2008, v47 - 5 ~ the ventana magazine - ventana chapter, sierra club

8/9/2019 2008, V47 - 5 ~ The Ventana Magazine - Ventana Chapter, Sierra Club

1/20

MAGAZINEOFTHEVENTANACHAPTEROFTHESIERRA CLUB

www.ventana.sierraclub.orgVolume 47,Number5, 2008

OCT - DECOUTINGS

Clip this handy election guideand take it to the polls

National

Barack Obama, President

Anna Eshoo, House of Reps.

Sam Farr, House of Reps.

State

Joe Simitian, State Senate

Bill Monning, State Assembly

YES on Proposition 1A

YES on Proposition 2

NO on Proposition 4

NO on Proposition 7

NO on Proposition 10

Monterey CountyNO on Measure Z

MarinaFrank OConnell, City Council

Bruce Delgado, City Council

David Burnett, City Council

Marina Water District

Quinn Gardner

Santa Cruz CountyJohn Leopold,

Santa Cruz Co. Supervisor

Mark Stone,

Santa Cruz Co. Supervisor

City of Santa CruzTim Fitzmaurice, City CouncilKatherine Beiers City Council

Scotts Valley

Frank Kertai, City CouncilCaryn Machado, City CouncilChuck Walker, City Council

CapitolaDennis Norton, City Council

Michael Termini, City Council

Soquel Creek Water Dist.Tom LaHue

Bruce Daniels

Vote the environmentNovember 4 Z

Sam Farr has been a true environmental hero for protecting our wildpublic lands.

Vicky Hoover

Explore, enjoy and protect the planet

RandyTunnell


2/20

While itis the intent ofThe Ventanato print articles that reflect the po-sition of the Ventana Chapter,ideasexpressed in The Ventana are those of the au-thors anddo notnecessarilyreflect thepositionof the Sierra Club. Articles, graphics, and pho-tographs are copyrighted by the authors andartists andmaybe reprinted only with theirper-mission.

DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

All materials for publication must be receivedby thedeadlines listedbelow. No exceptions.

SUBMISSIONS FORMAT

Pleaselimit articles to 800words; letters to 300.All submissions may be edited for clarity andlength. Email to [email protected]. Mailhard copy to editor, address below.

PHOTOS

Photos submitted to The Ventana mustmeetthefol lowing requirements: No laser copies orinkjet outputs. Electronic photos should be no

small er than 1200 x 1100 pixel s or 300 dpi .Cover photos must be 3000 x 2000 pixels. Filmphotos, slides, or negatives are fine. Please callthe editorif youhave anyquestions.

WHERETO SEND SUBMISSIONS

Sendsubmissions to Debbie Bulger,Editor, 1603King Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.Email:[email protected].

CHANGEOF ADDRESS

Do not call editor! Send address changes to: [email protected] or use the mail incoupon in each issue.

POSTAL NOTICE

The Ventana(015057) is published 6 times a year,(Feb.,Apr.,Jun., Aug., Oct., Dec.) paid by sub-scription included in membership fee, by TheVentana Chapter of the SierraClub,1001 Cen-ter Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Periodicalpostage paid Santa Cruz, CA and at additionalmailing offices.Postmaster:Send addresschanges to Sierra Club,The Ventana, P.O. Box 604, Santa Cruz, CA95061-0604.Editors:Debbie Bulger, [email protected],Virginia Draper, assistant editorProduction:

Debbie Bulger, Vivian Larkins,Dale NutleyWriters:Rita Dalessio,Debbie Bulger,Paul Mason,Stuart Cohen

Jim Metropulos, Denyse FrischmuthPhotographers:Steve Zmak, Nancy Huguenard, Ventana staffProofreaders

Jim Danaher, Wolfgang Rosenberg,RobinDrury, Jeff Alford, Eloise GrahamDistribution:KeithWood, Esperanza Hernandez,Beth Lilienthal, Debbie Bulger

Advertising Sales:Debbie BulgerCarpentry & Software:AnonymousChapter website:http://ventana.sierraclub.org

Articles received after deadline maynot be published

CH A P T E R CH A I R

FR O M T H E ED I T O R

2 The Sierra Club/Ventana Chapter, Volume 47, Number 5, 2008 Printed on recycled paper

2008Ventana Publication Schedule

Issue Deadl ine Mai ling Date#6 Dec. 1 Dec. 17

1) Publication title: The Ventana. 2) Publication number:015-057. 3) Filing date: 9-24-2008. 4) Issue frequency: bi-monthly. 5) Number of issues published annually: 6. 6)Annual subscription price: included with membership. 7)Complete mailing address of known office of publication:Sierra Club, P.O. Box 604, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0604.Contact person: D. Bulger, phone number: 831-457-1036.8) Complete mailing address of headquarters or generalbusiness office of Publisher: P.O. Box 604, Santa Cruz,CA 95061-0604. 9) Full names and complete mailing ad-dresses for Publisher, Editor and Managing Editor: Theaddress for the Publisher: Ventana Chapter Sierra Club,c/o P.O. Box 604, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0604. Publisher:Ventana Chapter. Editor/Managing Editor: Deborah F.Bulger, Address: 1603 King Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.10) Owner: Ventana Chapter Sierra Club, P. O. Box 604,Santa Cruz, CA 95061-0604. 11) Known bondholders,mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgagesor other securities: none. 12) Tax status: has not changed.13) Publication title: The Ventana. 14) Issue date for circu-lation data below: Vol. 47, No.4.

Extent and nature ofcirculation

a) Total number ofcopiesb) Paid and/or requestedcirculation1) Outside County mail

subscriptions2) In-County subscrip-tions3) Sales thru dealers, etc.4) Other mailedc) Total paid/requestedcirculationd) Free distribution bymail1) Outside County2) In-County3) Other mailede) Free distribution out-side the mailf) Total free distributiong) Total distributionh) Copies not distributedi) Total

j) Percent paid/requestedcirculation

# of copiesof issue pub-lished nearestto filing date:

7500

2780

314400

5924

000

1200120071243767500

83%

Statement of ownership, management,

and circulation

16) Will be printed in Vol. 47, No. 517) Signature of editor, 9/24/08Deborah F. Bulger, Editor

Average # ofcopies each issueduring preceed-ing 12 months:

7500

2400

350000

5900

000

1100120071004007500

83%

General Plan to come beforeSupervisors

T

he blueprint for the future forMonterey County will be submit-

ted to the Boardof Supervisorsin afew months. As presented, i t wi ll notmeet the Sierra Clubs goals of defendingvaluable farmland, scenic easements,water resources and wetlands, wildlifehabitat, and coastal protections.

The Ventana Chapter has strong con-cerns about hillside and steep slope ordi-nances that will encourage projects inMonterey Countys scenic foothills. TheChapter also seeks stronger protectionsfor oak woodlandsthat otherwise might

be sacrificed for sprawl and leapfrog de-velopmentand the few remainingstandsof rare Monterey Pine Forest, which needan overlay district with strong conserva-tion guidelines.

Moreover , the Draft General Plan(GPU-5) will be subject to further reviewand possible amendment by a devel-oper/agribusiness/tourist industry-con-

trolled Board. We expect these pro devel-opmentinterests to put heavy pressure ontheir Supervisors to further weaken theplan.

Environmentally-sensitive Supervisor-

elect, Jane Parker, will likely be denied anopportunity to represent the voters whenGPU-5 is brought before the Board. Toprevent her from doing so, the Supervi-sors have limited the reviewperiod forthe1000-page plan and the Draft Environ-ment Impact Report (DEIR) to just 45days, so that they can vote on the plan be-fore Parker takes her supervisorial seat.

Your Ventana Chapterhas been work-ing nearly nine years to bring MontereyCounty a general plan that balances the

needs of its residents and protection ofnatural resources. We have participated

fully in theCounty process, pouringoverdocuments and spending thousands ofhours at hearings and meetings. Now weneed your help.

Please write, te lephone, and fax or

email each Supervisor now and let themknow that you want Monterey Countyfarms, open space and valuable resourcesprotected from developer sprawl. Yourprompt communication will help to pro-tect Monterey County for future genera-tions.

Email the Clerk to the Board beforeOctober 28 at: [email protected] each individual supervisor [email protected],district2, etcup to 5. Call 755-5066. A sample letter is

on the Chapter website: www.ventana.sierraclub.org.

Rita Dalessio

Beware of greenwashing

D

uring the famousLincoln-Douglaspresidential debates, Abraham

Lincoln said,If you call a taila leg, how many legshas a dog? Five? No; cal ling a tail a legdont makeit a leg.

The same philosophy can be taken to-ward two propositions on the ballot forthis coming election. Beware of green-

washing. Just because a ballot propositionsounds green, doesnt make it green.

I am speaking of Proposi tion 7 and

Proposition 10 on the November ballot.Both of these propositions are opposed bynot only the Sierra Club, but also byother environmental organizations.Whilethis column does not go into the details,weurge you to read the articleson page 4of this issue and check out various otherindependent references.

Greenwashing is the same techniqueused by the Bush administrationfor suchdestructive legislation as the HealthyForests Initiative which was pro-logging

forest-exploitation and the Clear SkiesInitiative which sought to weaken airpollution laws. As being green becomesmore important to voters, we can expectto see more special interest bills beingdressed in greenin the future.

As always, the bottom line rests withyou, the voter, who must study the factsand try not to be carried away by theemotional claims and slick advertising. Ialways find it useful to see which organi-zations are for or against a particular bill.

If you are for some reason not regis-tered to vote, or if you have moved sinceyou voted last, the last day to register isOctober 20. If you will be unable to getto your ass igned pol ling place on No-vember 4, the last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot is October 28.

