Palomar Mountain News

See note from Wes below – and yes, we may have snow too!  See the weather report here.

From: Ruise, Wes -Forest Service

Update on the Fry Creek project, we were able to burn some piles this week in preperation of broadcast burning burning next week Feb. 27 thru March 1.

With broadcast burning, it means more fuel consumption and more smoke in the area, we are looking at, at least 100 acres of down and dead fuels.

As usual, this is all dependant on the weather, it is supposed to be a little cooler this week.

From: Lafe and Karalee Ball

Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:58 AM

Karalee and I had to run up to the cabin tonight to pick up some stuff. When we were driving out on Crestline Road about 11:20 pm and we happened upon lion trotting down the road. He trotted ahead then took a right turn between Kym McClary’s cabin and the Rutlinger’s cabin to the east. He was a great looking cat a 8-8.5″ and probably went 150-175 lbs and was not scared of us in the car. Just wanted everyone to know to be on the lookout.

Have a great weekend, L&K

From: Carla J. Boldt

Tonight’s sky was spectacular and tomorrow is supposed to be better!  Dark from the crescent moon and FULL of stars and planets! This is a fantastic and rare opportunity to see the lining up of bright planets, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury.  See sky maps and more…..

http://earthsky.org/tonight/venus-jupiter-above-moon-as-darkness-falls-on-february-24

What a Wonderful World!

 Very sorry about the last State Park post!  I read between the lines, and wrongly assumed it was open, so posted the headline incorrectly.  Palomar Mountain State Park is NOT out of the woods yet!  Keeping the park open has not been approved by the State yet.  My mistake, but glad to get the call today from Michael Walsh and here is the CORRECT info from Michael and how you can help:

From: “Michael J. Walsh”

We do not have an agreement with the State of California yet !   There is no guarantee that we will keep the park open, until we reach and sign an agreement.  The funds raised are an impressive show of support from the community, and that has helped us convince the Dept. of Parks and Recreation that we are serious, committed, and working hard to meet our objective of providing the funds necessary to keep the park open.

We hope to keep the Park open, but we can not state that until we have an agreement.  Unfortunately there are still a number of scenarios that could derail our plans.

Our work has only begun for raising the funds Palomar needs and deserves.  Please keep pledging and spreading the word. Here’s why:

THREE YEAR COMMITMENT – The agreement with the state will require funding for three years.    Our first year pledge goal was based on an extremely lean, bare-bones budget… and for just one year. We’ll be making a three year commitment to keep Palomar open…a minimum of $180,000 for the full term.

Let’s keep working hard together and Save our State Park.  Please click for the details: http://palomarsp.org/cc/02_13_2012.htm

Thank you,

Michael Walsh
858-213-4115

 A huge THANKS TO ALL who worked hard to with the goal to keep the Palomar Mountain State Park OPEN for another year!  Hooray!!!

Click to read about the latest development and see how YOU can help too!

PS – The snow photo is NOT current.  Just wishful thinking! 

From: Rick Barclay and Michael J. Walsh
http://palomarsp.org/cc/02_13_2012.htm

 Like some winter wonderland fun for Valentines Day?  Click for a trip down memory lane from a few years ago – complete with Chocolate!   You’re aslo invited to see what is promised for those priviledged to be a mile nearer heaven this week!

And, here are your Snow Tips and Pix too!

Enjoy!

Bonnie Phelps, bundled up, on Palomar Mountain!

Snow Tips and Pix:  http://mypalomarmountain.com/snow

Valentines Day 2008: http://www.mypalomarmountain.com/valentinesnow/

This weeks weather report:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=sgx&smap=1&textField1=33.32278&textField2=-116.87778

From: Ruise, Wes -FS [mailto:wruise@fs.fed.us]
Subject: Fry Creek Burn

With the current wet fuel conditions, the Forest Service will probably be burning piles only in the Fry Creek area, off Canfield Road, on Monday , Feb 13.

We will be getting another dose of rain Monday night, and will evaluate the rest of the week as we may be receiving more north east winds.

From: Michael J. Walsh
Everyone is Invited!
Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park – Organizational Meeting
Saturday February 4th,  11:30am at the Palomar Mountain Community Center

Rick Barclay sent a recent post with some very exciting news on the efforts to raise funds to keep Palomar Mountain State Park open.  Over the past couple of months, we have accomplished a great deal towards keeping the park open.  Please make your contribution today!  For those of you who have already made a donation or a pledge, I would also like to add a big, “Thank You!”

This Saturday, the 4th of February, we have a regularly scheduled PMPO meeting at 10am, which is open to the entire community.

After the PMPO meeting, we are hosting an organizational meeting for the Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park.  We will meet in the community center next to the Fire Station, and the meeting will begin at 11:30am.

We invite you to join us!

Rick and I will provide an update on the process of working with the State Parks Department to reach an agreement to keep Palomar State Park open.  The primary objective of the meeting is to reach out to the broader community of interested parties to identify additional volunteers, gather and exchange ideas, and begin to form the organization and map out strategies and responsibilities as we work together to keep our park open and operating.

Many of you are great friends of Palomar State Park, many of you have been working hard to keep the park open, and many of you have already stepped up with a financial contribution.  This is an opportunity for all of us to get together and really mobilize the efforts in an organized, comprehensive way to keep the park open.  This is the first of several meetings we will hold over the next few months, so if you can’t make this one, that’s OK but we still want to hear from you!  We are building a database of interested parties and financial supporters, so please take the time to provide your contact information and specific areas of interest at
http://www.palomarsp.org/friends/survey.htm.

And if you have not yet made a donation or pledge, please do so today!  Meeting our initial funding objective will send a strong message of strength and commitment to the Parks Department, that we can and will do our very best to keep the park open!

http://www.palomarsp.org/friends/pledge_form.htm

Thank you very much,

Michael Walsh
Vice Chairman
Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park Committee, CRSPIA
http://www.palomarsp.org/
mwalsh@pacbell.net
858-213-4115