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Friends would like to thank all of the members who answered our call for support when our beloved State Parks were threatened by budget cuts. Along with thou-

sands of other Californians, your voices were heard, and the proposed park closures and cuts to beach safety were dropped. While the immediate crisis was resolved in favor of parks, there are still significant threats to be faced.

Recently, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee held a hearing to examine how we are protecting and maintain-ing the State Parks System. Randy Widera, our Director of Strategic Development and Partnerships (photo, right), headed up to Sacramento to testify before the Committee. Randy was joined by other noteworthy Parks supporters, including Assem-blymember John Laird; Michael Harris, Deputy Director for Policy, Department of Parks and Recreation; and Elizabeth Goldstein, President of the California State Parks Foundation.

In closing his remarks, Randy said “The citizens of California have shown time and time again that protecting and maintain-ing State Parks are a high priority. They have passed three major bonds in the past few years and responded with a tremendous groundswell of support to keep Parks from closing and Lifeguards on our state beaches. The California public values its State Parks and expects our legislature to do what it should to keep these treasures open and accessible to all Californians.”

Friends is proud to carry your message supporting our Parks to Sacramento and we will continue to be strong advocates on behalf of our members and our parks.

BOARD & STAFF

OffiCErSJim Brownson – TreasurerPat ClarkVal Cole – Vice-ChairLinda Hoff – SecretaryCharlie KiefferLani LeBlancBarney LevyEd NewmanDon NielsenJim Toney – ChairChief Ranger

Kirk Lingenfelter – CAL

StAffJan Cohen –

Interim Executive DirectorRandy Widera –

Director of Strategic Development & Partnerships

Joe Sutton – Office Manager

Peg Danielson – Development, Communications & Events Manager

Annie MacHale – Retail Operations Manager

Dana Cramblet – Bookkeeper

Lily Geisler – Retail AssistantLauren Keller – Retail AssistantDave Johnson – Data Guru Marianne Wyllie –

Graphic Artist

StAtE PArk iNtErPrEtiVE StAffJodi ApeltJeff BarnesJean BernardBarbara CookseyAmanda DallCecelia de GiereJohn GoldbergElizabeth HammackRoberta HaverLinda HitchcockJan LeppeChris LynchElise McFarlandMartha NitzbergJulie SidelSunny SchacherVaryl White

AdvocacyFriends Continues to Carry Your Message

to Sacramento

11,011,577 VISITORS enjoyed the State Parks in the Pajaro Coast Sector of the Santa Cruz District

611,262 DOLLARS contributed to the interpretive and educational programs and projects by Friends

209,969 SCHOOL CHILDREN, FAMILIES & INDIVIDUALS participated in environmental education, living history, volunteer training, campfires, hikes, tours, Jr. Rangers, and Jr. Lifeguards

176,192 HOURS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION done by state park interpreters and docents

19,938 ACRES OF LAND, preserving every natural habitat significant to the county

3,800 MONARCH BUTTERFLIES overwintered in the Natural Bridges State Reserve

599 WONDERFUL DONORS who are the heart and soul of Friends’ Mission

450 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS who assist with nearly every role in our parks: restoring habitat, maintaining trails, leading educational programs, preserving cultural artifacts, welcoming visitors and much more

Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks by the numbers 150 TREES PLANTED to preserve the Monarch Grove

Habitat at Natural Bridges

21.6 MILES OF COASTLINE, half of Santa Cruz County’s coastline is within our state parks

12 STATE PARKS: Castro Adobe, Coast Dairies, Manresa, Natural Bridges, New Brighton, Nisene Marks, Santa Cruz Mission, Seacliff, Sunset, Twin Lakes, Seabright and Wilder Ranch

10 TALENTED BOARD MEMBERS giving vision, wisdom time, and resources

8 MAJOR ANNUAL EVENTS: Migration Festival, Spring Planting Day, Cement Ship Festival, Old-Fashioned Independence Day, Mission Adobe Day, Welcome Back Monarchs Day, Heritage Harvest Festival and Ranch Holiday Festival

5 VISITOR CENTERS where you can learn more; each has a Park Store that helps provide funding for educational project and programs

3 ADOBES from the Spanish and Mexican era: the Santa Cruz Mission Adobe, Bolcoff Adobe at Wilder Ranch, and the Rancho San Andres Castro Adobe

2 HISTORIC FARMS: Van Laanan Dairy at Sunset State Beach and Wilder Ranch State Historic Preserve

1 FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ STATE PARKS

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For more information about current schedules, or to make a reservation, call Randy Clayton directly at (831) 588-2850.

ranch kids DayRanch Kids Day gives third graders the chance to travel back in time to the early 1900s and learn what it would be like to live on a dairy farm. The kids participate in the many chores that would have been part of every day life on the ranch. Students wear period dress and assume the lives

and activities of the past, including: wagon rides, preparing period meals, working in the blacksmith shop, old-

fashioned laundry techniques, animal care, gardening, old-fashioned games and crafts, calligraphy,

journals, microscope, music, stories, and nature walks.

