"Save Serene Lakes" update for December 2009:

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Happy Holidays to Everyone!

From the archives, enjoy:

 A Donner Summit Christmas Carol

(December, 2007)

News: (for a complete news timeline see "news timeline")

• The Sierra Lakes Water District reports that there has been no progress in talks with Royal Gorge with respect to acquiring rights to the lake bottom. In addition, the District's State water rights are still not resolved, with it likely that the State will reduce the amount of water allocated to the District from the 1962 level of 1,177 acre-feet per year (AFY) to between 150 AFY (the current actual usage) and 350 AFY (the projected usage including unbuilt lots and future higher occupancy, but no further development).
• No news from Royal Gorge.

Upcoming Events:

• January 8: Friday 5 PM, SLCWD Water district offices. The water board meeting for January.

Recent Publications: (for links to these and other publications see "articles")

• none

Current County Status:

• Placer County Planning Department reports that there has been no contact with Royal Gorge for over a year.

Quotes of the month:

"Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird a typical American child ever sees is a canary in a pet shop window? When the only wild animal he knows is a rat - glimpsed on a night drive through some city slum? When the only tree he touches is the cleverly fabricated plastic evergreen that shades his gifts on Christmas morning?" 

-Frank N. Ikard

"For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death." 

-Tom Mcmillan

"The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing." 

-Loudon Wainwright

"Reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."

-Richard P. Feynman

Web Sites of Interest:

www.SaveOurSummit.org

www.saveserenelakes.org

www.savedonnersummit.org

www.sierrawatch.org

www.syrcl.org

www.SVNM.org

www.savethesummit.com

www.donnersummithistoricalsociety.org

www.saveroyalgorge.org

www.pissdsociety.com

www.Slpoa.com

www.sldsca.org

www.donnersummitareaassociation.org

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