The Bonham Trail to Cooks Beach Project is a perfect example of the many partnerships necessary to identify, plan, develop and maintain a valuable piece of property in our local community.

The RCLC Board is pleased to report that the lawsuit between Bower Limited Partnership, RCLC, and the California Coastal Commission was finally settled earlier this spring, allowing the building of the Gualala Bluff Trail to proceed after a two-year delay.

For the past fifteen years, the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy has been working to preserve our natural environment and to provide public access to local bluffs and beaches.

No one epitomized the goals, aspirations, and dedication to preserving the natural world more than Ray Van de Water. A native Californian, born in Monrovia, California, he traded Berkeley academia after one year for the training that called to him - the Merchant Marine Academy.

Last year RCLC sponsored two Gualala Arts Center awards to artists whose works best captured the beauty of our natural coastal environment.

Mark Chapell, shown in the photo with board members Lois Lutz and Shirley Eberly, is the new owner of one of the two lots on RCLC's Hathaway Creek Conservation Easement in Point Arena.