Who’s Living at the Ranch?f Greta and Rick are English Shires

f Jed is a Percheron (He’s 24 years old and has been at the ranch since 1991)

f Rocky is a Percheron/Morgan cross

f Josh is a Belgium

On a foggy Saturday morning, you can hear them com-ing long before you see them, the clip-clop of big hooves echoing in the tunnel from the back side of Wilder Ranch. Small children vibrate with excitement as they wait for their

first glimpse of the enormous horses. Randy Clayton pulls the team to a stop in front of the Meder House, and the children scramble aboard the wagon for a ride into the past.

Randy owns and operates Draft Horses for Hire, holding a Historic Con-cessionaire Contract with California State Parks. That means that Randy can offer hay rides and carriage rides at Wilder Ranch. At the ranch, Randy also does special events, such as weddings, birthday parties, and demonstra-tions of driving, horse shoeing, and farming. In return, Randy has a place to house his horses, and an excellent opportunity to provide interpretive programs about the nearly vanished way of life on the ranch.

And Randy is passionate about giving people a chance to experience ranch life and horse culture. When you ask Randy about himself and his busi-ness, he immediately brings the conversation to the horses. His excitement at being able to provide people a hands-on experience with the past is clear. Local school children especially benefit from Randy’s commitment to the educational programs at Wilder Ranch. The draft horses provide a unique way to start a conversation about California’s past, and even our future. Randy says that “with the way things are going, we are not done with horses in our society” and points out that high fuel prices may provide an incentive to return to “real” horsepower.

As part of the Ranch Kid’s program (see sidebar), the kids spend part of their day with the horses — brushing them, helping to harness them, going for a wagon ride, and sometimes even driving. “We learn the gees and the haws and the whoas and the goes, then put the lines in their hands, and off we go.” Randy points out that driving a team of huge horses not only requires that the kids focus com-pletely on what they are doing, it also gives a sense of natural power (real horsepower!) as opposed to mechanical power. The kids feel the power coming from the horses through the lines into their hands and learn that they are in control.

One unique aspect of Randy’s program is that everything he does, from growing hay, to shoeing the horses, to training and discipline is open to public scrutiny. In some of the larger draft horse programs, such as Disneyland’s horse drawn trolleys, and the Budweiser Clydesdales, the horses and handlers work backstage most of the time, emerging only for performances. In contrast, Randy and his assistant, Andy Egger, are out in the open at all times and people are free to ask questions, make comments, and make contact with the big, beautiful horses. Randy feels that having the program in the open provides an excellent opportunity for “100% interpretation on everything we do.”

Randy was part of the original Friends of Wilder group, and we have been lucky enough to have him as part of the Wilder experience for more than 21 years. Many people, adults as well as children, have had their first hands-on encounter with horses under Randy’s careful eye. Randy continues to provide a first-class program and would like to expand by rebuilding Wilder’s draft horse barn as a site to allow even more possibilities for interpretation. He is also working on a saddle horse program to begin lead-ing interpretive trail rides and hopes to have it running in 2009. In the meantime, if you’re out at the ranch and you see Randy, go up and introduce yourself, and he’ll introduce you to the gentle giants who are his companions, and such an important part of life on the ranch.

Randy, Greta and Rick take Elizabeth Hammack and the State Park Commissioners for a ride.

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“ Preserving the county’s cultural treasures is important to the Foundation. We recognize the significance of the Castro Adobe and have been working with local donors interested in saving the building and its history for nearly a decade.”

Lance Linares, Executive Director Community Foundation of

Santa Cruz County

I feel that this project is a part of me. I say good morning to her every day and good night every evening. I think she is very happy now.”

Chris Barraza On-site Supervisor

Editor’s Note: When the Trabing Fire started, Chris was at his home in Porterville, some seven hours away from Watsonville. He turned around and came back to see what he could do to help. After sweet-talking his way back into the neighborhood, Chris looked out for all the neighbors’ animals until they were able to come home. He’s one of our heros!

Stories of Heroes, Donors, Volunteers, Neighbors ~ Those Who Made It All Possible

Photo by John Goldberg

We’ve made it 70% of the way! Make a donation today to help us reach our goal of completion of Phase One of the restoration.

Go to: www.thatsMyPark.org/donate_form.php or contact Randy Widera at Friends at (831) 429-1840.

