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diversity of Cambria'sMontereypineforest
otherhabitattype, associated vegetatioqdistance from the oceanand other factorsto increasethe geneticdiversity of the collection. Coneswill be collectedfrom tees that haveno apparent pitch cankerand will be removed from diffe,rent partsof the tee crown, r,vhichwill increase the chanceofdiffercntpollen donors. Each tree will be at least 30 meters from any other donor tree. Donor tees will rnappedand an idenffication tag wil be placed on each tree. Seedsfrom the trees will be washed in disinfectant and then stored in separatecontainers which will identify the tree from which it came. In the future, 60 per cent of the seed will go to conservationefforts in the Cambria Monterey pine forest. Greenspace work wittr ttre Califomia Pitch Canksr Tbsk will Force to develop appropriate policies for this conservationwork. The remaining 40 per cent of the seed will go to research,which will help scientists leam more about how to battle pitch canker and other diseases Monterey pines. This work will benefitnot only Cambria but of people throughout the State of California and the world. Geenspace honored be furded by the Universityof C-alifomia is to Davis for this importantwork We look forward to working with drem to protect and enhance Cambria's Monterey pine forest with this innovative program to preserve the genetic diversity of our forest.
MtBE Update
Discharging treated water into Santa Rosa Creek On Friday,February3,2002, the Regional WaterQuality Control Board (RWQCB) met to determineif the Chevron Corporation would be permittedto discharge treatedgroundwater
that had been contaminated with MIBE and other gasoline additives Chevron Corporation has into Santa Rosa Creek. publicly statedthat thqt Greenspacerepresentatives "zero were in attendanceat that meeting to wouldreturnonly detect"water into promote the position that any water discharged into Santa Rosa Creek SontaRosaCreek must have non-detectable levels of Greenspace urgedthe pollutants. Executive Director RWQCBto hold Chevron Hawley maintained that the clean to theirword. drinking water standardsof the California Regional Water Quality Conhol Board need to reflect the technology currently available. Mr. Hawley additionally stressedthat independentwater sampling and monitoring must be implemented if Chevron is allowed to discharge
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Greenspace,the North CoastAlliance, and the National Wildlife Federation will co-host an amazing multimedia presentation on theArctic Refuge titled "BEYOND IMAGINATION." The multimedia presentation is the work of retired Presbyterian pastor and photographer Water Robie. The 30-minute multimedia show is the latest creation of Mr. Robie's series of shows depicting the beautifirl and fragile elements of nature. "Beyond Imagination" clearly is one of Mr. Robie's finest works and demonstrateshis passion for preserving this nation's last piece of arctic wilderness from development. Myra Wilensky, conservation program staffmember of the National Wildlife Federation, will speak on the current efforts by the NWF to stop oil exploration on this fragile landscapeand give residentsof San Luis Obispo County updateson legislative efforts by Democrats and Republicans to safeguardAlaska's ecological balance from needlesscorporate exploitation. Pleaserememberthat95YoofAlaska's north coastis already open to exploration and drilling. The remaining 5% of the oil reserve is simply "Too Wild To Waste"! The event will be at the CambriaVets'Hall locatedat 1000 Main Streeton March 25n at7:00 PM. Refreshments will be available. Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchasedat the door or by calling the Greenspaceoffice. Proceedswill be used by the three organizations to promote sensible stewardship of our nation's environment.
According to current standards, thoseusedby the RWQCB and in their decision,the Stateof Califomia will allow a dischargeof 5.0 parts per billion of MIBE in SantaRosa Creek. Greenspacetestified that water analysis equipment currently available in Califomia Certified Laboratories can detectmuch lower levels of MtBE and other components of gasoline. Chewon Corporation haspublicly statedthat they would return only "zero detect" water into Santa Rosa Creek. Greenspaceurged the RWQCB to hold Chevron to their word that there will be no detectable amounts of pollutants in water returned to Rosa Santa Creek. position on the The RWQCB disagreedwith Greenspace's advisability of requiring zero detect levels of pollutants in drinking water, denied its request to be a mandatory independent monitor and issued Chevron a permit to proceed with their process. Santa Rosa Creek has been central to the mission of Greenspacesince its inception. We will continue to carefully watch and report developments as they occur.
Jim Brownell,
Board Member Greenspace
Tuckedaway on MoonstoneBeachis thehome of Jim Brownell, a memBoardofDirecton andour expertwhenit comesto the ber ofthe Greenspace is that careand feedingof the Montereypine seedlings Greenspace growing to for their potentialresistance pitch canker. Donatingmost of the spacein Jim his newly built greenhouse, is charged necessary reqponsibilities with theday-to-day to keep orn seedlingsthriving. And with his past experience, there is no one more suited for the job. Jim receiveda PhD in Geobiochemisby in 1969 from the Univenity of Califomia, at Davis. He taughtSoil Science FresnoState for the next 23 yean. Additionally, Jim has througfton beena consultant vmiousprojects out the world, fraveling to Australia, the Sudan, Nigeria,Central America and the United States.Jim also went Southwestem ip, andrecentlyretumedthereto consulton toEgptona aprojectdesignedtoteatwastewaterforuse asirigation to gowtees inthe desert. Jim is the recipient of two patentsin his field and continuesto the world. programs around on various consult "Four children, Manied to his wife, Dolly, for 50 years, Jim says, ten grandchildren, one great grandson, a house on the beach You can't beat that. and they let me live in it!"
