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The Roadrunner
          Bimonthly Publication of the Kern-Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club — May/June 2003


        KERN KAWEAH CHAPTER UPDATES
DEVELOPMENT IN BAKERSFIELD:                               Quality Control Board for the Central Valley re-
    316 single-family residences on 343.13 acres of       scinded a recent policy that would have allowed 800
bluffs, canyons, and rolling foothills—that is the        factory farms to operate without water pollution
description of a proposed housing development tract       control permits. The Board’s decision came just
in the northeast section of Bakersfield. The area         months after a coalition of environmental groups
itself is mostly surrounded by open space approx-         including the Kern-Kaweah Chapter took action
imately four miles from contiguous existing devel-        against the original decision, stating that the Board
opment in Northeast Bakersfield.                          violated the California Environmental Quality Act
    The Bakersfield Planning Commission approved          when it approved the waiver program without first
this project on February 6, 2003. The Chapter             analyzing the environmental impacts of its decision.
appealed the approval to the City Council, and the        The revocation ends an exemption for facilities that
appeal was heard on March 26, 2003. The appeal            are smaller than 700 dairy cows, 1,000 beef cattle,
was rejected, and the City Council approved the           2,500 pigs, and 125,000 chickens, as well as feedlots.
project.                                                  TEJON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX STATUS:
    The Kern Kaweah Chapter decided to take                  The Center For Biological Diversity has instigated
further action against the development as described       a suit against the County of Kern basically on the
as well as the inadequate evaluation of the               grounds of inadequate analysis of environmental
environmental impacts of the project. One of the          impacts of this project. The Sierra Club, represented
outcomes hoped for is the recognition that the City       by the Kern Kaweah Chapter, is a co-petitioner.
should be required to do a full Environmental                The Tejon Industrial Complex is scheduled to be
Impact Report on this project.                            located on the east side of I-5, generally opposite the
    Other hoped-for outcomes include the pulling          Tejon Petro Plaza. The acreage involved is 3 times
back of house sites from the edge of the bluffs,          the size of the Petro Plaza, and industrial companies
recognition and mitigation of traffic impact, as well     such as breweries and automobile manufacturing
as air quality mitigation measures such as solar          can be included in this area.
source energy.                                               Concerns with the project include the protection
WATER: The battle continues for protecting our            of endangered species as well as air quality, traffic,
water supplies from pollution. The Regional Water         and water impacts.
      WILDERNESS PROTECTIONS BEING ADJUSTED BY COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE
             DECISIONS AS WILDERNESS BILL NEARS ITS 40TH BIRTHDAY
The Department of Interior, headed by Gayle               Reagan administration.
Norton, suggests that Wilderness designations of              The Bureau of Land Management has been
lands under the direction of the Bureau of Land           managing much land under its jurisdiction to protect
Management should be arbitrarily limited to 23            its wilderness characteristics. However, this land may
million acres over the whole country. All surveys of      now be opened to mining and wheeled recreational
BLM lands would be stopped and, in addition,              activities.
wilderness designation would be withdrawn from                Congress does have the power to order additional
approximately 3 million acres in Utah.                    areas to be protected. At this point in time, the
   Wilderness areas are those “untrammeled by             opening of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil
man.” The Reagan administration made an in-               drilling has been denied by the Senate and is
ventory of land eligible for wilderness in Utah and       predicted to have no chance of being allowed in this
found that 2.9 million acres were in that category. In    year’s congressional session. It is said that the
1996 the Department of Interior’s director, Bruce         public’s expression of its awareness of the unique
Babbitt, found 5.9 million acres in the same state        and precious qualities of this area to members of the
were eligible. The Department of Interior under the       Congress has kept the area free from oil exploration
Bush administration wants to reduce the Utah po-          and could protect other potential wilderness areas.
tential wilderness back to the 2.9 million acres of the
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         Out in the Wilds                                  Projects in the Southern Sierra. Maturango Mu-
                                                           seum. Ridgecrest. Call 760.375.7967. (Owens Peak).
         Your May June Calendar, 2003                      May 24-26 (sat-mon) Hundred Peaks Hike Sirretta
                                                           Peak (9977'), Cannel Point (8314'), Taylor Dome
                    Every Week                             (8802'), Pinyon Peak (6805'), Owens Peak (8453'):
Bakersfield Conditioning Hikes (thurs) 7 PM. 4-5           Car camps. Moderate pace. Saturday, 3200' gain;
miles. Corner of highways 178 & 184. Gordon,               Sunday 3800' gain; Monday, 3200' gain. Each trip 8
661.872.2432 or Larry, 873.8107 (KK Chapter.)              miles. Come for 1 or all 3 days. Send email/ 2 sase
Sunday Strolls (begin in June) 8 AM Meet at Pine           to Leader: Sara Wyrens s_wyrens@yahoo.com, 7562
Mtn. Club by tennis courts. 1 1/2 hrs in length. Visit     Seaspring Dr #202, Huntington Beach, CA 92648.
local areas of ecological interest. Call 661.242.0432      Co-Leader: George Wysup. (Hundred Peaks)
(Condor Group).                                            May 27th 7:00 PM Kaweah Group Meeting Call
                   Specific Dates                          559.781.8897 for more information.
May 3rd (sat) 10:00 AM to 4 PM “The Great                  May 31-Jun 1 (sat-sun) Hundred Peaks Hike
Outdoor Adventure” at River Ridge in Springville.          Nicolls Peak (6070'), Lightner Peak (6430'), Bald
Hiking and wildflower viewing. For the whole fam-          Eagle Peak (6181'), Onyx Peak #2 (5244'): Peak
ily. Call Theresa at 559.781.0594. (Kaweah).               bagging, Lake Isabella area. Some dirt road driving.
May 7 (wed ) 5:30 PM Final weekly walk for the             Saturday 6 miles, Sunday 13 miles RT, 2700' gain.
season at St. John’s Parkway. Visalia (Mineral King        Take time to learn about the fauna and flora. Email/
Group ).                                                   sase, recent conditioning, phone, rideshare to Lead-
May 7 (wed ) 6:30 PM (After weekly walk) Dinner            er: Kent Schwitkis (schwitkii@ earthlink.net) 4514
Social at Brewbaker’s , downtown Visalia.                  Lenore St, Torrance, CA 90503. Co-Lead: Barry
May 10 (sat) 7:30 AM Lamont Point (South of                Holchin. Naturalist: Sherry Ross. (Hundred Peaks).
Chimney Meadows along the PCT, 7621 ft, 2100 ft            June 7 (sat) 2 PM hike 6 PM potlk/prog Geology
gain, 9.6 mi RT) Nice views of the Kern Plateau to         Hike, Potluck, Geology Program. Greg Wilkerson,
the west and Sand Canyon to the east from this local       BLM, Guide and Speaker. Pine Mountain Club-
high point along the PCT. Moderate hike due to             house. Call Ches, 242.0423. (Condor Group).
distance. Meet at the Ridgecrest Cinema parking lot.       June 2 (mon) 7PM Mineral King Ex Comm
More info? Call Dennis 760.375.7967 or Jim 760.            Meeting. Call for further info 559.739.8527.
375.8161 (Owens Peak).                                     June 11 (wed ) 6 PM Mineral King Group social at
May 9-11 (fri-sun): Sierra Club 100 Peak List              Colima’s . Downtown Visalia. Call 559.739.8527.