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It means so much to me to see Edna Kimbro’s dream of a retrofitted Castro Adobe finally happening. She worked so hard for this, and now, 19 years after it was so severely damaged in the Loma Prieta Earthquake, it has been saved once again. State Parks and DCU, Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks, the CCCs and the many who have given so much of their time and financial support have done such a fabulous job! What a team! I know Edna is content and proud. I certainly am. But we’re not done...I’m looking forward to successful future phases of this project as well.”

Charlene Duval (shown above with Joe Kimbro)

“I feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle; I fell asleep frustrated about the increasing deterioration of an extremely valuable cultural resource, and woke up one step closer to a dream.

The most difficult part of any major effort is taking the first step. Together Friends and State Parks have taken that first critical step to preserve and protect the Castro Adobe and each remaining step becomes a little easier.

I do not fear the next earthquake as much as I have in the past knowing that we will not lose a significant cultural resource in the Castro Adobe.”

Kirk Lingenfelter, Sector SuperintendentPajaro Coast Sector

I am impressed with all the details that are going into the reconstruction of the Castro. It is the most complex adobe that I’ve worked on. When we are done, it will be here forever.”

Francisco (Pancho) Villa Mason/Plasterer

“ The Castro Adobe is the physical link through time to people and events that shape present day Santa Cruz County. The ability to restore the Castro Adobe, using public funds, private donations, and, mostly, the wonderful and loving work of many, many dedicated volunteers, will enhance that connection through time. When finished, children from our community in general, and from the Pajaro Valley in particular, will be able to walk, laugh and learn about their history, and, thus, it will stay alive.”

Fred Keeley, Treasurer, County of Santa Cruz(shown above left with Randy Widera)

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It was my job to come down and water the bricks. Mr Aguilar explained that they had to be watered enough so that the paper that covered them was damp but not so much that the bricks turned back into mud. At first, there weren’t many bricks, but each day, there was another row. Some needed to be watered three times a day. Some were cured and couldn’t be watered. The hose system became as elaborate as a circulatory system. I would ride my bike down from our farm and try to sort out which bricks needed what and which hoses went where. I worried about those bricks. It was like taking care of someone’s pets. As I watered, I would try to imagine how the Castro Adobe would look when it was done.

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I’d been involved with wildfire before. But I’d never heard a fire roar like this one, and I’d never seen a fire move so fast. Smoldering eucalyptus and pine debris fell from the sky up to a half mile ahead of the fire, in many places presenting more of a threat than the advancing main body of the fire. And it was burning debris from the sky that nearly got the Castro Adobe.

I’d stayed behind to prepare our home further up Old Adobe Road and to defend against firebrands from the sky. At 3:45pm the electricity on the road went out, the pump quit, and I had no more water. I decided to try to get one more of our vehicles out. I loaded up my last gallon of water and a shovel and drove down the one-lane road toward the Castro Adobe.

Just before I reached the Adobe, there was a small grassfire on the east side, set by a falling firebrand. I jumped out and put that fire out. But as I did so, I looked up and saw a huge column of flame, 10 feet in diameter and at least 30 feet tall, roaring up through the center of a big pepper tree in the backyard of the Adobe. A firebrand had landed at the base of the tree in a lot of brush, and it had just torched up through the center of the tree and out the top. It was way too big for me to put out with just a shovel, so I found a fire crew and yelled to them that the fire was behind them, at the back of the Adobe. They came running and with their pumper truck managed to get the fire in the pepper tree out.

I barely got my vehicle out, then hiked back in with my shovel to watch for more firebrands. There were several more small fires along the road that day, including one that burned in under a pile of the adobe bricks we volunteers had made months earlier for the restoration of the Castro Adobe. But most just smoldered out, and none posed as great a threat as the fire in the pepper tree had.

It’s daunting to think how close we came to losing much of the Castro Adobe.

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The Rose-Schoellhamers are Castro Adobe neighbors and have been there to help from the beginning (and a nearly fateful ending due to the Trabing Fire). Read their stories here.

Stories of Heroes, Donors, Volunteers, Neighbors ~ Those Who Made It All Possible

It’s been fun, but it is a lot of work! I like the work and am learning a lot.”

(AJ) Joseph Johnson

AJ works with the California Conservation Corps (C’s) team as an intern. He has been with the C’s for five months and has been assigned to the Castro for four months, since the very beginning of the project. This is a photo of AJ installing the first new brick. AJ grew up on Palm Avenue in Watsonville, and never knew about the Adobe until he came there to work.