To learn more about your voting sta-tus, polling place or other election infor-mation contact:

Monterey County:http://montereycountyelections.us/

796-1499Santa Cruz County:http://www.votescount.com/454-2060.Debbie Bulger

This issue of The Ventana hasbeen expanded to 20 pages toinclude all the political endorse-ments for the coming electionNovember 4. We have endorse-ments on every level: National,State, County, City, and WaterDistricts.A big thank you goes out to allthe members who participatedin the endorsement process.Political endorsements take alot of work including develop-ment of questionnaires, inter-viewing of candidates,documentation, endless meet-ings and phone conversations,not to mention facilitation ofthe entire process. Thank you.Be sure to vote for theenvironment on November 4.

The Ventana Chapter and

the Santa Cruz Group

Thank you!!


3/20

The Sierra Club/Ventana Chapter, Volume 47, Number 5, 2008 3Please recycle this paper again

CO N T A C T YO U R R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

President George W. BushThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NWWashington, D.C. 20500Comment Line: (202) 456-1111FAX: (202) [email protected]

Vice President Dick Cheney(202) [email protected]

Governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerState Capitol BuildingSacramento, CA 95814(916) 445-2841FAX: (916) 445-4633www.governor.ca.gov

Senator Dianne Feinstein331 Hart Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510(202) 224-3841; (415) 393-07071 Post Street, Suite 2450San Francisco, CA 94104go to website to email

Senator Barbara Boxer112 Hart Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510(202) 224-3553; (415) 403-0100 (voice)1700 Montgomery StreetSan Francisco, CA 94111go to website to email

U. S. Representative Sam Farr100 W. Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93901(831) 429-1976 (Santa Cruz)

(831) 424-2229 (Salinas)(202) 225-6791 (FAX, Washington, DC)[email protected]

U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo698 Emerson StreetPalo Alto, CA 94301(408) 245-2339; FAX: (650) 323-3498go to website to email

State Senator Abel Maldonado100 Paseo De San Antonia, Suite 206San Jose, CA 95113(408) [email protected]

State Senator Joe SimitianState Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814(916) 445-6747; FAX: (916) [email protected]

State Senator Jeff Denham369 Main Street, #208Salinas, CA 93901(831) [email protected]

Assembly Rep. Anna [email protected]

Assembly Representative John Laird701 Ocean Street, Room 318-BSanta Cruz, CA 95060; (831) 425-150399 Pacific Street, Suite 555DMonterey, CA 93940(831) 649-2832; FAX: (831) [email protected]

Club supports Proposition 1A tobuild high-speed railby Stuart Cohen, Executive Director,Transportation and Land Use Coalition

Sierra Club supports Proposition 1A,

which would provide $9.95 billiondollars to begin the development of

the 800-mile High-Speed Rail system andto make improvements to existing railnetworks. Building High-Speed Rail willpromote sustainable landuse, significantlyreduce global warming pollution, and getcommuters off congested roads andout ofcrowded airports. Whileit is an extremelyexpensive project, adding the same capac-ity by expanding highways and airportswould cost at least twice as much.

The fully completed high-speed trainsystemwould runbetween SanDiego andSacramento, with connections to the BayArea. Trains would run at speeds of over220 miles per hour, zipping from SanFranciscos Transbay Terminal to LosAngeles Union Station in two and a halfhours.

High-Speed Rail will help to achievethe States greenhousegas reduction goalsby replacing car and airplane trips withrail trips. By 2030, when the whole sys-

tem is in place, rail travel is anticipated toreduce Californias greenhouse gas emis-sions by up to 12 billion pounds of CO2

per year.Over thepast four months, Sierra Club

and other organizations have worked toput important safeguards into the originalbond measure, including protections for

the Grasslands Ecological Area, allowingbond funds to be spent on improvementsin the Altamont corridor connecting theBay Area to Modesto and Stockton, andstrong financialaccountabilityprovisions.At their September2008 meeting, theCal-ifornia High-Speed Rail Authority Boardapproved a goalof using 100% renewable,carbon-free electricity to run the sys-tem.One of the most daunting challengesis the cost of the system especially withour state budget in crisis. Although thepricetag is very steep (over $30 billion toconnect San Francisco and Los Angelesthrough the Central Valley), it pales incomparison to the cost of new highwayand airport expansions. Caltrans esti-mates, for example, that it would cost $6billion to widen Highway 99 alone fromfour lanes to six. Widening just this onehighway to eight lanes, now being dis-cussed,is estimated to cost at least$20 bil-lion.

It is time to develop a zero-emissionhigh-speed train system that propels Cali-fornia into the 21st century.

Vote YES on Prop. 1A.

L E T T E R S

The Ventana welcomes letters.Send to:

LETTERS TO THE EDITORThe Ventana, 1603 King Street

Santa Cruz, CA 95060or email to [email protected]

Please include a phone number with yourletter. Anonymous letters are notaccepted.Let-ters maybe edited for length.

Ask Supervisors to buy the

Roadhouse property

The County of Santa Cruz is consider-ing the purchase of the Roadhouse Prop-erty on East Cliff Dr between 38th and41st Ave. This property is one of the lastbits of open space along the Coastal Trailadjacent to the Monterey Bay Sanctuary.This property could contain a much-needed park with an interpretive center,public meeting spaces, and offices for nonprofits and social services.

Though the $4-6 million purchase pricemayseem high,the environmentaland so-cial benefits will reward the investment

many times over.Please contact the Santa Cruz CountySupervisors andask that they purchase theproperty. Purchase by the County is sup-ported by the Sierra Club and other localgroups.

You canreach the Supervisors at,454-2200, 454-3262 (FAX), email:

[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected].

Thank you for your help.Charles PauldenSanta Cruz

People for the Preservation ofPleasure Point

By Paul Mason, Deputy Director, SierraClub California

Sierra Club supports Proposition 2,

the Standards for ConfiningAnimalsInitiative, formerly known asthe Prevention of Farm AnimalCruelty Act. This Humane Soci-ety-backed initiative would setminimum standards for the hu-mane treatment of confined chick-ens.

Prop. 2 requires that confinedchickens be able to stand up, turnaround and fully extend their limbs. Cur-rently in California approximately 19 mil-

lion egg-laying chickens are packed intotiny battery cages in factory farms andare unable to extend their wings.

Prop. 2 would reduce pollutionfrom chicken factories

To get a chickens eye view of theseconditions, picture yourself standing

in a crowded elevator. The elevator

is so crowded, in fact, that your body

is in contact on all sides with other

bodies. . . . And one more thing to

keep in mindthis is your life. . . . .Your only release will be at the hands

of the executioner.

By the way, in your picture of the el-

evator, you may have imagined the

other people trapped with you as

doing the very best they can to hold

still, and not make things difficult for

you. But what if all the others do not

have the ability to understand what is

happening? What if they react to theterror of it all with raw instinct, with-

out even a trace of a civilized ve-

neer? What if, like you, they have

powerful territorial needs, and the

utter frustration of the situation has

driven them literally insane, prone to

erupt into violence with or without

provocation?

Now imagine further that the floor of

the elevator is slanted sharply, sogravity tends to push you all in one

direction. The ceiling is so short that

you and the others can only stand

upright towards one side, and the

floor is made of a wire mesh that is

terribly uncomfortable to everyones

feet. And to complete this approxima-

tion of the living conditions in todays

factory farms, what if some of the

others trapped with you in the eleva-tor have, in their madness, become

cannibalistic?

John Robbins

Californias enormous chicken facto-ries besides being cruel to animals seri-ously pollute the air and water inpartdueto the density of the confined animals.

Prop. 2 would re-duce the density ofthe animals , andtherefore the in-tensity of the airand water pol lu-tion.

Many familyfarmers who raise

animals humanely support Prop. 2, be-cause the cruel (but profitable) practicesof large factoryfarms make it difficult forsmall farms to compete financially. SierraClub supports family farming, and thisinitiative helps level the playing field byrequiring big agri-business to apply somebasic standards to their treatment of ani-mals. Vote YES on Prop. 2.


4/20


by Paul Mason, Deputy Director, SierraClub California

F

or the third time in four years, Cal-ifornians face a proposed constitu-

tional amendment that wouldcreatenew notification requirements for womenunder 18 who are seeking an abortion.

Sierra Club opposesProposition 4. Fornearly 40 years, the Club has supportedopen access to family planning services,and Prop 4 creates a new obstacle to ac-cess. Prop 4 would require women under18 to wait 48 hours before obtaining anabortion and would require notificationof parents or grandparents or permissionfrom the court, before proceeding.

This initiativeattempts to create betterfamily communication through a consti-tutional amendment. While legislatingbetter communication is unlikely to suc-ceed, it is likelythat young womencaughtin abusive family situations will be put inan impossible situation and will end uppursuing black-market abortions.

Prop 4 is likely to end up sendingyoung women to seekdangerous amateurabortions, which is why organizationssuch as the California Medical Association

and California Nurses Associationopposethe proposal. For more information visitwww.noonprop4.org.

by Jim Metropulos, Senior Advocate, SierraClub California

Sierra Club opposes Proposition 10,The California Renewable Energyand Clean Alternative Fuel Act, be-

cause it would put California on thewrong road to cleaner vehicles.

Proposition 10 would provide $5 bil-lion in general obligation bonds for fourmain purposes:

1. alternative fuel vehiclesrebatesandresearch ($3.425 billion),

2. renewable energy ($1.25 billion),3. renewable energy demonstration($200 million), and

4. clean tech education and training($125 million). The primary funder of theinitiative is Clean Energy Fuels Corp.,which, according to its website, is thelargest provider of natural gas for trans-portation in North America and alsobuilds and operates naturalgas fueling sta-tions.