Finishers’ Special Peaks: [Sewart Mountain (6841'),        Jun 16 (mon) 7:30 PM Adopt-a-Cabin presentation
Cobblestone Mountain (6733'), White Mountain #2 (6250'),   by Rich Abele. Excellent slides. Maturango
Snowy Peak (6532'), Black Mountain #2 (6202'), McDonald    Museum, 100 E. Las Flores, R/C. Contact Dennis
Peak, (6870'), Alamo Mountain (7367')]: Car camp and bag
                                                           760.375.7967. (Owens Peak Gp.).
peaks in Sespe Wilderness of Los Padres National           June 21 (sat) WAUCOBA MT. (High point [by 16
Forest, near Gorman. Join us for one, two or three         ft] of the Inyo Range, east of Independence) 11,123
days. Day 1 is Alamo and McDonald, 4 miles round           ft, 2000 ft gain in, 686 ft gain out, 13 mi RT) We
trip, 1050' gain. Day 2 is Sewart, Cobblestone and         will use the old 4WD route (now closed Wilderness
White, 18 miles round trip, 6500' gain. Day 3 is           Area) from the SW. We will drive up Mazourka
Sewart (again, if anyone missed it the first time),        Canyon and have a nice 4WD approach to the
Snowy and Black, 10 miles round trip, 3900' gain.          closure gate. We will walk the old Sidehill Springs
Expect some steep, brushy, occasionally slippery           road, branching off on the mining road access up
terrain, significant part of the gain to be on the         the SW. This peak dominates the area and will be a
return. Long dirt road driving requires high clear-        good warm-up for our summer adventures. Mod-
ance vehicles. Send email/sase, H&W phones,                erate/strenuous hike due to hiking distance and
conditioning to Leaders: Wolf, Karen Leverich              altitude. Meet 7 AM at the Ridgecrest Cinema
(karen@mtpinos.com ) P. O. Box 6831, Frazier               parking lot. More info? Call Dennis 760.375.7967
Park, 93222. (Hundred Peaks)                               or Jim 760.375.8161. (Owens Peak Group).
May 13 (tues) 7 PM Beale Lib. High Speed Rail.             Jun 21 (sat) Buena Vista Litter Pick-up. Taft
Why? Where? When? Cost? Your Questions? Pre-               Hwy, between Gosford and Buena Vista Rds.
senter: Herman Ruddel, degrees in Urban Planning,          Wear long sleeves, garden gloves, bring
transportation, public administration.                     sunglasses, water. More info? Call 833.3795
Look for June Program in Buena Vista Flyer to be           Jun 21-22 (sat-sun) CNRCC Desert Com/Santa
published. Call 661.832.3382.                              Lucia Chap Environment of the South Fork Kern
May 19 (mon), 7:30 PM Mehmet McMillan of                   River Carcamp: We’ll camp at the Audubon Kern
“Wildplaces” to present a program on Restoration           River Preserve which is a part of California’s largest
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lowland riparian forest. It was one of the first ten      Honorees included Richard and Beverly Garcia of
sites in the U.S. to receive Globally Important Bird      the Mineral King Group, who received the Cup
Area recognition, 332 bird species have been              Award, Les Reid of the Condor Group, who received
recorded here. Bob Barnes will be our guide to the        the Long Trail Award, Dennis Burge of the Owens
various special places of this area and share the         Peak Group, who received the Susan Miller/Ruth
vision for the future being created by and for the        Allen Award, and Mitch Bolt of the Buena Vista
valley inhabitants. Trip size limited, regular cars OK.   group, who received the Chairman’s Award.
No pets. For more information and reservations,               The Garcias spearheaded a drive to keep an
send large SASE to Ldrs: Cal and Letty French,            irrigation canal from being lined with concrete,
14140 Chimney Rock Road, Paso Robles. CA 93446            which if allowed would have removed 100 century-
or e-mail ccfrench@tcsn.net.                              old oaks and cut off the water supply to farmers on
June 28 (sat) 8 AM Cherry Creek to Salt Creek             either side of the canal. Les Reid, a former member
(round trip) San Emigdio Mountains. Compare               of the National Board of the Sierra Club, was the
north slopes to south slopes, see proposed wilderness     leading force in convincing the Sierra Club to deal
area. Moderate. Elevation range: 1500 ft. High            with worker health, particularly in regard to toxics in
clearance vehicles needed. Bring usuals. Meet at          the workplace and in the fields. Dennis Burge was
tennis courts, PMC. Call Dale, 661.242.1076 or            honored for his 12 years of leadership of the Owens
Ches, 242.0423. (Condor Group).                           Peak Group. Mitch Bolt was recognized for
Aug.4 - Aug. 10, (mon-sun), Sixty Lakes Basin             “walking the talk” by developing educational pro-
Backpack Backpack over Kearsarge Pass and Glen            grams about sea turtles and installing solar on his
Pass to get to this beautiful lake basin. Trip size       home.
limited. Not for beginners. Contact leaders Gordon            The presentation of Frank Helling representing
and Eva Nipp for information and reservations.            John Muir was extremely well done and inspiring to
661.872.2432. gnipp@att.net.                              all, another highlight of the evening.
                                                          Many thanks go to the following local businesses for
What are HUNDRED PEAKS HIKES?                             their generous contributions to the traditional raffle.
    Included in the listing above are hikes sponsored     It was the most profitable ever, bringing in nearly
by the Hundred Peaks section of the Angeles Chap-         $500. Here are the donors and prizes they gave.
ter of the Sierra Club. The purposes of the Section       Please don’t forget them when you are out
are to encourage its members to explore and enjoy         shopping.
the mountain ranges of Southern California and to
become familiar with their scenic resources, and also     Bentz Ski Chalet - $230 Down Sleeping Bag
to stimulate interest in climbing these ranges; to        Richard and Beverly Garcia (Garcia Machine) - $75
preserve their forests, waters, wildlife, and wilder-         Backpacker's Cache
nesses; to enlist public interest and cooperation in      Trader Joe’s - $50 Gift Bag
protecting them; and to foster among its members          Olcott’s - $50 Gift Certificate
the purposes of the Club as stated in the Club            Garden District Flowers - $25 Gift Certificate for
Bylaws: “To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild              Plant
places of the earth; to practice and promote the          Great Castle Restaurant - $25 Gift Certificate
responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and             Garden Spot Restaurant - $25 Gift Certificate
resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect      See’s Candies - $25 value Gift Certificate for 2-lb.
and restore the quality of the natural and human              Box
environment; and to use all lawful means to carry         Outback Restaurant - $20 Gift Certificate
out these objectives.”                                    World Records - $20 Gift Certificate
                                                          White Forest Nursery - California Native Plant
   ANNUAL BANQUET OF                                          It was a special moment for many when Larry
  KERN KAWEAH CHAPTER                                     Wailes and his ten-year-old son, William, holding up
                                                          their ticket, the first to be drawn, approached the
     FINE OCCASION                                        raffle table and with hardly any hesitation chose the
    As always, the wonderful rituals of greeting old      Down Sleeping Bag.
friends, many of whom have not seen each other                  Larry is the treasurer for the Kern Kaweah
since last year, and making new friends were the first    Chapter, a job full of responsibility and requiring
major highlights of the evening.                          much hard work. While he attends the Chapter Ex-
After a delicious dinner, Paul Gipe, Chair of the         com, son William deports himself manfully with
Kern Kaweah Chapter, as the master of ceremonies          great courtesy, sometimes enjoying cookies, though
led us into the formal program which included             one suspects he really would rather be somewhere
recognizing special efforts of Sierra Club members.       else. Happy camping to you both!
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    SAVING WILDLIFE HABITATS                                        IN THE OUT OF DOORS.
          By Chelsea Shew.