Castro Adobe History MakersThank You for Your Generous Donations!

founding BuildersFriends of Santa Cruz State

Parks Board of DirectorsDiane & Don Cooley

Wall BuildersThe Community Foundation

of Santa Cruz CountyBorina FoundationAnonoymousBig Creek Lumber Co.Castro Family WallNichols Concrete

full row BuildersJerry & Millie FitzGeraldBen & Mary Ellen IronsBerryessa, Castro, Lordge

Family FundLinda Lee LesterScott Mackie & Alison PlattHarriette J. Proctor

Half row BuildersErnest C. FennGregg S. WalshHardie & Scott SetzerJohn & Robina RiccitielloKathy & Bruce FitzGeraldLeanne & Greg LunaDeeann Hartzell, Marinovich

Cold Storage, Inc.Ocean HondaRowland & Patricia RebeleRocky & Judy Franich Fund

Associated Rebar Inc.Richard J. CarterBill & Kathy FitzGeraldBurton Kendall &

Sally Joan TowseChristy Kieffer &

Glen WilliamsJanice French KerswillLynne McCall Caldwell &

John CaldwellAdam DavisBay Federal Credit UnionBetty & Bob Watts Descendents

of Joaquin Isadro CastroCarols Dudley CantuaDee FryeDiane CrawfordDoris & Leo PfiffnerEmil GumperFrederick & Aileen HeitzGlenice Magee in memory

of Mark MageeHelen & Walter BorondaJames & Dina CavanahJeannie & John KegebeinJo MuellerJohn & Carole Ann SimpsonJon & Jean HooperJoni L. JaneckiKathy DiceMarcella & Joe HallMarianne WyllieMarion PokriotsNancy L. ThomasNita GizdichPatrick FitzgeraldPaul & Donna LauesenRichard & Anne-Marie

Winterhalder

Richard C. OtterRobert & Rosalind GinggRussell H. WrightShirlie Nielsen Spitoni &

James NielsenStu BranoffTimothy L. Richardson

in Honor of Christy KiefferValerie AugustineVeronica RomeroVirginia R. DaviesWilliam M. ShakespeareFrank Pritchard & Cynthia

Pritchard-HernandezJeannie MillerLew MerrillTerri & Ted LodgeBetty DeleonHannah NielsenColleen FitzGeraldDouglas G. ProctorEd KerswillG. Lee FitzCeraldGeorge KohnIn Memory of

Courtney Elwood ProctorIvy FineJ. Millie BrewsterJerry FitzGeraldJoshua FineKailyn FitzGeraldMartha ProctorPeter FitzGeraldRebeccaa WesterfieldRichard & Susan (Proctor) KiddRyan FitzGeraldTed & Jan (Proctor) Weiser

Brick Builders

Be a Builder like our Friends • shown here! Please consider a gift to save the Castro Adobe. Go to www.ThatsMyPark.org/donate_ form.php or contact Randy Widera at Friends at (831) 429-1840.

“ The Castro Adobe Restoration project is important to me because, when finished, it will be a place where people can recognize the contribution that Mexican and Spanish immigrants made to California’s early history and our culture today.”

Jim Toney, Friends Board Chair( Jim is pictured far left, with fellow

Boardmember Barney Levy & Randy Widera)

“ My grandson Javi (pictured left) and I hope to associate our lives and actions with those who passed this way years ago. The Castro Adobe and its restoration is a fine opportunity for us to have a fun and interesting time together.”

Dobie Jenkins, Volunteer

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Mission Adobe Day September 14Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park NooN to 4:00 p.m.This adobe structure was built by Native American labor during the waning days of Mission Santa Cruz’s existence. Designed as native worker “family apartments,” it is the only original of its kind in California today. This event specializes in sharing the native ways and new Spanish skills practiced at this site, and include crafts, outdoor cooking, equipment demonstrations and living history activities. This free admission event is just a block from downtown Santa Cruz on School Street off of the Mission Plaza. For more information, please call (831)425-5849.

Welcome Back Monarchs Day October 12Natural Bridges State Beach 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Join us for this joyful, monarch-filled day and welcome the monarchs back to this park, their over-wintering habitat. Participate in numerous activities including arts & crafts, active games for kids, music by the 5M’s (the mostly mediocre musical monarch mariposas), hand-cranked “monarch” ice cream (pumpkin), information and action booths as well as more about monarch butterflies and how-to’s for a butterfly garden. The park is located at the end of West Cliff Drive at the north end of Santa Cruz. For more information, please call (831)423-4609.

Members-Only Events

We know why you give so generously of your time and money. You love our parks. We want to give our members a treat this year — a sort of thank you gift for all your support. What better way to say thank you than to provide unique opportunities for you to explore and learn…a sort of back-stage pass, only for our members.

Our first Members Event will be Monarch Education Day at Natural Bridges in October (tentatively on Sunday, October 26). We plan a special walk into the grove to be followed by presentations by noted monarch researchers John Dayton and Mia Monroe. The details are still to be arranged, but we wanted to give you something to look forward to. For the latest information check our website. To sign up, call Peg Danielson at the Friend’s office (831) 429-1840.

