Lookout Cleveland...

there'll be thunder on the hill

I heard a disturbing rumor about some plans the state and county had for Lookout Park in Summerland, so I went to check it out...you might recall the plan to put up rental cabins, but the Summerland folks said no...well now there's another issue...when the county hired a subcontractor, Channel Islands Restoration I think was the name, to remove the arundo from the park slopes and beach and plant native species, the balance was messed up..

it appears that the newer native plantings have attracted non-native bunny rabbits and squirrels..and a bunch of little birds who are eating the native seedlings seeds....the bunny rabbits and squirrels are digging holes and making the slopes even more unstable....the reason they ripped the arundo out and replaced it with native plants was to stabilize the soil! that's ironic considering al the holes in the soil now..it looks like a miniature golf course!!

well, I looked around and saw a cat who was very wise and warned against any future ill conceived restorations.....I saw a bunch of dogs on the beach, acting stupid..

the doodoo coliform count is probably very high today thanks to those doggies....and I saw a bunch of bunnies and squirrels running around too..and digging holes

I heard the county has contracted a firm from New Guinea to take care of the bunny problem..the park will be shut down for a week and sharpshooters will be brought in with pellet guns to kill the non-native bunnies...they can't shoot the squirrels because they are too squirrely, so they will just drop a bunch of poison all over the park...I think Elmer's Pest Control will be doing that...but I'm not s-s-s-s-ure

after all is said and done, they will fill all the holes the bunnies dug with concrete..and the situation will be monitored for a year or two....due to the emergency nature of the problem bunnies, a public comment period was nixed.....so anyway, be careful when you go to Summerland, you never know what's gonna happen anymore! the guy said some non target species may get poisoned like dogs, but he said there's plenty more if yours should die...that makes it ok, I guess