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Ablin, Debbie, 42,92, 258 Azevedo, Margaret, 129 Bolinas-Stinson Beach Master Plan, Adelman, Brenda, 220, 222, 251, 260 34 Aggregate, 243-245, 257 Bagley, Bill, 120 Bolling, David, 224,260 Aggregate Resources Management Bahia Baulinas, 61 Bostick, Benton, 20, 22 (ARM) Plan, 205-206, 256, 257 Ballard, Allan, 87 Bostick, Dr. Warren, 20, 22 Agricultural and Aquifer Baptiste, Arnold, 107 Bouverie Audubon Preserve, xix, Preservation Zone, 205 Barbour, Nancy, 42, 92, 258 152, 153,155-159,258-259 Ah Pah Dam, 163 Barfield, Tom, 63 Bouverie, David, xix, 157, 159,254 Alexander Valley Reach, 236 Bay Conservation and Development Boxer, Senator Barbara, 93, 127,139 Alexander, Meg, 225,260 Commission, 18 Boyd, Rhoda, 67 Allen, Howard B„ 76,93,115,258-259 Beeby, David, 244 Brandt-Hawley, Susan, 208-209, 260 American River, 6 Behr, Peter, 66, 71, 89,97, 107, 128- Bransom-Cooke, Admiral, 65, 67 Anderson, Bruce, 200 129, 132,142,162,171, 191, Brower, David, 113 Angel Island, 12, 27 239,251 Brown, Governor Jerry, 168 Anton, John, 140 biography, 129,169 Brown, Governor Pat, xii, 33 Aquifers, importance of, 162-163 “Belling the cat”, 113,114, 205,207, Brown, Wishard, 148 See also Middle Reach; Sonoma- 209 Burge, Bob, 86 Marin Aquifer Benoist, Jay, 217 Army Corps of Engineers, 143,170, Benthos, 99 Cain, Brighton “Bugs,” 6 , 32,42 218 Bianchi, Al, 120 Cale, Mike, 192 and Bolinas Lagoon, 59, 81 Big Sulfur Creek, 152, 153 California Coastal Act of 1976, xiii, and Coyote Dam, 18, 33, 187 Bird research, 74-75 255 and Warm Springs Dam, 140, 188 Birds. See Eagles, Egrets, Hawks, California Coastal Conservancy, 219 Arnold, Jane and Stanleigh, 104 Herons California Committee of Two Arrigoni, Pat, 104 Block, Bishop Karl, 236 Million, 169-170 Arrigoni, Peter, 85, 104,105, 107, Bloomfield, Dr. Arthur, 7, 8, 236 Californians Organized to Acquire 117, 145 Blumin, Len, 92,258 Access to State Tidelands. See Aswan Dam, 245 Blumin, Patti, 91,258 COAAST Auburn Dam, 241 Boerger, Lt. Col. Frank, 166 California State Coastal Audubon Canyon Ranch, xiii, xviii, Bolinas, 69 Commission, 133,182, 255 28, 29, 39, 50, 92,94, 115, 128, Bolinas Harbor District, 33, 35, 57- California State Fish and Game, 237 254. 58,61-63,66, 68,254 California State Lands Commission, and Stan Picher, 53 Bolinas Lagoon, xiv, xviii, 3, 6, 15, 33,57 designated national landmark, 48, 16, 28-30,47, 54-62, 65-69,135 California State Water Resources 90 assessor’s map of tideland lots, 77 Control Board, 199 heronry (see Heronry) description, 31 California Water Resources land acquisitions, xviii-xix, 40, 55, encroaching development, 33, 34, Association, 170,186 58, 65,66, 68,74,75, 78,118, 81 Callison, Charles, 78 124,127,130-131 and freeway revolt, 29 Caltrans, 219,240,242 mission and purpose, 52,89, 90 heronry (see Heronry) Camp Dimond, 6 officers of, 258 illus., vi, 28, 30, 39, 46, 54, 56, 76, Can the Last Place Last?, 107, 110 origins of, 32 80 Canyon Ranch, 33, 35-36, 37. See policy shift, 89 importance of, 33 also Audubon Canyon Ranch purchase of, 40-42, 43 and logging, 85-86 Cape Cod National Seashore, 129 Ranch Volunteer Council, xviii, 91 and Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Carpenter, Ernie, 192, 192,206 reverter clause/protection of, 52 29,71 Cavagnaro, David, 93, 259 soil scientist’s dream, 81 rich habitat, 55,57 Cavagnaro, Maggie, 93 use of ACR land, 74 watershed description, 29 Cerini Ranch, xix, 127 See also Canyon Ranch Bolinas Lagoon Preserve, xviii, 70, Channelization, 111, 166, 193, 197, Audubon Society. See National 71 254 Audubon Society; Marin Bolinas Public Utilities District, 69 and siltation, 196 Audubon Society Bolinas Ridge, xii, 34, 39, 85 on Santa Rosa Plain, 196

