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Be bold about saving your countyPart One
Raise money to preserve land Part Two
Start an environmental organization Part Two
Impact your local politics Part Three
List of Original Maps by Dewey Livingston viii
FOREWORD by Harold Gilliam ix
Threats to the Marin-Sonoma Coast xii
PREFACE xiii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
A Wakeup Call to the Health Profession xvii
Summary of Audubon Canyon Ranch Land Acquisitions xviii
INTRODUCTION AWAKENING TO DANGER 2
PART ONE: RICHARDSON BAY, 1957-1960
1. The Saving of Richardson Bay 14
PART TWO: BOLINAS LAGOON, 1961-1969
2. "Flashing the Cash" for Audubon Canyon Ranch 30
3. The Picher-Griffin Team 46
4. Saving Bolinas Lagoon54
5. Rescuing the Gateway to the National Seashore 70
6. Zumie-The Sage of Canyon Ranch 80
7. Training the Troops 88
PART THREE: TOMALES BAY, 1966-1974
8. The Tide Turns for Marin 96
9. Yellow Ribbons Threaten Tomales Bay 112
10. Clifford Conly's Crown Jewel: Cypress Grove 122
11. A Water Moratorium Stops Sprawl138
PART FOUR: SONOMA AND THE RUSSIAN RIVER, 1961-1998
12. David Bouverie's Gift: A Sonoma Creek Watershed 154
13. Wild Rivers-Who Needs 'Em? 160
14. The Sonoma Coast and the Russian River in Peril 174
15. How to Build a Water Empire 184
16. The Russian River Gravel Wars 204
17. Coming Home: Saving Our Creeks and Rivers 232
EPILOGUE Changing California's Land Ethic 248
APPENDIX 253
BIBLIOGRAPHY 261
INDEX 266
PHOTO CREDITS 274
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 275
