February 16, 1972 (12 pages)

The $500,000 Northwoods Clubhouse and Recreation Center, centerpiece of Tahoe Donner's extensive recreational and community facilities, is now open at the new resort community in the pine-forested High Sierra two miles from Donner Lake and 16 miles north of Lake Tahoe. The 11,000-square-foot main building, designed by George Addison Haight, A.LA., of Tevco, San Andreas, carries out the Scandinavian Northwoods architectural theme of all community buildings at the $24,000,000 project now under development by Lakeworld, a 12 The Nevada County Nugget February 16, 1972 Tahoe-Donner’s new clu division of Dart Industries, Inc. Located along Trout Creek a half-mile from the entrance to Tahoe Donner, the new twostory recreation center building is somewhat pyramidal in shape. It includes a 1,200 squarefoot lounge with fireplace, restaurant accommodating 100 diners, cocktail lounge to serve 40 guests, kitchens, offices, locker rooms and a museum displaying relics of westbound emigrants of the 1800s found on the property. Exterior walls are of diagonal redwood siding, fitted on all sides with a series of floorto-ceiling picture windows to provide an almost uninterrupted -roundings, : "The extensive use of glass, view of the picturesque surbhouse now open without even the interference of drapes, will help keep the feeling that guests are in the woods," Faight said. 'We wanted to get as much of the exterior view into the interior as possible." BUY YOUR CARPET DIRECT FROM OWNERS SAVE 10% to 50% = carpet your whole house with 100% Dupont hi-lo nylon pile or 100% nylon pile shag based on 80 sq. yds. : of carpet oe ; B. F. Goodrich pad and installation Department of Parks and recreation report A program aimed at restoring and preserving a rare and endangered ecosystem will be conducted at Montana de Oro State Park this spring, according to ‘William Penn Mott, Jr., Director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. — The program will involve controlled burning of a small RS pesssssccr plot on the marine terrace at the park, to reintroduce a prairie : : " grassland that dominated this landscape for at least 100,000 years. These native grasses have been replaced by brush and introduced grasses in the last 200 years, as a result of the activities of western civilization. "This program of restoring part of Montana de Oro to its original prairie condition fulfills one of the three basic : responsibilities of this Department," Mott asserted, “These responsibilities are to preserve choice parts of the landscape, to preserve representative examples of our State's rich history, and to provide opportunities for recreation. The technical aspects of the program were explained by Dr. Jim Barry, the Nepartment's State Park Plant Ecologist, who has conducted intensive studies of the park. “Only a few scattered remnants of this prairie type grassMi land remain in California," Barry stated, "whereas they once , covered more than 25 per cent of the state including the whole Central Valley and most of the south coastal plains and coastal mountain valleys all the way from San Francisco to San Diego, Today this native grassland is almost extinct." The Department hopes to reestablish the original prairie type on a 140-acre marine terrace at Montana de Oro, Barry continued. "If successful this year on a small 35-acre plot, Installation guaranteed to be in NEW EUREKA UPRIGHT WITH PURthe program could later be applied to the whole 140-acre tergood Lap seg Neg the CHASE OF 40 SQ. YDS. OR MORE OF race." The burning program should be conducted as early in trade by our own skilled installae AT TIME OF the spring as possible, Barry explained, because the competing <r ; grasses which were introduced from the Mediterranean area . Bhemed out for the season, “This wil give the native grasses, 50 SQ. YDB. ... $299 40SQ. YDS. .. moor *)' a DUPONT 501 BLUE LABEL® Large array of colors FHA approved cechacdes B. F. Geodrich pad & leibor FULL PRICE ON ALL CARPET FEATURED. NOTHING ; ( EXTRA TO PAY. INCLUDES CARPET, B. F. GOODRICH * PAD, AND WALL TO WALL INSTALLATION. 