On November 22, Friends will take you to the Sea cliff State Beach for wine and cheese and to learn about the political, economic and cultural significance of the new Marine Protected Areas established in the Monterey Bay Sanctuary. What exactly is a Marine Protected Area, and what does it mean for us? Call Peg at (831) 429-1840 to sign up and we’ll all learn more together at beautiful Seacliff State Beach.

December brings thoughts of shopping and the annual Holiday Sale at Seacliff State Beach, this year December 5 through 7. As a Member Benefit this year, Mike Miller and Bonnie Minford, who have recently collaborated on a new book, Santa Cruz on the Monterey Bay — Gem of the California Coast, will hold a book signing on December 7, during the sale, and we will host a reception from 2 – 4p.m. Come in and purchase your copy, or one of Mike’s beautiful calendars, and say hello to Mike and Bonnie.

Finally, in January Friends will take a limited number of members to the West Coast’s only Native American site on the National Register of Historic Places. The site is recognized because of its archeological significance. Join California State Parks Archeologist Mark Hylkema on an exclusive tour of this hidden gem. You must call Peg at (831) 429-1840 as soon as possible to reserve your spot.

Don Miss Out on these Special Annual FestivalsHeritage Harvest festival October 25Wilder Ranch State Park 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Celebrate: the harvest is in! See tractor, drafthorse and other living history demonstrations, listen to music, do crafts, try your hand at harvest-time activities. Food available for sale, or bring a picnic lunch. The park is located 2 miles north of Santa Cruz on the coast side of Highway 1. For more information, please call (831)426-0505.

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to all the members & donors over the past year.

friends Needs YouWe would love for you to get to know us better, and get to know you at the same time. We always need volunteers and have opportunities for you to help with office jobs, trail and beach clean up, garden work… all kinds of projects.

if you have some extra time, please let us know by calling Peg at (831) 429-1840 or email peg@ThatsMyPark.org

We welcome you.

Students & SeniorsSandra AustinSusan BrakenburyScott & Lina BrittonDoreen BuseLeticia CamachoNatalia CamachoJames & Nancy CostanzaDarryl & Marilyn DillDorothy M. ForsterLinda & Robert FrisbeyDee FryeOfelia GarciaDotty GibbSunshine GibbsHannah S. GoldsteinRose Gong & G. NessLouise W. GoodTenaya GreeningerTimothy HaightNancy & Walter HannaRuth HeaslettWinifred & David HeronPhil & Susie KaplanElizabeth KarrenJearren KennerDavid & Geri LiebyMarji MacruryEmily M. MaloneyCarol McCarthyNan & Thomas McDonnellJenni McGuireJoyce & George MedeirosFrances P. NurkseJulia PattonMiriam PikeBob PiwarzykSandra & Norman PorathElizabeth QuinnMaria RiegerDottie RobinsonJane SchwambergerBonita SebastianLorna ShearerVickie SimpsonRonald SquiresPatricia StewartPhyllis W. StollenwerkLeslie SwahaSandra L. WadhamsAlan & Linda WatsonJohn R. WigginsDebbie WilsonCooper YoungJoan Zimmerman

Suporting MembersSharon & Dick AbrahamsonCara AguirreDenise AllenSally B. AltickSharon BarrettJennifer BennettSalvatore & Constance BertucaGerry & Jane BorgAndria BossardJane & Pat CareyHelen CheneyAngie ChristmannKate ClarkSandra & Bob CornellTheresa CoyleApril DanleyChristine DelappBetty DeleonMaggie DicksonJames & Suzanne EllmoreRoger EmanuelsShari FarleeBrenda FlegalMike FordMarge & Malcolm FraserZachariah FriendRobert S. & Minette B. GoldsmithRuth GrantCarolyn K GreeneMike HarrisonDoris Holve-HarvillRichard S. HymanStephen JamesonPatricia R. JohnsJacklyn JohnstonDart & Peggy KeechSarah N. KingSue & Bruce KissellEmil KrejciDorothy KuklaLinda LadwigGladys & Stephen LandJuleen & John LisherKirsten LiskeJ. A. LoganAndrea LoseeDorothea M. LyonsNancy McNultyDon & Patty McPhersonLois MeyerRalph MooersMargaret MoralesHannah NielsenJ. OlsenColleen Patrick-GoudreauAnn & Richard Pinkham

