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    This document summarizes the conservation efforts and successes of desert activist Edie Harmon over many years working to protect the Imperial County desert in California. Some key successes mentioned are: 1) She advocated for and the BLM approved withdrawing 9,360 acres in the Indian Pass area from new mining claims to protect indigenous cultural and archaeological sites. 2) The final EIS for a proposed gold mine in the area identified the "No Action Alternative" as preferred, recognizing significant cultural and visual impacts could not be mitigated. 3) An appeals court overturned BLM's approval of a land exchange for a proposed landfill near an existing mine, affirming the right of environmental groups to challenge such land exchanges.

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    This document summarizes the conservation efforts and successes of desert activist Edie Harmon over many years working to protect the Imperial County desert in California. Some key successes mentioned are: 1) She advocated for and the BLM approved withdrawing 9,360 acres in the Indian Pass area from new mining claims to protect indigenous cultural and archaeological sites. 2) The final EIS for a proposed gold mine in the area identified the "No Action Alternative" as preferred, recognizing significant cultural and visual impacts could not be mitigated. 3) An appeals court overturned BLM's approval of a land exchange for a proposed landfill near an existing mine, affirming the right of environmental groups to challenge such land exchanges.

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    Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter, serving Imperial & San Diego Counties

    HI SIERRAN
    Working to preserve the special nature of San Diego for over half a century
    Vol. 60, NO. 6

    www.sandiego.sierraclub.org

    Jan./Feb. 2001

    She made a differencea BIG difference


    For many years, desert activist Edie Harmon, with her husband, Jim, close by, has worked tirelessly and with a conviction matched by few mortals. She has sought to do what could not be doneoverturn an antiquated, to convince the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to deny a mine proposal in Imperial County. We think she may have done it! In her own words, here are just a few of her activities and successes. 1. Indian Pass withdrawal approved On Oct. 20, 2000, the BLM approved withdrawal of 9,360 acres in the Indian Pass area of eastern Imperial County from the filing of new mining claims and from changing of the nature, configuration or size of the existing claims and certain other surface impacting uses to protect archeological and cultural resources considered sacred to the nearby Quechan Indian Tribe. The withdrawal does not affect any existing rights, but it will require a validity examination for the claims which are the subject of Glamis open-pit, cyanide heapleach gold mine proposal. If claims are found to be invalid, new filings cannot be made during the period of withdrawal. The withdrawal is independent of the Glamis Imperial Project mine review. Withdrawal will expire on Oct. 20, 2020, unless extended by Secretary of the Interior. Inspired by the federal response to mining activities at the Grand Canyon, Sierra Club San Diego Chapter recommended the withdrawal in our comments in response to the Revised Draft EIS/ EIR for the proposed Imperial Project. The Quechan elders and many other national and local organizations supported this recommendation. 2. FEIS/EIR for Glamis Golds Imperial Project was made available for public review on Nov. 9, 2000. The Imperial Project is a proposed open-pit, cyanide heap leach low-grade gold mine which would cover 1,571 acres of unpatented mining claims on Indian Pass Road entirely within the Indian Pass Withdrawal and impact an additional corridor along Indian Pass Road for water and power lines. The proposal is for 3 large pits as much as 880 feet deep (or 60 feet below sea level), a 300 feet high wasterock pile and a 334 acre, 300 feet high heapleach pile, with operations running 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 17 years. The area contains much archeological and cultural resources and is believed sacred to

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    Inside
    Activities & Meetings p. 68, 1011 Backcountry p. 12 & 15 Book Reviews p. 10 & 30 Bus Trips-Current p. 2528 Canyon Events p. 13 Chairs Column p. 9 Classifieds p. 30 Concert/Art Show p. 8 ConservationOne Club p. 17 Council of Clubs p. 15 David Brower p. 16 Desert Conservation Outings p. 28 Directory p. 31 Foster Lodge p. 29 Guest Column p. 14 Mission Bay Park p. 16 Membership Form p. 14 Monthly Programs p. 4 & 5 North County Events p. 8 Outings List & Info p. 1928 Recycling News p. 13 Ski-Cross Country p. 27 Wilderness Basics Course p. 18

    Yosemite update to be feature of Jan. 19 program. (Details on page 4) Photo by Bob OBrien

    Missing links: Providing safe pathways for survival of plants and animals
    By Janet Anderson, chapter Conservation Committee chair

    ost Sierra Club members allows recovery of vegetation. Resting ence is unknown. are aware that plant and Recognizing this, The Wildlands sites for migratory birds are also animal species are becomProject, the California Wilderness recognized as significant habitat ing extinct at an unusually rapid Coalition, the Nature Conservancy, linkages requiring preservation. rate all over the world. Todays rate and the Biological Resources Division Connectivity is becoming of species extinction is on a par with of the United States Geological increasingly recognized as a critical the massive extinctions that ocSurvey sponsored a statewide component to restore healthy wildlife curred 65 million years ago when the conference here in San Diego on Nov. populations. If managed properly, dinosaurs disappeared. 2 called Missing Linkages: Restoring linkages between core habitats can Since ecologists have learned Connectivity to the California Landsignificantly increase the chances of that the most important cause of survival for many large, wideranging scape, The Ecology and Applied extinction is habitat destruction, Conservation Division of the Center species as well as help to ensure environmental conservation is one of for Reproduction of Endangered continuing biodiversity throughout a the major approaches now recomSpecies at the San Diego Zoo were habitat core and linkage system. mended to slow down species loss. the hosts. Thus, access to complete and Preservation of tropical rainforests, Nearly 200 wildlife advocates reliable linkage information is crucial the Alaskan wilderness and old and agency representatives were on for land managers, conservation growth forests are major goals of hand for this remarkable event. organizations, and others working to environmentalists world wide. Speakers were Dr. Michael Soul, copreserve biodiversity. Despite In San Diego County, we are founder of The Wildlands Project, and advances in conservation planning, attempting to preserve some of our a well-known conservation biologist, there is still no mechanism for unique habitats through Dr. Paul Beier, associimplementation of the Multiple Linkages, which provide connectivity between core ate professor of wildlife Species Conservation Program habitats, are critical to maintaining the healthy ecology at Northern or MSCP. Arizona University, and ecosystem that makes up a productive habitat. Linkages, or corridors, Dr. Kevin Crooks, are narrow strips of habitat, such as assistant professor of wildlife ecology interested parties to share informathe riparian corridor along a stream, at the University of Wisconsin. Drs. tion about the locations or importhat connect larger core habitats. Soul and Crooks have published tance of corridors. These connections allow for the flow several reports on the environmental There has been little statewide of essential resources such as sand impacts of urban surroundings on effort in California to identify, examflows in the desert and the movethe canyons of San Diego. ine and protect wildlife corridors. In ment of large mammals. They are Sierra Club members Terry some cases, local or regional reviews critical to maintaining the healthy Weiner, co-chair of the Land Use have been completed and the results ecosystem that makes up a producCommittee, Geoffrey Smith, conserdocumented. tive habitat. vation coordinator, Glenn Torbett, In other cases, the locations of Particularly important is the Regional Conservation Committee critical corridors remain hidden in ability of top predators, such as representative and I were present at the archives of local knowledge and lions, bears and coyotes here in the meeting. After this introductory therefore do not influence public California, to move through large session, conference attendees divided policy and land use decision-making. landscapes. Top predators help to themselves into groups based on Thus many linkages are being keep an ecosystem healthy by their regional experience and knowlsevered simply because their existcontrolling the populations of See LINKS next page midsize predators, such as foxes, skunks, raccoons, opossums and Hi Sierran Jan./Feb. 2001 feral cats who eat birds and their USPS896140 eggs, depleting the bird populations. The Hi Sierran (USPS 896140) is published Top predators also keep down bi-monthly by the San Diego Chapter of the Sierra the populations of herbivores, thus Club, 3820 Ray St., San Diego, CA 921043623, preventing the elimination of vegetafor members in San Diego and Imperial counties. Our chapter directory has been One dollar of the annual membership fee is for a tion by overfeeding of plant eaters moved to the inside back cover, page subscription to the Hi Sierran . Periodicals such as rabbits and deer. The Postage Paid at San Diego, CA. POSTMASTER: 31, where you can find important movement of grazing ungulates, such Sierra Club contacts with their Send address changes to Hi Sierran, Sierra Club as big horn sheep, to different Members Services, P.O. Box 52968, Boulder CO telephone numbers, and, where pastures reduces overgrazing and 803222968. available, e-mail addresses.

    Where did it go?