Prop. 10s backer would benefit finan-

cially from its passage, because the mainthrust of the measure is to provide closeto $3 billion dollars in bond funds to bedistributed as rebates to buyers of cleanalternative fuel vehicles.

The measure has several drawbacks.First, the initiative sets a low bar forclean alternative vehicles, which it saysmust produceno netmaterial increase inair pollution relative to gasoline or diesel.Vehicles that meet this standard would dolittle, if anything, to reduce air pollutionor greenhouse gas emissions.

Second, the State already provides sig-nificant incentives for natural gas and al-ternative-fuel vehicles, including a $200million clean fuels program paid for byfees.

Third, we quest ion the use of bondfunds for rebates. Traditionally, bondfunds pay for large public works projectsthat would normally be too expensive forthe state to afford. Proposition 10 does-nt set up a system to pay back thestates big borrowing; instead it re-lies on future state tax collections.

Fourth, we worry that Proposition 10could lead to the creationof environmen-ta lly-harmful dams, as i t includes al lclasses of hydroelectric power as renew-able energy. This conflicts with existingstate law that generally limits the renew-able designation to smaller hydroelectricinstallations and to facilities that dont im-

Vote NO on Proposition 10

The wrong road toward cleaner vehicles

by Jim Metropulos, Senior Advocate, SierraClub California

Normally, Sierra Club volunteersandstaff would eagerly line up be-hind a measure proposing that

half of Californias electricity come fromrenewable sources by 2025. But Proposi-tion 7, an initiativeon theNovember bal-lot, doesnt do enough to save our state

and our planet from fossil fuel depend-ence. In fact, by cementingloopholes thatwould hold back the growth of the re -newable energy industry, it actually couldworsen our current energy situation.

Proposition 7: Contains serious flaws that could

get inthe way of achievingits goal of 50%renewable fuels by 2025.

Actually works against Sierra Club-backed energy policies that would allowcommunities to choose thesourceof their

energy. Decreases environmental review ofproposed power plants.

Vote No onProposition 4

Maintain open accessto family planningservices

The lack of a sound, steady source offunding represents one major flaw thatssure to get inthe way of a 50% renewablesgoal. Instead of setting up such a fundingstream, Prop. 7 would force renewablepower generators to depend upon an un-certain system of penalty monies. It alsolocks in energy rate raises to just 3% an-nually, even though thereare no limits for

nonrenewable power sources.Existing loopholes in enforcement andarchaic policies that tie the price of re-newable energyto theprice of natural gas-generated energy would be locked inplace. In fact, Prop. 7 even lowers somepenalties.

Prop. 7 also would obstruct SierraClubs efforts to establish communitychoice for energy policy, since it removeslocal control over energy policy. Com-munity choice promises to increase the

energy-buying power of local communi-ties, giving them more authority.Consider how a community co-op

No on Prop. 7

Sounds good but would decrease environmental protection

store is able to stock more grocery choicesbecause it has more buying power than asmaller store operated by onefamily. Sim-ilarly, a community that bands togethercould have more choice over what type ofenergy it chooses to buy.

Prop. 7 would decrease environmentalprotections, in theguise of streamliningthe permitting process for renewable

power.Local chapters wouldnt be able tointroduce new evidence of environmentalharm when appealing a proposed permit.

Sierra Club isnt standing alone againstthis potentially harmful law. The Unionof Concerned Scient is ts , CaliforniaLeague of Conservation Voters, and Nat-ural Resources Defense Council, amongother groups, have taken a stand againstProp. 7. Californias Democratic and Re-publican parties and major utilities alsooppose Prop. 7.

Defeat Prop. 7 and clear the way forreal progress on renewable power.

pound additional water. Defining dams asrenewable could also create confusionin utilities attempts to comply with theCalifornia Renewable Portfolio Standardlaw.

Prop. 10s promise of more cleanalter-native vehicles soundsgood on its surface.

However, the initia-tive would ac-complish littleto facilitate

real, sound al -ternative energy

or technologies ,and its reliance on

long-term borrow-ing for short-term

benefits and potentiallyobsolete technologywould put us on the

wrong road.Joining Sierra Club in opposing Propo-

sition 10 are the League of Women Vot-ers, Cal ifornia Nurses Association,California Federation of Teachers, Con-sumer Federation of California, Con-sumer Watchdog, the Utility ReformNetwork, and California Labor Federa-tion, AFL-CIO.

Statewide Propositions

Moving?Please fi l l outand mail the changeof address form on p. 15 or email:

[email protected] post office charges us 70 each

if they handle the address change.Please help the club by using thecoupon on p. 15.

Thank you!

One touch of naturemakes the wholeworld kin.

Shakespeare

NO


5/20

Please recycle this paper again The Sierra Club/Ventana Chapter, Volume 47, Number 5, 2008 5

Joe SimitianCalifornia State Senate,

11th District

As a Mayor, CountySupervisor, As-semblymember and now runningfor his second term in the State

Senate, Joe Simitian has been a stalwartadvocate for the Sierra Clubs mission.Senator Simitian chairs the Senate Envi-ronmental Quality committee and re-cently carried bills that would increasethe

State's use of renewable energy and re-quire theState to conductadditional stud-ies beforeapproving new liquefied naturalgas terminals.

Currently, Senator Simitian is carryinglegislation that would mandate climatechange to be taught in public schools andwould require ocean rangers to monitorenvironmental compliance aboard cruiseships . Senator Simit ian has receivedawards for his work protect ing openspace, reducing waste, and fighting to im-

prove air quality.He has been recognizedby the Sierra Club for a lifetime of com-mitment.

We are proud to endorse hisre-electionto Californias 11th Senate District.

Anna Eshoo has earned the SierraClub endorsement for reelectionto the House of Representatives

for the 14th Congressional District. InWashington Eshoo has exercised leader-ship in proposing increased fuel efficiencystandards for automakers resulting in theFuel Economy Reform Act which raises

fuel standards to 35 mpg by 2018.She hasfought to end clearcutting, protect oldgrowth forests, and is an original sponsorof the Safe Climate Act to reduce green-house gas emissions by 80% below 1990levels by 2050.

Of particular interest to Santa CruzCounty residents, Eshoo worked tire-lessly with others to protect Sand HillBluff from future development. The Cal-ifornia Congressional delegation led byEshoo and Senator Feinstein secured $2

million from NOAA towardthe $9.6 mil-lion purchase price. The 154-acre prop-erty immediately north of Coast Dairieswas transferred to State Parks last year.

Eshoo also secured funding to purchaseBair Island and thousands of acres of baywetlands in South San Francisco whichhave been addedto the Don Edwards SanFrancisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Anna Eshoo has earned a 2007 Leagueof Conservation Voters rating of 90%.Her lifetime LCV rating is 97%.

Re-elect Anna Eshoo on June 3.

Anna EshooU.S. House of Representatives

Bill MonningCalifornia StateAssembly,

27th District

Vote the Environment

November 4

Elect Bill Monning to the State As-sembly. Bi ll has a long career as apracticing environmental attorney

and community organizer.As an attorneywith the United Farm Workers Unionand later California Rural Legal Assis-tance, he workedto protect farm workersand rural residents by handling cases re-

lated to toxic exposure.Bills efforts included holding EPAhearings on the impacts to workers andthe environment from exposure to toxicchemicals, fighting pesticide applicationcompaniesthat were dumping Class 1 tox-ics into the Salinas River, and opposingmethyl bromide use.

Bill opposes oil drilling off our coastand in the Arctic National WildlifeRefuge. He states, The focus on offshoredrilling distracts from a necessary com-

mitment to development of alternative en-ergy, fuel-efficient vehicles, andinvestment in mass transit.

Bill strongly supported Measure A inMonterey County, the citizens Commu-nity General Plan Initiative favored bytheChapter andworked with us to gatherlabor and community support. Bill iscommittedto work at the state level to seethat General Plans are regularly updatedas required by law and that they meetstandards for ensuring protection of farm-

land and sensitive habitat.Monterey and Santa Cruz County res-idents have serious concerns regardingtransportation. Bill shares the Chaptersopposition to widening Highway 1 andsupports Santa Cruz Countys imminentpurchase of the rail corridor to open upshort- and long-range possibilities for al-ternatives to auto transportation.

Bill Monnings strong environmentalrecord and advocacy for the health andwell being of residents and wildlife have

earned the Ventana Chapter Sierra Clubendorsement. Visit www.billmonning.orgto contact Bill or to help with the cam-paign.

Representative Sam Farr has earnedthe endorsement of the VentanaChapter for his ninth bid for the

House of Representatives. A winner ofthe prestigious National Sierra Clubs EdWayburn Award in 2003 for his strongleadership in environmental legislation,he remains one of the Sierra Clubs and

the environments most stalwart friends.Rep. Farr is best known by the chapteras a staunch defender of coastal resourcesand a strong advocate for wilderness ac-quisition, two of our highest priorities.Most recently, he introduced HR 21(OCEANS 21) to broadly overhaul ourocean management systems and stop thedegradation of our oceans.

Farr s long standing advocacy forwilderness has won him fans locally andmade him a hero to Sierra Clubs Wilder-

ness Committee. Vicky Hoover, Chair ofthe Sierra Club Cal ifornia/NevadaWilderness Committee says, Sam Farrhas been a true environmental hero forprotecting our wild public lands. Whilehis focus has, of course, centered on hisown congressional district, he has alsobeen a cosponsor of the key visionarywilderness bills the Club has promotedover the years for places such as thecoastal plain of the Arctic NationalWildlife Refuge and Americas Redrock

Wilderness in Utah.To help with his campaign, [email protected] or call 373-4607.