26 6 SAVING THE MARIN-SONOMA COAST restoration after, 197 description, 123 Dunn Ranch, 127 Charter, Richard, 240 Preserve, 94, 95, 260 Chatham, Russell, 175 Eagles, 82, 83, 84 Circuit Riders, 219 Dams, xii, 4, 172, 193,223, 245, 246 Ecology, 6, 7 Clear cutting, 7 destructive effects of, 4, 102, 161, Economics and urban sprawl, 247 Clifford Conly Center, 127 165,245 Edelbrock, Jerry, 93 COAAST— Californians Organized and development, 71, 140,143, Education, 250. See also Strategy, to Acquire Access to State 145,241 education Tidelands, 181,182 and economic growth, 247 Eel River, vi, xiii, 18,152, 153, 164, Coastal Commission. See California effect on fish, 4, 15,139, 198 165 State Coastal Commission and fishing industry, 161, 170, and development, 186 Coastwalk, 128, 182-183 173,198,223 diversion, 230, 254, 255 Coey, Bob, 225,237 and flood control, 165, 190, 241 “Tunnel from Hell”, 172, 173, 198 Cohen, Aaron, 76 moratorium on, 169 Eel River Dams, 167,168,170-173, Cole, Edris, 49,91 See also Ah Pah Dam; Aswan 186 Colgrave, Gloria, 156 Dam; Auburn Dam; Columbia Eel River Tunnel, J72, 173,198 Collier, Randolph, the “Silver Fox”, River Dams; Coyote Dam; Dos Eel River Water Council, 143,145, 165, 169 Rios Dam; Eel River Dams; 164, 169,186,254 Collins, George, 120,126,132 Elwa Dam; Trinity Dam; Egger, Frank, 87 Columbia River dams, 4 Yellow Jacket Dam; Warm Egret heronry. See Heronry Conly, Clifford, Jr., xix, 77, 117,124, Springs Dam Egrets, 39, 43-45,54, 55, 56, 75, 90, 124-125, 127 Danielson, Bob, 63, 65 102,134 Conservation Associates, 126 Danielson, Nancy Kent, 63 effects of development on, 34,44 Conservation Foundation, 79,136 Day, Dick, 19,182 feeding grounds, 59 Cooper, Dr. Robert, 136 Dennis, Nona, 93,259 See also Great Egrets Cordell, Kim, 219 Designing with nature, xiii, 69,110, Einstein, H.A., 215 Cordero, Joan, 8 148-149 Elliott, Bob, 145-146 Corwin, Ruth, 117,136 Developers, xvii, 195,202,205 Ellman, George, 158,202 Coyote Dam, vi, 18, 3 3 ,152, 153, and Bolinas Ridge and Lagoon, 34 Ellman, Phyllis, 158, 259 236, 254 and politics, 250 Elwa Dam, 223 effect on Russian River, 178 Development, 72,200 Enid Thompson Ranch, 75,76 effect on water quality, 178 and water supply, 18, 145 Environment, and health, x-xvii, 10, erosion caused by, 187 effects of, 196,201, 213 247,249-250 flooding, 197 on floodplain, 212-213,246, 254 Environmental Action Committee of Craemer, Jack, 148 See also Bolinas Lagoon; Marin West Marin, 128 Creeks County; Richardson Bay; Environmental Forum of Marin, destruction of, 220,235 Sonoma County; Sprawl xviii, 89,92-93,102,225 importance of, 197,235 Dickey, Mrs. Donald, 22 Environmental Studies of Bolinas restoration, 225,239 Digger Bend, vi, 152, 153,158, 175, Lagoon and Tomales Bay, xviii See also Channelization; Big 213, 228, 236 Episcopal Bishop’s Ranch, 234 Sulfur Creek; Dry Creek; proposed mining of, 226 Erosion, 82, 85,102, 158, 193,198, Griffin Creek; Lagunitas Creek; Docent Training Program, xviii, 89, 235 Mark West Creek; Nicasio 91 Esposti, Nick, 192, 206,207, 209, Creek; San Rafael Creek; Santa Doctrine of Public Trust, 16, 134, 211,225,226,234 Rosa Creek; Sonoma Creek; 218 Estero Antonio, 109 Stuart Creek; Tamalpais Creek; Donahue, Cia, 91,258 Estuaries, brackish, 15 Turn Turn M ountain Creek; Dos Rios Dam, 108, 166,168-169, Euphrat, Fred, 226 Walker Creek; Willow Creek 172,254 Crevelli, John, 182 Dredging, 56, 58, 68, 256 Faber, Phyllis, 93,259 Cronin, Leo, 226 Drinking water, xii, 95,193,195, Fairfax, 86 Crosset, Cathy, 219 214,224, 235-236,240, 256-257 Felson, Jack, 146,147 Crossette, Barbara, 81 contamination of, 198,212, 220- Ferguson, Doug, 148 Crowley Marine Company, 22 221, 222, 226 Ferguson, Jane, 148,258 Crum, Eleanor Evans, 78 treatment of, 194, 212,222 Ferris, Miles, 220, 222 Cuneo, Kathy, 93, 259 Dry Creek, 152, 153, 180 Finley, Dr. Knox, 61 Curry, Dr. Robert, 208,239 Dubos, Rene Jules, 15 Finley, Malcom, 61 Cypress Grove, xix, 112, 113,116, Duck Island, xix, 97,102,127,260 Fisheries, xii, 161,170,173,198,223, 117, 118,129,260 Dugan, Barry, 207 212,245