10 YEAR PRO-RATED GUARANTEE ON CARPET which will survive the fire, a better chance to become reestablished, and~-to-compete--more-successfully-with.the introduced. species. The invading brush will of course be burned at the same time as the non-native grasses," 3 O SQ Y DS $ q 79 Originally, Darry said, the soil was mich higher in phose © te veeccccwccevees phates and other plant nutrients, but it has been depleted by 20 SQ YDS % 1 a 9] farming and intensive grazing. This means some fertilizing ° bi dcisencxsssncaaas probably will have to be done along with reseeding. "A seed supply is avialable from a nearby terrace where scattered remnants of native grasses still grow." Park and Recreation Commissioner Thomas M. Bonnicksen pointed out that the Public Resources Code contains ample authority for the control burn program. “"The law and Commission policy endorse the program of keeping State Park units in a natural condition," Bonnicksen said. "Further, this natural condition includes the condition of the land before Europeans arrived on the scene." That's the whole purpose of the control burn program, Bonnicksen itereated, to return a portion of the landscape to the . condition it was in before Europeans came to California, "If fire from lightning or aboriginal burning was of ecological significance in the creation and maintenance of the pristine marine terrace ecosystem at Montana de Oro State Park, then fire is a process which should be preserved," Bonnicksen said, "Under modern conditions, the only feasible method of reintroducing fire into the environment of the marine terrace is through the use of controlled burning." Bonnicksen has agreed to serve on a five member committee to help develop the details of the experiment and to monitor the program. Others on the committee, appointed by Director Mott, are Dr. Barry and three members of the Montana de Oro State Park Advisory Committee: Harold Miossi, Dr. ‘4 John Stechman, and Mayhew Davis. The special committee held its first meeting on January 20 at the park, FABULOUS SELECTION OF COLORS, PATTERNS, STYLES BANK FINANCING AVAILABLE ON APPROVAL OF CREDIT. 30, 60, 90 DAY’S SAME AS CASH INDOOROUTDOOR CARPET MOBIL STORE AT YOUR DOOR We bring samples, advise on colors and patterns, measure, give complete cost, NO OBLIGATION. PHONE 273-8286 DAY or NIGHT CALL 273-8286 DISTRIBUTORS __ INDOOR-OUTDOOR CARPET 22 Locations To Serve You YUBA CITY PLACERVILLE . STOCKTON . 673-5826 622-7035 462-7244 534-0553 523-1650 343-7201 SACRAMENTO (2604 J ST.) . 442-3628 SUSANVILLE .0.. eeeeeeeteeeee ORLAND.

The $500,000 Northwoods Clubhouse and Recreation Center, centerpiece of Tahoe Donner's extensive recreational and community facilities, is now open at the new resort community in the pine-forested High Sierra two miles from Donner Lake and 16 miles north of Lake Tahoe. The 11,000-square-foot main building, designed by George Addison Haight, A.LA., of Tevco, San Andreas, carries out the Scandinavian Northwoods architectural theme of all community buildings at the $24,000,000 project now under development by Lakeworld, a 12 The Nevada County Nugget February 16, 1972 Tahoe-Donner’s new clu division of Dart Industries, Inc. Located along Trout Creek a half-mile from the entrance to Tahoe Donner, the new twostory recreation center building is somewhat pyramidal in shape. It includes a 1,200 squarefoot lounge with fireplace, restaurant accommodating 100 diners, cocktail lounge to serve 40 guests, kitchens, offices, locker rooms and a museum displaying relics of westbound emigrants of the 1800s found on the property. Exterior walls are of diagonal redwood siding, fitted on all sides with a series of floorto-ceiling picture windows to provide an almost uninterrupted -roundings, : "The extensive use of glass, view of the picturesque surbhouse now open without even the interference of drapes, will help keep the feeling that guests are in the woods," Faight said. 'We wanted to get as much of the exterior view into the interior as possible." BUY YOUR CARPET DIRECT FROM OWNERS SAVE 10% to 50% = carpet your whole house with 100% Dupont hi-lo nylon pile or 100% nylon pile shag based on 80 sq. yds. : of carpet oe ; B. F. Goodrich pad and installation Department of Parks and recreation report A program aimed at restoring and preserving a rare and endangered ecosystem will be conducted at Montana de Oro State Park this spring, according to ‘William Penn Mott, Jr., Director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. — The program will involve controlled burning of a small RS pesssssccr plot on the marine terrace at the park, to reintroduce a prairie : : " grassland that dominated this landscape for at least 100,000 years. These native grasses have been replaced by brush and introduced grasses