Excerpts from Chelsea’s application for a Sierra Club Sierra
                                                                            You never know
Nevada Scholarship, which she has been awarded. Chelsea is         It was a lovely summer morning. The walker was
presently a student at Porterville High School and wishes to   not in a hurry. There seemed to be movement
become a veterinarian.                                         ahead. Yes, something else was following the path,
    The foothill community of my youth is disap-               just ahead of the walker. First glance made the
pearing at an alarming rate. In every direction,               walker think, dog? A second look and there was no
pasture land and oak woodlands are being replaced              doubt. It was a coyote, just ambling along, or so it
by multiple housing units. As I lift my eyes to the            seemed.
foothill peaks I am assaulted with the shining re-                 Then it happened. The coyote disappeared out of
flections of dual-pane windows instead of the                  sight around a corner of the trail marked by a huge
soaring wings of redtail hawks.                                fir tree. When the walker came around the fir, there
    As the population explodes, it becomes inevitable          was the coyote not scurrying up the trail but lying
that people want to move from the crowds. Un-                  flat on the ground, not seeming to move at all. It was
fortunately, it seems the very type of life they are           stretched out like a dog might lie in front of the fire
running to is being destroyed by abuse and dis-                on a cold winter’s night.
respect for the land and its natural state, for along              The coyote suddenly, with obviously great effort,
with the disappearance of land comes an even more              raised its head, its eyes looking directly at the
alarming impact. That impact is the destruction of             walker. Such a look, a look never to be forgotten. A
the very life cycle that is essential to all of us.            look of pleading? A look of sorrow? A look of pure
    I feel it is vital to not only work to protect the         exhaustion? The coyote held its head up for just a
habitats of our natural animals but more importantly           few moments. Then it sagged down, trembling, once
to educate the citizens of these small foothill com-           more lying flat on the ground.
munities on the importance of being good and                       What to do? The walker stepped back ten feet,
faithful stewards in protecting the delicate balance of        watching the animal. There was no further move-
nature. This type of education began with me at                ment. The walker decided that the only thing to do
home, providing a foundation on which I have                   was to leave this wild animal as it was and go back
formed my views on wildlife protection and                     down the trail. The animal might just have a chance
management. I contend that by educating the young              to recover if left alone.
people in our communities we will have the best                    After half an hour the walker decided to come
opportunity to create a more caring and aware                  back up the trail. Going very slowly, very quietly,
society interested in saving wild animal habitats.             looking everywhere, trying to make sure the animal
    Communities like mine have been rooted in                  had not moved off to either side of the trail, the
hunting for sport, seeking out wild things and                 sighting spot was reached. Joy! The coyote was
destroying what is not understood. By developing               gone.
classroom programs, providing field trips to see                   The answer to this animal’s fate can never really
nature up close, and making information available              be known, but the optimistic view seems to indicate
on different animals, I believe that the sport of              that that coyote is once more roaming in the
killing will lose its luster and perhaps picture taking        mountains, his home and ours.
will replace it as a pastime . . .                                 The walker had never experienced such an
    The foothills are changing rapidly, and while we           encounter in the woods before. It will never be
can worry and fight people who do not care, it is              forgotten—a wild animal and a “civilized” human
more important to build a large base of young                  being sharing such a strong feeling of empathy and
people who grow up with the knowledge that allows              trust in each other and then each going back to
them to understand why they should care. Helping               being a part of the world from which each had
children to become aware of cause and effect and               come.
the delicate balance of man and nature could start a           by MAL
chain reaction of responsibility and accountability in
the next generation.
    With a foundation in the foothill area and a de-
gree to back me up, I hope to make a difference and
challenge people to think about nature and its
resources. That is my ultimate goal.
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                                                         humans have created ever larger and intrusive
            WHAT IS ECOLOGY?                             human-centered ecosystems, everything from aquar-
                                                         ia to farms, and even space stations! In the process
    Ecology is the branch of biology dealing with the    we have learned to enslave many species of plants
relationships between living things and their en-        and animals and have changed their identities
vironment. The concept of ecosystem is the tool          through breeding programs. We have developed
used by ecologists to study the community of all the     elaborate tools, harnessed immense sources of
organisms living within it, along with their physical    energy, altered courses of rivers, even changed
environment. Since a mountain forest or a desert         weather patterns. We are using up existing resources
may cover a huge area, for manageability and con-        without clear notions of replacement, and without
venience, ecologists study smaller units such as a       clear notions of what else to use up when we have
meadow or hillside within a larger area.                 consumed them. We have vastly speeded up the
    In a healthy ecosystem, organisms interact with      migration rates of different forms of life throughout
each other and their physical environment, in-           the regions of the world. And, at present, we are
fluencing each other’s lives and evolution. Nutrients    producing these changes at an ever-accelerating rate.
that allow growth and change in organisms are re-        The last two hundred years have seen the greatest
cycled over and over and may flow through adjacent       impact of humans in all the thousands of years of
ecosystems also. A continuous input of energy, pri-      our existence. Thus, we are not in balance with
marily from the sun, is required. Elements within the    nature and are putting our species in the position of
system may change: a tree dies, shifts in populations    being self-destructing. We are destroying the pat-
of animals may occur, but the basic structure con-       terns of nature which provide the water and air on
tinues and is sustainable.                               which our very lives depend. And we are destroying
     Ecologists tend to categorize the organisms in an   the ecosystems within which many other organisms
ecosystem as producers, consumers, and decom-            function.
posers. Producers are primarily plants and some              What is there to be done? A good beginning is to
bacteria and single-celled organisms having chlor-       educate ourselves as to the functioning of the natural
ophyll or other photosynthetic molecules which           world. Consider actions and projects being proposed
capture and store outside energy (mostly sunlight)       in our own locale, in the state, and in the nation in
as food. All other living things are dependent on        terms of their impacts on the natural world as well as
producers. Consumers are organisms, primarily            on the human-created world. Take further time and
animals, which take advantage of this stored organic     effort to ask questions and express opinions based
energy for their own needs by either eating plants,      on your studies to those who make the decisions as
or eating animals that eat plants. Finally, there is a   to how things are to be done, whether it is the
large group of creatures that break down the             president of the United States or your spouse!
remains, or detritus, of other organisms. These are          An excellent source of ecological information for
the decomposers, which include bacteria, fungi, and      California, which is so unique in so many ways, is
many microorganisms. The products of decay from          Allen A. Schoenherr’s A NATURAL HISTORY OF
decomposers are, in turn, used by green plants to        CALIFORNIA, No. 56 in the California Natural
carry on more photosynthesis. In this way, matter in     History Guides, published by the University of
nature is recycled, and balance is established and       California Press, 1992. With a basic introduction to
maintained in the cycle of life.                         the study of California ecology, one can read on to
    Most ecosystems are only partially understood.       specific geographic and ecological areas of the state.
