ship ballast water. lum. Two important bills that address solid • SB 666 (Bowen) facilitates the pro- • AB 455 (Chu) prohibits the use of four • AB 1685 (Leno) extends the waste were signed. SB 20 (Sher) requires tection of Ballona Wetlands. regulated heavy metals-lead, mercury, cadmi- California Public Utilities Commission’s establishment of a system to recycle • SB 700 (Florez & Sher) repeals the um, and hexavalent chromium-in packaging Self-Generation Incentive Program and cathode ray tubes (CRTs-televisions and current agricultural exemption on air materials. requires certain distributed generation computer monitors) and AB 28 (Jackson quality permits. • AB 514 (Kehoe) requires water meters projects using fossil fuels to meet specific and Sher) expands the state’s bottle bill • SB 704 and 705 (Florez) will phase on all service connections of urban water emissions targets to be eligible for the pro- law. Televisions and computer monitors out open field burning of agricultural suppliers that receive water from the Central gram. typically contain five to seven pounds of waste in the San Joaquin Valley over the Valley Project. • AB 1700 (Laird & Wiggins) helps lead. In California, more than 10,000 next decade. • AB 826 (Jackson), the Perchlorate clean up contaminated military bases by computers and TVs become obsolete • SB 777 (Escutia) improves whistle- Contamination Prevention Act, requires the saving positions at the Department of daily. A fee collected when CRTs are blower protection by creating a confiden- Department of Toxic Substances Control to Toxic Substances Control and the State sold will be used to collect and safely tial Whistleblower Hotline in the office establish standards for best management Water Resources Control Board that over- recycle discarded CRTs. of the Attorney General, providing a safe- practices for the handling of perchlorate see base remediation and that are not fund- Special thanks goes to the Club’s lob- haven for employees who want to expose materials. ed by the General Fund. bying team in Sacramento and Club wrongdoing within their companies. • AB 859 (Nakano) facilitates the protec- • AB 1756 (Assem. Budget Committee) members who wrote and called their leg- • SB 796 (Dunn) allows workers to tion of Ballona Wetlands. prohibits the California Integrated Waste islators about specific bills. To sign up file civil actions against their employers • AB 897 (Jackson) strengthens water qual- Management Board from spending public for the Legislative Action Network visit, for violations of the Labor Code. ity enforcement by reducing distinctions funds on the incineration of waste tires. http://cal-legalert.sierraclubaction.org. between nonpoint and point source violations.