INDEX 267 and dams, 161, 170,173,198,223 bars, 160, 162,226 formation of Environmental Fishing, 3, 7, 227 bed rivers, 160-163 Forum of Marin, 93,259 Fletcher, Dr. Grant, 121 bed tributaries, 153 Marin Audubon Society, 10, 21 Flood management, 240 beds, importance of, 163 Marin Countywide Plan, 111 Floodplain, 163 beds, instream, 241 Marin Municipal Water District development, 212-213,246, 254 economic value, 244 seat, 140-141,144,145 mining sites on, 198 filtration, 194 conservation projects outside Flooding, 193,196, 212-213,221 mining (see Mining) California, 155 and channelization, 196,213,254 mining firms, 226, 242-243, 256- move to Sonoma County, 155 and growth, 196 257 member of Eel River Water Follis, Mrs. Gwin (Bunny), 41 pits, 207,209, 211, 216, 239, 242 Council; 164, 169 Fonta, Rose Rodrigues da. See Rosie skimming, 177-178 founding of Hop Kiln Winery, Verrall vs. quarry rock, 243 177 Foppiano, Pete, 225 wars, 206,214 ARM Plan, 205 Freeways, xii, 34, 61,104,105, 117, See also Middle Reach Gravel suit against mining firms and 241 Aquifer Supervisors, 205 proposed West Marin, 29, 34, 71- Great Blue Herons, 34,43,44-45,56, Friends of the Russian River, 228, 74,72, 73, 97, 107,254,255 75 260 Friedman, Jerry, 120, 136, 137 Great Egrets, 2,3 ,3 4 Griffin Russian River Riparian Friends of the Estuary, 128,222 Green, Mark, 228 Preserve, 236 Friends of the Russian River, 211, Greenway Project, 236 in Egypt, 245 224-225,228-229,255,257, 260 Gregg, Harold, 68 Griffin, Mimi, 8 Fundraising, 42-43, 208,225 Griffin Creek, 177,180,225, 229, Growth 233-237,239 citizen-controlled growth, xiii, Gaffney, Karen, 219 Griffin Ranch, condemnation threat, 107, 108, 139, 142,254 Gaffney, Rose, 181 234 costs of, 142 Gahagan, Mike, 127 Griffin Russian River Riparian destructive effects of, 157,250 Gaiser, Bob, 208, 219 Preserve, xix, 152, 153,234, developer-driven, xii, 8, 9, 15, 31, Galloway Ranch, xviii, 71,72, 74 235,236,238,259 34, 108,143,249 Galloway, Allan, 72-74 Griffin, Bob, 4-5 medical consequences, 157 Galloway, Mary, 36, 72-74 Griffin, Frances, 3,5 and water supply, 36, 143, 145, Garbage dumps, 10 Griffin, Joyce, 211, 224, 225,235, 161 and Bolinas Lagoon, 79 236,245,260 Gustely, Ed, 240 Garden Clubs of America, 49,74 Griffin, Loyal, 3-5, 175,189 Gardiner, Sam, 5, 18, 134, 142, 145- Griffin, Martin (Marty), ix, x, xix, Hall Ranch, xix, 127 146,147 115, 227 Halprin, Larry, 166 Geyser Geothermal Power, 153 illus., 6, 62, 65, 85, 127, 142, 147, Hamburg, Dan, 224 Geyser Peak, 217,234 163, 224, 225 Harassment, 66, 147, 208 Giacomini Marsh, 121 birth and childhood, 3-7 Harberson, Jim, 192,202 Giacomini, Gary, 107,135 family, 3-8,189 Hardy, Dian, 222 Giacomini, Waldo, 119 formative experiences, xiii, 3-7, Harkins, Rebecca, 23 Gianelli, William, 168-169 32,102, 176 Harper, Jack, 77,159, 258 Gilliam, Harold, 215, 219 education, 5-7 Hauke, Jerry, 140 Gilroy Plan, 60, 61 in medical practice, xiii, 7, 8,9,67, Havel, Ginny, 93 Gilroy, Norman, 61, 62 155, 156 Hawks, 82 Gnoss, Bill, 66 as conservationist, 9, 10,15, 21 Health Golden Gate Audubon Chapter, 42, goals and dreams, 33,43,66, 251 and the environment, x-xvii, 10, 258 as strategist, 35, 78 247, 249-250 Golden Gate National Recreation chairmanships, 42, 89, 136, 156 and urban growth, 47, 157, 249 Area, 57, 61,68, 72, 79,107, honors, 43,235 Hechtman, Virginia, 181-182 128, 132,135,149, 255 contribution to Picher-Griffin Heller, Alf, 169^ Goodall, Bill, 23 team, 48 Heneman, Burr, 68 Goodman, Wally, 48 strain on health and family life, 50 Henke, Ed, 171 Grantz, Julie, 93, 259 move to Italy, 52 Hermann, Jack, 73 Grassroots activity, xiii, xiv, 229, 233, threats and litigation against, 66, Heronry, 36-39,41,44-45, 61,90 247 147, 208 Herons, 34,43-45, 56, 59, 75, 90, 102 Gravel, xiii, 186,207, 218, 245 member of Environmental Hevel, Erline, 67 aquifer, 162, 212,222, 240 Quality Committee, 89 Hewlett, Greg, 62