Last year the Greenspacestaff traveled to U.C. Berkeley's Greenspace Monterey Pine Seedlings Boalt Hall School of Law, where they were trained on the intricacies Jim urdmoving to Carnbriaforhis retirement, found of the federal tax laws governing non-profit organizations by the leavingFresno After that his continued interest in seed production was proving to have Alliance for Justice, a Washington DC advocacy organization workdifferent challengeson the coastthan thosehe faced during his 40 yean ing to advance the cause of justice for all Americans. With this Jim knowledge and fourteen years of experience of working in the Valley,with too few warm days.To solvethatp'roblenq in theSanJoaquin next andDolly built a beautiirl greenhouse to their home. It is in that green- non-profit field, Greenspaceis in a perfect position to help potential. full house that Greenspace's Monterey pine seedlings are growing. other organizations discover their of has the The warmthin the greenhouse benefited germination tlre seeds. Greenspace is developing a workshop and PowerPoint "survivedour cal",ther tral asJim pts ig From the original 300 seedlings presentation that will explain in detail the method through which are about 40 trees that endured non-profits can use their voice and the voices of their members throughthefirstyear'sleamingexin the political process and still be assured they are operating perience. 40 havebeen These trees within the law. The workshop will be offered to tree the state. four regions of inoculated twice with pitch canker advocacy groups in now grolm IaaiuB$al Releaf and Greenspacehope that this initial project andhave Califomia canbe t"nsplanted into the foresf can serve as a pilot program, with more workshops offered next year. and Ilalf ofthe tees will beplanted Memorial Greenspace in a qpecial areaof the monitored forestandthe otherhalfwillbeused Tree Grove for Memorial Tree to cratemore seedlings disfriThe fint Greerspace the bution througfrout community. Grove has been completed. With the new seeds that were Located in Wilton Park near the interplantedafewmonlhs ago,Jim exsection of Burton Drive and Highway pects to have nemly 1,000 early One, the plaque and grove honor seedlingswith, hopefully, 300 twenty individuals. As the trees the seedlings surviving grow, the grove will be a beautifirl spot screening process of two inoculations of pitch canker. through thoughtfulness the Bomd of of the individuals who planted Jim Brownell hasbeenan imporhnt munber of the Greenspace Drecton for over six years. His inslghtandknowledgein many fieldshave trees to honor their loved ones. ofthe GreenspaceReforThe Greenspace. success beenoftoernendouslalueto would like to thank Board Directors Arthur Van Rhyn Greenspace estation and Inoculation Program has been due in large part to his and Tony Rosenwald for constructing the memorial. exputise. The communityowesDr. Jim Brownell a debtof gntitude for his If you would like to participate in the next grove, please fill work to help preserve Cambria's native Monterey pine forest. out and return the form on the back of this newsletter 3
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Hearst Ranch Cont'dfromPage2 It is with greatanticipationthat we await the outcomeofthese discussions between the Hearst Corporation, The Nature Conservancy and The Conservation Fund. It is our hope that the Hearst Corporation will honor their commitment to sell the development rights on the entire Ranch.
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Cambria Pines by the SeaRanch
The end of last year saw a-ninnovative and highly successful parfirership between a national conservation organization, private property owners and a local land trust when The Nature Conservancy,after purchasing a Conservation Easementfrom Ralph and Tracy Covell on their 1300-plus acre ranch, asked Greenspaceto provide tours to the community through this seldom seen native Monterey pine forest. Eight tours were given on four weekends,eachaccommodatingtwenty people. The tours were led by Greenspace Executive Director Richard Hawley and former Board member Brad Seek,using educational material developed in conjunction with the Monterey Pine Ecological Cooperative, based inBerkeley,California. The tour guests were treated to a beautiful pine setting and understory along with distant vistas of the Santa Lucia Mountains. Over half of the Covell's Cambria Pines by the Sea Ranch is covered with Monterey pine forest. There are also oak woodlands and riparian forest ontheproperty. Fog gathers on the pine needlesin the forest and drips to the understorybeneaththe pines, providing waterforthe ecosystem. The Ranch includes three watersheds which eventually empty into the Pacific Ocean. These watersheds are home to many threatened and endangered species, including the tidewater goby and the California red-legged frog. Greenspace will be providing a secondgroup of tours on April 20th and2lsI, May llth and 12th, May 18th and 19th, and May 25th and 26th. The spring tours promise to offer new insights, with surprise guest lecturers who are forest and flower expertsjoining Greenspace's tour guides. There is already a waiting list of over 100 people for these tours. Please call the Greenspace office as early aspossibleifyou want to be put on the list to be a of this extraordinary event.
Attention Gardeners
Thereare a few plots available Pocahontas in Park for planting vegetables. Please contactGarden Managerleresa Lees at 927-5922.
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Greenspace would like to thank Van and John Pierszalowski, Kristen Read, Mara Ladewig and Nate Mahan for volunteering to complete PhaseTWo ofthe erosioncontrol project in Strawberry Canyon. Six people,using a wheel barrel and carrying the materialby hand, physically carried over 6,000poundsofrock the cumulative distance of nearly two miles. Plans for the erosion control project were provided courtesy ofthe Natural Resource Conservation Service. Phases3 and 4 will be sediment catchment stluctures built between the first two phases. Building Phase3 of this erosion control plan will occur this spring. A Special Thanks to our volunteers: Carol Lynn Wolf Cheryl Geigle,NancyHarris, Galen Rathbun, Victoria Martin, John Fort, Arlee Green, Hany Farmer Arliss Stevens, John & Van Pierszalowski, Kristin Read, Mara Ladewig, Nate Mahan, Paul Feneira, Patty Weiss, Walt & Kate Sterling, Rich Davis, Deborah Gran, Mike McGee, Carol Jean Attoe, our Pocahontas Park Volunteers, Lynn Rathbun, and the over 50 people that helped out at the Coastal Clean Up.
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