Frank Pritchard & Cynthia Pritchard-Hernandez

Alyce & Richard PruddenCharles QuinlanSusan & Dave SargentRich & Lynn SchmittHelen SchombergPat SeeHardie & Scott SetzerSuzanne & James ShaugHarold ShortKen SieversJohn Law SmithClaire SommargrenLaura SullivanDavid Sweet & Elaine KiharaHarriet TalanUnited Way Silicon ValleyDoug UrbanusBetty VyedaPushya WahlKeith WoodSteven & Marjorie YoungHenry & Lu ZachauLee & Elizabeth Zalaznik

family MembersAngela Marie ArnettAlan AshleyNannette BenedictMarcus & Elaine BitterChristina BrandtGeorge BunchPeter & Leona BurgeCynthia Chang & Thomas YinMark ConoverChris & Pat CrossMike Dalbey & Camille Scelfo-DalbeyMark & Eve DavidsonDaniel Davis &

Terry-Lynn WinstonDarren DavisonGenevieve C. DeanGinny DillinghamDebra DuchalaLee & Emily DuffusWilliam & Joan DunnPat Emard & John WiechmanAlyne B. FisherSandra L. S. FontesLeonard & Jan ForemanLeslie FreundJennifer GilleCharles Hall & Linda Burman-HallDeAnne & Rich HartBonny Hawley & Glen SchallerDavid & Peggy HeynSusan HillhouseLarry & Charleen HolcombEllen & Mark JacksonJeanette & Paul JohnsonLydia & Brian JohnsonJeanne & David JorgensenDoug & Gwen KaplanKevin Klein & Amy LocksRichard & Diane KleinSuzanne KoeblerAlexis KrostueDeena LahnEdward J. LesnowiczJames & Joan LittlefieldGavin McclureMike McConnellElvira MonroeMike Morton & Nancy LewisSheri NachtMark NocklebyJo & Ron OlmsteadDebra PuenteRobert & Paula QuinnMildred & Walter RadloffSally Real & Bill TaggartOfelia & Arnold ReynaJanice & Jack RheaSandra & Lloyd RiceVeronica RomeroTammy & Frederick RustRosalind san FelipePaul Schoellhamer &

Kathleen RoseChristina SchwabecherGary SilbersteinKirk SmithBrion Sprinsock &

Kristine AlbrechtKirk & Kim StrongJill & Mark SusskindBen TaylorPamela & Herb TaylorDonna & Peter ThomasNancy L. ThomasJenifer Lienau Thompson &

Jeremy ThompsonBonnie & Lee TinderDick & Marion VittitowPeter & Christine WangSuzanne WengrinBirgit WeskampMarinka WilligJoy & Arthur WoodRosemary Zarate-Crevello &

Albert Crevello

Park StewardsPhyllis & David AlbrittonMark AlexanderDwight & Lindsey AndersonJohn & Jenny AndersonBruce C. BangertSusan BaronCarole & Tom BeckettGreg Beebe & Monique VairoLili & Tom BeggsLinda BennettDavid J. BerklandGary BianchiPatricia Blanchette &

Jerry DannemillerHeather Butler & Steve MillerPaul & Judy CarmichaelSid Chapman & Jon BackstromCarol CirarCarol ClarkPat Clark & Chela LucasPeter & Sharleen ColeBill CummingsGeorge Dies & Meredith MillsTeresa & Gregory DoughertyPat & Ted DurkeeNancy EatonLorena & Mark EdingtonJack & Iris FarrJan & Jerry FinneyBill & Kathy FitzgeraldRonald A. FosterJoseph & Layla FranksEarl & Martha GabrielliGerri GangitanoAnne Thelma GeffnerBuzz & Susan GorskyMelanie Grabe &

Barry HoglundBetty & Leo GrayShelley GravemMark Hamersly &

Ruth UpdegraffTonya HaroRichard & Kathleen HarrisonJohn & Cheryl HenriksenBrian & Patricia HermanRosalyn & Don HilbertMichelle HoffmanBruce & Breta HolgersVirginia HowardMarie & Kent ImaiBen & Mary Ellen IronsSusan & Paul KarzVern KatzBurton Kendall &

Sally Joan TowseWendy & Joel KingCatherine LarrickLesley LathropSally & Brian LegakisMark Leitch & Jan WestJan LeppeTamara & Waldon LewisRobert & Nancy LeyDennis LongJoseph & Lee MacDonellAnnie & Rick MacHaleGlenice MageeCynthia MathewsCandace McIsaacIsobel K McLarenAllan P. MolhoRobert & Beverly MontagueRos & Jim MunroPatti MurrayIngrid Parker & Greg GilbertBipin PatelPatricia & Richard PayneDoris & Leo PfiffnerEllen Pirie & Terry HancockLynne & David PressJill & Dan RamarMarcia & Robert F. RiderDiane RobeyBrian SchaefferRandall Schragg & Jody PeughCelia & Peter ScottPauline SealesShirley & Charlie SedgwickWilliam M. Shakespeare Michael S. SlossKim SteinhardtBud & Betty StumpLee TaizPaul Thiltgen & Maureen RoleDon & Audrey ThompsonWendy ToshitsuneMari TustinCandace WaageElaine & Jerry WaggonerTheodore WallaceChris WhitePat & Tom WhitakerKristen & Jarret WinterRay & Lou WolfeAndrea Woodworth &