26 8 SAVING THE MARIN-SONOMA COAST Hinkle, Chuck, 183 Kent, Roger, xviii, 57, 104, 166 mottos, 21 Hirsch, David, 171 Kent, Thomas, 57 presence and persuasiveness of, 20 Hoffman, Marty, 227 Kent, William, 56-57 purchase of Audubon Canyon Hog Island, xix, 97, 102,127, 260 Kent, William, Jr., 48 Ranch, 39 Holmes, Rex, 189 Kettenhofen, Ernest “Kett,” 65, Livermore, Norman B. “Ike”, 162, Hooper, John, 240 103-104,105 166,168,169, 171, 224 Hooper, Pardow, 39,41, 74, 76-78 Keys Creek/Walker Creek Delta Lloyd, Pam, 93,140,145,259 Hop Kiln, 177, 179,225,238 Saltwater Wildlife Sanctuary, Logan, Van Norden, 114,125 Humiston, Glenda, 229 130 Logging, 7, 82,83, 85-87,246 Huning, Beth, 25, 259 Kingsley, Mrs. Rembert (Remmy), Los Angeles Aqueduct, 163 91,93,259 Lowden, Dr. Lois, 156 Independent Journal, 50,66,116, Kipahulu Wildlife Preserve, 155 Lydecker, Byron, 66 124, 148 Kondolf, Matt, 241 Lyford Mansion, 22, 24 International Rivers Network, 247 Kortum, Bill, 181, 182, 183,251 Lynch, Tom, 220 Inverness Association, 128 Kull, Carol, 8 Lynn, Anne, 8 Lyons, Jim, 229 Jackson, Jeni, 91,258 Laguna de Santa Rosa, 153, 213, Jacobs, Diana, 224 220 Maclise, Flora, 158,258 Jaros, Dr. Val, 163 Lagunitas Creek, 94, 95,102,139, Mad River, 172, 242 Jenner Coalition, 181 227 Madden, Dick, 41 Jepson Bishop Pine Preserve, 7 Lagunitas Lake, 138, 139 Madrone tree cutting battle, 87 Jepson, Willis Linn, 7 Laird, Aldaron, 211, 242 Maloney, Doug, 85-86, 106 Johannson tidelands, 121,130, 260 Lake Nassar, 245 Maps, list of, vii Johannson, Oscar, 118,119 Lake Pillsbury, 173 Marcus, Laurel, 219 Johnson, Huey, 63,65-67,107,132, Lammie, Colonel James, 188 Marin Agricultural Land Trust, 128, 168-169,222,224,246 Land acquisitions, 133,135, 255. See also Marin Jonas, Gail, 188 Audubon Canyon Ranch, xviii- County Open Space District Jones, Clinton, 63 xix, 40, 55,58, 65,66,68, 74, Marin Audubon Society, 34-35, 37, Jordan Winery, 217 75,78,118,124, 127,130-131 128,254,258 Jordan, Larry, 41 as conservation strategy, xviii, 20, and Richardson Bay, 10 Joske, Pierre, 50 31,35,47,50-51,58,62,65,71- formation of, 21 Junior League of San Francisco, 90, 72, 74,77, 79,117,120,125, purchase of Audubon Canyon 93 127,237 Ranch, 39-43 Justinian Code, 3 Land Investors Research, 113-115 Marincello, xii, 107 Land Investors Research, 113-114, Marin Conservation League, xviii, Kaiser Sand and Gravel Co, 115, 116, 125, 132,255 17,22,26,65-66,103-104,128, processing plant, 204, 205, 216, Land use. See also Development 260 257 ethic, xiii, 249-250 purpose of, 20 Kaiser, Pam and Ron, 208 legacy of frontier California, 16 Marin County, ix-x, xiii-xiv, 14 Kayfetz, Paul, 188 planning, xvii, 108, 250, 251 citizen-controlled growth, xiii, Kearney, Nello, 65, 67 Larson, John, 116 107, 108, 139, 142,254 Kelly, John, 75,93, 121 Lato, Steve, 49 conservation movement, 10, 79 Kennedy, President John F., 71 LeBaron, Gaye, 155,180, 182,196 description of, 15 Kent Island, xviii, 56-67 Lee, Dr. John, 47 developer-driven growth, xii, 8, condemnation threat, 65 Leonard, Doris, 126 9,15,31,34,108,143 description, 55 Leonard, George, 33 development of, xiii Fund Drive, xviii Leopold, Aldo, 249, 250 effect of Coyote Dam on, 18 Grand Jury investigation, 66 Levees, 211,233,256 freeway proposed, 31,34,35 illus., 28, 56, 62, 77, 90 Leveque, Peter, 182 land use planning, 108 “The Kent Island Coup”, 61,64, Levers, Janet, 240 and logging, 85-86 65-66 Lewis, Max, 73 Logging and Quarrying and Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Limantour Bay, xii Ordinance, 85 57 Litigation, 66,147-148,229. See also as model, xiii, 109 and tideland battle, 55 Strategy, litigation politics, xiii, 31, 34,107,108, wildlife on, 56 Livermore Marsh, xix, 126, 260 139,142, 254 Kent, Alice, xviii, 57,58 Livermore, Caroline, 10,16,17, 20, water, 108,139, 142,145-149, Kent, Anne, 57,63,65,67 22,23,26, 27,251 255 Kent, Martye, 6 3 ,166 biography, 26 zoning, 133, 148-149,202,255

