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The Valley Habitat September 2013

A Joint Publ icat ion of the Stan islaus Audubon Soc iety

and the Yokuts Group of the S ierra Club

HERE WE GO AGAIN: MERCHANTS OF

SPRAWL AWAKE FROM HIBERNATION --by Brad Barker, Conservation Chair, Yokuts Group

Climbing slowly from a deep recession, the usual

suspects reveal they haven't learned anything.

The developers, land-use attorneys, real estate

speculators and their favorite politicians are ready to

get rolling. The real estate bubble that popped and

splattered financial misery over thousands of area res-

idents ... well, here we go again.

Consider some recent headlines: Fitzpatrick

Homes is planning to build 353 homes and 180 multi-

family units on farmland in north Modesto. ... The

Stanislaus County Planning Commission approved a

plan to split the historic Willms Ranch to allow 84

ranchette homes. ... The City of Ceres approved a pro-

ject to construct 3,600 new homes on hundreds of

acres of productive farmland. ... The City of Oakdale

announced plans to double the size of their city in the

next 17 years.

In April, Supervisor Dick Monteith blocked an

attempt by other county supervisors to strengthen

farmland protection policies. In March, the Modesto

City Council rejected a policy protecting farmland.

Weeks later, the council voted to avoid a deadline put-

ting urban housing limits before city voters in Novem-

ber. Why bother voters who've shown an inclination

to save farmland?

Now, the Modesto Chamber of Commerce pro-

poses an economic development plan removing thou-

sands of acres of prime farmland from production.

They falsely frame the choice as jobs vs. farmland.

Modesto Mayor Garrad Marsh's description of their

plan as "overreach" is understatement.

Proving the point about "usual suspects," the

chamber plan's major proponents include realtor Craig

Lewis, land-use attorney George Petrulakis and Vil-

lage I developer Bill Zoslocki. See the built-in con-

flicts of interest? Maybe it's time to reject advice from

people who gain financially from bad planning.

A region devastated by foreclosures and crashing

property values needs leaders who are smart about

growth. The places hit hardest by the housing bubble

— Las Vegas, Phoenix, central Florida and the North-

ern San Joaquin Valley — were not known for smart

growth policies. We were badly hurt, and now we're

returning to the same patterns.

We're building car-dependent, long-commute

neighborhoods on top of productive farmland. We're

asking taxpayers to subsidize city services and infra-

structure maintenance of new neighborhoods at the

expense of older neighborhoods. (Developer fees,

even when figured correctly, don't cover long-term

costs.) We're building houses before jobs are created

for the people who might live in them. And, we're re-

turning to the corrosive influence of the building in-

dustry on local government. (Continued on page 6)

Yokuts Program, Friday September 20 Karen Mitchell: A Feeling for Stone Karen Mitchell will present a brief slide show and talk about our ancestors' imagination and feeling for

stone and some myths involving stone. Karen will lead participants in a couple of exercises which will involve a

fuller, more intimate and imaginative experience of stone and have people share their experiences with

stone. Bring a stone or two that you have collected over the summer to share its meaning for you. College Avenue Congregational Church • 1341 College Avenue

Refreshments and socializing begin at 6:45 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.

Non-members are always welcome! The program is free and open to the public.

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Stan islaus Audubon Soc iety

RECENT SIGHTINGS OF RARE OR UNCOMMON BIRDS

MERCED COUNTY: John Sterling had two pairs of CASSIN’S KINGBIRDS, possible breeders, at the

Basalt Campground on May 13. Peter Metropulos and Dominik Mosur saw a BAND-TAILED PIGEON at the en-

trance of Basalt Campground on May 21, as well as a HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER at the Merced N.W.R. that day.

Kent van Vuren had a BRANT on May 22 at O’Neill Forebay. He also had a juvenile SNOWY PLOVER outside of

Gustine on July 23.

Diane Colburn found a male AMERICAN REDSTART at San Luis National Wildlife Refuge on August 8.