12 The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 42 Number 6, 2003 Printed on Recycled Paper Sierra Club togs make great holiday gifts Holiday gifts at your Club bookstore hopping for just the right present for by Nada Kovalik your special tree-hugger? Check out Desert Solitaire the new Sierra Club clothing for men S “ he tourists have gone home. Most little black bur through wild blizzards and women. These fashions not only look good, but also use sustainable fabrics of them. A few still rumble in and and horrendous glacial excursions. such as wool, hemp, organic cotton or Tramble around in their sand-pit- The little mongrel is charmingly EcoSpun fleece, produced entirely from ted dust-choked iron dinosaurs, but the depicted with an attitude and a jaunty post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. great majority, answering a mystical tail in illustrations by Carl Dennis. The Even the denim is politically correct. It is summons, have returned to the smoky story is tempered with Muir’s musings manufactured in Denmark using golf jungles and swamps of what we call, in on “the unity and sanctitude of all living balls instead of mined pumice to give the wistful hope, American civilization.” things.” fabric its traditional worn look. Yes, that’s the gravelly grumpy voice Trail Guides of Edward Abbey echoing across the Best of all, the Club receives a royalty And of course, be sure to get your years from 1968, when he first wrote on each item sold. Styles include jackets, new copy of the Trail Guide to Los that impudent masterpiece, Desert pants, sweaters, and shirts. Padres National Forest and Popular Solitaire. If you’ve not read it since its The clothing is produced by Isda & Outings, which describes day hikes and publication 35 years ago, you’re in for a Company based in San Francisco. Sierra bike rides in the Monterey Bay area and treat. If you’ve never read it, an even Club requires its suppliers to adhere to beyond. bigger treat. the workplace code of conduct of the The men’s boiled wool jacket includes The Club bookstore is located on the hand warmer pockets and buttoned chest As a young man Abbey spent a season Fair Labor Association, a coalition of south side of Ocean Avenue in Carmel, pockets. as a park ranger in Arches National Park universities, non-governmental organiza- midway between San Carlos and in southeastern Utah. His stories and tions and companies such as Eddie years to come. Dolores. Volunteers are on hand to help ruminations on those days are sparks Bauer, Patagonia and others. A full selection of men’s and women’s you from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday from a fiery, protective love of nature. If you think it’s time to supplement apparel is available at: www.sierra through Saturday. your own winter wardrobe or you need clubgear.com. Locally, Sierra Club Often Abbey was prescient. Even then, he was proposing what is now some inspiration for holiday gifts, the clothing is sold at EcoGoods in down- Court rules Yosemite Merced Sierra Club line of Fall/Winter apparel town Santa Cruz, 1130 Pacific Avenue being hotly debated as part of has an array of warm winter clothing and, in the near future, at the Friends of Yosemite’s future: a banning or large River Plan not protective reduction of private automobile traffic. that will keep you toasty during the the Sea Otter Education and Retail he 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Here’s what he said: coming outdoor season and for many Center, 381 Cannery Row in Monterey. ruled on October 27 in favor of “Excluding the automobile from the Friends of Yosemite Valley and heart of the great cities has been serious- T MERG (Mariposans for Environmentally ly advocated by thoughtful observers of Responsible Growth), that the Merced This “ Preserve” cuts protected our urban problems. It seems to me an River Management Plan does not protect equally proper solution to the problems the River. The opinion by Judge trees and harms steelhead besetting our national parks. Of course Wardlaw ruled that the National Park it would be a serious blow to Industrial he Chapter is raising significant botanical impacts analyzed in the EIR Service’s (NPS) Plan for the Merced River Tourism and would be bitterly resisted concerns about the Potrero subdi- for the overall project. violates the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by those who profit from that industry. Tvision planned for Rancho San In addition, the water system for the by “insufficiently addressing user capaci- . . . But such a revolution, like it or not, Carlos (aka “The Preserve”). We are entire project has a cloud over it. In par- ties and improperly setting river area is precisely what is needed. The only especially concerned about the impacts ticular, the Chapter and Carmel River boundaries within El Portal. foreseeable alternative, given the current to water usage and the cutting of pro- Steelhead Association recently docu- In its ruling the court stated it expects trend of things, is the gradual destruc- tected trees. A proposal for the “Potrero mented serious drawdowns of Garzas the NPS to implement measures to avoid tion of our national parks.” Subdivision,” mostly in the Carmel Creek, which runs through RSC. As environmental degradation. The court Desert Solitaire in paperback, pub- Valley area, is detailed in a Draft reported in the last Ventana Garzas also ruled that the boundaries the NPS set lished by Touchstone Press of Simon Supplemental Environmental Impact Creek is a major tributary of the Carmel for its El Portal area, on the Park’s west- and Schuster, remains a jewel of a little Report, on which the Chapter com- River and a vital link in the life support ern boundary, were improperly set as book, easy to drop into a backpack. mented. system for the federally-listed steelhead they do not protect the Merced River’s Rancho San Carlos (RSC) proposes 29 trout in that river. The proposed Stikeen outstanding remarkable resource values. more estate homes for this “phase.” Even Potrero subdivision would draw from Another small classic, Stikeen by that This appeal was accompanied by an with the huge lots, the developer wants the same “ranch-wide water system” that grand old man, John Muir, can be found Amicus Brief filed by Pete Frost of the to ignore its promises to “site the houses is apparently significantly impacting on the bookstore shelves. Originally Western Environmental Law Center on in the least environmentally sensitive Garzas Creek, and may be impacting published in 1909, the modern paperback behalf of 52 other environmental groups locations” and make them “subordinate Potrero and San Jose Creeks as well. edition is published by Hayday Books. It including Sierra Club. The case will now to the landscape” by cutting 259 Hydrological consultant Dr. John will charm anyone from 8 to 80+. return to the District Court in Fresno to “Landmark” and “Protected” trees. In Williams conducted much of the techni- Stikeen was a small raggedy dog implement the appellate decision. To addition, the Chapter believes the tree- cal data and field work submitted with which Muir picked up on one of his trav- read the full opinion, visit www.ca9 cutting already approved on RSC could the Club’s comments. els in Alaska. (More accurately, Stikeen .uscourts.gov and click opinions where be taking the project well beyond the picked up Muir and stuck to him like a you can search by date.