INDEX 269 Marin County Board of Supervisors, Millerton Point Ranch, 117 Open space, xiv, 111,119,142. See 107,108,109,110 Mining, xii, 177,206,218, 226,240- also Marin County Open Space and Pt. Reyes National Seashore, 242,246 District 129 destructive effects of, 179, 180, Oswald, William J., 69 and Warm Springs Dam, 107 198,218,233,242 Otis, Webster, 114,116 Marin County Open Space District, destruction of natural water filter, Owens Valley, 163 xviii, 68, 108, 111 192 Oysters, 102,119 Marin Countywide Plan, xvii, 89, and drinking water quality, 193, 107-108,110,137, 255 195, 256-257 Pacific Flyway, 17, 61, 103 Marin Master Plan, Mary Summer’s, effects on tidelands, 18 Pacific Sun, 50, 60, 8 5 ,168 71 erosion, 198, 217,256 Parcher, Loren, 83 Marin Medical Society, 47 ,51 firms, 220,242-243,256-257 Paul, Joseph, 169,170, 171 Marin Municipal Water District, 10, and flood damage, 216 Penny Island, 181 18,30, 139-141,143, 255 instream, 219, 256 Petaluma River Marsh Restoration Mark West Creek, 220,213,221 interests, 205 Project, 232, 233 Marks vs. Whitney, 133,134,255 pits, 217, 256-257 Peterson, John, 158,159 Marks, Larry, 134 quarry, 206 Peterson, Ray, 88, 89, 93, 258,259 Marshall, Harry, 25, 78 vs. river, 243,245 Peyton, George, 63, 76,115, 124, 258 Marshlands, x, 213,233 sites, 243 biography, 135 filling of, 9-10 and threat to water quality, 198, PG&E, 180-181,254 freshwater, 102, 127 211-216,217, 256-257 Philip Williams and Associates, 219 importance of to birds, 9, 17 Mono Lake, 134, 163 Picher, Stan, 21, 34,41-42,50, permanent protection of Monrad, Eric, 225 52,76,77,92,115,120,158, California’s, 134 Moore, Harry and Callita, 93 258-259 as real estate, 18 Morford, Mike, 240 biography, 48, 53 saltwater, 17 Morgan, Angela, 159 fundraising, 49, 53,77,89, 127, Martinelli, Jordan, 146,147 Morrison, Bob, 195,199,211,219 135 Martinelli, Leroy, 83-84 Morro Bay, 61 Galloway Ranch, 73 Mason, Jack, 51 Mt. Livermore, 13 Kent Island purchase, 66 Matthews Walker Timber Company, Mt. Tamalpais, 15, 17 Picher Canyon, 43, 53 85 Muir Beach Butterfly Preserve, purchase of Audubon Canyon May, Richard, 171 132 Ranch, 39,40 McDaniel, Gene, 35-36, 58 Murphy, George, 132 Picher, William Stanton. See Picher, McGuire, Warren, 148 Stan McNamara, Steve, 50 National Audubon Society, 20, 25, Pierce Point, 114 McPhail, Jack, 146,147 39,78-79, 134, 259 Pierce Point Ranch, 113,116 Media, 67,77,219. See also Strategy, National Audubon Society Chapters, Pierson, Aileen, 41 media; Independent Journal-, xviii. See also Marin Audubon Pikes Gulch. See Galloway Ranch Pacific Sun Society; Golden Gate Audubon Pit-mining. See Mining Metropolitan Water District of Chapter Planning, land use, xvii, 108,110, Southern California, 163, 172, Nature Conservancy, The, xviii, 63, 250, 251 254 65,66, 67, 107, 155 Pleydell-Bouverie, David. See Meyer, Amy, 128, 132 Navarro River, 7 Bouverie, David Meyn, Barbara, 225 Newell, Paul, 63,65, 76 “The Plot to Save Marin”, 106, 139, Middle Reach gravel aquifer, 153, Nicasio Creek, 95 140,162 177,195,205,2)6,226,236. Nicholas, Janet, 202 Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 74, See also Sonoma-Marin Nichols, Richard, 182 128 Aquifer Nile River, 245 Point Reyes National Seashore, xii, description, 179 Nixon, President Richard, 129,132 xviii, 28, 31,71,94, 95,129, effect of mining on, 209 North Coast Regional Water Quality 135,255 mining of, 178, 179,256 Control Board, 235 authorized, 254 plan to restore, 220 North Marin Water District, 114 funding of, 132 Miller, Alden, 6 and Land Investors Research, Miller, Congressman Clem, 31 Oceana Marin, xii, 109 115, 116 Miller, Frank, 85 Oko, Captain Adolph, 119 Point Reyes Peninsula, xii-xiv Miller, Gordon, 164,187, 191,196 Olema Freshwater Marsh, xix, 127, Poole, Randy, 199 promoter of dams, 186 130 Population growth, xvii, 4,110, and state water lobby, 187 Olin, Miss, 6, 251 202, 249

