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Boony Doon Gets Cemex Access Preview

The 8,500-acre site of the old Cemex cement plant and quarry was preserved in the north coast's largest land-protection deal. Photo by William Matthias.

The atmosphere was more country club social than town hall meeting last night as representatives from the Cemex Redwood partnership met with members of the Rural Bonny Doon Association to explain the ins and outs of choosing public access points.

The Outdoor Poet: Len Anderson

Tuolumne Meadow in Yosemite. Photo by Hilltromper.

Four poems from the co-founder of Poetry Santa Cruz.

Clay Kempf, Soul Birder

Clay Kempf in his natural habitat: leading a birding outing to Pinto Lake. Photo by David Sidle.

It’s not about the lists for Clay Kempf, or about having a big year. He just loves being outside. If a bird happens to fly by while he basks in Mother Nature’s glory, so much the better.

For State Parks, A Whole New Direction

"We are an aging white movement," one speaker told the audience at the Sept. 9 Parks Forward workshop in Santa Cruz, intended to gather ideas for updating state parks. Photo by Hilltromper.

Suggestions for revamping California State Parks poured in at the first workshop of the Parks Forward commission—including some that would have been unthinkable a few years ago.

Hilltromper Comments to Parks Forward Commission

Parks access as public health issue. We know, right? Photo by Hilltromper.

Delivered Sept. 9, 2013 at the Parks Forward Initiative workshop session in Santa Cruz

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