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of some of the finest artists on the Central Coast. From paintings to sculpture, photographs to jewelry, the Greenspace Art and Adventure Auction has been the place to view and purchase exceptional artwork. And for the past few years, the auction has included incredible adventures to locations throughout the world. This year's auction is no exception! One lucky bidder will be going on a Natural Habitat Advenlure expedition to the Arctic, exploring the tundra in a Polar Buggy and viewing polar bears and other wildlife accompanied by an expert naturalist. Another successful bidder will be taking a Lindblad Expedition through the Panama Canal to Costa Rica, walking along rain forest trails (home to capuchtn and howler monkeys, three-toed sloths, iguanas and hummingbirds), snorkeling at Panama's famed Isla Coiba, and kayaking along wildlife-rich coasthnes. A bit closer to home is a stay at the Tenaya Lodge, a luxurious hotel iocated at the entrance to Yosemite National Park and a7 ntghl/B day stay at the Hacienda del Mar in Cabo San Lucas
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BE A PART OF TOMORROW.' TODAY

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District to be a member of the Citizens Finance Committee formed to study the feasibility of buildout reductron in Cambna. President Attoe has been meeling weekly with the Committee, the CCSD staff and outside consultants to work on this program. If accepted by the CCSD Board of Directors, the Buildout Reduction Program will her:nme nert nf tho CCSD'sWater Master Plan.
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in the Patron Path cam'oaiqn will be twofoid: It wiII finance the restoration and enhancement of the Greenspace Creekside Reserve and start an endornrment fund
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maintain Cambria's quahty of life, pro[ect Cambria's forest and open space,
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YOU CAN'T PUSH THE RIVER

by Victoria Krassensky
I have been a board member of Greenspace for a little over a year. It has been one of the most exciting and interesting times of my life here in Cambria. Exciting because I am allowed to participate in projects that directly affect the life and health of our beloved Cambria Forest. Interesting because I learn weekly how to protect and serve our beautiful natural coastline. One of the projects that Greenspace completed this past February literally changed my mind about how much one group, one community could accomplish. The Fiscalini Bank Stabilization project proved to me "Push The River." Rick Hawley the that you can indeed Executive Director of Greenspace headed the project that stabilized, reconstructed, re-vegetated and improved the habitat of the Santa Rosa Creek. The team re-directed the 350 foot channel saving valuable agricultural land, stabilized the eroding bank, reducing the flow of sedrment into our Santa Rosa Creek and created a refuge and excellent food source for the Steelhead Trout. The area was then replanted with the original WiIIow that graced the creek site before. i realize now that as a Greenspace member I may not have known all the valuable studies and projects that were being actualized by my member donatrons. Many of the Directors are involved in and dedicating their time for the communities of the Central Coast. The recent Marine Life Protection Act is another example of Greenspace concern for our California Coast line. Mary Webb, Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Greenspace participated in the discussions and planning of new fish sanctuaries and ordinances concerning the over fishing of our oceans. I would suggest to any of our members to call Rick Hawley and ask for a short tour of the Santa Rosa Creek Stabilization Project, or find the time to contact director Noel Schmidt who lends his vast knowledge and education to the Greenhouse and Seed Collectron Project to eradicating Pitch Canker currently affecting our Monterey Pine Forest.

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Reading about these and other projects on our website www greenspacec ambria. org is c ertainly O Family-$90 O Contributing-$50 Sponsoring-$100 O Patron-$250 C Sustaining-$S00 Benefactor-$1,000 one way to famiiiarize yourself about what your O C membership interest and donations are doing, and yet there is no substitution for actually seeing and (1 Enclosed $ is my donation 00% tax-deductible) experiencing the effects first hand. Ultimately, Greenspace has given me the opportunity to see that with direction and planning that Name "Push we absolutely can The Rrver" and be a part of Address solving the problems that we see in our environment City/State/Zip and to be a forceful positive element in the world. PAYMENT O Check Enclosed
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Greenspace would like to thank Craig Loud and the staff at Loud Design for their invaluable assistance in the creation of the Watershed.