Sam FarrU.S. House of Representatives

National and State Offices

w


6/20

Tuesday, December 9

Senior HOLIDAY LUNCHSave the date. Our holiday lunch this yearwill be either at Linwoods at Chaminadeor Severinos. Leader is working out menuoptions and prices. Flyers will be availableat hikes for sign ups. But, it will begreat!!!!!!!!!! Leader: Pat Herzog, 458-9841.


Sierra Club Events

Non-Sierra Club Events of Interest

Saturday, October 18

River & Road Clean UpVolunteers are needed to pull trash fromthe river and clean up the road. Truckswith winches appreciated. Clean-up bags,refreshments, provided. Help protect theSan Lorenzo River and keep trash frombeing carried to the Bay when the rainscome. For more info: 338-1728 or

www.vwcweb.org. Sponsored by the Val-ley Womens Club, County of SantaCruz, and San Lorenzo Valley WaterDistrict.

Thursday, October 30

Tree ForumLearn about the economic valueof the Carmel urban forest.2-4:30 p.m. Sunset Cen-ters Carpenter Hall,

Carmel. Sponsored byCity of Carmel Forestand Beach Commis-sion and Friends ofCarmel Forest.Keynote address byKelaine Vargas, UrbanEcologist, U.C. Davis.FREE.

Friday, November 14

Weed SymposiumThe 10th annual California Invasive WeedSymposium will present Evolution/Rev-olutionWhats New in the InvasiveWeed World at CSUMB. Carla Bossard,

The following activities are not sponsored or administered by the Sierra Club. The Club makes no representations or warranties about the

safety, supervision or management of such activities. They are published only as a reader service.

C A L E N D A R

Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Saint MarysCollege of California will be the keynotespeaker. Symposium includes field trips.For more information contact Bruce Del-gado, 394-8314, [email protected].

FREE Wormshops

Learn how worms can eat your foodscraps and make beautiful compost foryour garden. Master composters will teachyou everything you need to know. Pre-registration required. Free and belowwholesale worm bins for residents of unin-corporated Santa Cruz Co. and Scotts Val-ley. $50 charge for residents of Capitola,City of Santa Cruz, and Watsonville. Call427-3452 to register. Sponsored by S.C.

Co. Board of Supervisors; produced byCounty Public Works Recycling

and Solid Waste Services.

Sunday, October 19, 1-

3 p.m., Quail HollowRanch County Park,800 Quail HollowRoad, Felton

Saturdays

Garland Ranch HikesThe Monterey Peninsula Regional

Park District docents lead hikes at Gar-land Ranch every Saturday. An updatedlist of all hikes may be found on theirwebsite: www.mprpd.org.

Monterey CNPS

Habitat restorationVolunteer to restore native habitat inState Parks in Monterey Co. Wear layeredwork clothes. Bring water & snacks.Tools & gloves provided. Carpools meetat Rio Rd. Park and Ride. Rain or shine.Contact Jan Shriner, [email protected],236-0905. Website: www.montereybay

cnps.org.

October 19, Garrapata State Park, 11:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

October 24, Garrapata State Park, 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; contact to participate re-quired by October 22

November 1, Pt. Lobos, 1:00-4:00 p.m.

November 16, Garrapata State Park, 11:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

November 21, Garrapata State Park, 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; contact to participate re-

quired by November 19

Santa Cruz CNPS

Habitat restorationVolunteer to restore native habitat inState Parks in Santa Cruz Co. Wear lay-ered work clothes. Bring water & gloves.Tools provided. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.We work rain or shine, but if things getparticularly unpleasant, we call it a day.Contact Linda Brodman, [email protected], 462-4041. Website: www.cruzcnps.org.

October 4, Sunset Beach State ParkOctober 25, Natural Bridges State Park

Friday, October 10

Potluck & Slides: Elephant SealsJoin us for this informative slide show tolearn about the elephant seals who visitour coast from Nancy who is a volunteernaturalist at Ao Nuevo State Reserve.The potluck begins at 6:30 p.m. Bringfood to share and your own washableplate, cup, utensils, and serving utensils.We love home cooked meals or dessert,but store-bought food (minimum value $5)makes great contributions too. For direc-tions call Nancy, 423-5509.

NancyHuguenard

Fast paced and hands-on, this 2-day

course (16 hours) covers a wide range

of wilderness medicine topics for peo-

ple who travel in the outdoors. Whether

spending time in the backcountry isyour passion or your profession, you

should never have to ask, What do I

do now? In this course, youll learn

how to prepare for the unexpected.

Cost: $195.00

Location: Stevenson College Room

175, UC Santa Cruz

Dates: Saturday and Sunday, October

25-26, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Instructor: Wilderness Medicine In-stitute of N.O.L.S. Staff

Register online at

www.ucscrecreation.com

Wilderness first aidoffered at UCSC

Alpha bull northern elephant seal, 2008 breeding season


7/20


Monterey County

Measure Z, on the MontereyCounty November ballot is ahalf-percent sales tax to raise $980

million over 25 years. Called the Trans-portation Investment Plan, it is part of a$1.8 billion transportation funding pro-gram, with another $470 million pro-posed by Transportation Agency forMonterey County (TAMC) in matchingstate and federal money, and $320 millionin regional impact fees paid by develop-ers. It requires a 2/3 vote to pass. The

Ventana Chapter opposes Measure Z.Sierra Club has a policy against widen-ing highways. Transportation studiesshow that building or widening highwaysinduces more traffic. Shortly after widen-ing, traffic will increase by 10 - 50% aspublic transit or carpool riders switch todriving, or motorists take more or longertrips or switch routes. After about threeyears, as the new roadway capacity stim-ulates more sprawl and motorists movefarther from work and shopping, traffic

increases 50 - 100%, clogging local streetsat both ends of the highway.This is TAMCs 4th try on a tax to ex-

pand roads; the last one failed in June2006.

Other reasons the Club opposes Meas-ure Z are:

Vote NO on Measure Z

The Draft EIR (DEIR) for MontereyCountys latest General Plan Up-date is out and being reviewed by

Chapter members. A General Plan isoften called a land use bible. This ver-sion of the General Plan Update has beenongoing for nearly nine years and has seenmany political and legal battles.

The Board of Supervisors acquiesced todevelopment interests by limiting public

input to only 45 days for this approxi-mately 1000-page document. The publichas only until October 28 to comment.The issues will be the same as with previ-ous versions:

Can the countys natural resources,its air and water and its infrastructure andservices cope with the amount of growththe pro-development Board desires?

Can the side effects-the environ-mental impacts of the growth -be man-aged appropriately?

The Chapter is especially concernedabout the Countys attempts to greatlyweaken the existing ordinances that pro-tect steep hillsides from development andconversion to vineyards. These hills arehome to an incredible array of special sta-tus plants and animals as well as serving asour vital watershed. Sierra Club has re-peatedly called for a full evaluation of thisdangerous policy change, but to date thathas not occurred.

The more comments Supervisors re-

ceive about protecting the environment,the better. See the Chapter Chair columnon p. 3 for addresses and more informa-tion.

County allowing only45 days for review ofGeneral Plan Draft EIR

Measure Z does not include fairshare contributions from agriculture andthe hospitality industry even though theycould benefit from the measure.

Measure Z may afford very littlenet improvement. TAMC admits someroads will even be worse. It also does littleto address the county road deferred main-tenance costs of $800 million.

Measure Z offers no guarantee toreceive state or federal matching funds.Historically, the state has shown prefer-

ence to metropolitan areas. With state andnational budgets in crisis, where willmatching funds come from?

Measure Z is growth inducing. Proponents claim that the highway

projects will improve safety, yet almost40% of the funding for roads and high-ways would be used to widen Highway156 which is number 12 on the list of the16 most unsafe highways in MontereyCounty.

Since the Investment Plan can be

amended by the TAMC Board of Direc-tors, there are no safeguards for voters in-cluding no penalties for misuse of fundsand no assurance that the priority forprojects will be followed or even funded.

Vote NO on Measure Z.

by Denyse Frischmuth

The concept of sustainability is fi-nally making deeper inroads intoour awareness, and the acceptabil-

ity of sustainability practices is increasing.To hasten and broaden the process, Citi-zens for a Sustainable Monterey Countyis urging cities in Monterey County toadopt and implement two sustainabilityagreements: the United Nations UrbanEnvironmental Accords and the U.S.

Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.So far, three cities have signed: PacificGrove, Monterey and Salinas.

These agreements provide helpfulguidelines for better environmental stew-ardship, and several of their recommen-dations have been implemented. PacificGrove has planted over 2,000 treesthrough its Trees for P.G. reforestationproject. Its ban on Styrofoam containersused in restaurants and for take-out foodwill reduce the amount of toxic products

entering the environment. The use ofbiodegradable and organic cleaning prod-ucts for all its public buildings reduceswater pollution. Montereys green build-

Sustainability gaining ground in Monterey County

ing ordinance will bring about a markedreduction in wasted energy and natural re-sources. The purchase of electric and hy-brid vehicles for its fleet reduces CO2emissions. Dual flush toilets, waterless uri-nals, and a waterless truck cleaning stationwill reduce water usage. Salinas has onlyrecently signed the sustainability agree-ments and is considering measures toadopt.

Citizens for a Sustainable MontereyCounty acts as a catalyst for the creationof sustainability action groups which ini-tiate local projects, educate people on sus-tainability issues, and partner with theircity government for the implementationof the Accords and the Agreement. Formore information and to get involved inyour community, visit the following web-sites or use the email contact.