This was only the second record of this vagrant warbler in Merced County.

STANISLAUS COUNTY: Matthew Dodder and his students had two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS across

from the cherry orchards at Del Puerto Canyon on May 11. Later on that same day, Harold and Sherrie Reeve saw two

CHIPPING SPARROWS at Kewin Park in Modesto. During a scheduled bird survey on May 12, Harold Reeve and

Ralph Baker had a flock of nine FRANKLIN’S GULLS at the Modesto Water Quality Control Facility. Franklin’s

Gulls are uncommonly sighted in California as individuals, so a small flock of them is unusual.

There were three sightings of CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES at Del Puerto Canyon—by Kathryn

Parker on May 13, by Matthew Dodder on May 18, and by Jackie Weller on June 1. These sightings are currently un-

der review by the S.B.R.C. If accepted, this species would be a county record. While looking for those chickadees in

the canyon on May 20, John Luther found a female INDIGO BUNTING, also under review.

Eric Caine had an immature male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBREAK at Thousand Oaks Park in Modesto on

May 29. Although DARK-EYED JUNCOS are common in the winter, David Froba and field trip participants had an

uncommon sighting of a pair of juncos feeding a fledgling at Kewin Park on June 9. That sighting was followed up by

Harold Reeve, who saw four juveniles in that park two weeks later. These sightings comprise a confirmation of possi-

bly the first nesting Dark-eyed Juncos on the valley floor in this county.

On June 28, John Harris saw an adult male Selasphorus hummingbird at his feeder by his house east of

Oakdale. After taking extensive photographs, John concluded the bird was an ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD, far from

its coastal range. If accepted by the S.B.R.C., this would be the first Stanislaus County record of this species. The bird

was seen through the morning of Tuesday, July 2. Sal Salerno had two LEWIS’S WOODPECKERS at Del Puerto

Canyon on July 13.

Ralph Baker saw two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at the Ceres Water Reclamation Facility on July 23. Eric

Caine, John Harris, and Harold Reeve saw three BANK SWALLOWS on July 28 at the Modesto Water Quality Control Facility.

Allen's Hummingbird ©

John Harris American Redstart

© Patricia Bacchetti

Audubon Trip, Calaveras State Park,

July 14, 2013

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One of the somewhat dubi-

ous perks of being president of an

Audubon chapter is the obligation to

store some of its archival material.

Before consigning the boxes of files

to a safe location, I picked up and

read through the premier issue of

Valley Habitat. Volume 1, Number

1, dated September 1993, was a

joint venture between the Yokuts

Group of the Sierra Club, Stanislaus

Audubon Society, and California

Native Plant Society. The latter

group has moved online since then,

but this month marks the twentieth

anniversary of a publication partner-

ship for our groups, whose members

not only share passion for wilder-

ness and its wildlife, but also share

the purposes of preserving and pro-

tecting the diverse habitats of the

environment.

Over the past twenty years,

innovations in the technology of

communications have engendered

startling and profound changes.

Back in 1993, the ‘second-

generation’ of mobile phones over-

whelmed the marketplace, rendering

the land line telephone as archaic as

Alexander Graham Bell. The year

before that, Congress passed an act

requiring the National Science

Foundation to interconnect with

commercial networks, creating the

clearly dubious benefits of the Inter-

net, which has rendered obsolete

some tangible things, and a few in-

tangible ways of life.

The past two decades have

inevitably wrought changes upon

Valley Habitat in format and mem-

bership. Now there is an online edi-

tion, replete with color photographs.

More importantly, though, many

people named in that issue have re-

mained loyal to the activities of their

affiliations. The program for Sep-

tember 1993 was a multi-media nat-

ural history tour of Costa Rica by

Richard Anderson and Lynn Han-

sen, still active members of Sierra

Club. An article from that issue sig-

naled the close of Eric Caine’s eight

-year stint as president of Audubon,

a post filled by David Froba. In ad-

dition to those two members, our

current Board of Directors still has

four other veteran birders from the

1990’s. Of course, the bedrock com-

munity consists of hundreds of

members who have supported their

clubs with their dues. Hopefully,

many of them have also enjoyed the

hikes and birding field trips offered

throughout those years.