They are complex, have developed through vast            Well written, well organized, it is a book for the
amounts of time, and are continually evolving.           layman to adventure into a fuller understanding of
Natural ecosystems do not need to be managed by          the natural world of California, and of some of the
people. They need to be left alone in order to func-     changes caused by modern humans.
tion fully. What manages ecosystems is evolution of                                         By Lynn Stafford
organisms through time in response to competitive
and predatory pressure from each other and to              FOR YOUR INFORMATION
changes in environmental conditions, such as                   Non-Sierra Club Events of possible interest.
climatic shifts and changes in landforms.                Wind Wolves Workdays (once a month, 2nd Sat-
    This is where the human animal comes into the        urday) If you work, you can enjoy BBQ plus a tour
picture. There is considerable evidence that for         Sunday morning. Call 661.858.1115
many thousands of years, our species maintained          May 3, River Ridge Ranch Open House Spring-
relatively constant numbers, and occupied fairly         ville. Sponsored by Sierra Los Tulares Land Trust,
static relationships with nature. However, in the last   Phone 559.738.0211 E-mail: info@sltlt.org.
few thousand years, that balance has changed as we
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May 3, (sat) 9AM 2003 Windmill-Wildflower                  landscape linkage between the Transverse Ranges,
Hike. Hear about wind energy while viewing 5,000           Peninsular Ranges, and the Sierra Nevadas. This
wind turbines in the Tehachapi Pass. An easy six-          linkage is essential to maintaining a functional
mile walk starting from Cameron and Tehachapi-             wildlands network, and is key to any regional
Willow Springs Road. Starts promptly at 9:00 AM.           conservation strategy. "
Spring weather at 5,000 ft. Be dressed prepared for            What is the threat? Housing development pro-
wind and sun, bring at least one quart of water per        posals in the mountain area for two areas exceeding
person, pack a lunch. More info? Call Paul, 661.           30,000 homes and industrial development in the
325.9590                                                   grasslands areas on the southern edge of the San
May 17. (sat) all day.         Lilac Festival. Pine        Joaquin Valley.
Mountain Club. Parade, Sky Divers, Booths. Good                Why Los Padres National Forest (LPNF)?
time to walk in the woods, enjoy the local ambience.       Quoting: “The southern district of the Los Padres
June 7 (sat) National Trails Day. Non-competitive          National Forest marks a transition zone between
bike ride, walk, jog, dog-walk or in-line skating          central and southern coastal California, where warm,
along the trails downtown. Visalia event will begin        dry climates to the south meet cool, wet climates
at Carl’s Jr. on Ben Maddox and go to McDonald’s           from the north. Adding to the effect, the (Trans-
at Demaree. More info? call Rich Garcia. 559.592.          verse) mountain range is a rare phenomenon due to
9865                                                       its east-west axis. Transition zones of this type create
                                                           a higher density of biodiversity—this region is home
      TEJON RANCH, LOS PADRES                              to more than 1,500 native plant and animal species."
    NATIONAL FOREST ARE TWO OF                                 What is the threat? Targeting of an estimated
     TEN AREAS LISTED AS MOST                              140,000 acres for permitting oil and gas drilling.
     THREATENED IN CALIFORNIA.                             This acreage includes several proposed wilderness
                                                           areas, archaeological and cultural sites, well known
    By whom and why? The California Wilderness
                                                           trails and Areas of High Ecological Significance, a
Coalition, made up of 200-plus groups concerned
                                                           Forest Service designation indicating special qual-
with the protection of natural lands, issues a list of
                                                           ities and including habitat for endangered species.
most threatened California areas every year in order
                                                               If you would like to have more information on Cali-
to draw the attention of California citizens to threats    fornia’s 10 most threatened areas, contact the California
to their natural heritage.                                 Wilderness Coalition for this publication. Address: 2655
     What is considered in the choice of this desig-       Portage Bay East, suite 5, Davis, CA 95616, 530.738.0380
nation “most threatened?” “Severity of the prob-           or www. calwild.org.
lem” . . . “the permanence of the damage” . . .                       SEQUOIA MONUMENT DEIS
“the urgency of the threat . . .” among other                IGNORES NON-LOGGING ALTERNATIVES.
things.                                                      STILL TIME TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS
    Why Tejon? Here is the largest contiguous land-
holding in the state of California, heretofore being           The Draft Environmental Impact Statement
used primarily for cattle grazing and agriculture.         (DEIS) developed by the Forest Service and pub-
Now it is being transformed by real estate ventures.       lished on 18 December 2002 is vague, unclear, and
    Quoting from the report: “There is compelling          specifies logging in name of fuels reduction,
scientific evidence that Tejon Ranch plays a crucial       restoration, maintenance, and public safety.
role for the conservation of biodiversity on regional,         The DEIS process must be restarted and must
state, and national levels. This region has been           produce alternatives in compliance with the Procla-
identified by conservation biologists as an irre-          mation mandate to protect the objects and not
placeable core habitat area for numerous endan-            produce a product.
gered species including San Joaquin kit fox,                   In addition, the DEIS justifies alternatives because
Bakersfield cactus and more. It contains designated        they maintain jobs. But the Proclamation does not
critical habitat for the endangered California Condor      direct the Forest Service to manage the Monument
and supports healthy populations of other raptors as       to maintain jobs in the timber industry.
well as American badger, mountain lion, tule elk and           False claims
mule deer, which require large and intact wildlands            The Forest Service tries to justify logging in the
to survive.”                                               Monument with the false claim that logging prevents
    “Spanning the headwaters of 14 creeks and an           catastrophic wildfires.
elevation range of more than 8,000 feet, the Tejon               But logging and thinning remove the least
Ranch includes 27 different vegetation communities         flammable of the forest materials, the tree trunks.
ranging from coastal type riparian range to montane            Logging and thinning remove the forest canopy,
forests, oak savannas and desert scrub. It is a critical   which is what keeps the forest moist and cool
                                                               The brush fields that would replace these logged
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trees are more flammable than the trees they replace.     Only their situations were different.
Objects listed for protection ignored:                        Most figures in the canyon are dramatic en-
   The DEIS does not even mention a number of             actments of hunting. Bighorn sheep were abundant
the objects discussed in the Proclamation as needing      in a world far different from the present desert. No
protection.                                               doubt the canyon was once a rushing river or stream,
   The DEIS fails to analyze the negative impacts to      since its floor consists entirely of sand and polished
the most charismatic or well known of the objects         rock, and high watermarks along the rock walls are
including The Giant Sequoia ecosystem, the Pacific        still in evidence. The evolution of hunting tech-
Fisher & the California Spotted Owl.                      niques is clear, from spears, and inventions to
     Even though the official comment period has          facilitate stronger and more accurate throwing, to the
ended, if you have not already commented on the           bow and arrow. Other rock pictures seemed to have
inadequacy of the draft management plan for the           as their theme the fertility both of animals and of
Monument, please send a comment letter expressing         man. Many images defy interpretation except as
your opinion about:                                       they evoke a sense of some connection with the
   (1) The inadequate DEIS, (2)the need to restart        supernatural or divine. Perhaps in a world so rich
the development process based on the Proclamation,        with the fundamental necessities of life, some idea
(3) the need to call for the Scientific Advisory Board    evolved of human dependence upon the good will
to reconvene to give the Forest Service guidance          of a provident being.
from the beginning of the process.                            Especially compelling to me was the discovery on
   You can address all comments to:                       my own of a long line of human figures walking
Giant Sequoia National Monument Planning Team             very close to each other, starting near the top of the
      Sequoia National Forest Headquarters                canyon and descending to the extent of the long
   900 West Grand Avenue, Porterville, CA 93257           rock upon which they were carved. I felt sure that
                                                          those people were in migration, and for reasons that
         MIDGEBUZZINGS                                    were not benign.
“Let the storms blow through the streets of cities; the       And while I stood beneath that depiction of
root is safe. When the last seared hand has flung the     human flight, I thought of other desert people now
last grenade, an older version of that hand will be       in terror and running, driven not by the vicissitudes
stroking a clinging youngster hidden in its fur, high     of nature, but by the horrors of an ambitious war. If
up under some autumn moon." Loren Eiseley: "The           I had not fully shared their emotion before that
Firmament of Time"                                        moment, I could not escape it now, made immediate
                                                          to me by the skill and empathy of an artist who
   When I first read this passage some thirty years       worked thousands of years ago to tell a story that
ago, I wept. Since then I have frequently repeated        never ends.
the phrase “the root is safe.” I suppose that is the          Did he believe the root is safe? Do they? And will
fundamental precept of religion, and perhaps the          we believe it, when the long aftermath of this war
only valid one.                                           acquaints us intimately with terror born of seething
   The passage came into my mind just four days           hatred and puts us, also, to flight? I cannot say.
ago in Petroglyph Canyon, a dramatic cleft in the                                              By Ann Williams
California desert, the walls of which are etched with
scenes from the lives of people who lived thousands
of years ago. So sacred was this place that some of
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thousand years later.