Pacific Grove:www.sustainablepg.org

Monterey:www.montereygreenaction.comSeaside:groups.google.com:80/group/sustain

able-seaside?hl=en

Big Sur:www.relocalize.net/groups/bigsurSalinas:[email protected] Valley:[email protected]:[email protected] works to initiate an action

group in every city of the county and to

have them adopt the Accords and Agree-ment. To get involved, contact [email protected].

What is the useof a house if youhavent got atolerable planetto put it on?

Henry David

Thoreau

We wont have asociety if we destroythe environment.

Margaret Mead

To change address by email:

[email protected] inquiries:

[email protected]

Moving?Please fill outand mail the changeof address form on p. 15 or email:



Thank you!


8/20


Sierra Club endorses Mark Stone foranother term as County Supervisorfor District 5.

Stone has ably represented District 5,providing leadership to protect its water-sheds, including negotiating a settlementof the proposed Lompico headwaters for-est logging project. The Lompico water-shed has since been permanently

protected through its acquisition by Sem-pervirens Fund. Mark has consistentlysupported Felton citizens efforts to buytheir water distribution system and totransfer its management to the SanLorenzo Water District.

While serving on the Regional Trans-portation Commission, Supervisor Stonehas worked to improve regional trans-portation planning and options. He un-derstands the relationships betweenenvironmental issues, transportation in-

frastructure, and our quality of life. Hisfairness, vision, and accomplishmentsmerit this endorsement and your vote onNovember 4.

Mark Stone

Santa Cruz County Supervisor,5th District

Sierra Club endorses Tim Fitzmauricebecause of his strong environmentalrecord during his prior eight years on

the City Council. He has committed tocontinue working for the environment.While on the City Council, Tim voted tohire an environmental coordinator for theCity, insisted on adoption of green build-ing standards, helped install recycling con-tainers downtown, and voted to placesolar panels on City Hall.

Tim has promised to take a strongstand against developing water sourcesthrough desalination that would result inincreased growth. He is committed toproviding leadership in reaching tangibleresults to address global warming as partof the Citys Climate Action Program.While on the Transportation Commis-sion, Tim opposed the widening of High-way 1 and supported transit, bike, andother alternative transportation. The railtrail has been a special project for Tim.

For decades Tim has personally recy-cled, used public transit, and volunteeredat beach, river, and graffiti cleanups. Hiselection will further environmental goalsin Santa Cruz.

Tim FitzmauriceSanta Cruz City Council

Katherine Beiers has earned theSierra Club endorsement for SantaCruz City Council not only be-

cause of her environmental record on theCouncil from 1989-1999, but also for hercontinuing advocacy for the environment.For 35 years, Katherine has fought tomaintain the beauty and environmentalquality of Santa Cruz, helping to preserveLighthouse Field, establishing the Green-belt, rebuilding a walkable downtownafter the earthquake, and promoting an al-ternative route to the Broadway/Brom-mer bike path across Arana Gulch.

If elected, Katherine has promised toaddress global warming, to allow only re-sponsible and sustainable development, toreduce the negative impacts of growth, topreserve the integrity of our neighbor-hoods, and to ensure that all of our citi-zens have a meaningful opportunity to beheard in open, democratic government.

Katherine intends to ensure that envi-ronmental reviews fully disclose and ex-amine proposed mitigations andalternatives. She will promote efforts andprojects that help people find alternativesto driving alone. She would support legis-lation to require that environmentally-sound building practices be followed forall new construction. She does not sup-port building a parking garage at theFarmers Market site downtown. Kather-ine will discourage spot-zoning espe-cially concerning large developers.

Sierra Club believes Katherine willbring great energy and valuable experi-ence to the City Council.

Katherine BeiersSanta Cruz City Council

Election of John Leopold to theBoard of Supervisors presents a piv-otal opportunity to move forward

on many critical environmental issues fac-ing Santa Cruz County. On the criticalissue of Highway 1 widening in ourcounty, John supports the Sierra Clubsopposition to this project, whereas hiscompetitor supports the widening.

As a Cabrillo College Trustee, Leopoldhas been working to strengthen alterna-tive transportation to campus and is astrong supporter of having Cabrillo installthe largest solar array in the county. Heis committed to reducing greenhouse gasemissions through green building, alter-native transportation, sustainable urbandesign, renewable energy, and sustainablelifestyle choices.

Johns experience as a small business-man, his extensive work with local non-

profits, and his established relationshipswith other community leaders display themanagement skills needed by a Supervi-sor.

As a board member of the Rex Foun-dation, Leopold has either initiated grantrevenue or supported funding for a largenumber of grassroots environmentalgroups including the Mattole RestorationSalmon Group, Sustainable Fishery Ad-vocates, the Environmental Protection In-formation Center, and People Power.

Sierra Club endorses John Leopold forSupervisor for the 1st District, Santa CruzCounty.

John Leopold

Santa Cruz County Supervisor,1st District

Santa Cruz County

City of Santa Cruz

I think that I shall never seeA billboard lovely as a tree.Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,

Ill never see a tree at all.Ogden Nash

333


9/20

Please recycle this paper again

Please patronize our

advertisers

Let them know you haveseen their ad in

The Ventana

The Sierra Club is pleased to endorseBruce Delgado for Mayor of Ma-rina in appreciation of his demon-

strated commitment to protecting theenvironment. As a botanist for the BLM,Bruce has introduced many urban resi-dents to the wonders of nature on theFort Ord Public Land.

As mayor, Bruce will continue hisprior efforts on City Council toward in-clusion of walkable community featuresand renewable technologies in all newprojects in the City. He supports incen-tives for solar and thermal power installa-tions, redeveloping the downtown insteadof creating urban sprawl, and making thedowntown more exciting, beautiful, anduniversity friendly.

As mayor, Bruce would serve on theFort Ord Reuse Authority and be in a po-sition to increase the sustainability of fu-ture reuse projects. His vision for the

Central Coast includes working with theRegional Park District and the Big SurLand Trust to acquire coastal open spaceas it becomes available.

Bruces seeks to increase the awarenessof the link between environmental issuesand economic and social needs in citiesaround Monterey Bay. To support hiscampaign, contact Bruce [email protected] or call 277-7690.

Bruce Delgado

Mayor, Marina

David Burnett, a Marina residentand homeowner since 1995, is en-dorsed by Sierra Club. He was ap-

pointed to the Marina PlanningCommission in 2003 where he served forfour years including one year as chair andone year as vice-chair. During that time,David influenced the citys General Planand insured the ongoing preservation ofopen space.

Since leaving the Planning Commis-sion, David has been increasingly con-cerned about the approval of so manylarge projects in Marina without sufficientpublic participation. David proposes a re-turn to a sense of fairness and balance inall dealings with the public.

Once elected, David will encouragetown hall meetings and promote environ-mentally-sound policies in decision mak-ing. David has deep respect for the CoastalAct and understands the principles of

CEQA. He values these guidelines in forg-ing a future for emerging cities like Ma-rina. He will focus on green buildingpractices and the use of sustainable mate-rials.

To support David Burnett and get in-volved with his campaign, call 384-2828.

David Burnett

Marina City Council

Frank OConnell has earned theSierra Club endorsement for theMarina City Council. Frank has

been a member of the City PlanningCommission since February 2007; he hasworked as an attorney in Monterey since1978. As a member of the planning com-mission, Frank had a strong voice in theenvironmental aspects of the Marina Sta-tion project on the Armstrong Ranch.

Frank always reviews the City staff re-ports and recommendations on proposedprojects, but does not limit his decisionsto that information. He does independentresearch to determine the accuracy andconclusions of environmental impact re-ports, traffic impacts, zoning, etc. and fol-lows that research up with more relevantquestions prior to making a decision andcasting his vote. For example, he re-searched the feasibility, development, andmaintenance of rain gardens in Marina.This research included seeking and ob-taining independent data from govern-mental agencies in other states.

Frank shares Sierra Club concernsabout balanced growth, traffic congestion,alternative energy, and fuel-efficient vehi-cles. He is the proud owner of a hybridautomobile.

Franks priority of an open and ac-countable government assures us that theChapters priorities will be well servedwith Frank on the Marina City Council.To get involved with his campaign, call384-0415.

Frank OConnell

Marina City Council

Quinn Gardner is endorsed bySierra Club for the Marina CoastWater District Board of Direc-

tors.Quinns three primary issues are: 1)

Making our water sustainable for the fu-ture; 2) protecting our families and thepublic health; and 3) getting the people in-volved again through greater government

transparency and education. As a memberof the Water Board, Quinn will best rep-resent the Sierra Club and the citizens ofMarina, and their interest in a continuedsafe, sustainable, cost effective and eco-nomical water supply. He is dedicated toinsuring that the district require all newdevelopment projects perform an inten-sive water supply assessment whiletripling their efforts to seek out more sus-tainable water creation solutions andwater conservation methods.

Water is by far the most crucial andstressed natural resource on the MontereyPeninsula. With threats of seawater intru-sion and carbon tetrachloride left overfrom Fort Ord, we need a steward who isnot afraid to ask tough questions to pro-tect this vital resource. Quinns first pri-ority will be to protect public health; hewill not wait until damage has been doneto start looking for remedies.

Both an inspiring community organ-izer and passionate environmentalist,

Quinn has devoted his life to getting peo-ple involved in the issues plaguing Marina.He believes in open, transparent, partici-patory government and a water boardthat reports directly to the citizens andlooks to them for guidance. To supportQuinn and get involved with his cam-paign, call 916-606-3373.

Quinn Gardner

Marina Coast Water DistrictBoard of Directors

City of Marina

The Sierra Club/Ventana Chapter, Volume 47, Number 5, 2008 9

Marina CoastWater District




Thank you!