270 SAVING THE MARIN-SONOMA COAST effect on tidelands, 18 protection of, 246 Russian River Enhancement and and flooding, 196 protection zones, 163,234,236 Access Plan, 219 post war, 7 public trust, 228 Russian River Environmental Santa Rosa, 220 wild, 161 Forum, 211, 225, 260 Sonoma County, 187 worldwide devastation of, 245 Russian River Greenway, 238 See also Development; Growth; See also Eel River; Russian River Russian River Greenway Education Sprawl Rochioli, Tom, 207 Center, 237 Poteracke, Arlene, 156 Rodney Strong Winery, 206, 215 Russian River Protection and Potter Valley Power Project, 172, Roos-Collins, Richard, 229 Meander Corridor, 230 173,254 Rosie’s bluff, 13 Russian River Task Force, 206,211, “Power and Land in California”, Rossiter, Warren, 189 225, 256-257,260 The Ralph Nader Task Force Roth, Tom, 224-225,228,260 Russian River Watershed Protection Report, 181, 205 Rountree, Rowan, 136 Committee, 222, 257,260 Pratt, Helen, 34, 43 Ruby, Paul, 159 Prison system, environmental Russell Ranch, 234 Sacramento-San Joaquin river impact of, 157 Russian River, x, xii-xiv, 15,197, 220, system, 15 Pusser, Gordon, 114 223, 227, 254, 255 Salmon, 15, 227,229,233, 234,239, aquifers, 250 255 Quarries, 206 and BART tunnel, 181 Salzman, Barbara, 111,241, 259 Quarry rock, 243, 245 and Coyote Dam, 18,254 San Francisco Bay, xiii-xiv, 9, 15-18 Quigley, Margaret, xix, 127, 130 designated threatened river, 199, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Quinn, Bill, 171 255 Development Commission, 27 destruction of, 175-178,193, 219 San Rafael Creek, 10 Raptors, 82 and developers, 179,195 Santa Rosa, 220, 222,224 Raymer, Karol, 93,259 and development of Sonoma Plain, effects of development on, Reagan, Ronald, 168,171 Coast, 181 212-213,254 Rector, Krista, 226 effect of farming on, 176 Santa Rosa Creek, 152, 197,220 Reed, John Paul, 20,21-22,25 exploitation of, 195,255 Save O ur Seashore, 129, 254 Reeds Port, xii, 19, 20,22 facts, 193 Schwartz, Dr. Herman, 21 Regina, Al, 218 and fishing, 175,226,227,230, Schwartz, Karen, 91 Regional Water Quality Control 255 Schwartz, Maurice “Skip,” 91 -92, Board, 222 and flooding, 188,221, 254, 255 127,258 Reisner, Mark, 139 gravel (see Gravel) Sea Ranch, xii, 181-182 Resource Conservation District, 237 illus., vi, 160, 174, 175, 196, 209, Seeger, Bill, 141, 143,145-147, 149 Restoration, 233 216 Sewage, 69, 99, 101,220 Reynolds, Laurel, 42 issues, 193 Sharon, Hurford, 75,77 Reynolds, Dr. Rick, 42 litigation, 211,256-257 Shaw, Krista, 203 Rhinehart, Charles, 182 management of, 200,224,226 Sher, Byron, 226 Richard, Charles, 189 and miners, 195 Shere, Therese, 226, 228,260 Richardson Bay, xiv mining plans for, 192,199 Shields Marsh Preserve, 130 battle begins, 20 pit capture, 180 Shields Salt Marsh, xix, 119-121 description of watershed, 13 political debate, 226 Shields, William Page, 119 illus., vi, 12, 14-16, 24 pre-mining, 175,176 Sierra Club, 128,256-257,260 proposed development of, 19 and proposed development of Siltation, 68,158,198,234-235,257 proposed filling of, 9,15,18, 20, West Marin, 99 Silver, Sol, 85 254 and strip-mining, 176 Smith, Bill, 189 today, 25 and Warm Springs Dam, 188, Smith, Edmund, 99 Richardson Bay Foundation, 20,22 254.255 Smith, Ernie, 182 Richardson Bay Rosie Verrall and wastewater, 193,212-213, Smith, Sally, 189 Sanctuary, xix 222.255 Smith, Tim, 192 Richardson Bay Sanctuary, 22,25 watershed, 152, 153,193,194, Snyder, Gary, 1 Righetti, Dr. Ethel, 85 229 Snyder, George, 202 River Network, 246 “Wild and Scenic River” bill, Sodini, “Skinny,” 238 River Protection and Meander 239-240 Solnit, Al, 110 Corridor, 234, 236 Russian River Action Plan, 200 Solomon, Daniel, 161 Rivers, 164 Russian River Appreciation Festivals, Sonoma County, x, xiii, xiv, 226, 230, destruction of, 241 225 254,255 mining vs. quarry mining, 245 Russian River Corridor, The, 235 agriculture, 230-231,238