I read with interest John

Frailing’s Message from the Chair,

in which he informed the Yokuts

membership of the County Planning

Commission’s expected approval of

a proposal to develop a 30,000-acre

resort community west of Patterson

known as Diablo Grande. This au-

dacious plan for 5,000 homes, six

golf courses, a resort hotel and a

restaurant would have had signifi-

cant negative impacts on the wild-

life, water and air quality of the Dia-

blo Mountain range.

Earthjustice represented

Protect Our Water and other conser-

vation groups in litigation against

this development. After a fourteen-

year battle in the courts, a settlement

was reached by which 12,700 acres

of undeveloped land on the site was

converted into a wildlife conserva-

tion easement. Furthermore, $3 mil-

lion was donated to a third party

conservation organization for future

purchases of property, to ensure pro-

tection of the San Joaquin Kit Fox

and California Red-legged Frog.

Although not named in the suit,

Yokuts worked behind the scenes by

educating the public, and Stanislaus

Audubon helped with financing, so

both groups aided indirectly in that

victory.

As I was reminded about

Diablo Grande by that column, I

recalled having been informed about

another plan that arose before Val-

ley Habitat existed. In the late

1980’s, Willms Ranch proposed a

golf course that would have led to

residential development in the grass-

lands. When Stanislaus County Su-

pervisors gave the ranch a Negative

Declaration green light, Stanislaus

Audubon engaged in litigation that

resulted in the court ordering an En-

vironmental Impact Review. The

Willms Ranch withdrew its proposal.

In 2012, Willms Ranch proposed a

(Continued on page 4)

IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY... by Salvatore Salerno

Stanislaus Audubon Society

Board of Directors: Bill Amundsen, Ralph

Baker, Eric Caine, Lori Franzman, Jody Hall-

strom, David Froba, Jim Gain, Daniel Gilman,

John Harris, Harold Reeve, Salvatore Salerno.

Officers & Committee Chairs

President: Sal Salerno 985-1232

(bees2@sbcglobal.net)

Vice President: Eric Caine 968-1302

(ericcaine@sbcglobal.net)

Treasurer: David Froba 521-7265

(froba@comcast.net)

Secretary: John Harris 848-1518

(johnh@mills.edu)

Membership: Revolving

San Joaquin River Refuge Field Trips:

Bill Amundsen 521-8256

(birdscouter@prodigy.net)

Other Field Trips: David Froba 521-7265

(froba@comcast.net)

Christmas Bird Counts Coordinator; Secre-

tary, Stanislaus Birds Records Committee:

Harold Reeve 538-0885

How to Join Audubon

To become a member of the National

Audubon Society, which entitles you

to receive Valley Habitat and Audubon

Magazine, send your check for $20.00 to:

National Audubon Society

Membership Data Center

P.O. Box 422250

Palm Coast, FL 32142

Visit our web site: www.stanislausbirds.org

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AUDUBON FIELD TRIPS

September 7, Oakdale Recreation Area. We'll be looking particularly for

fall migrants. Trip leader to be announced. Contact Dave Froba for more infor-

mation, froba@comcast.net, 521-7265. Meet at the Stanislaus Library parking

lot at 1500 I Street. at 7:00 a.m. We'll be back early afternoon.

September 14, Caswell State Park. This park on the Stanislaus River near

Ripon has one of the largest original riparian forests in the Central Valley.

These ancient oaks and other trees attract birds in migration.Trip leader to be

announced. Contact Dave Froba for more information, froba@comcast.net,

521-7265. Meet at the Stanislaus Library parking lot at 1500 I Street at 7:00

a.m. We'll be back early afternoon.