10/20


The oil age, including combustion processes, which threaten thevery stability of life on earth, is ending, not because we are running

out of oil, but because we have a better idea. The Stone Age neverran out of stones either.Paul Hawken


11/20



12/20


Sierra Club endorses Caryn Machado,a political newcomer, because of herpassion for the conservation of

wildlife, her understanding of the intensepressure that human society places on thenatural world, and her understandingof the environmental issues fac-ing Scotts Valley.

Caryns knowledge ofcity government, the 1994General Plan, the Scotts

Valley Water DistrictGroundwater Manage-ment Program, andother key documentswill enable her to hit theground running. She be-lieves water is the most im-portant issue facing the City.

Caryn supports priorityplacement of local businesses in thenew Town Center, adoption of LEEDbuilding standards, inclusion of bike lanes

and bike parking in the Town Centerplan, and follows environmental practicesin her personal life. She will work to in-corporate sustainability into the TownCenter rather than its being optional as itis at present.

Caryn MachadoScotts Valley City Council

Chuck Walker is endorsed by SierraClub for election to the Scotts Val-ley City Council. His experience as

a former mayor of the City has given himan excellent understanding of the devel-

opment pressures facing ScottsValley. Walker under-

stands the principle ofbuild-out and how

this is directly re-lated to planning

and zoning.Chuck ex-

pressed his sup-port for greenbuilding princi-

ples and a commu-nity where people

could enjoy walkingand riding bikes rather

than simply being stuck intraffic. He is a strong supporter of

local small businesses.

As Mayor, Walker supported thewastewater recycling plant which suppliesrecycled water for landscape use. He be-lieves an adequate and clean water supplyand traffic congestion are the most im-portant environmental issues facing theCity. He advocates recharge projects andresponsible planning as solutions.

Chuck WalkerScotts Valley City Council

Sierra Club has endorsed Frank Kertaifor Scotts Valley City Council.

Frank has not only stated his concernabout City water resource problems, hehas attended Scotts Valley Water BoardDistrict meetings and made specific sug-gestions on measures that agency mighttake to conserve water. He practices whathe preaches and has installed a drip irriga-tion system to cut down on his personal

water use.Kertai has expressed concern about the

endangered and threatened native speciespresent in the city including the Ohlonetiger beetle, red-legged frog and Scotts Val-ley spineflower. Frank supports manda-tory green building practices in the City.He notes that green building is often nomore expensive than conventional build-ing.

Frank has been active on public issues.His opposition to the proposed Target

store is well known, and he submitted 32pages of comments on the Draft EIR forthe project. His grasp of the environmen-tal problems facing the city, his impres-sive analytical skills, and his commitmentto the future of Scotts Valley have earnedthe Club endorsement.

Frank KertaiScotts Valley City Council

Scotts Valley

ATTENTION:Potential

Advertisers!

ATTENTION:Potential

Advertisers!

Sierra Club MemberProfile

Advertising in this newsletter packsmore clout into your advertising dol-lars. Sierra Club members are one of themost valuable audiences in America.They are opinion leaders and influ-entials; by any name they are some ofAmericas most sought-after advertisingtargets. Their own purchasing activity issubstantial. But, more important, they

influence othersin everything fromopinion and outlook to choice of prod-ucts. They are not only consumers, butalso doers and leaders.

Club Members are among the mostactive, affluent audiences of adventuretravelers and year-round outdoorsports enthusiasts your advertising dol-lars can buy. Its an unduplicated audi-ence with the power to buy your prod-ucts and services.

Sierra Club Members are Great ProspectsMedian Age: 41Male/Female: 63% / 37%Median Household Income: $56,227Attended/Graduated College: 81%Professional/Technical/Managerial: 36%

Outdoor Sports Enthusiasts

Backpacking/Hiking 4 times more activethan the average adult

Mo unt ai n B iki ng 5 ti mes mo re ac ti veCross-Country Skiing 5 times more activeWhitewater Rafting 5.5 t imes more activeSource: 1996 MRI Doublebase

For Rate Information, Contact:Debbie Bulger - 457-1036




Thank you!

The fog comes

on little cat feet.It sits lookingover the harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then, moves on.

Carl Sandburg

Please patronize our

advertisers

Let them know you haveseen their ad in

The Ventana

Vote the environment

November 4


13/20


Sierra Club enthusiastically endorsesMichael Termini for reelection to theCapitola City Council. Coun-

cilmember Termini is knowledgeable,

committed to the environment and effec-tive in turning ideas into action.Michael Terminis leadership in ban-

ning Styrofoam containers in Capitola hasmade the City a model for the rest of thenation. He saw the blight that polystyrenecaused on beaches and in the ocean and

Michael TerminiCapitola City Council

Capitola

In his previous terms on the CapitolaCity Council from 1999 to 2006, Den-nis Norton was a strong advocate for

the environment. As the Capitola repre-sentative to the Regional Transportation

Commission, Dennis was an outspokenadvocate for alternative transportationand purchase of the Union Pacific rail cor-ridor. He championed sensible trans-portation and opposed wideningHighway 1.

Dennis employs green building prac-tices in his design business and is workingto incorporate green building into theCity Code. He supports housing above re-tail businesses, preservation of historicneighborhoods, and public open space.

Dennis supported the polystyrene banin the City and is working to preserve theGolino property along Soquel Creek. Heis an advocate for creeks protection andadvocates the use of permeable surfaces todecrease storm water runoff. As mayor,Dennis founded the first Soquel Creek

Dennis NortonCapitola City Council

Soquel Creek Water District

The Sierra Club endorses BruceDaniels and Dr. Tom LaHue for re-election to the Soquel Creek Water

District (SCWD) Board of Directors.Bruce Daniels (current SCWD President)was the founding Chair of the SierraClubs local Water Resources Committee.Tom (current SCWD Vice-President) was

Tom LaHueBruce DanielsSoquel Creek Water District

Board

u Massage Therapy

u Skin & Body Care

u All Natural Skin CareProducts

Peace beginsWell Within

P R I V A T E SP A S & SA U NA S O V E R L O O K I N G

A JA P A N E S E G A R D E N

417 Cedar St. , Santa Cruz 831-458-WELL.Visit our web site at www.wellwithinspa.com

took bold steps to ban its use for take-outfood. Capitola had the first such ordi-nance in the nation.

Termini has also taken the lead in per-

suading restaurants to separate food wastefrom other trash. This is a vital first stepto addressing the problem of fugitivemethane in landfills. Methane is a farmore dangerous greenhouse gas than CO2and is generated from organic materialsuch as decomposing food wastein landfills. Eliminatingthis source of a greenhousegas is a very importantmeasure that cities can im-plement to fight global

warming.The City of Capitola is for-

tunate to have a leader of Michael Ter-minis quality. Vote for Michael Terminifor City Council.

the founding Chair of the Santa CruzCounty Chapter of Surfrider Foundation.

Many local defenders of our natural re-sources have joined the Sierra Club in en-dorsing this slate, including Assemblymember John Laird, Fred Keeley, ThePeoples Democratic Club of Santa CruzCounty, and hydrologist, Dr. Bob Curry.

Bruce and Tom will continue to ad-dress customer needs while dealing with

the issues of clean water, salt-water intru-sion, environmental protection and con-servation. They will base solutions toproblems on expert science. They areworking to protect both the water qual-ity and resident wildlife of Soquel Creekand the Monterey Bay.

Bruce and Tom also believe that waterconservation with financial incentives canreduce our current water deficit and theyare dedicated to carbon-neutral solutions.For more information and to support

Bruce and Tom, visitwww.ProtectWater.info.

Task Force and Capitolas Commissionon the Environment.

Sierra Club urges you to vote for Den-nis Norton for Capitola City Council.

Vote the environment

November 4


14/20


NE W S C L I P S

Marily Woodhouse knows firsthand the destruction of clearcut-ting. Living in the foothills of Mt.

Lassen, her quiet, little-used road suddenlybecame a logging truck superhighwaywith truckload after truckload of treesbeing hauled away from Sierra Pacific In-

dustries (SPI) clearcuts. She told us, Whatis being done a few miles from where Ilive is a microcosm of what is being doneall over the northern part of the state. It isdeforestation as surely as what has beendone to rainforests in other parts of theworld. The difference is that it is righthere in our state instead of thousands of

miles away. These archaic and unsustain-able logging practices must be stopped.The only way to do that is for we thepeople to act to make it so.

Marily has been hired with contribu-tions of five California Sierra Club chap-ters, including the Ventana Chapter, toenlist and coordinate volunteers in a cam-paign to end clearcutting in the Sierra Ne-vada.

Many people are not aware that al-though clearcutting on National Forests

in the Sierra has mostly been abandoned,on vast private forestlands it is still thedominant timber harvesting method. SPIis by far the worst offender. The companyis in the process of clearcutting and turn-ing into tree plantations over 1.7 millionacres of their holdings in the Sierra Ne-vada. To stop the onslaught, the SierraClub has partnered with ForestEthics in

a campaign aimed at building sufficientpublic outrage at this logging practice thatdemand will build for wood products thatare not produced by destroying ourforests.

Our partnership with ForestEthics willbe a marriage of strengths. While we havemany members to call upon to help de-fend the Sierra, we will be taking advan-tage of the tried and true approaches thatForestEthics developed which stopped theproduction of Victorias Secret catalogsfrom Canadas boreal forests and con-vinced Staples that it was not in their eco-nomic interests to market products madefrom old-growth forests.

The key to this campaign will be todraw the publics attention to the horrificeffects of clearcutting, including the lossof beauty and wildlife habitat, the erosionand the sedimentation, and the poisoningof soil and streams with toxic herbicides.Healthy forests provide 60% of Califor-nias water supply and sequester carbon tohelp combat global warming. Public pres-sure can force Sierra Pacific Industries tochange their timber harvesting practices.