   Our docents were not scientists, so their answers
to our questions were probably no more accurate
than our own. We wondered, for example, why one
rock had been carved by many artists for centuries,
while others of the same composition were
untouched. No one really knew beyond some
educated guessing, and even experts, apparently, can
only speculate. The visitor is left with at least two
profound impressions: mystery, and a strong sense
of kinship with the artists. In the end, one’s own life
experiences are the best bases for interpretation.
These people were made of the same stuff as we are.
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May-June 2003 Roadrunner Newsletter, Kern-Kaweah Sierrra Club

  • 1. The Roadrunner Bimonthly Publication of the Kern-Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club — May/June 2003 KERN KAWEAH CHAPTER UPDATES DEVELOPMENT IN BAKERSFIELD: Quality Control Board for the Central Valley re- 316 single-family residences on 343.13 acres of scinded a recent policy that would have allowed 800 bluffs, canyons, and rolling foothills—that is the factory farms to operate without water pollution description of a proposed housing development tract control permits. The Board’s decision came just in the northeast section of Bakersfield. The area months after a coalition of environmental groups itself is mostly surrounded by open space approx- including the Kern-Kaweah Chapter took action imately four miles from contiguous existing devel- against the original decision, stating that the Board opment in Northeast Bakersfield. violated the California Environmental Quality Act The Bakersfield Planning Commission approved when it approved the waiver program without first this project on February 6, 2003. The Chapter analyzing the environmental impacts of its decision. appealed the approval to the City Council, and the The revocation ends an exemption for facilities that appeal was heard on March 26, 2003. The appeal are smaller than 700 dairy cows, 1,000 beef cattle, was rejected, and the City Council approved the 2,500 pigs, and 125,000 chickens, as well as feedlots. project. TEJON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX STATUS: The Kern Kaweah Chapter decided to take The Center For Biological Diversity has instigated further action against the development as described a suit against the County of Kern basically on the as well as the inadequate evaluation of the grounds of inadequate analysis of environmental environmental impacts of the project. One of the impacts of this project. The Sierra Club, represented outcomes hoped for is the recognition that the City by the Kern Kaweah Chapter, is a co-petitioner. should be required to do a full Environmental The Tejon Industrial Complex is scheduled to be Impact Report on this project. located on the east side of I-5, generally opposite the Other hoped-for outcomes include the pulling Tejon Petro Plaza. The acreage involved is 3 times back of house sites from the edge of the bluffs, the size of the Petro Plaza, and industrial companies recognition and mitigation of traffic impact, as well such as breweries and automobile manufacturing as air quality mitigation measures such as solar can be included in this area. source energy. Concerns with the project include the protection WATER: The battle continues for protecting our of endangered species as well as air quality, traffic, water supplies from pollution. The Regional Water and water impacts. WILDERNESS PROTECTIONS BEING ADJUSTED BY COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS AS WILDERNESS BILL NEARS ITS 40TH BIRTHDAY The Department of Interior, headed by Gayle Reagan administration. Norton, suggests that Wilderness designations of The Bureau of Land Management has been lands under the direction of the Bureau of Land managing much land under its jurisdiction to protect Management should be arbitrarily limited to 23 its wilderness characteristics. However, this land may million acres over the whole country. All surveys of now be opened to mining and wheeled recreational BLM lands would be stopped and, in addition, activities. wilderness designation would be withdrawn from Congress does have the power to order additional approximately 3 million acres in Utah. areas to be protected. At this point in time, the Wilderness areas are those “untrammeled by opening of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil man.” The Reagan administration made an in- drilling has been denied by the Senate and is ventory of land eligible for wilderness in Utah and predicted to have no chance of being allowed in this found that 2.9 million acres were in that category. In year’s congressional session. It is said that the 1996 the Department of Interior’s director, Bruce public’s expression of its awareness of the unique Babbitt, found 5.9 million acres in the same state and precious qualities of this area to members of the were eligible. The Department of Interior under the Congress has kept the area free from oil exploration Bush administration wants to reduce the Utah po- and could protect other potential wilderness areas. tential wilderness back to the 2.9 million acres of the
  • 2. 2 THE ROADRUNNER Out in the Wilds Projects in the Southern Sierra. Maturango Mu- seum. Ridgecrest. Call 760.375.7967. (Owens Peak). Your May June Calendar, 2003 May 24-26 (sat-mon) Hundred Peaks Hike Sirretta Peak (9977'), Cannel Point (8314'), Taylor Dome Every Week (8802'), Pinyon Peak (6805'), Owens Peak (8453'): Bakersfield Conditioning Hikes (thurs) 7 PM. 4-5 Car camps. Moderate pace. Saturday, 3200' gain; miles. Corner of highways 178 & 184. Gordon, Sunday 3800' gain; Monday, 3200' gain. Each trip 8 661.872.2432 or Larry, 873.8107 (KK Chapter.) miles. Come for 1 or all 3 days. Send email/ 2 sase Sunday Strolls (begin in June) 8 AM Meet at Pine to Leader: Sara Wyrens s_wyrens@yahoo.com, 7562 Mtn. Club by tennis courts. 1 1/2 hrs in length. Visit Seaspring Dr #202, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. local areas of ecological interest. Call 661.242.0432 Co-Leader: George Wysup. (Hundred Peaks) (Condor Group). May 27th 7:00 PM Kaweah Group Meeting Call Specific Dates 559.781.8897 for more information. May 3rd (sat) 10:00 AM to 4 PM “The Great May 31-Jun 1 (sat-sun) Hundred Peaks Hike Outdoor Adventure” at River Ridge in Springville. Nicolls Peak (6070'), Lightner Peak (6430'), Bald Hiking and wildflower viewing. For the whole fam- Eagle Peak (6181'), Onyx Peak #2 (5244'): Peak ily. Call Theresa at 559.781.0594. (Kaweah). bagging, Lake Isabella area. Some dirt road driving. May 7 (wed ) 5:30 PM Final weekly walk for the Saturday 6 miles, Sunday 13 miles RT, 2700' gain. season at St. John’s Parkway. Visalia (Mineral King Take time to learn about the fauna and flora. Email/ Group ). sase, recent conditioning, phone, rideshare to Lead- May 7 (wed ) 6:30 PM (After weekly walk) Dinner er: Kent Schwitkis (schwitkii@ earthlink.net) 4514 Social at Brewbaker’s , downtown Visalia. Lenore St, Torrance, CA 90503. Co-Lead: Barry May 10 (sat) 7:30 AM Lamont Point (South of Holchin. Naturalist: Sherry Ross. (Hundred Peaks). Chimney Meadows along the PCT, 7621 ft, 2100 ft June 7 (sat) 2 PM hike 6 PM potlk/prog Geology gain, 9.6 mi RT) Nice views of the Kern Plateau to Hike, Potluck, Geology Program. Greg Wilkerson, the west and Sand Canyon to the east from this local BLM, Guide and Speaker. Pine Mountain Club- high point along the PCT. Moderate hike due to house. Call Ches, 242.0423. (Condor Group). distance. Meet at the Ridgecrest Cinema parking lot. June 2 (mon) 7PM Mineral King Ex Comm More info? Call Dennis 760.375.7967 or Jim 760. Meeting. Call for further info 559.739.8527. 