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Please Recycle This Paper Again The Sierra Club / Ventana Chapter Volume 42 Number 6, 2003 13 Forest Service studies may help Sierra Club launches Ventana Wild Rivers Campaign Southern California Forests Campaign arly in 2004 the Forest Service will Without many voices raised in defense of s reported in the last Ventana the the Arroyo Seco River, San Antonio release details of six options for these national forests, the Forest Service Club is working with other envi- River, and the North Fork of the Little managing the Los Padres, Angeles, will hear mostly from mining and oil ronmental groups to achieve E A Sur River. If the Forest Service deter- San Bernardino and Cleveland National companies, developers, and others who “Wild and Scenic River” designation for mines that these rivers merit listing, the Forests. The resulting management plans wish to exploit these public lands. To free-flowing Central Coast rivers. recommendation will be incorporated will affect over three and a half million learn more about the Southern Currently only the Big Sur River has into the draft Management Plan for the acres of forest lands. Brief descriptions of California Forests Campaign and sign up this designation. A “wild and scenic” des- Los Padres National Forest. The public the options have already been released to help out, visit www.sierraclub.org ignation would protect additional rivers comment period of the proposed plan and range from the good to the bad to /ca/4forests. or river segments from dams, diversions would be an opportunity to express the downright ugly. and new development. your support for permanent protection The good option, based on recom- 12 states sue EPA over Earlier this year the U.S. Forest of wild and free flowing streams of the mendations from the Sierra Club and Service agreed to study designation of northern Santa Lucia Mountains and the other environmental organizations, failure to address Big Sur coast. focuses on protecting and restoring our global warming Rivers are added to the National Wild forests while maintaining opportunities The BOULDER CREEK and Scenic River System by Congress, for low-impact recreation. This option welve states, several cities, and BREWERY which means that the process is always would stop destructive development over a dozen environmental political. such as highways, oil wells, and power groups joined forces to challenge Whatever happens, local activists will lines. The worst options increase T the Bush Administration’s continued continue to survey the wild and free resource extraction (more oil wells, log- failure to confront global warming. The flowing rivers and streams of the north- ging, and mining) and off-road vehicle plaintiffs are targeting the unprecedented ern Santa Lucia to document their use. The outcome is very much in doubt. ruling by the Environmental Protection “Outstanding Remarkable Values” and Open 7 days a week In response, the Sierra Club and other Agency late last summer that summarily work for their protection. Additional environmental organizations have orga- disavowed the agency’s long-standing S.C. Coffee Roasting Co. Coffees information on the Ventana Wild Rivers nized the Southern California Forest jurisdiction under the Clean Air Act to Organic Coffee Campaign is available at: Campaign to lobby for the option which regulate global warming emissions. The Homemade Desserts www.ventanawild.org/projects/rivers Lots of other goodies! emphasizes resource protection, restora- states, cities and groups challenged the and www.nps.gov/rivers. tion, and low-impact recreation. EPA decision in the Court of Appeals Pouring our 1996 1st place Stout for the D.C. Circuit. and 2000 Bronze Winning States challenging EPA’s decision are Summer Wheat Restaurant open at 11:30 every day CA, CT, IL, ME, MA, NJ, NM, NY, Serving food and grog OR, RI, VT, and WA. Baltimore and to 11 PM Weekdays & 12 AM Weekends New York City filed a separate petition. Environmental Groups joining the challenge include the Sierra Club, Bluewater Network, Center for CLASSIFIEDS Biological Diversity, Environmental Defense, Friends of the Earth, Rates: $4.00 per line for Sierra Club members. Greenpeace, National Environmental Payment must accompany all ads. Make checks Trust, Natural Resources Defense payable to: Sierra Club. Approximately 35 char- Council, the Union of Concerned acters per line. Spaces and punctuation count as characters. Typewritten or computer gener- www.ventanawild.org P.O. Box 506, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 831-423-3191 Scientists and U.S. Public Interest ated copy preferred. Research Group (PIRG).

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ARTICLES enjoy theplanet andprotect Explore, Will Lompico be logged? 3 Bush’s environmental lies 4 Santa Cruz reduces pesticide use 5 New Trail Guide out 11 A road through the Pogonip? 11 age thissiteforitsnaturalresourcevalues. native geneticstock.Theparkwillman- ing opportunityforrestorationwith seed sourcethatwillprovideanoutstand- wildlife habitatandanextremelyvaluable understories whicharebothexcellent valley oaksystemshavehealthynative sive throughoutMcCabeCanyon.The pearing throughoutthestate,areexten- extremely rarewithintheparkanddisap- T Legislative wins 12 property. two years,willretainalifeestateonthe working withparkofficialsoverthepast owner, awillingsellerwhohasbeen boundary expansion.Theproperty protection envisionedinthepark’s2000 and providesakeypieceoftheboundary California habitat,valleyoakwoodland, increasingly rareandimportant of theentrancestation.Itpreservesan abuts theparkacrossroadandnorth Monument inSeptember.Theproperty Rancho San Carlos: no preserve 13 Threatened valleyoakecosystems,

Great holiday gifts 13 added toPinnaclesNational (known astheFrancisRanch)was he 240-acreMcCabeCanyon

Terry Tompkins, City of Santa Cruz Southern Forests Campaign 14 Pinnacles addition 16 Naaa to pesticides p. 5

Explore, enjoy and protect the planet December. at PinnaclesNationalMonumentin condors, whichareslatedtobereleased provide criticalhabitatforCalifornia natural andculturalresourceswill acre PinnaclesRanch,whichisrichin acquisition priorityremainsthe2000- acquisition priorities.Thepark’stop step closertocompletingitscriticalland Pinnacles NationalMonumentisone With thepurchaseofMcCabeCanyon, acres ofwhichwasprivateproperty. 12,000 acrestothepark,some2,500 boundary expansionin2000addedover the centralcoastregionofCalifornia.A habitat andnaturalresourcesuniqueto serves intactaremarkablediversityof Monument, protectedsince1908,pre- the formerowner,wholivesonsite. ing boththeresourcesandprivacyof Canyon moreaccessiblewhilepreserv- cials areworkingtomakeMcCabe lic accesstoMcCabeCanyon.Parkoffi-

Sierra Club Periodical The 24,000-acrePinnaclesNational At present,thereisnodevelopedpub- P.O. Box 604 Postage Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0604 Paid at Santa Cruz Hot off and at Additional the press! Post Offices p.11