April 24, 1974 (8 pages)

Donner Lake land to be discussed — Aland exchange agreement at Donner Lake in Nevada County, between the State and DartIndustries, Inc., will come before the State Lands Commission for approval at the Commission’s next regular meeting in Sacramento, today, 10:00 a.m., in Room 3191 of the State Capitol. The proposal includes a boundary determination and is an attempt to partially settle a legal controversy between the State and the company over landfill installed on the bed of Donner Lake without Commission approval. If the proposed agreement is approved, the State would trade its claim to the submerged lands occupied by the landfill through a 49-year, non-commercial lease to Dart Industries, Inc., for an annual consideration of $653.08, in exchange for two lightlywooded parcels of lakefront property on the north side of the Lake These parcels would then be turned over to the TruckeeDonner Recreation and Park District, under a 49-year public agency permit, to be maintained as a public access area for fishing, bathing, boating, and public recreational portunities at the Lake. State Controller Houston I.*: Flournoy is Chairman of the :: State Lands Commission, with : Lt. Governor Ed Reinecke and :: State Finance Director Verne :: Orr as members. All Com:: mission meetings are open to the =: public. . NUHS senior parents meeting The first meeting of Nevada :: Union High School Senior = Parents was held Wednesday.A :: “= about the well-being of the . full program has been planned again this year for the =: graduates. It takes a great deal of <: planning and cooperation from ::: all parents to make this event a <: time of pleasureful memories for our students.The next meeting will be April =: 29, at the High School. We urge *: parents to-attend. . The fate of a group of :: beavers that have moved into a pond owned by. Ellwood :: Ellinger near the Colfax :: Highway will be determined =: within .a few days. % The beavers, estimated by “: Ellinger to number about 12, :: entered his pond ap:: proximately five days ago =; and proceeded to take up =: housekeeping. They have *: fallen about 10 trees near the — :; pond and have proceeded to :: begin blocking a spillway at : the pond’s outlet. Ellinger, who is concerned *: animals, dislikes the thought :: of having them shot but is ::: fearful that most of the trees =: on-his property may be into building * material by the aquatic =: rodents. “How would you like “ it,” he said, “if you saw your =: 35-foot trees being eaten?” =: converted picnicking, in order to oe Beaver Ss In the pond Ellinger pointed to trees. sprawled along the banks with their branches neatly clipped-off by the sharp incisors of the beavers. With dismay he exhibited the partially-blocked _ spillway which was filled with branches and mud carried there by the beavers as they attempted to raise the pond toa level more to their liking. Ellinger’s . quandary revolves around his concern for “the beavers and his concern for his trees. A solution may exist but it is not assured. Dick Wagner of the California Department of Fish and’ Game said the beavers may be moved to another habitat if a suitable home can be found in the wilds of Nevada county. He said his department has traps that can capture the animals without ‘injuring them but that the policy of local pond 2 the Department of.Fish and =: Game has been to destroy the Ba animals rather than move :: them. The authority to move =: beavers to other habitats lies =: with Wagner’s superiors in :: Sacramento. BS Wagner saidhe will contact =: Sacramento officials Monday =: in an attempt to see if other :: areas of the state need = beavers to repopulate <: wildland regions. If so, he :: will request that he be given =: permission to trap and‘move :: the animals. Presently Ellinger has =: permits to have the beavers =: shot-, and has. made <: arrangements with a neigh=: bor who owns a high-powered °: rifle to do the job. 5 Wagner also said he would =: request that the beavers be ::: moved if private land-owners ::: were willing to stock the =: animals on their land. Be The beavers have fallen, =: (Continued on P.8) =: ~ NUGGET l Year $3.00 2 Years $5.00 3 Years $7.00 ADDRESS. 2.00. eee ee cece cece eee cece PHONE: 5. c. ce fee gbse ce dees ce sieeee ene THE NUGGET, P.O. Box 828, Nevada City, Calif. 95959 . . . mi READ and ENJOY “Rough & Ready News” by Fay M. Dunbar . “Cam ptonville News” “This Week Fifty Years Ago” . “The Cook’s. Corner” “Notes Off The Cuff” by P. L. Smith