375.8161 (Owens Peak). June 11 (wed ) 6 PM Mineral King Group social at May 9-11 (fri-sun): Sierra Club 100 Peak List Colima’s . Downtown Visalia. Call 559.739.8527. Finishers’ Special Peaks: [Sewart Mountain (6841'), Jun 16 (mon) 7:30 PM Adopt-a-Cabin presentation Cobblestone Mountain (6733'), White Mountain #2 (6250'), by Rich Abele. Excellent slides. Maturango Snowy Peak (6532'), Black Mountain #2 (6202'), McDonald Museum, 100 E. Las Flores, R/C. Contact Dennis Peak, (6870'), Alamo Mountain (7367')]: Car camp and bag 760.375.7967. (Owens Peak Gp.). peaks in Sespe Wilderness of Los Padres National June 21 (sat) WAUCOBA MT. (High point [by 16 Forest, near Gorman. Join us for one, two or three ft] of the Inyo Range, east of Independence) 11,123 days. Day 1 is Alamo and McDonald, 4 miles round ft, 2000 ft gain in, 686 ft gain out, 13 mi RT) We trip, 1050' gain. Day 2 is Sewart, Cobblestone and will use the old 4WD route (now closed Wilderness White, 18 miles round trip, 6500' gain. Day 3 is Area) from the SW. We will drive up Mazourka Sewart (again, if anyone missed it the first time), Canyon and have a nice 4WD approach to the Snowy and Black, 10 miles round trip, 3900' gain. closure gate. We will walk the old Sidehill Springs Expect some steep, brushy, occasionally slippery road, branching off on the mining road access up terrain, significant part of the gain to be on the the SW. This peak dominates the area and will be a return. Long dirt road driving requires high clear- good warm-up for our summer adventures. Mod- ance vehicles. Send email/sase, H&W phones, erate/strenuous hike due to hiking distance and conditioning to Leaders: Wolf, Karen Leverich altitude. Meet 7 AM at the Ridgecrest Cinema (karen@mtpinos.com ) P. O. Box 6831, Frazier parking lot. More info? Call Dennis 760.375.7967 Park, 93222. (Hundred Peaks) or Jim 760.375.8161. (Owens Peak Group). May 13 (tues) 7 PM Beale Lib. High Speed Rail. Jun 21 (sat) Buena Vista Litter Pick-up. Taft Why? Where? When? Cost? Your Questions? Pre- Hwy, between Gosford and Buena Vista Rds. senter: Herman Ruddel, degrees in Urban Planning, Wear long sleeves, garden gloves, bring transportation, public administration. sunglasses, water. More info? Call 833.3795 Look for June Program in Buena Vista Flyer to be Jun 21-22 (sat-sun) CNRCC Desert Com/Santa published. Call 661.832.3382. Lucia Chap Environment of the South Fork Kern May 19 (mon), 7:30 PM Mehmet McMillan of River Carcamp: We’ll camp at the Audubon Kern “Wildplaces” to present a program on Restoration River Preserve which is a part of California’s largest
  • 3. THE ROADRUNNER 3 lowland riparian forest. It was one of the first ten Honorees included Richard and Beverly Garcia of sites in the U.S. to receive Globally Important Bird the Mineral King Group, who received the Cup Area recognition, 332 bird species have been Award, Les Reid of the Condor Group, who received recorded here. Bob Barnes will be our guide to the the Long Trail Award, Dennis Burge of the Owens various special places of this area and share the Peak Group, who received the Susan Miller/Ruth vision for the future being created by and for the Allen Award, and Mitch Bolt of the Buena Vista valley inhabitants. Trip size limited, regular cars OK. group, who received the Chairman’s Award. No pets. For more information and reservations, The Garcias spearheaded a drive to keep an send large SASE to Ldrs: Cal and Letty French, irrigation canal from being lined with concrete, 14140 Chimney Rock Road, Paso Robles. CA 93446 which if allowed would have removed 100 century- or e-mail ccfrench@tcsn.net. old oaks and cut off the water supply to farmers on June 28 (sat) 8 AM Cherry Creek to Salt Creek either side of the canal. Les Reid, a former member (round trip) San Emigdio Mountains. Compare of the National Board of the Sierra Club, was the north slopes to south slopes, see proposed wilderness leading force in convincing the Sierra Club to deal area. Moderate. Elevation range: 1500 ft. High with worker health, particularly in regard to toxics in clearance vehicles needed. Bring usuals. Meet at the workplace and in the fields. Dennis Burge was tennis courts, PMC. Call Dale, 661.242.1076 or honored for his 12 years of leadership of the Owens Ches, 242.0423. (Condor Group). Peak Group. Mitch Bolt was recognized for Aug.4 - Aug. 10, (mon-sun), Sixty Lakes Basin “walking the talk” by developing educational pro- Backpack Backpack over Kearsarge Pass and Glen grams about sea turtles and installing solar on his Pass to get to this beautiful lake basin. Trip size home. limited. Not for beginners. Contact leaders Gordon The presentation of Frank Helling representing and Eva Nipp for information and reservations. John Muir was extremely well done and inspiring to 661.872.2432. gnipp@att.net. all, another highlight of the evening. Many thanks go to the following local businesses for What are HUNDRED PEAKS HIKES? their generous contributions to the traditional raffle. Included in the listing above are hikes sponsored It was the most profitable ever, bringing in nearly by the Hundred Peaks section of the Angeles Chap- $500. Here are the donors and prizes they gave. ter of the Sierra Club. The purposes of the Section Please don’t forget them when you are out are to encourage its members to explore and enjoy shopping. the mountain ranges of Southern California and to become familiar with their scenic resources, and also Bentz Ski Chalet - $230 Down Sleeping Bag to stimulate interest in climbing these ranges; to Richard and Beverly Garcia (Garcia Machine) - $75 preserve their forests, waters, wildlife, and wilder- Backpacker's Cache nesses; to enlist public interest and cooperation in Trader Joe’s - $50 Gift Bag protecting them; and to foster among its members Olcott’s - $50 Gift Certificate the purposes of the Club as stated in the Club Garden District Flowers - $25 Gift Certificate for Bylaws: “To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild Plant places of the earth; to practice and promote the Great Castle Restaurant - $25 Gift Certificate responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and Garden Spot Restaurant - $25 Gift Certificate resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect See’s Candies - $25 value Gift Certificate for 2-lb. and restore the quality of the natural and human Box environment; and to use all lawful means to carry Outback Restaurant - $20 Gift Certificate out these objectives.” World Records - $20 Gift Certificate White Forest Nursery - California Native Plant ANNUAL BANQUET OF It was a special moment for many when Larry KERN KAWEAH CHAPTER Wailes and his ten-year-old son, William, holding up their ticket, the first to be drawn, approached the FINE OCCASION raffle table and with hardly any hesitation chose the As always, the wonderful rituals of greeting old Down Sleeping Bag. friends, many of whom have not seen each other Larry is the treasurer for the Kern Kaweah since last year, and making new friends were the first Chapter, a job full of responsibility and requiring major highlights of the evening. much hard work. While he attends the Chapter Ex- After a delicious dinner, Paul Gipe, Chair of the com, son William deports himself manfully with Kern Kaweah Chapter, as the master of ceremonies great courtesy, sometimes enjoying cookies, though led us into the formal program which included one suspects he really would rather be somewhere recognizing special efforts of Sierra Club members. else. Happy camping to you both!