Barry PhillipsMargaret & Jan Ysselstein

Bronze MembersLeslie & Richard AndrewsNancy & Douglas AscheErnest F. AtkinsonJeff & Dolly BarnesPatricia & William BartonDavid Green BaskinMary Ann & John BaslerKarin & Jochen BehrensConnie BradyLynne McCall Caldwell &

John CaldwellFred & Kate ChenKaren A. CogswellMark & Terry CorwinToni CrossenBrad DavisEddy & Isabel DeesDaryl DichekMary EdmundRocky & Mary FranichJ. Friedland & M. KoloskiCindy & Paul GeiseJohn & Susan GlinaDavid & Cheryl GraubartRobin GriffithMarcella & Joe HallLinda L. HansonStephanie HarlanDiane HirschSusan Jacobs & Linda CharvetAnn & Dobie JenkinsAndrew Jones &

Kathryn Haar-JonesJoni L. JaneckiFred KeeleyJohn & Regina KelbertCharlie & Pat KiefferJeannie & John KegebeinJessie LacyMike & Karen LasdayBarney & Pat LevyEsther LevandoskiJosie LittleLinda LocklinSandy & Annie LydonJohn & Billie MahaneyFran MaupinDiane & Stephen McIntryeMichael MerrithewHila & Jacob MichaelsenMia MonroeDania MossVictoria NicholsDon NielsenIrene OsterbrockDiane & George PettingerPamela Poetsch &

James PellegrinPatricia & William RackstrawSteve RadosevichDiane & Charles ReadeRowland & Patricia RebeleDiana RedfernCathy L. RichardsHerbert RichardsRussell S. RolfeCharlie & Mary Jane RoskoszAnne & James RowleyCynthia RybickiJohn & Pat SheehanPhilip & Irene SidelBrewster & Deborah SmithJudy Steen & Joe MichalakGabrielle StockerLeslie StonePaula & Thomas SuzukiJoyce & Ken SweezeyJoe Taylor & Joanie Dellos-TaylorSamuel Torres, Jr. &

Maria Gitin TorresJean VandevortKarene M. VernorGrace VossGlenn & Nancy WestreichRichard WoodburyCarole Wunderlich &

Steve WilhelmDick & Gwen YeoChris YoungToni & Bob Zeiss

Silver MembersWilliam E. AckerknechtLynne & Dan AlperJack BassettMargaret C. ColeDiane CrawfordRicardo de la Cruz & Kate MinottHerb Finkelman & Edda TusinalEd GilbertJan Pfiffner & Timmy FasteenPam RhodesJohn & Robina RiccitielloMary SwigMike & Jeanne WilliamsJon & Jill WinstonJanis Zinn

Gold MembersBarry Swenson BuildersMary & Steven BignellStu BranoffJim & Carol BrownsonJan & Mort CohenVal Cole & Freny CooperLinda & Ted HoffLinda Lee LesterGretchen & Jim MairLinda L. MeltonCraig & Dusty MillerJoan & Bob MurphyEd NewmanLise Peterson & Don PeattieDebbie & Louis SalkindDick Spencer & Shawn GouldJim & Carol Toney

Memorial BenchVirginia BessoneBig Creek Lumber Co.Deborah ChakourDonald & Linda D’AngeloHayden & Jacquelyn DrydenAusta FalconerAnne E. FreitasRonald MalikJames B. MarshNancy McNultySandra MowreyBarbara MurrayRalph OrahoodJanet OrebBill PhillipsJean Helen SanfordAlbert & Robyn ShielyErnie WassonKaren & Mark WeberElizabeth WrennDavid Zirkel

Advocacy AppealAnonymousAnonymousWilliam E. AckerknechtPhyllis & David AlbrittonEileen AttanasioDavid Green BaskinJana Baumann & Ed RichardsonBayview Hotel Bed & BreakfastCarole & Tom BeckettDavid J. BerklandJohn & Jenny BostStu BranoffPeter & Leona BurgePaul & Judy CarmichaelSid Chapman & Jon BackstromFred & Kate ChenMargaret C. ColePeter & Sharleen ColeCostcoDiane CrawfordToni CrossenMark & Eve DavidsonDaniel Davis & Terry-Lynn WinstonEddy & Isabel DeesBetty DeleonDaryl DichekDarryl & Marilyn DillPat & Ted DurkeeMary EdmundEmily’s Good Things to EatJames Engelman &