For this ambitious effort to succeed, weneed many volunteers, members whotruly care enough about the Sierra to stepup and take action. If you would like tolearn more, or to sign up to help, Marilycan be reached at 530-474-5803 [email protected] about ForestEthics and the Save theSierra Campaign can be found at:www.savethesierra.org.

Sierra Club organizer, Marily Woodhouse,is mobilizing volunteers against clearcutting

Sierra Pacific Industries is in the process of clearcutting 1.7 million acres of their holdings in the Sierra Nevada.

American way of dyingNational Geographic reports that we

bury more than bodies after people die.Each year in the United State we alsobury 30 million board feet of wood com-

prising caskets, 90,000 tons of steel (morethan in the Golden Gate Bridge), and use1.6 million tons of concrete in burialvaults.

Drying tipIf Americans would dry just half their

laundry loads on a clothes rack or clothes-line instead of using a dryer, the collectivereduction in CO2 would be almost 9 mil-lion tons. It saves money too. Such a deal.

Carbon SinkAn article in the September 11 issue ofthe journal Nature provides more evi-dence that old growth forests sequestercarbon for centuries. Conventional teach-ing, based on one study from the 1960s,assumed that old growth was carbon neu-tral. Many of these old growth forests areunprotected at present.

Fish killersEven with careful use, the pesticides

chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathionfind their way into streams and harmsalmon. These chemicals are used onfruits, vegetables, livestock, and fence-posts among other uses. Under a settle-ment of a lawsuit, NOAA Fisheries hasuntil October 31 to work with the EPAto find new ways to safely use these chem-icals. Are there any safe ways? To learnmore visit www.earthjustice.org/news/index.html for the August 13 press release.

Cities can help with solarAB811, signed by Governor Schwarz-enegger this summer, allows cities andcounties to offer low-interest financing toresidents and business owners who wantto install solar panels or make other en-ergy improvements.

College pledgeRipon College, a 1000 student college

in Wisconsin, is offering incoming fresh-men a new mountain bike, helmet, and

lock if they pledge not to bring a car tocampus. Sixty percent of incoming fresh-men have signed up.

To change address by email:

[email protected] inquiries:

[email protected]


15/20


Sunday, October 12HIKE: MARIN HEADLANDS

Well carpool to the south end of the GoldenGate Bridge where well take the bus over thebridge to the Point Bonita Lighthouse. From

there well hike back along the Marin Head-lands and over the bridge to San Francisco.Well experience coastal views, the fall migra-tion of raptors as they prepare to cross theGolden Gate, and one of the most unique ex-periences of all, walking the bridge. Space lim-ited, call for details. Leader: John Howerton,476-4253.

Tuesday, October 14SENIOR HIKE: JACKS PEAK

Well hike in a Monterey Pine forest stoppingat the highest point of the Monterey Peninsula.Great views. Some hills but not too steep. MeetBEFORE 10:00 a.m. at Sears 41st Ave. To godirect, take Hwy. 1 then 68 east. Park entranceis across from airport entrance. Restroomsavailable. Bring lunch, water, $5 carpool, andshare of entrance fee. Leader: Pat Herzog,458-9841.

Tuesday, October 14,HIKE: NISENE MARKS

This 6-1/2 mile loop on the Bridge Creek Trailwith 900' elevation gain takes us through alovely redwood forest and along beautiful

Well ride along paved streets for about 15miles, enjoying ocean scenery and stopping atviewpoints. About 2 hours. Helmets manda-tory. Bring a lunch to eat at the end of the ridein the leaders back garden. Hosts will providecups of English tea. Leaders: Cath Farrant andMary Dainton, 372 7427. -

Saturday, October 11HIKE: BIG BASIN

The East Branch of Waddell Creek is the lesserknown tributary flowing into Last Chance.Well go farther than last time, to the edge ofthe park. 9 miles with 1500' elevation gain.Meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Santa Cruz CountyGovernment Center to carpool. Call Nick foradditional information. Leader: Nick Wyckoff,462-3101.

O U T I N G S

GENERAL INFORMATION:

All outings begin and end at the trailhead.Carpooling to and from the trailhead is strictlya private arrangement between the driver andthe riders. Carpool drivers are not agents oremployees of the Sierra Club.

EXPLANATION OF RATINGS:

The outings described vary in difficultyfrom leisurely walks to strenuous hikes. Thefollowing explanation is a general guideline.(For more information about the difficulty of aparticular outing, call the leader).

Walk: Between 2-5 miles, leisurely pace.Easy: No more than 5 miles; slight elevationgain; easy pace.

Moderate: 5-10 miles; up to 2000' gain;boots; better than average fitness required.

Strenuous: May involve off-trail hiking;demanding pace; for experienced hikers in goodcondition only.

DIRECTIONS:

Rio Road Park & Ride: This parking lot ison Rio Road in Carmel.

Save-Mart / Bagel Bakery: (formerly Al-bertsons) South of Monterey on Hwy. 1. Onemile past Ocean Ave., turn L on Carmel ValleyRd. Almost immediately, turn R at the light.Save-Mart/ Bagel Bakery on the R.

Santa Cruz County Government Center:The large grey building at the corner of Ocean& Water in Santa Cruz. We meet at the cornerof the parking lot nearest to the intersection.

Felton Faire: The shopping center at thejunction of Graham Hill and Mt. Hermon Rdsin Felton. We meet at the edge of the Safewayparking lot nearest Graham Hill Rd.

41st Avenue / Sears: From Hwy. 1 in Capi-tola take the 41st Ave. exit. Go toward theocean on 41st Ave. Pass the main Mall entranceand turn right into the next entrance nearSears. We meet behind the bank located at 41stand Capitola Road.

MPC Parking lot: Monterey PeninsulaCollege Parking Lot. From Hwy. 1 take theFishermans Wharf exit, go straight one block,turn L and L again into the first parking lotA. This is the site of the Thurs. Farmers Mkt.Plenty of parking with no fee on weekends.

In the interest of facilitating the logistics of some outings, it is customary thatparticipants make carpooling arrangements. The Sierra Club does not have in-surance for carpooling arrangements and assumes no liability for them. Car-pooling, ridesharing, or anything similar is strictly a private arrangement

among the participants. Participants assume the risks associated with this travel.CST 2087766-40. Registration as a seller of travel does not constitute approvalby the State of California.

Participants will be required to sign a liability waiver. To read it before choos-ing to participate on an outing go towww.sierraclub.org/outings/chapter/forms/.

O U T I N G S R A T I N G S

M E E T I N G PL A C E S

O C T O B E R

Saturday, October 4HIKE: EL CORTE DE MADERA PRESERVE

A 9-mile loop starting from the entrance park-ing area on Star Hill Road. Well hike the ElCorte De Madera Creek Trail 3.6 miles to themain entrance near Skeggs Point on SkylineBlvd. Then the Tafoni, Fir, and MethuselaTrails back to our start. Along the Tafoni Trailwell take a side trip to a large sandstone for-mation with shallow caves and honeycomb de-pressions reminiscent of outcroppings at CastleRock State Park, though it seems to be made ofsofter and more fragile material. Spectacularviews to the sea along the ridge top and nearthe creek headwaters. The canyons are filled

with second-growth redwoods and Douglas fir.Meet at the Santa Cruz County GovernmentCenter at 8:30 a.m. Bring water, lunch, and $8carpool. Leader: Ed Gilbert, 685-8389.

Saturday, October 4HIKE: SOQUEL DEMO FOREST

This large forest is situated north and aboveNisene Marks. Strenuous 10-mile loop with1500' elevation gain on forest roads and trails,mostly shaded, shared with mountain bikers.Bring water and lunch, snacks for breaks. Meetin Seaside at Home Depot at 8:30 a.m. or at theCorralitos Meat Market at 9:15 a.m. Definitelycall before. Leader: Anneliese Suter, 624-1467.

Sunday, October 5HIKE: LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST

Depending on the extent of the recent forestfires in our National Forest, well hike some-where in the northern sections of Los Padres.Either Devils Peak, Danish Creek, Big Pines,or Bluff Camp. Expect 8-12 miles and 2000' el-evation gain. Please call within a week of thishike to confirm the location, meeting time &

place, etc. Leader: Larry Parrish, 622-7455.Tuesday, October 7HIKE: MITTELDORF PRESERVE

6-mile hike with little elevation gain alongWilliams Creek through a serene redwood for-est. Well see a nice variety of ferns and flowers.Bring water & lunch. Arrive early, we leave at9:30 a.m. sharp from Rio Road Park & Ride.Call for reservation. Leader: Lynn Bomberger,375-7777.

Friday, October 10

BIKE RIDE: PEBBLE BEACHMeet at 10:00 a.m. outside the Fishwife restau-rant in Pacific Grove (Hwy. 68 and AsilomarBlvd.) Please arrive with your bicycle in work-ing condition with the tires properly inflated.

Home Depot Seaside


16/20

N O V E M B E R

Saturday, November 1HIKE: BIG CREEK/CANOGAS FALLS

The UCSC Reserve at Big Creek was verylucky: the big fire this summer stopped right attheir borders. And were lucky to have a reser-vation to hike up to the High Camp wherewell leave our lunches. From here, just withwater, well hike down 1,000' to the CanogasFalls, the largest waterfall deep inside Big Sur.After a late lunch, eventually back down overthe meadows with the ocean always shimmer-ing beneath us. Wonderful! A strenuous daywith 14 miles and 3000 elevation gain. Bring ahearty lunch and lots of water, hiking poles anda hat. Please call before. Meet at Rio Road Parkand Ride at 7:45 a.m. Leader: Anneliese Suter,624-1467.