September 15 and October 19, San Joaquin River National Wildlife Ref-

uge is huge and offers the most diverse habitats in the area, including mixed

species transitional savannas, riparian forest, oak woodlands, grassland, and

seasonal wetlands. Trip leader, Bill Amundsen ( 521-

8256, birdscouter@prodigy.net), chooses the particular habitats to visit each

month based on conditions and season. Meet at the Stanislaus Library parking

lot at 1500 I Street. at 7:00 a.m. We'll be back early afternoon.

October 26, San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. Near Los Banos. This area

has many habitats, including forests, grasslands, and several kinds of wetlands.

This diversity should produce a long list of bird species. In addition, all the

wintering species should have returned. Trip leader Sal Salerno (526-9832,

bees2@sbcglobal.net) will guide your eyes and ears to the birds. Meet at the

Stanislaus Library parking lot at 1500 I Street at 7:00 a.m. We'll be back mid

afternoon.

Audubon Field Trip Email List

If you would like to be on a group

email to advise you of all

Audubon field trips, please email:

Dave Froba at froba@comcast.net.

TWENTY YEARS AGO (Continued from page 3)

parcel split that would have led to ranchette development in the grasslands.

When Stanislaus County Supervisors gave the ranch a Negative Declaration

green light, Stanislaus Audubon engaged in litigation for the court to order

an Environmental Impact Review. The underrated French have a saying,

“The more things change, the more they remain the same.”

It is a distinct pleasure to see Golden Eagles flying over our county’s

precious and beautiful grasslands, but sometimes we must take pains to pro-

tect those eagles and to preserve those grasslands. Both activities fit well

within our mission statement.

After I slipped the first issue of Valley Habitat back into its proper

place, I wondered about the membership and leadership of Yokuts and

Audubon of tomorrow. Surely many will continue their financial support;

perhaps more will attend our offered outings. I wondered also, who will be

working for Valley Habitat in 2033? Perhaps prospective recruits are even

now among our ranks. Finally I wondered, when we have run to the limit of

our portion of the race, who will take the torches from our hands? Who will

lift them high to light the path, to lead with confidence into the unknowable

future?

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Yokuts Group of the Sierra Club

Saturday, August 31st

Hike Along the Tuolumne

Yokuts (1A)

Easy, shady 4-mile hike along

the Tuolumne River from Legion

Park. Meet at the parking lot

by American Legion Hall (1001

S.Santa Cruz Ave., Modesto) at

8:30 AM. Dogs and children wel-

come. Bring water.

Info: Alan 768-5881 or Dorothy

549-9155.

Thursdays Weekly: Sierra

Club Hikes (Yokuts) Meeting time 9:00AM at Mary

Lavaroni Park in Groveland.

Bring a jacket, water, sunscreen,

and a snack in a daypack. In fair

weather the hike is generally fol-

lowed by a picnic lunch near the

trailhead. Leader: Frank Oyung,

for details and to sign-up, (209)

962-7585, frank-oyung@sbcglobal.net

Online Valley Habitat for Yokuts

Yokuts Group of the Sierra Club

members who want to receive the

color version of the Valley Habitat

online can sent an email to this address

to opt-in:

Listserv@lists.sierraclub.org

Type “SUBSCRIBE MOTHER-

LODE-YOKUTS-NEWS first name

last name” in the body of the message.

Gorge Scrambling on the North Fork of the American

by Elaine Gorman, Tuolumne Group

I had some trepidation as we began hiking down the Mumford Bar

trail, on the way to my first overnight gorge scramble. Gorge scrambling

is a strenuous combination of a hike and float trip. Add a backpack. Plus

slippery rocks. Throw in poison oak and possible rattlesnakes. What

makes everything worthwhile is a wild canyon devoid of trails and people.

After Delta-Sierra outings leader Paul Plathe gave an introduction

to our group of 8, we hit the trail. On our way to the river, we hiked

through an area burned by the American River Complex Fire of 2008.