INDEX 271 and mining firms, 208 Sprang, Elizabeth, 73 training, 45,211 “Beyond Sprawl”, 202-203 Sprawl, be, xii, 17,31, 100,110,202, Strategy, election, 145 development of, 109, 149,200, 230-231 Straus Ranch, 135 202,230 economics and urban, 247 Straus, Bill & Ellen, 114 development plans for, xii and health, social, environmental Stroeh, Dietrich, 149 environmental movement, 180 problems, 156 Stuart Creek, 154, 155 gravel mining vs. wine growers, prevention of, 139,140 Summers, Harold, 33,103 244 in Sonoma County, 149,200 Summers, Mary, 20,33-34,98,103 gravel producer, 241 Stafford, Betsy, 91,258 Surface Mining and Reclamation loss of wetlands and habitats, 197 Stafford, Ron, 146 Act, 240 municipal water system, 194 Standard Oil spill, 77 Swaney, Mike, 226 political upheaval, 183 State Lands Commission, 18,20, Swensen, Len, 208 preserving from growth, 202,229, 217, 224 Swift, Sean and Carolyn, 237 230-231,240 in the real estate business, 33 Swing, Rt. Reverend Bishop William, and mining (see Mining) State Mining Board, 241 237 Warm Springs Dam, 149, 187 State Water Project, 170 Syar Industries, 178,206-207,208- water supply and development, State Water Resources Control 209,211,218,256-257 185 Board, 229 zoning, 202,256 Stegner, Wallace, 17 Tamalpais Creek, 166 Sonoma County Board of Steinhardt, Dr. David, 20-21, 22 Terwilliger, Calvin, 8 Supervisors, 181,193,230, 255 Stewardship ethic, 157 Terwilliger, Elizabeth, 8, 10, 21,25, and control of Russian River Stewart, Frances, 68 40,132 watershed, 195,254 Stoddard, Emma, 5 Tessand, Madame Suzanne de, 36 and developers, 192 Stoddard, George “Pop,” 5-7 Tevis, William, 36-37,40-41 and development of coastline, 180 Storer, Tom, 66 The California Water Atlas, 15, 168 and gravel mining, 209,226, 255 Strategy, 52, 102,215 The Flowering Plants of California, 6 investigation of, 257 “belling the cat,” 113,114, 205, Thompson Ranch, xviii, 71,74 and litigation against, 256-257 207,209 Thompson, Enid, 75-77 Sonoma County Water Agency, xii documentation, 208 Thompson, Mike, 224 chartered, 254 donation, 25,77 Thorner, Tom, 139-140,146-147 connection to Army Corps, 186 education, 44, 50, 59, 85, 89,91- Tidal Waterway Protection and Coyote Dam, 187 92,211,224, 225,237,250 Ordinance, 166 and developers, 195 effective, 135 Tideland Sanctuaries, 130 and development, 115,143,192 “flash the cash,” 21,34 Tidelands, 7,18,46, 4 7 ,116, 119, and Eel River, 172,173,255 form support organizations, 10, 121,130,260 and flood control, 197 21,44,47,84,128 effect of destruction of, 18 and lack of public accountability, fundraising, 41 -42, 49,67 as garbage dump, 9 191,192, 230 grassroots organizations, 31,68, importance of, 63,125 and litigation, 256-257 246 lawsuit that stopped filling of, 9, and mining, 179, 205 how to, 50-51 133 mission, 192 joint organizational efforts, 240 leasing of, 57 and river management, 195, 197, land acquisition, xviii, 20, 31, 35, and Marks vs. Whitney, 134,255 214, 227,234,237, 240 47, 50, 58,62,65,71-72,74, 77, richness of, 18 river mining scandal, 180 79.117.120.125.127.237 sold by State, 16, 97 signs of change, 199 litigation, 208, 209, 211, 226, 228- Timeline: Diverting Rivers for and Warm Springs Dam, 140,186 229,256-257 Development, 254-255 wells, 221, 222, 235,255,256-257 media, 44-45, 47, 50, 77,84, 166, Tindall, Avery, 240 Sonoma Creek, 155, 158 168,206-207,208-209,211, Tomales basin demographics, 98 Sonoma Developmental Center, 157 215.219.237 Tomales Bay, vi, xii, xiv, 15-16,33, “The Sonoma Experience,” 256-257 mistakes, 61,205 94, 96-104, 98, 109, 113-121, Sonoma Land Trust, 224, 233,236, monitoring compliance, 117,225 134, 255 259 opposition’s condemnation, 62 battle for, 97-98 Sonoma-Marin Aqueduct, 99, 141, political, 35,44,65-66,103-104, description, 97-98 255 106, 109,129,226,230, 249-250 development, 97,110-111, 113 Sonoma-Marin Aquifer, 153,213, research, 215,240 erosion, 102 217,255. See also Middle Reach reverter clause, 52 food chain, 102 Gravel Aquifer to save Sonoma County, 230-231 historic, 98 Sousa, Mayor, 87 secrecy, 51, 63, 65 land speculation, 113