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WE'VE E.X-P.A.N.D.E.D!
In the 18 years since it began, Greenspace has been continually growing. Until now, however, room in the Greenspace office hasn't been ahle to keen rrn \A/o21s pleased to announce that on July 1st Greenspace moved into a new, expanded office space at 800 Hillcrest Drive, just above the West Village. And the best news is that the cost of the new office is being covered by individual Greenspace Board members and staff and through the generosity of Steve and Cathy Brody, owners of the office com'olex, with no cost to the members of Greenspace. The larger space will enable Greenspace to provrde its members and the community with better and more efficient services. Whereas before there was little space for volunteers to work, now Greenspace volunteers wiII be able to help with large mailings and other projects right in the Greenspace office. AII nf (lroonqnano'c anllipment, publications, files, and other property can be kept under one roof. And Greenspace workshops, fundraisers, newsletters, land management, guest speakers, and other actlvities can be planned and carried out in one place. Greenspace is very excited about its future in this new location and would like to thank the Board members, the staff and the Brodys for making this move possible.

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ARCHAEOLOGICAT DIG
In the spring of this year, Greenwood and Associates spent a week on the Creekside Reserve on an archaeoiogical dig. One component of the dig was to uncover the original well that had been historically used by the occupants of the property. They also excavated areas of the property that were most likely to unearth artifacts from previous residents. After the excavation, Greenwood and Associates provided Greenspace with a detailed report of their findings, which can be viewed at the Greens'oace office.

FISH AND GAME GRANTS HELP SANTA ROSA CREEK FLOW

Few people know that under the bridge that spans Santa Rosa Creek on Burton Drive there was a concrete apron from the old bridge that used to cross the creek. \Mhen the current bridge was built, the old concrete apron that was part of the old bridge was not removed. This concrete apron is now a low-flow barrier to adult and juvenile steelhead trout in Santa Rosa Creek. Greenspace was awarded a grant from the California Department of Fish and Game and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission to remove this fish barrier in order to allow passage for the creek's steelhead population. Greenspace partnered. with the California Conservation Corps for this grant. Initially, the concrete apron barrier was jack hammered with two pneumatic air-compressed jack hammers and one gas driven hammer, breaking the concrete into pieces that were then loaded into five-gallon buckets. Each bucket was hand-carried out of the creek and deposited in a huge pile on the Greenspace Creekside Reserve. Most of this work was done by the members of the California Conservation Corps. The concrete was then mechanicaliy loaded into dump trucks and recycled into road base. There is about one week's work remaining on this project which is scheduled for September. The result will be a free-flowing creek that lets fish and other aquatic species move freely up and dornrn this reach of Santa Rosa Creek. Additionally, through another grant funded by the Department of Fish and Game, Greenspace has completed the first major restoration project on Santa Rosa Creek. Dozens of people and companies were involved with the success of this project, including the California Coastal Conservancy, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the San Luis Obispo Department of Building and Planning, the California
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ing beautiful artwork and exciting adventures. You will be supporting an organization that has acquired, managed and prolected open space in Cambria for over 1"8 years, has been in the forefront of efforts to address threats to Cambria's
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environmental issues. Please join us on Saturday, August 19, 2006 at the Cambria Veterans' Memorial Building between the hours of 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. for a wonderful afternoon of excellent artwork, remarkable adventures and dehcious hors d'oeuwes donated by Cambria's premium restaurants. Tickets are $B in advance (callthe office ar927-2866)or $10 at the door.

and your family have for each other by purchasing a hri.l" +^da+hor If runrr holnna t n r l r n n l z n l'r* h ' * r z - r - r ro9d class, an art club or another kind of special group, demonstrate your commitment to each other by sharing a Patron Path brick. Purchase a brick with two or three of your friends to honor your friendship and. at the same time. contribute to this beautiful open space. Or pitch in with your co-workers to buy a brick on the Patron Path. Please consider one of these options, or think of an option of your own, so that you can be a part of the Patron Path. CalI the Greenspace office today for more information.