There was quite a bit of blowdown, so dodging poison oak, scratchy brush,

and logs became quite a challenge. After 3.8 miles and 2700 feet of eleva-

tion loss, we arrived at the river. We checked out the Mumford Bar cabin

and contemplated life there during the gold rush.

After inflating our air mattresses, we belly-flopped onto them and

headed downstream. The water was refreshingly cool after our hot hike

into the canyon. Veteran gorge scramblers Russ, Ron, and John expertly

navigated the boulders and shallows. Ted was the “king of the river” on

his inflatable twin mattress cum throne, and was able to sit up quite royally

with his pack wedged behind his back. Newbies Jens and Diggy soon got

the hang of ‘scrambling after some instruction by Paul. I just tried to keep

up.

As we floated, we saw several garter snakes -- one swam next to us

with a small fish in its mouth. Frogs and tadpoles were abundant. We

enjoyed watching the antics of water ouzels. The canyon that the river

poured through was like a 3-mile long rock- and water-blasted sculpture.

Pines clung to the steep canyon walls, defying gravity and wind as best they

could. After about 90 min. of floating and rock hopping, we set up camp

on a sand and gravel bar. We had a small campfire for cooking and ambi-

ence. Later, the gentle sound of the river eased us into our dreams.

Back on the river by 9 AM the next morning, we floated another

few hours until we reached the Marrs mine and a 3-stamp stamp mill ruin at

Italian Bar. The mine extends for a couple hundred feet into the canyon

wall. We walked along the old ore cart rails, marveling at the work the

miners endured as they dug and blasted through the rock.

We couldn’t delay our hike out of the canyon any longer. The 2.5

mile Italian Bar trail, with almost 2500 feet elevation gain, seemed much

longer and steeper with our bruises and aching muscles. The vehicles were

a welcome sight. Many thanks to Paul for leading such a fun, interesting

and wild adventure.

To find out more about gorge scrambling, go to http://

www.motherlode.sierraclub.org/deltaSierra/GSPAGES/gspage0.htm

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HERE WE GO AGAIN: (Continued from page 1)

Three nationally known planning experts spoke in Mod-

esto in the past year or so. Charles Marohn from Strong-

towns.org, Joe Minicozzi from Urban 3 and Peter Katz

from CitiStates used different phrasing and had differ-

ent points of reference, but all three said essentially the

same thing: Our typical patterns of suburban growth are

economically foolish. Communities are being killed one

strip mall and one housing tract at a time. Development

on the edge of town depletes revenues, but redevelop-

ment and re-investment in downtowns and existing

neighborhoods is sustainable and smart.

Marohn bluntly called our pattern of development a

"Ponzi scheme." New growth on the fringes gives the

illusion of prosperity. But revenues never catch up to

long-term obligations: the costs of maintaining roads,

sidewalks, parks, water lines and other public services.

Up front, some people do well, but later, the rest of us

pay the bills.

The downtime of the recession, when growth

slowed to a halt, should have been a time to re-evaluate

old patterns, a time to learn from planning mistakes. But

did we learn our lessons?

As the economy improves, we should demand seri-

ous changes from local leaders.

Mother-Caring for 7 Billion

The film "Mother-Caring for 7 Billion" will be shown at

the Modesto Junior College Film and Lecture series on

Thursday, October 10.

Where: Forum Building Room 110

When: Thursday, Oct.10 from 7 pm to 9 pm

The film will be followed by a panel discussion.

The showing is free and open to the public.

BITS AND PIECES from the president’s desk

Do you remember when I wrote about Al B. Tross, the Laysan Albatross that comes to Pt. Arena every winter? Al returned

into the harbor of that village on December 22, 2012 and remained until March 7, 2013, for the nineteenth consecutive win-

ter visit since its discovery.

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If you want to receive Valley Habitat online as an Audubon member, send an email to phalarope@sbcglobal.net with

“Online Newsletter” as its subject. Put your membership name in the body of the text with your postal zip code.