Claire WitherspoonDorothy M. ForsterRonald A. FosterJoseph & Layla FranksEarl & Martha GabrielliCindy & Paul GeiseJohn & Susan GlinaShelley GravemBetty & Leo GrayCarolyn K GreeneMarcella & Joe HallMark Hamersly & Ruth UpdegraffLinda L. HansonTonya HaroDavid & Peggy HeynRosalyn & Don HilbertLinda & Ted HoffBruce & Breta HolgersRichard S. HymanStephen JamesonAnn & Dobie JenkinsPatricia R. JohnsJeanette & Paul JohnsonLydia & Brian JohnsonAndrew Jones &

Kathryn Haar-JonesHerbert KainVern KatzDart & Peggy KeechMolly KeeslingJearren KennerRichard & Diane KleinLand Trust of Santa Cruz CountyGladys & Stephen LandDavid & Geri LiebyKirsten LiskeAnne G. LynnGlenice MageeGretchen & Jim MairEmily M. MaloneyCynthia MathewsFran MaupinLew MerrillLillian & William MinkowskiMargaret MoralesMike Morton & Nancy LewisIngrid Parker & Greg GilbertLise Peterson & Don PeattieDiane & George PettingerDoris & Leo PfiffnerMiriam PikeRobert & Paula QuinnRowland & Patricia RebelePam RhodesCathy L. RichardsMarcia & Robert F. RiderDiane RobeyRussell S. RolfeWolfgang Rosenberg &

Norma Del GaudioCharlie & Mary Jane RoskoszSusan & Dave SargentJane SchwambergerCelia & Peter ScottSeacliff Plaza StoreSeascape ResortPat SeeWilliam M. ShakespeareHarold ShortBrewster & Deborah SmithDick Spencer & Shawn GouldPatricia StewartLeslie StoneLeslie SwahaPaul Thiltgen & Maureen RoleDon & Audrey ThompsonDick & Marion VittitowGrace VossBirgit WeskampLinda Wilshusen &

Rock PfotenaurDebbie WilsonJon & Jill WinstonRay & Lou WolfeRichard WoodburyAndrea Woodworth &

Barry PhillipsCarole Wunderlich &

Steve WilhelmLee & Elizabeth ZalaznikRosemary Zarate-Crevello &

Albert Crevello

farm Animal ProgramWilliam E. AckerknechtBill & Kathy Fitzgerald

that’s My ParkSteve AllenColleen & Colin AndersonFrank & Joan BrauchCalifornia State Parks FoundationCity Picture FrameNicki DanzerCarol DudleyTila GuerreroJennifer HandlerSusan & Paul KarzLauren KennedyEdward J. LesnowiczKirk LingenfelterArthur LorenziniDan NeelySusan RiddleBryce & Julia RootBlake RussellMarion SlaterJim SnellAnnie & Barrie WeeksMary Beth WestChristine Wiskemann

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ParkViewsQuarterly Newsletter of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks Fall 2008

MiSSiON StAtEMENt

Because our quality

of life depends on

the quality of our

State Parks…Friends

of Santa Cruz State

Parks supports

the preservation,

knowledge, and

awareness of our

natural and cultural

resources through

funding projects

and programs in

cooperation with local

California State Parks.

www.thatsmypark.org

Let us help you get more from your travels.

The Wilder Ranch State Park map is back in print! This is the most up-to-date topographical map of the park. It illustrates multi-use and designated trails, points of interest, picnic areas, etc. Also includes parts of Henry Cowell

State Park, UC Santa Cruz campus and the Pogonip. The reverse side of the map is illus-trated with stunning photographs and a cultural and natural history overview of the park.

The Northern California Nature Guide is new from Lone Pine Publishing. This book features over 400 species of plants and animals that you will likely come across during your explorations. Includes information about ecology and range, traditional native uses for plants, and animal behavior. You’ll also find color maps of all regions showing parks and nature areas.

Both the map and guide are available in the State Park stores.

Happy Trails!All Friends materials are printed on recycled paper. Printed by Community Printers, Santa Cruz, CA.

4 Members receive quarterly ParkViews

4 15% discount in: All friends’ stores: New Brighton ~ Seacliff ~ Wilder ranch ~ Mission Adobe ~ Natural Bridges

4 And 15% discount with these generous businesses: Kayak Connection for kayak rentals SC Harbor / Elkhorn Slough (831) 479-1121 / 724-5692 kayakconnection.com

Bookshop at Henry Cowell (831) 335-3174 mountainparks.org

Spokesman Bicycles (831) 429-6062 spokesmanbicycles.com

York Gallery & Framing to frame friends’ That’s My Park artwork (831) 462-0313 yorkgallery.com

friENDS Member Benefits to join,go to ThatsMyPark.org and click on DONATE NOW

Redtail Hawk by Don Nielsen