    Page 2 San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 HI SIERRAN

    From page 1

    The nitty, gritty fight pays off


    the nearby Quechan Indian Tribe. BLM stated that it has identified the No Action Alternative as the Preferred Alternative! The Final Environmental Impact Study states that a signaificant impact to cultural and visual resources cannot be adequately mitigated.(Remember this is not a final decision on the mine.) 3. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned BLMs 1,745acre land exchange for the Mesquite Landfill adjacent to operating Mesquite mine near Glamis dunes in eastern Imperial County on Nov. 6, 2000. The Appeals Court ruled that environmental organizations do have standing to challenge BLM land exchanges. The landfill application for a 20,000 ton a day 200year landfill was submitted in 1992, after years of rumors about trash projects in the Imperial County desert and long before the land exchange appraisal. The court found that: the recreational or aesthetic enjoyment of federal lands is a legally protected interest whose impairment constitutes an actual...harm sufficient to create and injury ... for purposes of standing and went on to provide useful information for establishing standing to challenge a BLM land exchange and the appraisal required prior to completion of any land exchange. The court decision affirms our understanding of the BLM land exchange principles and the standards and criteria essential for an appraisal to stand the scrutiny of a panel justices even though rejected by Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) and the District Court. The government must not wear blinders when it participates in a real estate transaction, particularly if the result ... is the transfer of a flagrantly undervalued parcel of federal land to a private party. .... ... this potential use [as a mega-landfill] should have been considered in evaluating the highest and best use. Appraisals must be current and must reflect the intended use of lands for a determination of valuation for highest and best use especially where the intended use has been disclosed and reviewed. This is a tremendous victory and sets precedent for public lands in the western states, Alaska and Hawaii for appraisals and land exchanges. This decision should play a key role is resolving Eagle Mountain Landfill where the appraisal issues seem even more outrageousand the appraisal even more undervalued at $77 per acre. The 9th Circuit Court decision on the Mesquite Landfill Land Exchange comes less than five months after the June, 2000, Government Accounting Office report to Congressman Miller on the BLM and Forest Service land exchanges. That report is a great reference and found that The agencies have given more than fair market value for nonfederal land they acquired and accepted less than fair market value for federal land conveyed because the appraisals used to estimate the lands values did not always meet federal standards.

    Thanksgiving 1998 with Quechan Tribe


    The 9th Circuit Court decision reached the same conclusions. 4. State Appellate Court grants Writ of Mandate on Oct. 26, 2000 to set aside a 1998 Negative Declaration and requires an EIR for US Gypsums wallboard factory expansion and increased export of groundwater in southwestern Imperial County. The court found substantial evidence to support a fair argument the project may result in significant impacts to groundwater and traffic. The court accepted our submissions of 1993 analysis of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data by a SDSU hydrogeology professor and updates by Harmon in challenging US Gypsums analysis of the same USGS data. US Gypsum and its predecessors have been exporting potable groundwater for use at a wallboard factory outside the groundwater basin since 1925. Groundwater levels have been declining since that time, with more than a 70 foot decline in 5 miles downgradient of export pumping wells. Small residential communities have grown up to the west and southeast of the export wells. Basin residents have been fighting groundwater export from local wells since the 1950s. USGS estimates that there is no significant recharge to the basin from the negligible rainfall (2-3 inches per year in a good year) and that this is a small fossil groundwater basin with no significant recharge since the end of the last ice age. The countys 1993 general plan update restricted subdivisions, designated most of the 15,000 acres of private land over the basin to 40 acre minimum lots to limit population growth to less than 2000. Yet it turned a blind eye when US Gypsum proposed to almost double its export to a total of 767 acre feet. Domestic use is estimated

    from previous page

    LINKS
    edge of wildlife linkages in various parts of California, from the Mexican border to Oregon and from the coast to Arizona and Nevada. Each group was supplied with maps and given the task of identifying the important linkages in their region. The data produced will be collected and added to a statewide map showing the locations of the most important and threatened corridors for California wildlife. This map and the conference proceedings will be published and used as an educational, planning and advocacy tool to be distributed to land planners and managers throughout California. We are looking forward to receiving our maps so Sierra Club members can use them in making decisions concerning conservation issues in San Diego and Imperial Counties.

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    HI SIERRAN San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 Page 3

    JANUARY PROGRAM
    The chapter's monthly program is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 19 at the San Diego Zoo's Otto Center (south of the Zoo's main entrance in Balboa Park). The program is free & open to the public. (Program Chair is Mannie Kugler.)

    Friday, Jan. 19 Yosemites Search for Balance


    Program by Bob R. OBrien, Article by Gary Crawford

    hat does the future hold for Yosemite National Park? Will this great American landscape and ecosystem survive as a high quality natural park land or will we love it to death? How can we best plan for the sustainability of spectacular Yosemite Valley? Bob R. OBrien, professor emeritus of geography at San Diego State University and Sierra Club activist for over 40 years, presents Yosemite Forever, a lectureslide show about the history and current status of Yosemite National Park and especially the issues involved in the formulation of the final Yosemite Valley Plan. Author of a recent book, The National Parks and the Search for Sustainablity, OBrien still teaches a college course on national parks and has been studying and visiting

    them for over 50 years. Concerned with the National

    Park Services policy to allow as many visitors as possible to Yosemite Valley while still preserving its natural features and quality of visitor experience, OBrien will address several critical questions. Will we finally see a largely autofree upper valley? Will a reservation system for day use finally control the constantly expanding visitation figure? Will the removal of roads and development from a 400acre portion of the heavily used upper valley allow it to be returned to nature? This free program is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19 at the San Diego Zoos Otto Center auditorium in Balboa Park.

    Yosemite Photos by Bob OBrien


    From page 3

    The nittygritty fight continues


    at about 100 acre feet per year. In the early 1980s Congress approved an extension of Imperial Irrigation Districts (IID) boundaries so that IID could supply Colorado River water for industrial use at Plaster City. However, US Gypsum prefers to use potable groundwater because that eliminates the cost to treat Colorado River water. In the 1970s the county filed suit to stop export of about 200 acre feet per year to Mexico from two wells. Export to Mexico stopped in the 1980s. The major exporter/user today is US Gypsum. The Appellate Court agreed that environmental review must be done and that failure to attend the meeting of the countys Environmental Evaluation Committee does not remove standing when Sierra Club submitted written comments during the public comment period and objected to the issuance of a Negative Declaration. We understand the US Gypsum has appealed the court decision to the state Supreme Court. Factory construction continued despite the on-going litigation so that raises questions. Sierra Club won on appeal and was awarded costs. It would be great if we can eventually compel any increased industrial water use to come from the Colorado River rather than use high quality, low TDS potable groundwater for industrial purposes. 5. Newmont Golds Mesquite Mine Expansion Draft EIS/EIR comment deadline was Nov. 7, 2000. Woefully inadequate, the document spells out plans to expand the existing Mesquite Mine which already encompasses 5,200 acres of once beautiful terrain with magnificent mature microphyll woodland wash habitat. The Mesquite Mine is an open pit cyanide heapleach gold mine NE of the Glamis dunes which began open pit operations in a historic prospecting district in 1984. The expansion will be onto land removed from the Chocolate Mt. Gunnery Range by the California Desert Protection Act, land which is also federally designated as Critical Habitat for the threatened desert tortoise.

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    FEBRUARY PROGRAM
    The chapter's monthly program is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 16 at the San Diego Zoo's Otto Center (south of the Zoo's main entrance in Balboa Park). The program is free & open to the public. (Program Chair is Mannie Kugler.)

    Friday, Feb. 16 Impossible railroad: Carrizo Gorge and the Goat Canyon Trestle
    Program by Reena Deutsch Article by Gary Crawford
    f it is built, will they come? How much would people want to come aboard the first public passenger train trip in nearly half-a-century, chugging into the fabulous Carrizo Gorge to view the famous Goat Canyon Trestle, an impressive bridge known as the eighth wonder of the modern world by engineering experts? Reena Deutsch, a Sierra Club outings leader, a trustee for the AnzaBorrego Foundation (ABF) and a volunteer outings leader and naturalist for several other conservation organizations, presents Carrizo Gorge and the Goat Canyon Trestle, an exciting lectureslide show highlighting the first public passenger train journey in 49 years into Carrizo Gorge, as organized by Dr. Deutsch for the ABF in March, 2000. Located in the south part of AnzaBorrego Desert State Park, Carrizo Gorge is a deep canyon filled with rugged scenic beauty within a hostile desert environment, according to Deutsch. It is an engineering marvel that a railroad

    was ever built through it. Standing 186 feet high and 633 feet long, the Goat Canyon Trestle is reported to be the largest curved wooden trestle in North America. Besides outlining some of the financial, political and natural obstacles confronting the construc-

    tion and operation of the old San Diego and Arizona Railroad, Deutsch will reveal future plans to reopen Carrizo Gorge to regular passenger and freight service. This free program is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16 at the San Diego Zoos Otto Center auditorium.