Saturday, November 1HIKE: BUZZARDS ROOST& SEMPERVIRENS FALLS

A 9-mile loop hike, with 1200 elevation gain,beginning and ending at the Big Basin head-quarters. Well follow the Pine Mountain Trailto Buzzards Roost at 2200' where well visit thesatellite tracking station at the rocky butte be-fore returning to the Blooms Creek Trail. Wellfollow this trail, the East Ridge Trail and theShadowbrook Trail to Sempervirens Falls thenback. Meet at the Santa Cruz County Govern-ment Center parking lot at 9:00 a.m., or at Fel-ton Fair at 9:20 a.m. Bring water, lunch and $5carpool. Leader: Ed Gilbert, 685-8389.

Sunday, November 2HIKE: PESCADERO CREEK

A meandering hike through mixed woodlandsin this county park. Lunch on the deck of theSierra Club hiker hut. 10 miles and 1000' ele-vation gain. Meet at the Santa Cruz County

Government Center at 8:00 a.m. Remember toset your clock back! Call for details. Leader:John Howerton, 476-4253.

Wednesday, November 5HIKE: HAKONE GARDENS & MONTALVO

Well start in Hakone Gardens, an 18-acreJapanese garden started by the Stine family in1915. Japanese gardeners were hired to bringfrom Japan a tea house and reconstruct it in thecenter of a garden which was designed to belike Fuji-Hakone National Park in Japan. Afterlunch, well walk the hillsides and formal gar-

dens of Montalvo Arts Center, a Mediterranean


turn-off to Portola Rd. Right on Portola for ashort distance to a 10:10 a.m. start. To carpool($5) meet at 9:00 a.m. at Sears 41st Ave. Leader:Diane Cornell, 423-5925.

Thursday, October 23WALK: PG & MONTEREY TRAILS

Well check out two short t rails recently in thenews: PG/Asilomar & Veterans MemorialPark areas. Both have been long used by thepublic, and now their use is being challenged. 5miles of easy walking. Call for meeting loca-tion, time and reservation. Leader: LynnBomberger, 375-7777.

Sunday, October 26HIKE: SALINAS RIVER STATE BEACH

Well hike 4 miles south along the pristine

beach to the mouth of the river in the SalinasRiver National Wildlife Refuge. After a shortbreak, well return for an optional lunch atPhils seafood restaurant in Moss Landing. Ex-cellent opportunities to view shorebirds andmarine mammals. From Hwy. 1, take MossLanding Rd. to Sandholdt Rd. Meet at 9:00 a.m.in the parking lot on the left after crossing thebridge. (Do not take Potrero Rd.) 8 miles withno elevation gain. Rain cancels. Leader: EugeneSobka, 449-0873.

Sunday, October 26

HIKE: PALO CORONA TO ROCKY RIDGELets get in a good hike before Daylight Savingsends. Well begin this 12 mile jaunt at the PaloCorona trailhead, hike up and down 3000' ofranch roads to the south, eventually crossingMal Paso Creek, then exit via the Rocky RidgeTrail of Garrapata State Park. Bring food andwater. Space is limited; call for reservation.Leader: Larry Parrish, 622-7455.

Tuesday, October 28SENIOR HIKE: MT. MADONNA

Located off Hwy. 152, this is a moderate 3-1/2mile hike. Well return via Gizdich Farms fordessert. Meet before 9:30 a.m. at Sears 41st Av-enue. To go direct, meet by 10:00 a.m. just be-yond parks kiosk entrance by restrooms orcall leader. Bring lunch, water, $4 carpool andshare of entrance fee. Leader: Joan Brohmer,462-3803.

O U T I N G S

creeks with several crossings. Moderate pacewith stops to enjoy flora & fauna. Bring water& lunch. Arrive early, leave at 8:45 a.m. sharpfrom Shell station by Home Depot in Seasideor from parking lot behind Aptos Station at

9:30 a.m. sharp. Call for a reservation. Leader:Lynn Bomberger, 375-7777.

Wednesday, October 15HIKE: WATSONVILLE WETLANDS

One of only two major systems of coastal freshwater sloughs remaining in California. Spendthe morning with the environmental/educa-tional nonprofit Watsonville Wetlands Watch.Begin at its educational resource center whereyou will learn about its programs in restora-tion, education and conservation, then take aguided tour through environmentally-sensitive

habitat areas including Dept. of Fish & Gameproperties. Picnic on a knoll overlookingStruve Slough. After lunch walk 6 miles skirt-ing the sloughs. Rich in birds; bring binoculars,water, and lunch. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. at9:00 a.m. or call leader for a Watsonville meet-ing place. Leader: Diane Cornell, 423-5925.

Saturday, October 18WALK: CARMEL RIVER BEACH

How about an early morning walk fromCarmel River Beach to Monastery Beach viathe hill and back via the bluff trail. Enjoy views

of Point Lobos and listen to the surf. About 3miles. Wear comfortable shoes; dress forweather; windbreaker recommended. Bringwater and snack. Meet at the parking lot of

Carmel River Beach at the lagoon (south endof Carmelo Street in Carmel) at 9:00 a.m.Leader: Martha Saylor, 372-9215.

Monday, October 20HIKE: PINNACLES

This is the perfect time to hike the NorthWilderness Trail. Plan to spend all day. Callleader one week ahead for meeting place andtime, or call will not be returned. Leader: Es-peranza Hernandez, 678-1968.

Tuesday, October 21SENIOR HIKE: NISENE MARKS

4-mile shady hike of the Hoffman Loop start-ing at Porter Picnic area. Narrow trails withsome uphill to Hoffman Site. Meet before 9:30a.m. at Sears 41st Ave. or the dirt parking lot

before the Park entrance. Bring lunch, water,sit upon, repellent, $2 carpool and share of en-trance fee. Restrooms. Leader: Beverly Meschi,475-4185.

Wednesday, October 22HIKE: WINDY HILL

This trail traverses an area of high grassy slopesthat can be seen from most of the Bay Area.From the top, views over the ocean give thetrail its name as currents of wind wash over theridge. Dont let this scare you off, because theprotected Hamms Gulch Trail descendsthrough a Doug fir forest with rays of sunlightshining between massive trees. 8 miles. Bringlunch and water. From Hwy. 280 take Alpine

For more information about the Lodge or toreceive a full schedule and description of Clair

Tappaan programs please visit our website at

www.ctl.sierraclub.org or call (800) 679-6775.

Built by Sierra Club members in 1934, this rustic, hostel-style lodge

stands atop historic Donner Pass, just an hour and a half from

Sacramento.

Clair Tappaan Lodge is the perfect autumn base camp for anyone

who enjoys the wide variety of activities offered by the Tahoe area.

Autumn is the secret season in the Sierra when the summer crowds

go home, temperatures cool off, and the fall colors come out. Short

hikes to secluded mountain lakes are perfect for introducing thefamily to the mountains. The nearby Pacific Crest Trail offers

expansive views for both novice and advanced hikers. Donner Lake

offers great kayaking and fishing while Donner Summit has long

been a destination for rock climbers and mountain bikers.

Guests enjoy excellent family style meals, a friendly staff and a

casual and communal atmosphere. See you on Donner Summit.. .


17/20


O U T I N G S

style villa nestled in the foothills aboveSaratoga. This center, the former home of

James Phelan, a California Senator, is devotedto the development of art, architecture, music,and literature. Concerts and shows are heldhere each year. Bring lunch and water for thismoderate hike with some uphill to lookoutpoints with great views of Santa Clara Valley.Meet at 9:00 a.m. at Sears 41st Avenue to car-pool ($6 including parking) or at 21000 BigBasin Way, Saratoga and park inside the gatefor a 10:00 a.m. start. Leader: Diane Cornell,423-5925.

Tuesday, November 11SENIOR WALK: LEVEE TO HARBOR

Casual walk along River Street levee to mu-seum on East Cliff for a short stopover thenonto the yacht harbor for lunch. Bring lunchor visit a restaurant. 5 miles. Meet before 9:30a.m. at Sears 41st Ave. or Gateway Plaza onRiver Street by Ross at 9:50 a.m. Leader: PatHerzog, 458-9841.

Wednesday, November 12HIKE: PURISIMA CREEK

See breathtaking ocean views, towering red-woods and firs, a picturesque creek, and plenti-ful wildlife and ferns. Purisima meanspristine, and it surely is the best 9-mile hike

that I have taken recently. Well start from thecoast entrance along the flat creek trail whereevery part of the creek could be a stunning cal-endar picture. Well go up Soda Gulch Trailand along the ridge for ocean views, then downthe steep Whittemore Gulch Trail. Bring lunchand water. Meet at Sears 41st Ave. at 9:00 a.m.to carpool ($6) or at the trailhead off Hwy. 1north to Verde Road for 1/4 mile, and thencontinue onto Purisima Creek Rd 3.7 miles.Leader: Diane Cornell, 423-5925.

Saturday, November 15WALK: PEBBLE BEACH/ASILOMAR

4-mile loop hike, starting on neighborhoodstreets and then thru dunes between fairways,out to Point Joe and back along the beachboardwalk. Quiet neighborhood, beach wild-flowers, possible wildlife to be seen. Meetacross from the Fishwife Restaurant on SunsetDrive and Asilomar Blvd., Pacific Grove at 9:00a.m. Back about noon; bring snack and water.Leader: Martha Saylor, 372-9215.

Saturday, November 15HIKE: WUNDERLICH COUNTY PARK

An 8-mile loop starting at the parking area offWoodside Rd. west of I-280. The hike will be inthe mountains behind the horse stables on theold Folger Coffee family e

2008, v47 - 5 ~ the ventana magazine - ventana chapter, sierra club

Documents