  • 4. 4 THE ROADRUNNER SAVING WILDLIFE HABITATS IN THE OUT OF DOORS. By Chelsea Shew. Excerpts from Chelsea’s application for a Sierra Club Sierra You never know Nevada Scholarship, which she has been awarded. Chelsea is It was a lovely summer morning. The walker was presently a student at Porterville High School and wishes to not in a hurry. There seemed to be movement become a veterinarian. ahead. Yes, something else was following the path, The foothill community of my youth is disap- just ahead of the walker. First glance made the pearing at an alarming rate. In every direction, walker think, dog? A second look and there was no pasture land and oak woodlands are being replaced doubt. It was a coyote, just ambling along, or so it by multiple housing units. As I lift my eyes to the seemed. foothill peaks I am assaulted with the shining re- Then it happened. The coyote disappeared out of flections of dual-pane windows instead of the sight around a corner of the trail marked by a huge soaring wings of redtail hawks. fir tree. When the walker came around the fir, there As the population explodes, it becomes inevitable was the coyote not scurrying up the trail but lying that people want to move from the crowds. Un- flat on the ground, not seeming to move at all. It was fortunately, it seems the very type of life they are stretched out like a dog might lie in front of the fire running to is being destroyed by abuse and dis- on a cold winter’s night. respect for the land and its natural state, for along The coyote suddenly, with obviously great effort, with the disappearance of land comes an even more raised its head, its eyes looking directly at the alarming impact. That impact is the destruction of walker. Such a look, a look never to be forgotten. A the very life cycle that is essential to all of us. look of pleading? A look of sorrow? A look of pure I feel it is vital to not only work to protect the exhaustion? The coyote held its head up for just a habitats of our natural animals but more importantly few moments. Then it sagged down, trembling, once to educate the citizens of these small foothill com- more lying flat on the ground. munities on the importance of being good and What to do? The walker stepped back ten feet, faithful stewards in protecting the delicate balance of watching the animal. There was no further move- nature. This type of education began with me at ment. The walker decided that the only thing to do home, providing a foundation on which I have was to leave this wild animal as it was and go back formed my views on wildlife protection and down the trail. The animal might just have a chance management. I contend that by educating the young to recover if left alone. people in our communities we will have the best After half an hour the walker decided to come opportunity to create a more caring and aware back up the trail. Going very slowly, very quietly, society interested in saving wild animal habitats. looking everywhere, trying to make sure the animal Communities like mine have been rooted in had not moved off to either side of the trail, the hunting for sport, seeking out wild things and sighting spot was reached. Joy! The coyote was destroying what is not understood. By developing gone. classroom programs, providing field trips to see The answer to this animal’s fate can never really nature up close, and making information available be known, but the optimistic view seems to indicate on different animals, I believe that the sport of that that coyote is once more roaming in the killing will lose its luster and perhaps picture taking mountains, his home and ours. will replace it as a pastime . . . The walker had never experienced such an The foothills are changing rapidly, and while we encounter in the woods before. It will never be can worry and fight people who do not care, it is forgotten—a wild animal and a “civilized” human more important to build a large base of young being sharing such a strong feeling of empathy and people who grow up with the knowledge that allows trust in each other and then each going back to them to understand why they should care. Helping being a part of the world from which each had children to become aware of cause and effect and come. the delicate balance of man and nature could start a by MAL chain reaction of responsibility and accountability in the next generation. With a foundation in the foothill area and a de- gree to back me up, I hope to make a difference and challenge people to think about nature and its resources. That is my ultimate goal.
  • 5. THE ROADRUNNER 5 humans have created ever larger and intrusive WHAT IS ECOLOGY? human-centered ecosystems, everything from aquar- ia to farms, and even space stations! In the process Ecology is the branch of biology dealing with the we have learned to enslave many species of plants relationships between living things and their en- and animals and have changed their identities vironment. The concept of ecosystem is the tool through breeding programs. We have developed used by ecologists to study the community of all the elaborate tools, harnessed immense sources of organisms living within it, along with their physical energy, altered courses of rivers, even changed environment. Since a mountain forest or a desert weather patterns. We are using up existing resources may cover a huge area, for manageability and con- without clear notions of replacement, and without venience, ecologists study smaller units such as a clear notions of what else to use up when we have meadow or hillside within a larger area. consumed them. We have vastly speeded up the In a healthy ecosystem, organisms interact with migration rates of different forms of life throughout each other and their physical environment, in- the regions of the world. And, at present, we are fluencing each other’s lives and evolution. Nutrients producing these changes at an ever-accelerating rate. that allow growth and change in organisms are re- The last two hundred years have seen the greatest cycled over and over and may flow through adjacent impact of humans in all the thousands of years of ecosystems also. A continuous input of energy, pri- our existence. Thus, we are not in balance with marily from the sun, is required. Elements within the nature and are putting our species in the position of system may change: a tree dies, shifts in populations being self-destructing. We are destroying the pat- of animals may occur, but the basic structure con- terns of nature which provide the water and air on tinues and is sustainable. which our very lives depend. And we are destroying Ecologists tend to categorize the organisms in an the ecosystems within which many other organisms ecosystem as producers, consumers, and decom- function. posers. Producers are primarily plants and some What is there to be done? A good beginning is to bacteria and single-celled organisms having chlor- educate ourselves as to the functioning of the natural ophyll or other photosynthetic molecules which world. Consider actions and projects being proposed capture and store outside energy (mostly sunlight) in our own locale, in the state, and in the nation in as food. All other living things are dependent on terms of their impacts on the natural world as well as producers. Consumers are organisms, primarily on the human-created world. Take further time and animals, which take advantage of this stored organic effort to ask questions and express opinions based energy for their own needs by either eating plants, on your studies to those who make the decisions as or eating animals that eat plants. Finally, there is a to how things are to be done, whether it is the large group of creatures that break down the president of the United States or your spouse! remains, or detritus, of other organisms. These are An excellent source of ecological information for the decomposers, which include bacteria, fungi, and California, which is so unique in so many ways, is many microorganisms. The products of decay from Allen A. Schoenherr’s A NATURAL HISTORY OF decomposers are, in turn, used by green plants to CALIFORNIA, No. 56 in the California Natural carry on more photosynthesis. In this way, matter in History Guides, published by the University of nature is recycled, and balance is established and California Press, 1992. With a basic introduction to maintained in the cycle of life. the study of California ecology, one can read on to Most ecosystems are only partially understood. specific geographic and ecological areas of the state. They are complex, have developed through vast Well written, well organized, it is a book for the amounts of time, and are continually evolving. layman to adventure into a fuller understanding of Natural ecosystems do not need to be managed by the natural world of California, and of some of the people. They need to be left alone in order to func- changes caused by modern humans. tion fully. What manages ecosystems is evolution of By Lynn Stafford organisms through time in response to competitive and predatory pressure from each other and to FOR YOUR INFORMATION changes in environmental conditions, such as Non-Sierra Club Events of possible interest. climatic shifts and changes in landforms. Wind Wolves Workdays (once a month, 2nd Sat- This is where the human animal comes into the urday) If you work, you can enjoy BBQ plus a tour picture. There is considerable evidence that for Sunday morning. Call 661.858.1115 many thousands of years, our species maintained May 3, River Ridge Ranch Open House Spring- relatively constant numbers, and occupied fairly ville. Sponsored by Sierra Los Tulares Land Trust, static relationships with nature. However, in the last Phone 559.738.0211 E-mail: info@sltlt.org. few thousand years, that balance has changed as we