    From page 4

    The nittygritty fight continues


    For the first time ever, we now have an EIS which failed to include a reclamation plan. Figures show nothing outside the mine project boundaries. A shocking omission! The EIS makes no mention of reclamation/revegetation, and never once uses the word tamarisk, even though that noxious invasive species was growing all over the mine site during my tour with the mines environmental coordinator. In response to my earlier complaints, the company cut, but failed to apply herbicide, so the tamarisk came back even more vigorously. I had shared concerns with Newmont staff and BLM earlier, so cant figure out why they chose to ignore major issues. Yes, it is a National Sacrifice Area, but does it have to go from bad to worse with residual toxic pit lakes and providing a seed source for tamarisk to invade new off-site mountain canyons and washes? Land exchange to the State Lands Commission was completed earlier. The only questions are reclamation and mitigation requirements prior to anticipated approval of the requested expansion. However, staff has hinted that the Mesquite Mine plans to close in spring 2001. While many issues remain to be resolved, including the inevitable court appeals by the various applicants, the fact remains that very significant progress has been made in federal mining and land exchange law that will have a profound impact on the way business is done from now on in the American west. More details at www.sierraclub.org/ chapters/sandiego/intranet. (Hats off to Edie Harmon for a job well done. The earth sings your praises! Geoffrey Smith)

    HI SIERRAN San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 Page 5

    January Activities
    JANUARY 4, Thursday, 6 p.m. SIERRA SINGLES MONTHLY SLIDE SHOW Gwenda Humpherys 7607247698 Come and join Carol Murdock as she relates her Alaska experience with images from Ketchikan, Skagway, Haines, Kenai Peninsula, Denali and Fairbanks. Enjoy the magnificent scenery, grizzly bears, moose, and other wildlife in this land of midnight sun, glaciers, and wild rivers. This slide presentation is a culmination of three extended driving trips to the north country; the last included a ferry ride through the Inland Passage. Carol is a COL, has taught wilderness first aid, and is a serious photographer who has won first place in photo contests. Bring something to share for a potluck dinner and your own soft drink. Meet at 4355 Ruffin Road, Suite 101. Take 115, exit Balboa and go west, turn left on Ruffin Rd and left to Daley Plaza. The event is at the San Diego Regional Center. JANUARY 8, Monday, 6 p.m. WALKTHETALK WE NEED YOU! Contact: Geoffrey Smith 6192991741, [email protected] Walk the Talk! Meet at the Chapter Office and Bookstore for a short 14 minute video about the Sierra Club, followed by a brisk 1 hour walk around the neighborhood. We'll get to know each other, and I'll describe some of the ways you can become involved in issue work in our chapter. We'll conclude our walk at a local coffee shop, then walk back to the office for a wrapup. Please RSVP to Geoffrey Smith, Conservation Coordinator, at 6192991741. I look forward to meeting and working with you! JANUARY 8, Monday, 7:30 p.m. NORTH COUNTY GROUP David Butler: 7604898842 Terry Flood, a local San Diego Chapter COL and Sierra Club National Outing leader for over 10 years, recently returned from a 24day trip to the Annapurna Sanctuary in the Himalaya Range in Nepal, will present a slide show of this experience. Details on page 8 JANUARY 10, Wednesday, 7 p.m. VISITOR/NEW MEMBER SIERRA CLUB ORIENTATION Call office at 2991743 for information Meet at the Tierrasanta Recreation Center, 11220 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. We meet in the back building,on the left. Presentations start at 7 p.m. featuring Singles, Bike, Photo, Ski, Focus on Youth, 20/30s Single Sierrans sections, and North County, and chapter activities. There are over 1,000 outings and activities during the year in the San Diego Chapter. Refreshments are served. JANUARY 11, Thursday, 7 p.m. THE ART OF BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY Neal Burstein 6195847172 Famed photographer Arthur Morris will present a bird slide show at the San Diego Zoo Otto Center highlighting the artistic principles that guide the photographer in producing his wondrous bird images. See details on page 8. JANUARY 19, Friday, 7:30 p.m. MONTHLY CHAPTER PROGRAM Yosemites Search for Sustainbability Bob R. OBrien, geography professor emeritus at San Diego State University, will present a lecture/slide show on Yosemite National Park Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. SD Zoos Otto Center, Balboa Park. Details on pg 4. JANUARY 20, Saturday, 5 p.m. SIERRA SINGLES MONTHLY EVENT AFTER CHRISTMAS WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE AND DINNER Contact: Kurt Weiss 8582736536 Here's your chance to get rid of that lime green sweater your Aunt Martha gave you last Christmas and you can trade it for the woolly hat with flaps that Kurt is sure to get from his mom (again). We will meet for dinner at 5 p.m. at the Soup Exchange at 7095 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. We will start the gift exchange during dinner so bring your sense of humor and everyone should have a great time. If you need directions, call the Soup Exchange at 8587156824. JANUARY 22, Monday, 6:30 p.m. GAY & LESBIAN SIERRANS POTLUCK For location and program information, call Kathryn Vernon at 6192848136 or Tom Markel at 8584884651. JANUARY 30, Tuesday, 7 p.m. 'BUTTERFLY' FILM SHOWING Come and see the film about Julia Butterfly Hill who lived atop a 180foot rewood tree to protest logging. The film is an 80 minute, feature-length version of the 1 hour program originally aired. Show time is at 7 p.m. at Twigg's Coffee House, 4590 Park Blvd. (3 blocks north of El Cajon Blvd.). $5 donations accepted. Sponsored by the Sierra Club Bookstore and the Forest and Wilderness Committee. Contact: Geoffrey Smith, 6192991741. FEBRUARY 10, Saturday, 7:30 Midnight SIERRA SINGLES MONTHLY EVENT BAHIA BELLE VALENTINE'S BAY CRUISE AND DANCE Coordinator: Kurt Weiss 8582736536 Bring your sweetheart or meet a new one by joining us for dancing on Mission Bay on the Bahia Bell. There also is an upper deck (bring a jacket) to enjoy the view of Mission Bay. We meet at 7 p.m. on the dock for boarding the boat that leaves at 7:30. The boat, open to the public, only handles 190 people. So, get there before it fills. Cost: $6 for the cruise from Bahia Resort Hotel, 998 West Mission Bay Dr., Mission Bay, near the roller coaster. The Bahia Belle circles the bay and stops at the Catamaran (3999 Mission Blvd.) every hour and returns to the Bahia every hour on the halfhour until 12:30 a.m. Bring friends. Directions: call the hotel at 8584880551. FEBRUARY 12, Monday, NORTH COUNTY GROUP David Butler: 7604898842 A Gringo in Brazil. See page 8. FEBRUARY 13, Tuesday, 6 p.m. SIERRA SINGLES MONTHLY SLIDE SHOW/ POTLUCK SOCIAL Coordinator: Gwenda Humpherys 7607247698 Come enjoy in the adventures AROUND LAS VEGAS. This slide show will feature the annual canoe trip to Black Canyon starting at the Hoover Dam plus around Las Vegas with a trip to Valley of Fire and to Copper Canyon in Death Valley with sights of prehistoric times. Meet at 4355 Ruffin Road, Suite 101. Directions same as Jan. 4th show FEBRUARY 14, Wednesday, 7 p.m. VISITOR/NEW MEMBER SIERRA CLUB ORIENTATION Call office at 2991743 for information Meet at the Tierrasanta Recreation Center, 11220 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. See Jan. 10. February 16, Friday, 7:30 p.m. MONTHLY CHAPTER PROGRAM Carrizo Gorge and the Goat Canyon Trestle Reena Deutsch, a trustee for the AnzaBorrego Desert State Park and a Sierra Club outings leader, will present an awesome lectureslide show chronicalling the first public passenger train trip in 49 years into Carrizo Gorge. The program is at SD Zoos Otto Center, Balboa Park. See pg 5. FEBRUARY 20, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. GAY & LESBIAN SIERRANS POTLUCK For location / program information, call Kathryn Vernon at 6192848136 or Tom Markel at 8584884651.