*

I am offering another Early Birders class through the M.J.C. Community Education Department. The class meets on Thurs-

day, September 12. The field trips are to La Grange on Saturday, September 14 and to Knights Ferry on Saturday, Septem-

ber 21. The class is listed in the mailed or online mjc4life catalog.

*

The fifty columns that I wrote for Valley Habitat during the past five years are now collected in a 76-page volume titled “Of

Birds and Birders.” This collection is available for a donation to defray cost of printing. Contact me for more information.

*

If you wish to read an alternative to mainstream news about how local politics impacts environmental issues, I recommend

that you read Eric Caine’s website, www.thevalleycitizen.com. You could also contact Eric to be put onto his email group list.

MAPS (Modesto Area Partners in Science):

free presentation by California's "fracking regulator," Dr.

Mark Nechodom, on Friday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 in the MJC

West Campus Mary Stuart Rogers Student Center.

Entitled Hydraulic Fracturing in California, Dr. Nechodom

(Director of Calif. Dept. of Conservation and husband of Ca-

lif. Secretary of State Debra Bowen) will talk about the draft-

ing of fracking regulations and his priority to put protection of

public health, safety and the environment first. Achieving

energy independence, the impact on ground water quality and

climate change both short term and long term are just some of

the issues that need to be evaluated. For more information on

Dr. Nechodom, please see: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/

EnvironmentalStewardship/Panel/Mark_Nechodom.html

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Yokuts Group of the Sierra Club

Yokuts Group of the Sierra Club

Management Committee

Chair Anita Young 529-2300

(ayyoungbooks2@gmail.com)

Treasurer Steve Tomlinson 544-1617

(steve.tomlinson97@gmail,com)

Secretary Maryann Hight 417-9114

(mhight@csustan.edu)

Programs Linda Lagace 863-9137

(Linda.lagace@att.net)

Conservation Brad Barker 526-5281

(braddbarker@gmail.com)

Membership Anita Young 529-2300

(ayyoungbooks2@gmail.com)

Hospitality Candy Klaschus 632-5473

(cklaschus@gmail.com)

Publicity Dorothy Griggs 549-9155

(dorothygriggs@att.net)

Outings Randall Brown 632-5994

(rbrown@csustan.edu)

Newsletter Nancy Jewett 664-9422

(njewett@sbcglobal.net)

Mailing Kathy Weise 545-5948

(kweise@ssica.com)

Population Milt Trieweiler 535-1274

(magictrain@aol.com)

Fundraising Leonard Choate 524-3659

Website Jason Tyree

(jason.tyree@gmail.com)

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http://motherlode.sierraclub.org/yokuts

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The Yokuts Sierra Club group, along with the Delta

Sierra and Tuolumne groups have formed a Stockton-

Modesto-Sonora Meetup group that includes Sierra Club

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YOKUTS ANNUAL GARAGE SALE

THE GARAGE SALE WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 12, 2013 AT THE JACKMAN’S HOUSE -

704 TOKAY, MODESTO.

PLEASE CHECK ALL YOUR CLOSETS, ATTICS, AND GARAGES FOR ITEMS TO DONATE TO OUR GARAGE

SALES THIS SEPTEMBER. YOUR GENEROSITY HELPS THE GROUP BY SUPPORTING OUR MAILING COSTS

AND ABILITY TO SUPPORT THE CAUSES OF INTEREST TO OUR YOKUTS GROUP.

IF YOU HAVE THINGS TO DONATE, PLEASE CONTACT JERRY FOR TIMES TO DROP OFF AT 577-5616.

EARLY ITEMS ACCTEPTED AFTER 10/06/13.

YOU MAY ALSO BRING SMALL ITEMS TO THE PROGRAM MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.

BE SURE TO COME BY ON OCTOBER 12 TO SEE WHAT TREASURES WE HAVE FOR SALE.

WE ALWAYS NEED HELP….THERE WILL BE A SIGNUP AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. PLEASE JOIN US IN MAKING

THIS THE BEST SALE YET!