  • 6. 6 THE ROADRUNNER May 3, (sat) 9AM 2003 Windmill-Wildflower landscape linkage between the Transverse Ranges, Hike. Hear about wind energy while viewing 5,000 Peninsular Ranges, and the Sierra Nevadas. This wind turbines in the Tehachapi Pass. An easy six- linkage is essential to maintaining a functional mile walk starting from Cameron and Tehachapi- wildlands network, and is key to any regional Willow Springs Road. Starts promptly at 9:00 AM. conservation strategy. " Spring weather at 5,000 ft. Be dressed prepared for What is the threat? Housing development pro- wind and sun, bring at least one quart of water per posals in the mountain area for two areas exceeding person, pack a lunch. More info? Call Paul, 661. 30,000 homes and industrial development in the 325.9590 grasslands areas on the southern edge of the San May 17. (sat) all day. Lilac Festival. Pine Joaquin Valley. Mountain Club. Parade, Sky Divers, Booths. Good Why Los Padres National Forest (LPNF)? time to walk in the woods, enjoy the local ambience. Quoting: “The southern district of the Los Padres June 7 (sat) National Trails Day. Non-competitive National Forest marks a transition zone between bike ride, walk, jog, dog-walk or in-line skating central and southern coastal California, where warm, along the trails downtown. Visalia event will begin dry climates to the south meet cool, wet climates at Carl’s Jr. on Ben Maddox and go to McDonald’s from the north. Adding to the effect, the (Trans- at Demaree. More info? call Rich Garcia. 559.592. verse) mountain range is a rare phenomenon due to 9865 its east-west axis. Transition zones of this type create a higher density of biodiversity—this region is home TEJON RANCH, LOS PADRES to more than 1,500 native plant and animal species." NATIONAL FOREST ARE TWO OF What is the threat? Targeting of an estimated TEN AREAS LISTED AS MOST 140,000 acres for permitting oil and gas drilling. THREATENED IN CALIFORNIA. This acreage includes several proposed wilderness areas, archaeological and cultural sites, well known By whom and why? The California Wilderness trails and Areas of High Ecological Significance, a Coalition, made up of 200-plus groups concerned Forest Service designation indicating special qual- with the protection of natural lands, issues a list of ities and including habitat for endangered species. most threatened California areas every year in order If you would like to have more information on Cali- to draw the attention of California citizens to threats fornia’s 10 most threatened areas, contact the California to their natural heritage. Wilderness Coalition for this publication. Address: 2655 What is considered in the choice of this desig- Portage Bay East, suite 5, Davis, CA 95616, 530.738.0380 nation “most threatened?” “Severity of the prob- or www. calwild.org. lem” . . . “the permanence of the damage” . . . SEQUOIA MONUMENT DEIS “the urgency of the threat . . .” among other IGNORES NON-LOGGING ALTERNATIVES. things. STILL TIME TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS Why Tejon? Here is the largest contiguous land- holding in the state of California, heretofore being The Draft Environmental Impact Statement used primarily for cattle grazing and agriculture. (DEIS) developed by the Forest Service and pub- Now it is being transformed by real estate ventures. lished on 18 December 2002 is vague, unclear, and Quoting from the report: “There is compelling specifies logging in name of fuels reduction, scientific evidence that Tejon Ranch plays a crucial restoration, maintenance, and public safety. role for the conservation of biodiversity on regional, The DEIS process must be restarted and must state, and national levels. This region has been produce alternatives in compliance with the Procla- identified by conservation biologists as an irre- mation mandate to protect the objects and not placeable core habitat area for numerous endan- produce a product. gered species including San Joaquin kit fox, In addition, the DEIS justifies alternatives because Bakersfield cactus and more. It contains designated they maintain jobs. But the Proclamation does not critical habitat for the endangered California Condor direct the Forest Service to manage the Monument and supports healthy populations of other raptors as to maintain jobs in the timber industry. well as American badger, mountain lion, tule elk and False claims mule deer, which require large and intact wildlands The Forest Service tries to justify logging in the to survive.” Monument with the false claim that logging prevents “Spanning the headwaters of 14 creeks and an catastrophic wildfires. elevation range of more than 8,000 feet, the Tejon But logging and thinning remove the least Ranch includes 27 different vegetation communities flammable of the forest materials, the tree trunks. ranging from coastal type riparian range to montane Logging and thinning remove the forest canopy, forests, oak savannas and desert scrub. It is a critical which is what keeps the forest moist and cool The brush fields that would replace these logged
  • 7. THE ROADRUNNER 7 trees are more flammable than the trees they replace. Only their situations were different. Objects listed for protection ignored: Most figures in the canyon are dramatic en- The DEIS does not even mention a number of actments of hunting. Bighorn sheep were abundant the objects discussed in the Proclamation as needing in a world far different from the present desert. No protection. doubt the canyon was once a rushing river or stream, The DEIS fails to analyze the negative impacts to since its floor consists entirely of sand and polished the most charismatic or well known of the objects rock, and high watermarks along the rock walls are including The Giant Sequoia ecosystem, the Pacific still in evidence. The evolution of hunting tech- Fisher & the California Spotted Owl. niques is clear, from spears, and inventions to Even though the official comment period has facilitate stronger and more accurate throwing, to the ended, if you have not already commented on the bow and arrow. Other rock pictures seemed to have inadequacy of the draft management plan for the as their theme the fertility both of animals and of Monument, please send a comment letter expressing man. Many images defy interpretation except as your opinion about: they evoke a sense of some connection with the (1) The inadequate DEIS, (2)the need to restart supernatural or divine. Perhaps in a world so rich the development process based on the Proclamation, with the fundamental necessities of life, some idea (3) the need to call for the Scientific Advisory Board evolved of human dependence upon the good will to reconvene to give the Forest Service guidance of a provident being. from the beginning of the process. Especially compelling to me was the discovery on You can address all comments to: my own of a long line of human figures walking Giant Sequoia National Monument Planning Team very close to each other, starting near the top of the Sequoia National Forest Headquarters canyon and descending to the extent of the long 900 West Grand Avenue, Porterville, CA 93257 rock upon which they were carved. I felt sure that those people were in migration, and for reasons that MIDGEBUZZINGS were not benign. “Let the storms blow through the streets of cities; the And while I stood beneath that depiction of root is safe. When the last seared hand has flung the human flight, I thought of other desert people now last grenade, an older version of that hand will be in terror and running, driven not by the vicissitudes stroking a clinging youngster hidden in its fur, high of nature, but by the horrors of an ambitious war. If up under some autumn moon." Loren Eiseley: "The I had not fully shared their emotion before that Firmament of Time" moment, I could not escape it now, made immediate to me by the skill and empathy of an artist who When I first read this passage some thirty years worked thousands of years ago to tell a story that ago, I wept. Since then I have frequently repeated never ends. the phrase “the root is safe.” I suppose that is the Did he believe the root is safe? Do they? And will fundamental precept of religion, and perhaps the we believe it, when the long aftermath of this war only valid one. acquaints us intimately with terror born of seething The passage came into my mind just four days hatred and puts us, also, to flight? I cannot say. ago in Petroglyph Canyon, a dramatic cleft in the By Ann Williams California desert, the walls of which are etched with scenes from the lives of people who lived thousands of years ago. So sacred was this place that some of Want to receive personalized information the most ancient figures have been carved over, and re: Kern Kaweah Chapter concerns? differently, by more recent people, say one or two Send email request to alunger@juno.com thousand years later. Our docents were not scientists, so their answers to our questions were probably no more accurate than our own. We wondered, for example, why one rock had been carved by many artists for centuries, while others of the same composition were untouched. No one really knew beyond some educated guessing, and even experts, apparently, can only speculate. The visitor is left with at least two profound impressions: mystery, and a strong sense of kinship with the artists. In the end, one’s own life experiences are the best bases for interpretation. These people were made of the same stuff as we are.
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