    February Activities
    FEBRUARY 3, Saturday, 5 p.m. LIVING ROOM BENEFIT CONCERT, ART SHOW AND POTLUCK (See article on page 2). For information contact Geoffrey Smith 6192991741 or [email protected]. FEBRUARY 5, Monday, 6 p.m. WALKTHETALK WE NEED YOU! Contact: Geoffrey Smith 6192991741, [email protected] See January 8 event.

    Page 6 San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 HI SIERRAN

    January Meetings
    CALL FOR DATE AND TIME FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE. Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call Bob McDowell at 6192820664 for information. JANUARY 4, Thursday, 7 p.m. RECYCLING COMMITTEE Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St., For more info, contact Wade Vernon at 7609427517 or [email protected]. JANUARY 8, Monday, 5:30 p.m. HI SIERRAN NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE 3820 Ray St. Call Pauline Jimenez 619 6609898. JANUARY 8, Monday, 7 p.m. (CAN) CONSERVATION ACTION NETWORK STEERING COMMITTEE Twiggs Coffee House: 4590 Park Blvd., San Diego (Park & Madison Ave.). This is the steering committee for our chapters conservation alerts. Visitors welcomed. Call Diane Smith 8584880342 or Janice McKalisen 8582718058. JANUARY 9, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call 6192991741 for information. All conservation activists are welcome. JANUARY 10, Wednesday, 7 p.m. (one week later this month) Forest and Wilderness Committee Sierra Club Office and Bookstore. Local and regional public lands management issues, and Wild Heritage Campaign coordination. Call Camille Armstrong at 8585665676 for information and to confirm meeting time. JANUARY 11, Thursday, 6 8:30 p.m. SKI SECTION MEETING and DINNER Clairemont Community Room, 4731 Clairemont Dr, on Lakehurst Lane, Clairemont Town Square, between the Vons and PicknSave. Beginner instruction in the community room at 6 p.m., or dinner at Acapulcos across the parking lot. At 7 p.m. (back in the community room) we will describe our trips of the coming season. Program: Alvin Walter will present a slide show of his ski expedition to the North Pole. Alvin joined a European group that used Russian military support. They were flown from Siberia to a base on the ice, then skied north to reach the pole. JANUARY 15, Monday, 6:30 p.m. SIERRA SINGLES COMMITTEE MTG. Call Wanda Jackson at 8586894039 for further information. JANUARY 18, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. INNER CITY OUTINGS (ICO) Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call Darlene Gunter at 8584670852 for info. JANUARY 17, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MTG. Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call 619 2991743 for info. JANUARY 18, Thursday, 7 p.m. PHOTO SECTION MEETING Call 6192991744, ext. 2070 for current information. JANUARY 22, Monday, 7 p.m.m. LAND USE COMMITTEE Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. An active committee working on many land use issues, including urban sprawl. For info, call Fred Lorenzen at 6194245508. JANUARY 23, Tuesday, 4 p.m. Bookstore Committee Sierra Club Office and Bookstore. Call Geoffrey Smith at 6192991741 for information and to confirm time. JANUARY 24, Wednesday, 7 p.m. COASTAL COMMITTEE Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call Eric Bowlby at 6192849399 or Joanne Pearson 8584597041 for info. JANUARY 25, Thursday, 6:30 p.m. WILDLIFE COMMITTEE Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call Renee Owens at 6196595871. Help us save wildlife and habitat. JANUARY 25, Thursday, 6:30 p.m. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING Please call Richard Miller for location, 619 2913061. FEBRUARY 13, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call 6192991741 for information. All conservation activists are welcome. FEBRUARY 14, Wednesday, 6 p.m. FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE. Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call Bob McDowell at 6192820664. FEBRUARY 15, Thursday, 6:30 p.m. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING Please call Richard Miller for location, 619 2913061. FEBRUARY 15, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. INNER CITY OUTINGS (ICO) Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call Darlene Gunter at 8584670852 for info. FEBRUARY 19, Monday, 6:30 p.m. SIERRA SINGLES COMMITTEE MEETING Call Wanda Jackson at 8586894039 for further information. FEBRUARY 21, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MTG. Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call 619 2991743 for info. FEBRUARY 23, Thursday, 7 p.m. WILDLIFE COMMITTEE Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call Renee Owens at 6196595871. Help us save wildlife and habitat. FEBRUARY 26, Monday, 7 p.m.m. LAND USE COMMITTEE Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. An active committee working on many land use issues, including urban sprawl. For info, call Fred Lorenzen at 6194245508. FEBRUARY 27, Tuesday, 4 p.m. BOOKSTORE COMMITTEE Sierra Club Office and Bookstore. Bookstore management and operation. Call Geoffrey Smith at 6192991741 for information and to confirm time. FEBRUARY 28, Wednesday, 7 p.m. COASTAL COMMITTEE MEETING Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St. Call Joane Pearson at 8584597041

    February Meetings
    FEBRUARY 1, Thursday, 7 p.m. RECYCLING COMMITTEE Sierra Club Office, 3820 Ray St., For more info, contact Wade Vernon at 7609427517 or [email protected]. FEBRUARY 7, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Forest and Wilderness Committee Sierra Club Office and Bookstore. Local and regional public lands management issues, and Wild Heritage Campaign coordination. Call Camille Armstrong at 8585665676 for information and to confirm meeting time. FEBRUARY 8, Thursday, 68:30 p.m. SKI SECTION MEETING (See Jan 11 for time and location). Program: Alvin Walter will present a slide show of his trip to the Canadian Rockies. Selkirk Mtn Experience is a hut and guide service reached by helicopter. The skiing is done by human power, about 5000 vertical feet each day FEBRUARY 12, Monday, 5:30 p.m. HI SIERRAN NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE 3820 Ray St. Call Pauline Jimenez 619 6609898.

    Deadline to submit information to the Hi Sierran for March/April activities and meetings is Feb. 1 Marty Stevens, meetings & activities editor email him at: [email protected]
    Postal mail: P.O. Box 70077, San Diego, CA 92167 Telephone: 8586730891

    HI SIERRAN San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 Page 7

    North County Group


    The North County Group meets monthly at 7:30 p.m., Monday, (Jan. 8 and Feb. 12) at the Rancho Bernardo Joslyn Senior Center , at 18402 West Bernardo Drive in Rancho Bernardo. The free programs are open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Program Chair is David Butler 760-489-8842.

    FEB. 12A Gringo in Brazil


    f only you could lose yourself among the gaiety of the festive cariocas and share the sheer joy of the famous Carnival of Rio de Janeiro! On Feb. 12 at the Rancho Bernardo Joslyn Senior Center, Bill Veis, intrepid world traveler and photographer, presents An Adventurous Gringo in Brazil, a lecture slide show about his monthlong excursion into the physical and cultural milieu of Brazil from the Amazon to the festive Rio de Janeiro. A frequent visitor to South America, Veis devoted several weeks last November to observing the meticulous preparation and production by local cariocas for the popular Carnival, the annual preLenten parade and festival. This free program starts at 7:30 p.m.

    JAN. 8 Annapurna Sanctuary: Trekking in Nepal


    erry Flood, a local San Diego Chapter Chapter Outings Leader (COL) and Sierra Club National Outing leader for over 10 years, recently returned from a 24day trip to the Annapurna Sanctuary in the Himalaya Range in Nepal. On Monday, Jan. 8, (Rancho Bernardo Joslyn Senior Center) he will present a slide show of this trekking and climbing experience which seems right out of the pages of National Geographic. It was a private trip, in traditional trekking

    style, with seven Sherpa guides and over 20 porters to carry all their personal and climbing gear. The trek itself took over 13 days with extra time spent in Katmandu and Pokhara, two of the main cities in the tiny kingdom of Nepal. This allowed for some visits to everything from local temples to Tibetan refugee camps where they make beautiful rugs. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information, please call David Butler at 7604898842.

