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honor of watching The Conservancy grow and expand their reach across California through extensive education and conservation efforts , making it an exciting time to jump back in as we look toward the future of the organization .” Garbow is President of Resources Legacy Fund where he designs , directs , and implements environmental initiatives that aim to advance a just and resilient future for people and nature . He is also president of RLF-affiliated organizations , Fund for a Better Future and Shared Ascent Fund . Garbow has also held senior leadership positions in several presidential administrations , including serving as senior counselor to the EPA Administrator in the Biden Administration and the senateconfirmed general counsel at EPA in the Obama Administration . He has also led the environmental practice of an international law firm and served as a federal environmental crimes prosecutor in the U . S . Department of Justice .
“ I ’ m honored to join the established Crystal Cove Conservancy Board of Directors and bring my passion for preserving and protecting lands and waters to Crystal Cove State Park ,” said Garbow . “ The Conservancy team ’ s dedication to preserving Crystal Cove through conservation and education is inspiring , and I can ’ t wait to take the next steps as we continue to protect this gem along the California coast .”
GUEST OPINION : VILLAGE MATTERS
Cleaning up ?
By Ann Christoph
What does it mean to “ clean up ?” South Lagunans are wondering right now about the Postal Service misunderstanding of requests to clean up our local post office in “ downtown ” South Laguna . We were hoping for cleaning the floors , pulling weeds in the parking lot , and generally making the atmosphere look like the Postal Service cares about its customers . Instead they decided to remove the one attractive feature at the parking lot . A hedge of the native shrub laurel sumac all along the south
border has been chopped and dug out . Where there used to be shade and foliage now all that is left is a chain link fence . Try to contact the local postmaster ? You get the 800 number with a maze of choices , none of which allows you to talk to a real person .
We saved that hedge once before , back in the days when you could call the Laguna Niguel Postal headquarters . The postmaster actually came out and agreed to get the hedge properly pruned and to improve the planter near the front door . That planter is completely under the roof , so it gets no rainfall . The plants need watering to survive . There was a hose nearby that sympathetic passers-by or post office staff could use to water them . Now the hose has been removed .
Across Virginia Way from the post office is the fire department parking lot , where several years ago the Department installed a generator and a dumpster . This was unsightly as viewed from the street , and since the unscreened dumpster was right next to the drive-up mailbox this situation was particularly unattractive . South Lagunans objected , and finally ,
after two years of working with the fire department , a screening fence was installed , and a small planter was created on the street side . Fire department division chief Api Weinert helped install it ! Bougainvillea and aloes bloomed . Did that touch of beauty raise the spirits of the mail droppers , and walkers ? I believe so . We took care of those plantings , and I worked with interested firefighters who learned how to prune properly . All was good . Then somehow , public works staff came by and shaved off all the flowers with the dreaded hedge pruners . Now , two months later , the bougainvillea , which should be in full bloom all summer long , only shows a few flowers amid masses of recovering foliage .
Near my house , a new neighbor decided to remove a tree that supplied buffering foliage . “ I love trees , but I don ’ t want to clean up after it .” So out it went .
There ’ s another tree across the street , a statuesque , beautifully branching lemon-scented gum that I see from my kitchen window . This weekend I heard one neighbor calling to another , “ You should
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