Four forest RAC posts to be filled

UsDA forest service

The U.S. Forest Service is seeking nominations to fill openings on the 15-member El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee.

Applications are requested by April 30.

The Resource Advisory Committee is established under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act to review and recommend projects that benefit national forest lands in El Dorado County. Funding is provided under Title II of the act for projects that improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure, implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems and restore and improve land health and water quality.

Current representative openings are for:

• Wildlife, hunting or watershed organizations

• A state elected official or their designee

• A county or local elected official

• The affected public at large Committee members are appointed by the n See rac, page A6

Walters Continued from A4 concrete structure, which was groaning and slightly leaking — a bizarre and somewhat eerie experience.

Pine Flat Dam held but water roared down the mountains in the Kings and other rivers and very quickly, or so it seemed, Tulare Lake reappeared.

The Boswell and Salyer families, which had feuded for years, battled over whose lands would be flooded. Guards with shotguns patrolled the Tulare Basin Water Storage District’s levees as rumors spread about clandestine plans to dynamite them. That didn’t happen, but the Salyer holdings were inundated and the two agribusiness giants waged a legal battle that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The most spectacular re-emergence of Tulare Lake in recent years occurred in 1983 as record snows in the Sierra once again overcame human efforts to control its rivers. The lake was so high that two men, Bill Cooper and John Sweetser, kayaked 450 miles in 11 days from central Bakersfield to San Francisco Bay. They paddled down the Kern River, across Tulare Lake, up the Kings River and through the Fresno Slough into the San Joaquin River for a downstream run into the Delta and San Francisco Bay.

This bit of California history is offered because

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Edited by Will Shortz No. 0215 snowfall in the watersheds of the Kings and other rivers that flow naturally into the Tulare Lake basin is surpassing the record level of 1982-83. It’s almost certain that Tulare Lake will once again spring to life.

The probability is even generating some hopeful, if unrealistic, speculation that state and/or federal governments could buy up the lakebed’s fields and bring back Tulare Lake permanently.

Dan Walters is a journalist and author who writes for CALmatters.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

Owen Continued from A4 sentiment among businesses most affected by the market. An overwhelming 73% of responses were positive regarding the Wednesday night market.

Our organization has met with and attempted to work in good faith with city managers to resolve this situation, retain a farmers market presence in Placerville, support local agriculture and ensure the economic health of the farmers who depend on the market as a meaningful component of their yearly income. These good faith efforts and mutually suggested solutions have been rejected outright by the City Council at its last two meetings.

This is a conflict that our organization did not desire or initiate. Nonetheless, the City Council has designated the Mooney Lot on Main Street near the Druid Monument as a place where the market could continue. It is difficult to move a farmers market and retain business momentum. Indeed, the change has caused several longtime farmers to pull out of their participation.

Our organization is willing to contemplate the move of the market to the Mooney Lot, but the following list of concerns would need to be addressed to ensure the proposed location would be operated in a safe and legal manner and support long-term use:

• Electrical connections need to be available for use on Wednesday evenings.

• Trash receptacles will need to be available.

• A mechanism for clearing the Mooney Lot would need to be devised for Wednesday afternoons.

• Signage directing customers to the new market location would need to be posted on the Bell Tower on Wednesdays for two market seasons.

• The city would need to offer a renewable contract with a five-year term for the Wednesday night market with terms similar to the existing contract.

• The city would make funds approximating several years of the identified city cost of market operations available for the market to advertise its new location.

Farm Trails is committed to bringing healthy and affordable local produce and farm products to the residents of Placerville and El Dorado County. Farm Trails is also committed to discussing this potential move in good faith with the city decision-makers in the hopes of continuing what has been a positive element of Placerville’s culture for 15 years.

Mike Owen is president of El Dorado Farm Trails.

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