    Living room concert/art show to benefit the Sierra Club


    By Geoffrey Smith, chapter conservation coordinator

    inger/songwriter Caren Armstrong and Plein Air Artist Grant Hughes will be featured 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at the home of Geoffrey and Camille Armstrong. The concert begins at 7. Music has the power to transport people emotionally, connecting them to their hearts and dreams, especially when the music is that of Oakland-based Armstrong. Hector Saldana, music critic for the San Antonio Express, put it this way: Armstrong's sweet voice and emotional songs will move anyone within earshot. Her songs are passionate and intimate journeys that invite her listeners to explore their own inner

    Thank You to
    Abby Ackroyd-Rafkin for her exceptional and versatile help in the office, everything from carpentry to conservation! John Eckhardt for Channel Locks Dianne Pietila for contribution to headset for Cheryl's phone Special Thanks to our IT guys who have so generously given of their time and expertise to improving our office efficiency and for being on call for us throughout the year!

    landscapes. But this is no new age, la de da princess. Leave no emotional stone unturned is her motto. Caren tackles such taboo emotions as anger and fear, along with the more soughtafter feelings of joy, hope and love. Hers is new acoustic music, which draws from jazz, folk, country, blues and pop. It is a style that hangs contemporary subjects on traditional musical bones. She uses the confidence and expressiveness of a seasoned performer to expose a soft vulnerability underlying her frank explorations. It is this combination that has endeared her to fans nationwide. See and hear more of Caren at http:/www.wildplum.org/ caren. Prior to the performance, plein air artist Grant Hughes will be on hand to present his images of local San Diego natural scenes. Grant has been painting natural landscapes in oil for over 10 years. These paintings, created in the outdoors, vividly capture the essence of the special nature of San Diego. Grant's bold strokes

    Caren Armstrong

    and sensitive attention to light and shadow capture the stunning beauty of San Diego's unique natural places. Join us for a lively evening of musical entertainment in the intimate setting of a Sierra Club member's home overlooking Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve. In the true tradition of living room concerts, this will be a potluck dinner and BYO beverage affair. The concert will begin promptly at 7 p.m. Proceeds generated from this event and the sale of the paintings will support the Conservation Committee's computer technology system upgrades. Send SASE, and check for $25 made out to 'Sierra Club' (larger amounts gratefully accepted!) to: Geoffrey Smith, c/o Sierra Club, 3820 Ray Street, San Diego, CA 92104. You'll receive potluck instructions, and directions to the home by return mail. Call 6192991741 for more information. This event is sponsored by The Sierra Club Bookstore (www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ sandiego/bookstore).

    Page 8 San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 HI SIERRAN

    By Brad Buffett, Chair, Chapter Executive Committee


    Happy New Year! It was my pleasure to serve you as chapter chair from October to December 2000. In December Dale Larabee and I bid adieu to your chapter Executive Committee (ExCom), leaving you in the capable hands of several top-notch individuals with whom I hope you have the pleasure to work (and play!): Bonnie Gendron, elected last year, activist particularly for backcountry issues and involved with the Hi Sierran Committee, presently ExCom vice chair. Allison Rolfe, reelected last year and particularly advocating species and habitat issues, serving ExCom this year as secretary (a tedious job!). Devore Smith, elected last year, always on hand to provide audio/video services at monthly chapter programs, ceremonies, and other chapter functions. Richard Miller, elected this year after his appointment in July, busy promoting our chapter while serving as the Membership Committees chairperson, now a member of the clubs California Political Committee in addition to our chapters Political Committee. Ellen Shively, elected last year, historically an outings person like me, now coordinating standard and wilderness first aid training, performing secretarial duties for the Conservation Committee as well as ExCom when needed, Nomination Committee chair this year and our representative to the clubs senatorial Council of Club Leaders. John Wilks, appointed recently to fill John Hartleys vacated position through the end of this year, but also elected to office this year to serve another two years. Chairs the Air Quality subcommittee while keeping busy with other conservation and outings activities. Wanda Jackson, appointed recently to fill ex-chair Eric Bowlbys vacancy through next year, busy as Sierra Singles chairperson and as a Chapter Outings Leader (COL), active in wildlife issues. Alex Landon, newly elected for 2001-2002, long term club member committed to helping the chapter ensure environmental protection laws are enforced. Sharon Boskovich, like Alex, a longtime club member just elected for a two-year stint, committed to controlling sprawl, ocean oil spills and world population.

    These ExCom members will choose our new chapter chair. In summary, it was a good year on ExCom. Though we faced tough choices and disagreed with each other on important issues like the San Diego mayoral endorsement and opposition to the Brown Field cargo expansion, we hung together as a great team. In October we completed our political endorsements. We took the unusual step of endorsing both Toni Atkins and John Hartley for the

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    same San Diego City Council seat; we decided neither candidate could champion environmental protection much more than the other. After two lengthy and informative discussions at ExCom, not to mention extensive efforts in the Political Committee, we chose to endorse Judge Dick Murphy for mayor of San Diego. After a challenge in the clubs approval process, California ExCom approved the endorsement with a two-thirds vote thanks in large part to Richard Miller volunteering to represent us in person in Sacramento. In other October business, we approved a Land Use/Conservation Committee request to support the concept of a building moratorium by individual planning groups should they call for a moratorium on building in their areas during the General Plan 2020 process. This should help slow sprawl while the county develops a 20-year growth plan. In November, we heard from the Sierrans for U.S. Population Stabilization and supported a modified version of an initiative theyre trying to put on the clubs 2001 nationwide election ballot. Then we endorsed the concept of a preserve to include the rocks, water and beach land area as proposed by Friends of the Seal, which adds legal protection for the new seal habitat and reduces the chances for human use of the Childrens Pool, a controversial subject. ExCom also decided to gather more information on working with club members speaking out in public in opposition to decisions of the governing body; discussion continues

    continued on page 10

    HI SIERRAN San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 Page 9

    The Sierra Club Bookstore is proud to host local author and Sierra Club member Dan Anderson, a former ExCom member of our chapter, 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23 for a short talk and slideshow about his new book. He will be available to sign copies of his book for sale at the store, 3820 Ray St., San Diego (619299 1797).

    Bookstore to feature autographing with clubs own skitour author


    like their trips long or steep, there are also plenty of wonderful trips and useful information for beginners as well (how should you position your body when going faster?). The two trips to the Laguna Mountains of San Diego County are ideal for beginners. Ski Tours in Southern California also includes great photos, some XC ski history, safety tips, skiing basics, ski gear information and even fashion tips and skiing etiquette (what do you do with a sitz mark?). And for those who cannot tolerate either cold or snow, there is a trip to Kelso Dunes in the Mojave Desert where you ski on sand a definite change of pace from your usual skiing venue! Ski Tours in Southern California should expand your skiing horizons. Dont forget to look on page 27 in the Outings section in this Hi Sierran for the Cross Country Ski Sections trips. Most trips take beginners and give lessons. The prices on the trips are pretty reasonable, too. And you will rarely be cold. Cross country skiing in California is, in fact, most often a fun in the sun activity. For most, it is fun. And it is in the sun, so make sure you take lots of sunscreen and use it often, even under your nose, chin and ears so that your memory of the trip will stay fun after you get home. Dan learned that on his first trip. My face was bright red and it all peeled. next year as I focus on adding to our Web site (publicity!) and participating in Inner City Outings. Our last three chapter chairs certainly havent slowed down! You, too, can find fulfilling ways to participate in the chapter. I started 4 1/2 years ago by hiking with the Younger Sierrans (now the 20s & 30s Single Sierrans). What interests you? Pauline Jimenez was an outing leader who volunteered to edit outings submissions, then became liaison to the Hi Sierran Committee and now chairs the committee! Similar stories abound. Check it out!

    Review by Glenn Torbett


    or many years I have watched with envy as Dan Anderson, a veteran of 22 years of cross country skiing, carved beautiful telemark turns down snowy slopes. Even the thick sticky snow known as Sierra cement that would grab and hold me prisoner could not stop Dans poetry on skis. Dan, a member of the Sierra Club since 1974 and a long time Sierra Club Chapter Outing Leader, known as a man of few words, has now turned to writing some poetry (well, prose, anyway). In his recent book, Ski Tours in Southern California,(ISBN 0-9614527-4-9) he has shared his knowledge of the abundant ski trails of our region. This book fills a major missing link in cross country ski literature. Because the snow in Southern California often lasts far into the spring, unlike many places more commonly thought of as snow country, it can be a long ski season.

    Dan Anderson, author, skier


    Dans book has a little something for everyone, from non-skier to expert. At its core it is a clear tour guide, with interesting information thrown in (do you know where the worlds largest lodgepole pine is?). There are 68 trips with trail maps, including four in San Diego County. In addition to the well researched trail instructions, there are excellent directions to guide you to the trailheads. Even though the book has a great collection of trips for the XC ski veteran, including those skiers that Looking recently at this years ExCom candidate statements I recall my own commitments two and three years ago, which focused on internal chapter relationships, publicity, and simply completing our business. I believe I accomplished much of that, but the affairs of ExCom and the chapter in general often keep us too busy to pursue loftier goals. I extend heartfelt gratitude to the very many volunteers continuing to make this chapter vibrant and successful. Nobody needs to be elected or appointed to any board to contribute very successfully; in fact, I hope to feel even more successful

    FROM THE CHAIR, continued from previous page


    in December. Finally, Bonnie Gendron reminds us that each ExCom member should liaison two or more groups, sections or committees in the chapter. Each entity should have an ExCom liaison for purposes of communication, coordination and publicity. Bonnie and the Hi Sierran Committee ask for article submissions from every part of the chapter; an article generates publicity for your group, highlights chapter activities, and enhances the newsletter. Choosing not to run for reelection this year, Im retiring after over three years of ExCom service.

