Summer 2002 Watershed Newsletter, Cambria Land Trust

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    @atersne{Exciternent s building for the 14ftAnnual Greenspace rt Auction, the

    Central Coast's oldest art auction,which will takeplaceon Saflrday,Au-gust 17ft.Volunteers rom Greenspaceavebeenworking hard or monthsto put together his year's event,which has hemakingsof a stellar showWhetheryou have come o a Greenspace rtAuction before or not, this is the one hatyoujust can't

    Greenspaces taking the art auction o newheights While new and mproved s an over-usedphrase,hisyear'sauction,concenfatingon fine art from established rtists,will be of-feringpieces rom talentedartistsandgalleriesin Cambria, rom throughoutSanLuis ObispoCounty and beyond. TheGreenspacert auc-tion will include severalhrmdredworks of art,including original oil paintings,bronze stat-ues,originalphotography,ithographs fid tr u,,,,,n,glass.The selectgroupof artistswho have donated heir work to this auc-

    tion have done so in orde r to help Greenspace onserve he fraile environment of the North Coast of San Luis Obispo CounA mouthwatering variety of food and wine is being provided for oguestsduring the auction by local Cambr

    restaurantsand wineries. The vintage ewelry room, a part of the art auction thhas come to be a favorite for many gueswill again be filled with unique itemsfrom diamonds to doo-dad

    The auction will consist of three slent auctions with one live auction in thmiddle of the event. Admission $10.00per person. Pleaseoi n us oSaturday,August 17'h rom 3 :00 p.m.6:00 p.m. at the Cambria MemoriVeteransBuildins. It will be a mem

    byNancyoiliner able event that you don't want to missCheck out our art preview at www.GreenspaceCambria.org.A Roomof TheirOwn The FungusAmongUs

    Greenspace seedlings get new "digs"Our Monterey pine seedlingswill be living in luxury soon whenGreenspaceerectsa new state-of-the-artgreenhouse.Theseedlingswillhaveplenty of room in the 16' X 20' structure. Collectiongutterswillfacilitate the gathering and storage of rainfall and solarpowered ventswill open and shut to keep the seedlings n perfectcomfort. When com-pleted, the new greenhousewill provide shelter to the approximately300 seedlings hat Greenspaces currently growing for their potentialresistance o pitch canker, along with future generationsofpitch cankerresistantMonterey pines. And the seedlings may be joined by othernative plants and fungi as Greenspace ontinues ts mission to preservean d enhance he health of our native Monterey pine forest.This gift to the community is being purchasedwith funds granted

    to Greenspace y SafeTree.apublic educationprogramof Pacific Gas and ElectricCompany SafeTrees dedi-cated to ra is ing publ icawarenessabout the safetyissues surrounding treesand other vegetationwhenthey areplanted oo close ohigh-voltage powerlines.Many of the trees along theGreenhouse Cont'd nPage

    The Montereypineforest dependson organisms hatmost Cambriansnever seeIn June,Greenspace as nvited to attenda fascinating hree-dayworshop on Catalina sland entitled"RestoringAfycowehizalCommunitiepresented y the Califomia Societyof Ecological Restoration SERCAL

    Greenspacehas been a member of SERCAL for the past 5 yeaThe ollowing s a brief overviewof a complex ingi ecological ystemhthe Cambriapine and oak forest has evolved with and is dependento

    What are mycorrhizae?The word "mycorrhizae" literally means"fungus-roots" and defintheclose,mutually beneficial relationship between specializedsoil fun(myconhizal fungi) andplant roots. The vast majority of the worldlandplants, particularly the ma-jor forestspecies,orm some ypeofmycorrhizae.The type ofmy-conhizae associatedwith manycommercially mportant coniferspecies s ectomycorrhizae.Ectomycorrh zae form a charucteristic, easily recognizable un-gal coveringwhich envelopesaplant's feeder oots. All conifersand many hardwoods stronglydepend on mycorrhizae for

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    o Greenspaceembers, ConeCollectionContinuesnd OthersWayneAttoe, GreenspacePresident

    I am truly pleasedwith the community response o the first everf our Center Street site on Heritage Day. I thank theSociety for encouragingparticipate.More han600peoplchance o peek inside the his-Chinese Association Hall,

    aI our dragon, have a drink,San t a Rosa Creek .

