The Loma Prietan
May/June 2008
Hope for Clair Tappaan? — An Update
by Olivia Diaz
Clair Tappaan Lodge (CTL) was lovingly built by Sierra Club volunteers during the thirties and is situated in the Lake Tahoe region just a mile west of Donner Pass. The CTL Committee's challenge is to promote the Lodge and improve its condition. Read article »
Future Brightens for Wildlife of Coyote Valley
by Melissa Hippard
The Coyote Valley and its coyotes have been given another reprieve. In March the Coyote Housing Group decided to stop funding the development planning process for Coyote Valley, citing the downturn in housing and changing political climate on the San Jose City Council. Read article »
MV Rejects Community Garden
by Ed Drury
On Tuesday, March 25, the Mountain View City Council threw away an opportunity to enhance the city's reputation for being green and encouraging sustainability. Read article »
A Good Month for Santa Clara Streams
by Richard McMurtry
March was a good month for Santa Clara County streams. Not the kind where you can count the fish jumping, but rather one that gives hope that the community's moving toward having more fish to count! Read article »
Sierra Club Urges Caution on Apple Moth Eradication Program
by Ruth Troetschler
Conflicting reports about the potential damage to crops posed by the light brown apple moth and about possible harm caused by several low-toxicity pest management strategies have made it difficult for environmentalists to take a stand on this important issue. Read article »
Slow Down, You Move Too Fast
by Gladwyn d'Souza
Discussions about transport are presently focused on moving people via cars and, in the process, toasting the planet. This "people-in-cars" transportation paradigm is all about moving people faster over longer distances, from and to places that used to be open space and the greenbelt. Read article »
Bonfires and Bugs: The Art and Science of Camping
by John Velcamp
An exhibit on 20th century camping will run through August 17th at Palo Alto's Museum of American Heritage. The exhibit shows the evolution of camping from survival to recreation. Read article »
Buildings: Green Is Cool
by Margie Suozzo
Since buildings account for nearly half of the CO2 emissions in the country, and since over the next quarter century, these emissions are projected to grow faster than any other kind, the practice of green building (and policies that support it) is a critical piece of a broader strategy to reduce our global warming pollution. Read article »
Initiative to Protect Redwood City Open Space
by Gita Dev
The Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter endorses a petition drive to launch an initiative to protect open space in Redwood City. Read article »
Make it Macadamias
by Kay Bushnell
In my drawer lies a small, smooth brown object the shape and size of a marble. It is a souvenir from a trip to Hawaii that I took many years ago. Inside its hard shell there may still lie a rich, sweet, buttery macadamia nut. Read article »
Combining Edibles with Natives
by Arvind Kumar
Most of us aspire to do the right thing for the earth and the environment, but chapter member Alan Whitaker actually walks the sustainability talk, growing a variety of edibles along with California native plants in his Mountain View garden. Read article »
Meandering
by John Maybury
Gaslight, free transit guide, range camp, Project Budburst, no bay fill, summer school, hot flash, fan mail... Read article »
Out of the Comfort Zone
by Andrea Winden
Parents frequently have an urge to pass on enthusiasms of their own youth to their children. This is often with mixed results. Nevertheless, I have wished that all my three boys enjoy the beauty and wonder of the outdoors. Read article »
Wallace Stegner and the American West: by Philip L. Fradkin
by John Velcamp
Well researched and packed with names and anecdotes of Wallace Stegner's friends, mentors, and luminaries of twentieth century literati, Philip Fradkin's biography reads like a who's who in American letters. Read article »
Sierra Club Member Sleeps in Tent!
by Cheryl Hylton
So what's the news here? The Sierra Club member in question is ten-year-old Ian Davoren and the tent he sleeps in each night is located in his bedroom! Read article »