    Page 10 San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 HI SIERRAN

    Guest Arthur Morris on the art of bird photography Jan. 11

    Keep your eye on the birdie

    n Thursday, Jan. 11, internationally noted bird photographer Arthur Morris will present The Art of Bird Photography at the Otto Center at the San Diego Zoo. This slide program will detail the artistic principles that guide the photographer in producing the images that appear above his most-fitting BIRDS AS ART credit line. We will visit Point Pelee National Park, Ontario and Churchill, Manitoba, Canada; Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico; St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs, Cape May, NJ, South Florida, and other of Arties favorite hotspots. Along the way, well learn much about the art of bird photography. Topics to be covered include composition, background, perspective, and the qualities of natural light. Mr. Morris will tell us about the Canon lenses and bodies that he uses, how he approaches free and

    wild birds so closely, and of the joys of making a living doing what he loves to do best. Mr. Morriss technically perfect, artistically designed images appear regularly in Natural History, Outdoor Photographer, Birders World, Wildbird, Nature Photographer, and countless other magazines, books, and calendars. He has been a Canon contract photographer since 1995, and is the author/photographer of several books including Bird Photography Pure and Simple and Shorebirds: Beautiful Beachcombers. His latest book, The Art of Bird Photography; The Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques has become an instant classic. A selection of Mr. Morris books and photographic prints (packed to travel) as well as his 2001 Beautiful Birds calendar, will be available for purchase both before and after the show. The program is free.

    You also can see photos like the endearing one above at Arthur Morris website: www.birdsasart.com

    Special wildlife viewing event


    Sunday Feb 4, 8 a.m. 5 p.m.

    Luna & Butterfly featured Jan. 30


    Tuesday, January 30, 7 p.m. 'Butterfly' film showing at Twiggs Coffee House

    n a cold December morning in 1997, Julia Butterfly Hill ascended a 180-foot redwood tree named Luna to protest the logging of Northern Californias forests. For the next two years, the tree became her home. The world was later shocked to learn that Luna was savagely cut and mortally wounded by vandals in November, 2000. Butterfly, directed by Doug Wolens, tells the story of a remarkable young woman who became a hero to environmentalists and a pariah to the logging industry. While Butterfly focuses its attention on Hill, the real star is the community of Humboldt County where residents found themselves at the epicenter of a

    oin the Sierra Club Wildlife Committee Chair Rene Owens and the San Diego Natural History Museums (SDNHM) Margie Stinson for a day trip on the 88-foot Pacific Queen. Leave from San Diego Harbor to the Coronado Islands to see marine mammals and other wildlife, including: gray whales, spotted dolphins, sea lions, elephant seals, harbor seals, and pelagic birds. Margie is a seasoned marine mammal biologist and instructor who leads trips to the Islands every year. Rene is an experienced wildlife national debate. The Jan. 30th film is the 80 minute, feature-length version of the 1 hour program originally aired last June on PBS. Show time is at 7 p.m. at Twigg's Coffee House, 4590 Park Blvd. (3 blocks north of El Cajon Blvd.). $5 donations will be accepted. Sponsored by the Sierra Club Bookstore and the Forest and Wilderness Committee. Contact: Geoffrey Smith, 6192991741.

    biologist who has conducted conservation and ecological research on dolphins, and various other critters, here and in Latin America. Hurry, limited space available and fills up fast!! Whale watching is responsible and conservation-minded; the boat does not chase nor harass any whales. This trip is an unforgettable learning experience to view our aquatic wildlife that live in our regional ocean waters. **If we get a large enough Sierra Club group, the price will be discounted and we get the entire boat to ourselves!** Cost: SDNHM members $58, others $68 Contact: Rene Owens at 619659-5871, email [email protected]; or Sierra Club office at 299-1743 For further information see also www.sdnhm.org/education/brochure/adults.html#coronado

    HI SIERRAN San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 Page 11

    YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED TODAY!!

    Our back country is in your hands


    By Eric Bowlby and Geoffrey Smith
    an Diegos backcountry harbors important resources with wide areas of open valleys, ancient oaks, unspoiled ridgelines and wildlife habitat in between the country towns. It is in delicate balance with human uses. It is a balance under threat. The countys general plan, which determines how development will occur, is being revised. Although the proposed plan reduces the build-out targets of the current plan and thus reduces the growth impacts somewhat, it still amounts to spreading an additional population of 225,000 people over much of the undeveloped backcountry. It still represents a destructive, sprawling development pattern, not smart growth. The proposed plan eliminates good planning tools, like well defined urban/rural areas and erases important resource categories, including agriculture. The countys own analysis indicates that the new plan does not meet the goal of directing development toward existing urban areas, and that more needs to be done to reduce the growth impacts to traffic, biology and groundwater-dependent areas. But the land speculators and development interests are organizing to push for increased backcountry sprawl. One alarming proposal of the new plan is to allow two, four, and tenacre estate subdivisions across 51,700 acres of large, privately owned parcels within the Cleveland National Forest (CNF). The CNF Initiative, overwhelmingly approved by the voters in 1993, established that new subdivisions would have 40 acre minimum parcel sizes outside country towns. This has prevented residential/estate-sprawl and the habitat-fragmenting impacts of the associated roads. The initiative sunsets in the year 2010 and, if the County Supervisors approve the present proposal, well have to battle to save the forests all over again. A vital hearing before the

    Board of Supervisors will occur on Jan. 10. Your immediate action is essential if the San Diego Countys back-country resources are to be saved. 1) Please take a minute to phone, or e-mail or write a letter to your County Supervisor using the talking points which follow and the information above. It would be helpful if you could copy your e-mail or letters to the other Supervisors. TALKING POINTS for County General Plan Update 2020 Please: establish regional resource categories and well defined urban areas, rural areas, agricultural areas, and environmentally constrained areas; Ensure protection of wildlife corridors connecting mountain lion habitat to Orange County; Establish 80-acre minimum parcels for the National Forests when the Cleveland National Forest Initiative sunsets; Reduce the population targets. The current proposal has unacceptable impacts to back-country traffic, sensitive habitats and over-populates groundwater dependant areas; Please reduce the estate residen-

    tial sprawl and direct growth into existing urban areas or country towns; Reduce densities due to physical and biological constraints; Prevent houses from sprawling into the countryside and destroying the rural character of the backcountry.

    2) Also, call the Sierra Club Conservation desk to find out other ways you might help (6192991741, or e-mail to [email protected].

    3) If you call your Supervisor, simply say to the receptionist, My name is ___. I am a constituent from ___ and would like to leave a brief message regarding the 2020 Update. The message is: Give us real smart growth please save the backcountry resources from sprawl. Add thoughts of your own or use the talking points above to embellish.

    Identify your Supervisor


    US Mail address for all supervisors: Supervisor [ ] County of San Diego 1600 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA 92101 Supervisor Greg Cox (Chula Vista, National City, Imperial Beach, Coronado) 619-531-5511 [email protected] Supervisor Dianne Jacob (Poway, El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Santee, Apine, Crest, Descanso, Jamul, Julian, Lakeside, Ramona, Rancho San Diego, Spring Valley) 619-531-5522 [email protected] Supervisor Pam Slater (Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, La Jolla, Rancho Bernardo, Mira Mesa, Tierrasanta, Pacific Beach) 619-531-5533 [email protected] Supervisor Ron Roberts (City of San Diego, Clairemont) 619-531-5544 [email protected] Supervisor Bill Horn (Oceanside, Escondido, Fallbrook, Vista, Valley Cntr) 6195315555 [email protected]

    20s & 30s Single Sierrans


    For Single Persons in their 20's & 30's

    (619) 5446124
    A section of the San Diego Chapter

    Thank you very much. San Diego Countys future and our quality of life depend upon your support.

    Page 12 San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 HI SIERRAN

    Recycling News
    By Wade Vernon, Chair of the Recycling Committee

    i. My name is Wade Vernon and I am the new chair of the Recycling committee. Being new at this kind of stuff, I would appreciate all the help, advice, understanding and free beer that is available from the general membership of the Sierra Club.