    Many people commented hattheproperty wasand how str iking it is to b

    refusnd st i l l be in the East Vi l laee!m a n y s a i d t h i n g"I had no idea there wascommunity in Cambria.

    I feel aburstof energy saresultand sense he potential';::;::#?::X'::,lf!!9""'"""'o'"'oofgetting our property opened up so that people

    enjoy it andalso earn from it. I am eager, oo, to capitalizeonproximity to the Guthrie-Bianchini House to createan axis ofproperties in the heart of the Historic East Village.ll/ayne, why don't yoa just opm the gate and let people in?"

    us back are:o Clearing and trash removal are needed o make theplace safe or walking.o The ChineseAssociation Hall needs o be moved to apermanent ocation closer to SantaRosa Creek, andmade safe o be in and near.o The building needs o be rehabilitated and artifactssolicited o place nside. There'snot muchpoint inopening the building if there is little to see.)o Archeological work needs o be done to reveal andpreserveartifacts on the site before our developmentefforts damageor obscure hem. (A teamof profession-als is ready to go to work.)o Invasive plants need to be removed and appropriatewalking surfacesbuilt to create a Nature Trail parallel-ing the creek.o Longer-range, we need o build interpretive exhibits forboth the Chinese history of the site and the NatureTrail, so that peoplecan understand he significance ofwhat they are looking at and experiencing.o The biggest challenge or Greenspace, fcourse, isdivesting ourselvesof the 9,000 sq. ft. commercially-zonedproperty fronting on Center Sheet. This sale/transfer will allow us to pay off the mortgage on theproperty,which is what will make the rest of theproject-creating an accessiblenature trail and honor-ing the historical aspectsof the site-possible.I respectfully ask Greenspacemembers,other Cambrians,visitors and friends to think abouthow we canmove forward

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    University of California at Davis.

    North CoastTreeService helps Greenspacegather conesor seedcollectionIf you happened o glanceup while walking in the woods this springyou might have been surprisedat what you saw. Perched n the canopywere some of the staff of the North Coast Tree Service,picking conesfrom carefully selected ees in our Monterey pine forest. These menspentnumerousweekendswith Greenspace taff, collecting cones hahold the seeds or the Montereypine seedcollection. As reported n an

    North Coast Tree Senice CrtuConservation Prosram at the

    earliernewsletter, his seedcollectionwill enableus to capture he existinggene pool in the Cambria forest andsave t forfuture conservationeffortsWe would like to thank TimRadecki, Carlos Pina and CarlosGomez of the North Coast TreeServicewho made his project possible. This seedcollection, whichwill be housed by the CaliforniaPitch Canker Task Force andusedfor future conservation work andscientific esearch,s an mportanstep n maintaining the geneticdi-versityof one of the few remainingnative Monterey pine forests n theworld.Funding for this project wasprovidedby the Genetic Resource

    In which a Greenspace oard Member showshiscontinuing support of ExecutiveDirector Hawley andthe seedcollectionprogram.

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    Got a Problem?Director Noel Schmidtcan solve it'

    Every once in a while an organizalion s lucky enough o acquireindividual for their Board of Directors. That ishappenedwhen Noel Schmidt acceptedan invitation over ato become a member of the GreenspaceBoard.

    The primary reasonNoel acceptedhis nomination for the Boardto become involved in the development of disease esistant

    Monterey pine trees. He hasplayed a major role in thisproject and has been in -volved in all phasesof grow-ing and inoculation of theGreenspace eedlings. An-otherone of Noel's goals slimiting growth through theremoval ofproperty from de-velopable to retired statusand then planting the prop-erty with trees.