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achreved through the purchase and retirement of some of Cambria's buildable lots. The Committee presented the program to the community at a Town Hall meeting on May 16th. Atl those who participated in creating the program were at the Town Hali meeting to answer questions, including President Attoe and other Committee members, CCSD staff and a representative of the consultants. A PowerPoint presentation explained the details of the program and demonstrated how the program intended to fulfiil its purpose. On June 22ndthre CCSD Board accepted the program from the Advisory Committee. For more information on the Buiidout Reduction Program, please visit the CCSD'swebsrte. While the Board of Directors of Greenspace has not
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serve and protect Cambria's forest and open space. At the same time, Greenspace has been making formal comments at CCSD public meetings and at the June 22nd Planning Commission hearing on the Mitigated Negative Declaration for a coastal development permit to allow a data collection project for the desalination facility that is tied to the Buildout Reduction Program. The data collection wells would be located at the San Simeon Creek beach area across Highway One from the San Simeon State Parks Campground. At the Planning Commission hearing, Greenspace Executive Director Richard Hawley, Conner Everts, Executive Director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance. and re'oresentatives
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that will support the continued upkeep of the Creekside Reserve. Each brick can be inscribed according to the contributors' specifications: for example, in honor of someone, in memory of a loved one, a
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from the Sierra Club stressed that they had many concerns about the proposed data collection wells, including the issue of public access, the prohibited piecemealing of a larger project into smaller components and the effects that sound blasts (the data collection method used in these wells) might have on ocean dwelling orgarusms.
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PROJECT IN $LO COUNTY PROPOSED

Greenspace has submitted a proposal to the California Department of Fish and Game for funding to undertake the highest ranking barrier removal project in San Luis Obispo County. This project would occur at the point where Ferasci Road crosses Santa Rosa Creek (near Coast Union High School), where traffic must travel over a concrete crossing barrier that was built in the early 1960's. The crossing was built without any apparent regard to fish migration and did not have fish ladders when it was built. Fish ladders were added at a later date but are not adequate to accommodate fish passage throughout the year. Currently, Santa Rosa Creek routinely over-tops the crossing, Ieaving debris and silt on the crossing road surface. The debris clogs passage in the fish ladder, which is routinely a barrier to adult steelhead and which is a total barrier to juvenile steelhead. The proposed project wrll replace the fish barrier at Ferasci Road with a clear span bridge that will allow the passage of cars on the road and the passage of steelhead in the creek. We will continue to keep the community informed of our progress with this grant proposal.

Conservation Corps and local rancher Larry Fiscalini. The purpose of the project was to stabilize the creek bank and to stop the erosion of prime agriculture soils that were being deposited in the lower reach of Santa Rosa Creek and the lagoon at the creek's mouth. These soils were fouling the gravel beds and the aquifer with fine sediments and restricting the water recharge of the lower basin. This was affecting the water quality and quantity and was degrading the habitat of migrating steelhead trout and other fish, reptiles and amphibians. The completed project resulted in the realignment of the creek and the building of a new flood terrace adjacent to the new creek channel, The site was planted with hundreds of native plants which will repopulate the site with riparian plants that wiII shade the new creek channel.

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Greenspace Director Noel Schmidt has been tending the Monterey pine seedlings in the Greenspace greenhouse ever since they were only seeds. He has planted them and watered them and made sure they had enough to eat - and then Director Schmidt inoculated them with pitch canker! In Greenspace's continuing effort to provide Monterey pines that show resistance to pitch canker, the next group of Greenspace seedlings was recently inoculated with Fusarium circinatum, the fungus that is known to cause pitch canker. Since their inoculation, the seedlings have been watched and their reaction to the fungus is being tracked. This way Director Schmidt will know which seedlings, and which seedling parents, are most resistant to the disease. While finding resistance is Piqtured ln pboto: important for ornamental plantings it is Arla Stevens, Noel Schmidt. Jim Bronrnell and Ken Dunn

not the recommendedprotocol to plant only resistant trees in the Cambria pine forest. Recent studies tell us that many Monterey pines will not succumb to pitch canker but, in fact, recoverfrom infections over time.

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GREENSPACE PROVIDES NATIVE PLANT IDENTIFICATION TRAINING FOR TOT CLEARING

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