in the last 200 years, as a result of the activities of western civilization. "This program of restoring part of Montana de Oro to its original prairie condition fulfills one of the three basic : responsibilities of this Department," Mott asserted, “These responsibilities are to preserve choice parts of the landscape, to preserve representative examples of our State's rich history, and to provide opportunities for recreation. The technical aspects of the program were explained by Dr. Jim Barry, the Nepartment's State Park Plant Ecologist, who has conducted intensive studies of the park. “Only a few scattered remnants of this prairie type grassMi land remain in California," Barry stated, "whereas they once , covered more than 25 per cent of the state including the whole Central Valley and most of the south coastal plains and coastal mountain valleys all the way from San Francisco to San Diego,

Today this native grassland is almost extinct." The Department hopes to reestablish the original prairie type on a 140-acre marine terrace at Montana de Oro, Barry continued. "If successful this year on a small 35-acre plot, Installation guaranteed to be in NEW EUREKA UPRIGHT WITH PURthe program could later be applied to the whole 140-acre tergood Lap seg Neg the CHASE OF 40 SQ. YDS. OR MORE OF race." The burning program should be conducted as early in trade by our own skilled installae AT TIME OF the spring as possible, Barry explained, because the competing <r ; grasses which were introduced from the Mediterranean area . Bhemed out for the season, “This wil give the native grasses, 50 SQ. YDB. ...... $299 40SQ. YDS. ... moor *)' a DUPONT 501 BLUE LABEL® Large array of colors FHA approved cechacdes B. F. Geodrich pad & leibor FULL PRICE ON ALL CARPET FEATURED. NOTHING ; ( EXTRA TO PAY. INCLUDES CARPET, B. F. GOODRICH * PAD, AND WALL TO WALL INSTALLATION. 10 YEAR PRO-RATED GUARANTEE ON CARPET which will survive the fire, a better chance to become reestablished, and~-to-compete--more-successfully-with.the introduced.. species. The invading brush will of course be burned at the same time as the non-native grasses," 3 O SQ Y DS $ q 79 Originally, Darry said, the soil was mich higher in phose © te veeccccwccevees phates and other plant nutrients, but it has been depleted by 20 SQ YDS % 1 a 9] farming and intensive grazing. This means some fertilizing ° bi dcisencxsssncaaas probably will have to be done along with reseeding. "A seed supply is avialable from a nearby terrace where scattered remnants of native grasses still grow." Park and Recreation Commissioner Thomas M. Bonnicksen pointed out that the Public Resources Code contains ample authority for the control burn program. “"The law and Commission policy endorse the program of keeping State Park units in a natural condition," Bonnicksen said. "Further, this natural condition includes the condition of the land before Europeans arrived on the scene." That's the whole purpose of the control burn program, Bonnicksen itereated, to return a portion of the landscape to the . condition it was in before Europeans came to California, "If fire from lightning or aboriginal burning was of ecological significance in the creation and maintenance of the pristine marine terrace ecosystem at Montana de Oro State Park, then fire is a process which should be preserved," Bonnicksen said, "Under modern conditions, the only feasible method of reintroducing fire into the environment of the marine terrace is through the use of controlled burning." Bonnicksen has agreed to serve on a five member committee to help develop the details of the experiment and to monitor the program. Others on the committee, appointed by Director Mott, are Dr. Barry and three members of the Montana de Oro State Park Advisory Committee: Harold Miossi, Dr. ‘4 John Stechman, and Mayhew Davis. The special committee held its first meeting on January 20 at the park, FABULOUS SELECTION OF COLORS, PATTERNS, STYLES BANK FINANCING AVAILABLE ON APPROVAL OF CREDIT. 30, 60, 90 DAY’S SAME AS CASH INDOOROUTDOOR CARPET MOBIL STORE AT YOUR DOOR We bring samples, advise on colors and patterns, measure, give complete cost, NO OBLIGATION. PHONE 273-8286 DAY or NIGHT CALL 273-8286 DISTRIBUTORS __ INDOOR-OUTDOOR CARPET 22 Locations To Serve You YUBA CITY PLACERVILLE . STOCKTON .. 673-5826 622-7035 462-7244 534-0553 523-1650 343-7201 SACRAMENTO (2604 J ST.) .. 442-3628 SUSANVILLE ..0.... eeeeeeeteeeee ORLAND..