    In his former life, Noelwas an engineer, managerand inventor. Greenspacehasbeen ucky enough o bethe recipient of someof hisoriginal ideas. When thereis a problem to be solved,

    whether t is determining the ratio of MIBE to water in SantaRosa Creek or where to put the pens at our art auction' Noelcan be coun t ed on t o com e up wi th an answer .

    Noel andhis wife Mary have lived in Cambria for five years. He isthepresident of the Joslyn CenterBridge Club and analtemativemem-ber ofNCAC. Prior to their move here, hey lived in the Palo Alto areafor 38 years. Noel is the co-authorof four patents n his field and hasexperience in complex development and production problems.

    GreenhouseCon't rom page1California coast that have suffered from pitch canker and otherdiseaseshave become "hazard trees", causing power outagesand interruptions in electric service, especially during stormseason , when they fa l l i n to nea rby power l i nes .For the past few years, Greenspace as beenespecially ucky tohave had the opportunity to occupy a largeportion ofa greenhouseowned by GreenspaceDirector Jim Brownell and his wife Dolly.Director Brownell is our specialistwhen it comes to the care andfeeding of Monterey pine seedlingsand having the seedlings o-cated n his greenhousewas extremely helpful to the project in itsinitial stages. With funding from a grant from Cal ifomia Releaf,Greenspacehas been collecting seed rom the Cambria forest andhas been growing Monterey pine seedlings. Theseseedlingsweresubsequentlynoculatedtwice with pitch canker o determine heirsusceptibility to this deadly disease. The first group of seedlingsthat survived is nearly ready to be planted, with a secondgroupcloseon its heels. Eventually thesepotentially resistant rees willbe planted throughout the communi ty of Cambria.

    We owe the Brownells a debt of gratitude for the all the yearsthey lived with our Monterey pine seedlings.

    Center Street ConlfromPage2and make this important natu-ral and historical resourceac-cessibleby addressingany ofthe items on the list above.Needless o say, money isneeded-but so are n-kind do-nations, volunteer work, and,especially, maginative ideas.Thanks,n advance,oryourhelp!

    Directors Mary llebb and Cathie Bates prepate thCenter Street dragon fol his debut

    GolfAmongthePinesSpaceor Trees nvitationalGolf Tournament o benefitCalifornia'sMonterypinesand nativeoalcs

    >rreIt is not often that there is an opportunity to play golf at

    one of Ca lifornia's premier golf coursesand help savehun-d reds o f t housands o fCalifornia' s Monterey pinesand native oaks at the sametime. You will have thechanceto do just that ifyoujoin us on Friday, Septem-ber 27th at the 5'hAnnualSpace or Tr ees nv itationalG o f Tbu n am en b eing heldat the Del Monte Gol fCourse in Monterey. Theday includes a round of golfon the oldest golf coursewes t o f t he M i ss i ss i pp i ,lunch, abarbecuedinner anda chance to win a new car.

    This tournamentwas startedin 1997 by the late AdmiralAlan Shepard, he Pebble

    "WhenI orbited nFriendship 7 in 1962, wasprivileged to view our planet

    as a delicately balanced'spaceshipEarth' whichmust be kept healthy,whole

    and unharmedfor ourchildren and grandchildren.Events such as thistournamentdemonstrate hatwe have the determination to

    care or one of our mostprecious natural resourcestrees.

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    SantaRosaCreek s Our Watershed\ i lorkshopPleaseoin us on Saturday,October19th, rom 9 a.m. o 12

    noon when water, fish andagriculturalexpertswill gatherat theCambriaVets Hall to presentvaluable nformation o the communityabout he watershedn which we live.The workshop will alsoprovidea forum forindepth public involvement n watershed rotectionand estorationssues ndhasbeenfunded y theCaliforniaDepartmentf

    FishandGame.

    Watch for further announcementsand join us for this workshop of vitalimportance to the members of this community.