272 SAVING THE MARIN-SONOMA COAST proposed development of, 102, authorization of, 187, 254 Wellman, Ted, 103, 139 114,254 cost of, 188 Wells, 195, 256-257 today, 135 description of, 185 Sonoma County Water Agency’s, watershed, 94, 95,135 destructive effects of, 185,187, 221, 222,235,255,256-257 Tomales Bay Association, 128 189 West Marin, 30,31, 128 Tomales Bay Ecological Preserve, and development, 71,99,183, and MALT, 133 120 187, 188,190,192 proposed development of, 98, Tomales Bay Environmental Study, and flood control, 188, 190 101, 104 135,136-137 history of, 185-189, 191-192 protected lands, 132 Tomales Bay Preserve, xix justifications for, 99 water for proposed development, Toms Point, xix, 127, 130 lobbying for, 187 115 Tributary restoration, 227 and Marin County Supervisors, West Marin General Plan, 98,100- Trinity Dam, 161 107 101, 103, 115,254 Trout, steelhead, 220,223,227,233, opposition to, 188-189,192 demise of, 107, 255 251 stalling, 142 Westside Road Wineries, Russian Trout Unlimited, 128, 257,260 voter disenfranchisement, 188, River Task Force, 206, 211, 225, Turn Turn M ountain Creek, 3 192.254 256-257, 260 “Tunnel from Hell” (Eel River Warm Springs Dam Task Force, 188 Wetlands, 17. See also Marshlands; Tunnel), 172, 173, 198 Warner, Iva, 191-192 Tidelands Twiss, Robert, 136 Wastewater, 69, 99,109, 193, 198, Wheeler, Doug, 224 Tykodi, Bill, 124,125, 127 220, 224, 256, 257 White, Sean, 237 treated, 220 White-O Ranch, 236 Underhill, Bertha, 67 pollution of treated, 220 Whitney, Peter, 134 University of the Pacific Marine Water Wild and Scenic Rivers Bill (SB 107), Station, 136 lobby, 165 169,255 Urban corridor, 111, 231 moratorium, Marin County, 108, William Page Shields Salt Marsh Urban growth, 220 139, 142, 145-149, 255 Study Area, 120 Beyond Sprawl, 202 quality, drinking (see Drinking Williams, Philip, 224, 247 effect on rivers, 241 water) Willis, Mindy, 42 gravel connection, 241 quality and mining, 192, 193, 195, Willow Creek, xii, 181 proposed, of West Marin, xii 198,211-216,217,256-257 Wilson, Richard, 166 and water supply, 139 the State Water Project, 166 Winkelstein, Dr. Warren, 247 See also Sprawl supply and growth, 18, 36, 71, 97, Wohler Bridge, 191, 213 Urban runoff, 246 115,139, 143, 145,161, 185, Woolsey, Congresswoman Lynn, Urban sprawl. See Sprawl 194 135,224 Urquhart, Karin, 93,107, 259 thefts, 163 Wornum, Michael, 107 US Fish & Wildlife Service, 83 See also Metropolitan Water Utah Construction Company, 20, 22, District of Southern California; Yarish, Tom, 224 181 Russian River; Sonoma County Yellow Jacket Dam, 165, 172 Water Agency; Warm Springs Van Voorhees, Mary Belle, 92, 258, Dam Zinke, Dr. Paul, 86 259 Watershed, 1,15, 159, 229, 233, 237, Zoning, 107-108, 137, 148-149, 202 Varian, Dorothy, 126 246. See also Bolinas Lagoon; Zucker, Paul, 110 Verrall, Rosie, 20,21-25,23 Richardson Bay; Russian River; Zumie. See Zumwalt, Clerin Verrall, Rose da Fonta. See Verrall, Tomales Bay Zumwalt, Alis, 81 Rosie Watershed Campaigns, 246 Zumwalt, Clerin, 49, 55, 57, 83, 84, Vilms, Joan, 202,226,227, 260 Watershed Management Initiative, 85, 93,127 Volkerts, Art, 191 229.255 Audubon Canyon Ranch, 82 Volunteer Canyon, xviii, 74-75, 77, Watershed Management Plan, 139 biography, 81-82, 87 88, 89 Watershed Management Program, and eagle shooting, 83 228-229,257 Environmental Forum of Marin, Walker Creek, xix, 95, 102, 127 Watershed 2000, 246 93, 259 Walker, Mrs. Alma Brooks, 49 Waxman, Jerry, 219 and logging, 86 Walker, David, 136 Wayburn, Dr. Edgar, 3 1 ,128, 132 and madrone tree cutting, 87 Walters, Billy, 177 Wayburn, Peggy, 128 Marin watershed manager, 139 Warm Springs Dam, vi, xii, 108, 135, Weeks Gulch. See Volunteer Canyon “Sage of Marin County”, 87 140, 148,152, 184, 255 Wellman, Grace 8t Ted, 65 as teacher, 82, 87

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