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.
June 2006 In this Issue… Work on Gualala Bluff Trail Continues President's Corner Recycling for RCLC Gualala Community Action Plan Retaining Wall along Bluff Fails Bluff Trail One Improvements Winter Weather at Bonham Beach Update on Hearn Gulch Project CalTrans Makes Emergency Repairs RCLC Works on Building Two Coastal Access Trails Profile: Irene Leidner
October 2005 In this Issue… Work on Bluff Trail Progresses Latest Ruling on Trail Access President's Corner RCLC's Harmonious Volunteer Volunteers Are Essential to The Work of RCLC Gualala Bluff Trail News Bonham Beach One Stone at A Time Hearn Gulch Project Plan Underway Volunteer Profile: Dave Scholz Taste of Spring
June 2005 In this Issue… New Hearn Gulch Purchase Improves Public Access Judge Rules That RCLC Can Proceed with Trail RCLC President's Letter Preservation and Access Plan for Hearn Gulch State Grants $100,000 for RCLC Projects Coins for Conservancy Campaign Visit Your Coastal Beaches Tax Deductions for Conservation Easements at Risk Profile: George Anderson Call to Artists and Photographers
October 2004 In this Issue… Campaign for RCLC Projects Makes Encouraging Progress Bill Perry Wins AIR Prize Gualala Bluff Trail Monitors RCLC Profile: Lois Lutz Harmony Susalla Is RCLC Prize Winner
The long process of designing a formal public access to the Hearn Gulch Headlands and Beach while, at the same time, protecting the property's abundant environmentally sensitive habitat areas (ESHAs), is nearing a successful conclusion.
October 2003 In this Issue… President’s Report: RCLC at the Crossroads Art in The Redwoods Award Why Rally? RCLC Profile: Bob Rutemoeller Trail Blazing
"Last winter, fierce storms ripped away parts of the stairs to Walk On Beach at The Sea Ranch. But the second of those storms also left hundreds of small stones, unlike any I have seen before or since, colored in shades of mauve, peach, purple and ivory, often swirled together in the same rock."
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