Donner Lake land to be discussed — Aland exchange agreement at Donner Lake in Nevada County, between the State and DartIndustries, Inc., will come before the State Lands Commission for approval at the Commission’s next regular meeting in Sacramento, today, 10:00 a.m., in Room 3191 of the State Capitol. The proposal includes a boundary determination and is an attempt to partially settle a legal controversy between the State and the company over landfill installed on the bed of Donner Lake without Commission approval. If the proposed agreement is approved, the State would trade its claim to the submerged lands occupied by the landfill through a 49-year, non-commercial lease to Dart Industries, Inc., for an annual consideration of $653.08, in exchange for two lightlywooded parcels of lakefront property on the north side of the Lake These parcels would then be turned over to the TruckeeDonner Recreation and Park District, under a 49-year public agency permit, to be maintained as a public access area for fishing, bathing, boating, and public recreational portunities at the Lake. State Controller Houston I.*: Flournoy is Chairman of the :: State Lands Commission, with : Lt. Governor Ed Reinecke and :: State Finance Director Verne :: Orr as members. All Com:: mission meetings are open to the =: public. . NUHS senior parents meeting The first meeting of Nevada :: Union High School Senior = Parents was held Wednesday.A :: “= about the well-being of the . full program has been planned again this year for the =: graduates. It takes a great deal of <: planning and cooperation from ::: all parents to make this event a <: time of pleasureful memories for our students.The next meeting will be April =: 29, at the High School. We urge *: parents to-attend. . The fate of a group of :: beavers that have moved into a pond owned by. Ellwood :: Ellinger near the Colfax :: Highway will be determined =: within .a few days. % The beavers, estimated by “: Ellinger to number about 12, :: entered his pond ap:: proximately five days ago =; and proceeded to take up =: housekeeping. They have *: fallen about 10 trees near the — :; pond and have proceeded to :: begin blocking a spillway at : the pond’s outlet. Ellinger, who is concerned *: animals, dislikes the thought :: of having them shot but is ::: fearful that most of the trees =: on-his property may be into building * material by the aquatic =: rodents. “How would you like

“ it,” he said, “if you saw your =: 35-foot trees being eaten?” =: converted picnicking, in order to oe Beaver Ss In the pond Ellinger pointed to trees. sprawled along the banks with their branches neatly clipped-off by the sharp incisors of the beavers. With dismay he exhibited the partially-blocked _ spillway which was filled with branches and mud carried there by the beavers as they attempted to raise the pond toa level more to their liking. Ellinger’s . quandary revolves around his concern for “the beavers and his concern for his trees. A solution may exist but it is not assured. Dick Wagner of the California Department of Fish and’ Game said the beavers may be moved to another habitat if a suitable home can be found in the wilds of Nevada county. He said his department has traps that can capture the animals without ‘injuring them but that the policy of local pond 2 the Department of.Fish and =: Game has been to destroy the Ba animals rather than move :: them. The authority to move =: beavers to other habitats lies =: with Wagner’s superiors in :: Sacramento. BS Wagner saidhe will contact =: Sacramento officials Monday =: in an attempt to see if other :: areas of the state need = beavers to repopulate <: wildland regions. If so, he :: will request that he be given =: permission to trap and‘move :: the animals. Presently Ellinger has =: permits to have the beavers =: shot-, and has. made <: arrangements with a neigh=: bor who owns a high-powered °: rifle to do the job. 5 Wagner also said he would =: request that the beavers be ::: moved if private land-owners ::: were willing to stock the =: animals on their land. Be The beavers have fallen, =: (Continued on P.8) =: ~ NUGGET l Year $3.00 2 Years $5.00 3 Years $7.00 ADDRESS.. 2.00.. eee ee cece cece eee cece PHONE: 5.. c. ce fee gbse ce dees ce sieeee ene THE NUGGET, P.O. Box 828, Nevada City, Calif. 95959 . . . mi READ and ENJOY “Rough & Ready News” by Fay M. Dunbar . “Cam ptonville News” “This Week Fifty Years Ago” . “The Cook’s. Corner” “Notes Off The Cuff” by P. L. Smith