    One of the things that I wold like to accomplish is writing a column for the Hi Sierran that will serve as a clearinghouse of information about recycling and how we can save energy, resources and reduce the amount of stuff that ends up in a land fill. Hopefully, these articles will inspire you to go above and beyone the call of duty. I would also like to publish this modest essay in other newsletters, magazines, newspapers, bathroom walls, etc., to inform and enlighten the public about the joy of

    recycling. I would welcome any suggestions as to other publications who would stoop to print my ravings. Another task that I would like to tackle is helping people locate products made from recycled resources. Please notice that I said, Resources1. A source of suppy. support or aid, 2. The collective wealth of a country or its means of producing wealth, 3. Money or any property that can be converted into money; assets. (from the Random House College Dictionary.) There is a plethora of great organizations that are involved in recycling and can help. Here are some: Habitat for Humanities 619463 0464 Will pick up useable building

    material, doors, windows, sinks, lumber, etc. They have a huge store of material if you need any. City of San Diego Recycling Hot Line 8584670903 List of recycling colection centersalso helps with larger items like computers, water heaters, mattresses, etc. Construction and Demolition and Yard Waste Recyclers www.co.san diego.ca.gov Lists companies who recycle concrete, asphalt, wood scraps, chairlink fence and tires. RecycledContent Products Database www.ciwmb.ca.gov showcases a dazzling array of cool recycled products. All ideas, opinions, death threats, offers to volunteer, marriage proposals, job offers and advice can be emailed to [email protected]. Note: The newly reconstructed Recycling Committee meets 7 p.m. on the first Thursday at the Sierra Club office.

    Canyon Fever
    By Eric Bowlby
    anyon fever is spreading in San Diego, JOIN US. Some excellent Sierra Club volunteers and I organized a hike in November guided by a local naturalist in Van Nuys Canyon, (North end of Cass St. where it deadends at Van Nuys Street). About forty people showed up and during the hike a La Jolla community member spoke up and declared that he wanted to organize his neighbors to protect Van Nuys canyon. At that moment, "Friends of Van Nuys Canyon" was born. Since then, this group has met to divide up responsibilities for protecting Van Nuys Canyon from the many threats that exist in an otherwise completely urbanized environment. They are meeting again for their first clean up party and to perhaps remove some invasive plant species on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2001. Join us. Do you have a canyon in your neighborhood and would you like to help with San Diego Canyon preservation? Please call me at 619-2849399 for more information and check out the Canyon Coalition web-site at http://members.dencity.com/canyon Coalition/.

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    On your mark, get setjust do it


    By Rene Owens, wildlife biologist and chair of the Wildlife Committee
    his is not an ad for sneakers. I set out to write an article about a current wildlife issue, such as the recent, numbing news that the Fish and Wildlife Service has put a moratorium on listing any new species for at least a year. However, as I consider the looming environmental disasters and battles ahead under a Bush presidency and combative Congress, my energy and optimism wither. I know I am not the only one. Luckily, after rummaging through my favorite conservation readings, I have been inspired by the wise words of sage environmentalists (Jane Goodall, John Lawton, Aldo Leopold, among others). They have given me food for thought and hope for the road ahead, which Id like to share. To begin with, discussions about whether human activities are sustainable rapidly become arcane. OFFICE InWISH the messy LIST real world, these arguments are hard to make operational. So it is worth reviewing some of the facts that do not leave much room for argument. Consider a hugely disturbing

    are disappearing by millions of acres a year. Species are becoming extinct faster than we can keep track of them. Rates of allergies, asthma, skin, and non-smoker lung cancer are at an all time high. We are fairly aware of these things, but they somehow get pushed to the back of our minds. Environmental doom and gloom is unfashionable, indeed a non-issue for the media. Sustainable development is slightly more newsworthy, but in reality amounts to business as usual, with green bits. It is seen as the job of environmental scientists to provide technical fixes to make growth possible, forever. Except it isnt possible. The ultimate limit on harvesting fish will be when there is no food left to support them. We are one-third of the way there. The other two-thirds support not only fish but penguins and porpoises, coral reefs, whales and many other things we hold dear. There are simply not enough fish to go around, and the miracle of five loaves and two fish is hard to repeat. Scientists or not, we cannot avoid the key questionwhat will I Send your address changes to: Sierra Club Members Services, P.O. Box 52968, Boulder CO 803222968. give up? With 20% of the population JOIN THE SIERRA CLUB TODAY! using 75% of the worlds resources, Yes, I want to be a member of Sierra Club. Yes, I want to give a gift membership! those of us inside the barricades can do nothing, and condemn billions of Name_______________________________________________________________________ people to appalling poverty to protect Address_____________________________________________________________________ our own lifestyles (more tuna, more City____________________________________ State______ ZIP_____________________ highways and two SUVs each). It Telephones (_______) ______________________________e-mail______________________ will work for a time, but only at the I understand that a gift announcement card will be sent for my use. I've entered my expense of tremendous suffering and fact regarding the worlds marine fisheries. Using the latest information on fish catches and discards, it has been estimated that an incredible one-third of all the plant and other photosynthetic marine lifethe primary source of food for all marine creatureshas been hijacked to support human fisheries. Meaning? Basically that an entire third of all life that sustains the food chain of the planets oceans winds up in fish caught by people. Cant relate to these figures? Consider some others. Carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles have doubled in the past 20 years, and by the year 2020 will have to be cut to 80% of the 1990 levels just to begin to approach environmental sustainability. 20% of the planets 6 billion people use 75% of the earths resources. Annual fossil fuel consumption of one American is over 30 times that of a Bangladeshi. Increased polar ice melts from global warming are endangering previously stable species; forests
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    Y our council representative at your service


    By Ellen Shively, ExCom Committee and CCL Representative
    (The Council of Club Leaders , CCL, is made up of a delegate from each chapter, and the regional conservation chairs. It's purpose is to provide each chapter and region a voice in how the Club is run. The CCL reports directly to the national Board of Directors. Ellen Shively represents the San Diego Chapter.) n August, I attended a Council of Club Leaders (CCL) workshop as your San Diego Chapter representative. For two days we worked through the One Club concept as devised by our own Camille Armstrong. Weaving conservation in and out of outings was the challenge. How to make it work and what are the barbs were the questions. We discussed relationships between different club entities, such as the nationallevel working with regions and geographical groups on issues. I learned that the Sierra Club is the largest grassroots group of activists in the world! Channeling this powerful force is essential if we are to carry out our purpose of enjoying, exploring and protecting

    the environment. Within the organization a paid staff acts as prompters, moderators and counselors. The real spark plugs of the club, however, are the large number of volunteers. Some members use the club to organize support or register opposition for particular issues. At our conference, tables were set up with literature on protecting our wilderness from further roads, reducing water pollution from CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations), educating the public on ways to reduce global warming, public lands grazing policies, etc. Nothing which has an environmental impact is overlooked. Working through legislators, government agencies and business to bring pressure for reform seems to be effective. We think globally and tragedy of the commons. But viewed in another light, this tragedy can become our salvation. Consider this: What if we, as individuals, stopped obsessing about our powerlessness to change the world or compete with our neighbors, and instead concentrated on ourselves? Imagine: Hundreds, then thousands, millions of people all believing that what they do does make a difference. What if everyone consumed less, drove less, walked and biked more. Think how much water would be saved if everyone washed their cars one day less a month, planted native plants instead of grassy lawns, bought energy efficient houses, or ate meat two days less a week? (Livestock farming consumes enormous amounts of water to grow the animals food.) Imagine if no one bought cosmetics or household products that had been tested on animals, if every office, university and hospital employee recycled at work. Who will be willing to pay not only taxes, but support global financial equity, education, and population control? I am not denying the complex

    act globally, regionally and locally. From time to time, as your CCL rep, I'll try to update you on topics which are urgent and on the docket. Meanwhile, look through this issue of the Hi Sierran, identify an area which interests you and give the leader a call. Right here in San Diego, we have so many issues which need to be worked on and there is strength in numbers. Just look at how frequently we're mentioned in our newspapers. Likewise, if a red flag situation opens up within our chapter, feel free to call me. Working on organizational effectiveness and open, two-way communication will help us in our efforts.

    From previous page

    Wildlife Committee
    environmental destruction. Or we can decide, as individuals, to create a more equable world. As we push towards the limits of the biosphere, this means less consumption by us, more by them, and a dismemberment of the barricades. Like it or not, finger-pointing to those deemed ignorant or irresponsible does not a better environment make. And its no good blaming politicians, at least those elected by a democratic process. Where is the politician who will push for a tough environmental law, one requiring sacrifice, unless he/she knows that at least 50% of the electorate will be supportive? We are the electorate, our votes matter (that is, when they are counted!). But what about our daily actions? If we feel we comprise a tiny minority of environmentally responsible individuals, what good do our sacrifices really do? The trouble is that we suffer all of us from what Jane Goodall has coined as just me-ism. I am just one person, what I do, or dont do, cant possibly make any real difference. So why bother? This way of thinking is the ultimate

    implications of these issues. But we cannot survive by condoning the pursuit of environmentally destructive, unethical and cruel behaviors simply because to end them will create problems. The good news: Every individual has solutions at hand. Simply sharing the knowledge and love of nature is one of the greatest contributions a person can make. Setting an example, and committing to the young people of the world as they realize their environmental heritage, produces real and enormous results, and real hope. There is no point in all of us becoming hermits or quitting our jobs to live atop a redwood. To achieve anything, changes must be made by individuals, throughout society. So, what will you give up, and who has the courage to act now? We as individuals do have a choice. We do make a difference, no matter where we live, who our policy makers are, or what our politicians promise to do/not do. As I tell my students suffering from just me-ism, I have never met anyone who was more than just one person.

    HI SIERRAN San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 Page 15

    By Scott Andrews, Alliance to Save Mission Bay Park


    ission Bay Park on state tidelands is facing ruin. This irreplaceable open space is visited by 15 million people a year (Yosemite: 3.8 million). An additional 15 million must use grid-locked city streets to reach San Diegos ocean beaches. The park has beautiful vistas across Mission Bay to the pacific. With six hotels and SeaWorld, the park is already Californias most commercialized state park. Park traffic is jammed and summer sigalerts continually warn coastal visitors to avoid the areas full parking lots. The Mission Bay Park Master Plan recommends needed picnic areas, childrens play areas, public parking, a tram system, primitive overnight camping, a nature center, wetlands restoration to filter polluted bay waters, new habitat for the parks seven endangered species and recreational facilities. The 1999 Grand Jury reported park mismanagement, over-commercialization, and failure to build public facilities. The city has funded only $3 million of the Master Plan recommended $171 million to improve public access. Instead, the city managers office has supported: 1. Dana Inn: An expansion of 80 rooms, a major banquet facility and 2.5 acres of Sunset Point. 2. Quivira Basin: Two new resort hotels totaling 850 rooms, a retail strip, four to eight restaurants and expansion through the Alternative Least Tern Nesting Area and along the Southern Wildlife Preserve. 3. SeaWorld: Anheuser Busch Corporation of St. Louis is proceeding with expansion plans for 90foot tall thrill rides, a convention center, a four-story parking structure, widening SeaWorld Drive to six lanes and a proposed 950room, highrise hotel. 4. De Anza Point: A 300room resort hotel/marina and a 300 room time share development. The Master Plan calls for the area to be used foremost to improve bay water quality with new wetlands.

    Mission Bay Park: Picnics or profits?

    **Potential Exansions of major commercial developments 1. Catamaran Hotel 2. Bahia Resort Hotel** 3. Quivira Basin Hotels (2)** 4. Hyatt Islandia Hotel 5. Dana Inn** 6. Paradise Point Hotel 7. Sea World Hotel & Expansion** 8. Hilton Hotel** 9. De Anza Cove Resort Hotels (2)** 10. Campland 11. Mission Bay Landfill/ Class 1 Toxic Industrial Waste Dump

    Hotels and SeaWorld are major traffic generators. The city Traffic and Engineering Dept. says each hotel room creates 10 vehicle trips per day. Studies for Quivira Basin projects state they would add 13,000 daily trips, tripling area traffic. Air pollution levels, tied to stopandgo traffic and cold starts in parking lots, would also triple. The coast has an inversion layer that traps vehicle exhaust pollutants.

    Other proposed developments would add to the problems. Public needs should be considered first on this public land and in the citys operation of the park. The Alliance to Save Mission Bay Park supports a moratorium on any more commercial development in the park.* *(Note: Sierra Club has not entertained the concept of such a moratorium.)

    David Brower: Hiker, Climber, Hero


    By Geoffrey Smith
    David Brower was a friend of mine. In fact, I believe most of us can say that. We met on several occasions over the past 15 years or so. Our last meeting was at the California Wilderness Conference this past summer in Sacramento. There he was, possibly the greatest environmentalist of all time, sitting dignified, alone in his wheel chair in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the event. So I walked over to him, and got down on my knees to talk (feeling somehow correct in doing so). I wanted to thank David for something. I thanked David for being a person whom I could talk to. From the look in his eyes, and the smile on his face, I could tell he wanted to talk with me, too. While Dave Foreman (founder of Earth First), Jim Eaton (founder of California Wilderness Coalition) and all the others scurried off to meetings and networking sessions, there was David Brower chatting with me.
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    Page 16 San Diego Chapter January/February 2001 HI SIERRAN

    One Club
    By Geoffrey Smith, chapter conservation coordinator
    Conservation Coordinator Geoffrey Smith and his activist wife, Camille, on a recent outing to Yosemite, are San Diegos dynamic duo when it comes to environmental activism.

    Warning! This conservation column contains references to backpacking and other outdoor sports!

    ne Earth, One Chance, One Club. The Power of One. One Step at a Time. Webster's defines One as: being in agreement or union and constituting a unified entity of two or more components. The concept of oneness is as old as time itself, and yet as difficult to achieve now as it ever was. One Club in the Sierra Club means combining our resources in outings, outreach, education, and activism to achieve the important goal of protecting our Earth. That is the theme of this column, and of my involvement. I encourage you to join with me. David Brower was one heck of a guy. If ever there was a model for the One Club concept, he was The One. Please read my article about

    David starting on the previous page. David is gone from this earth, but his legend lives on. The world recently mourned the savage vandal cutting of Luna, Julia Butterfly Hills tree-sit home for over two years. Julia continues to spread her message of love and action throughout the nation. Come see the movie, Butterfly, about her experiences 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at Twiggs Coffee Shop. Julia will be in San Diego on Friday, May 11 at SDSU. I hope you can come to our first benefit living room concert, featuring Caren Armstrong, on Saturday, Feb. 3. Time to relax, enjoy friends and music, and celebrate lifes riches. See page 8 for details

    Ive been a chapter outing leader (COL) for nearly 20 years now, giving me pause to consider our responsibility as stewards of our planet earth X/C Skiing in Bear Valley: Will club testimony result in a strong US Forest Service Roadless Area Proposal, now on Clintons desk? X/C Skiing in Yosemite: Will club comments on the Yosemite Valley and Merced River Plans result in reduced development and increased habitat protection for this precious resource? Backpacking in Hauser Canyon: Will our efforts to influence the countys General Plan 2020 Update provide much-needed resource protections in our backcountry?

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    My Heroes:
    Devore Smith - My dad. Clergyman, educator, ExCom member, father, guide. He actively works on landuse and parks issues, and runs our sound system at events. I am proud of this , and continue to be inspired by him. Edie Harmon - Goddess of Imperial County, and her humble side-kick Jim Harmon, turned the mining industry on its ear by winning important court decisions. She may have single-handedly gutted the destructive and antiquated 1872 Mining Law. Connie Garcia - founder of our Border Issues Committee, is breaking new ground working with Mexico-based environmental groups. Ill see you on the trail! Geoffrey Smith, Conservation Coordinator

    DAVID BROWER 1912-2000


    Nothing less than the fate of the world in his hands, and David Brower was taking time to listen to what this volunteer of little renown had to say. I thanked David for showing people like me that the most sincere manifestation of greatness is in a person's ability to listen to the little people, those who have not yet done great things but want to, and to help them to fly. He smiled, and nodded, and looked around the room at hundreds of activists flying this way and that, and saw that he had done well. That was David Brower - he was the greatest. He had, the sharp eyes of a visionary man, who achieved 70 first ascents in the Sierra Nevada; the voice of a powerful, big man who could 'scream without raising his voice'; the hearing of a legendary man, who had heard it all before, yet would listen to the newest, youngest volunteer with keen interest and enthusiasm. A proud man, who fixed waffles on Sunday mornings for his friends and associates. A gentle man, whose mere presence evoked awe among admirers, and flight response among those who would damage our Earth Mother by their actions. I will be looking to the mountains for the next David Brower. S/he will likely be wearing a backpack and climbing harness.

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