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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A parole search conducted last weekend by the Lake County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force resulted in two arrests and the seizure of methamphetamine, digital scales, packaging materials and 14 hypodermic needles.
Arrested following the search were 41-year-old Richard Lynn Parker of Lucerne and 33-year-old Lisa Therese Lundquist of Upper Lake, according to Sgt. Steve Brooks.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, at approximately 12:10 p.m., narcotics detectives and a sheriff’s narcotics detection K9 conducted a parole search on Parker at his Roland Drive home in Lucerne, Brooks said. Once inside the residence, detectives contacted Parker and Lundquist.
During a search of the outside of Parker’s residence, the narcotics detection K9 alerted on a vehicle belonging to Lundquist, Brooks said.
Once the K9 had access to the inside of the vehicle it alerted again on two lock boxes which were behind the front seat. Brooks said detectives opened the boxes where they located methamphetamine, several hypodermic needles, digital scales and packaging materials.
Brooks said Lundquist was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession of a hypodermic needle and for being under the influence of a controlled substance, with bail set at $25,000, while Parker was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance, with his bail totaling $3,000.
Both Lundquist and Parker were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked. Jail records indicated that both have since posted bail and been released.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.
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The California Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday issued notice of its intent to sue the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
The Department of Fish and Game notified the Corps that it failed to comply with the federal Endangered Species Act when it adopted a national policy requiring the removal of virtually all trees and shrubs on federal levees.
The Corps reportedly developed its national levee vegetation removal policy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The action against the Corps alleges that its national policy fails to account for regional variations among levees. As early as 1955, the Corps encouraged and even required the planting of trees and shrubs on California levees.
Studies conducted in 1967, 1999 and 2008 by California confirm that native riparian vegetation are compatible with flood control and that such vegetation can often act to minimize damage during a flood event.
The Corps’ own studies from 1991 and 1999 reportedly confirm that post-damage flood rates for levees containing woody vegetation were lower than levees with no vegetation.
The Department of Fish and Game said it is confident that the Corps' flood concerns can be met in a regional variation allowing this unique riparian habitat.
Only 5 percent of the Central Valley’s original riparian forest remains and it would be required to be removed under the Corps’ policy, the Department of Fish and Game said.
In addition to providing scenic beauty and recreational enjoyment for people, riparian habitat is essential for several endangered species including Chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead, Valley elderberry longhorn beetle, riparian brush rabbit, Western yellow-billed cuckoo and Swainson's hawk.
Approximately 1,600 miles of federal project levees along the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and tributaries are likely to be affected by the Corps’ policy. Several miles of federal levees in the Bay Area and Southern California would also be affected.
In total, compliance with the policy is estimated to cost up to $7.5 billion and divert funds from more significant levee deficiencies like seepage and erosions.
Despite years of roundtable discussions between the Department of Fish and Game, the Corps and other state, federal and local entities, the Department of Fish and Game said its concerns over removing the riparian habitat remain unaddressed.
The state's suit would seek to have the Corps comply with the federal Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the federal Administrative Procedure Act before further implementation of the levee vegetation removal policy.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The service of a search warrant by the Lake County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force last Saturday morning has resulted in one arrest and the seizure of methamphetamine, Oxycodone, digital scales and drug paraphernalia.
Detectives arrested 51-year-old Michael Vernon Ferrel of Lower Lake, according to Sgt. Steve Brooks.
Brooks said that on Jan. 25 narcotics detectives secured a search warrant for a residence and travel trailer located in the 9000 block of Highway 29 in Lower Lake.
At 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, detectives served the search warrant for the residence, Brooks said.
When narcotics detectives entered the home, three people were detained without incident, including Ferrel, according to Brooks.
During a search of the travel trailer detectives located three glass “meth” pipes, digital scales and packaging materials, Brooks said.
In the living room of the residence, detectives located methamphetamine and several Oxycodone pills. Brooks said it was determined that none of the people contacted in the residence had a prescription for Oxycodone.
Ferrel was arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Brooks.
He was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked, with bail set at $15,000. Ferrel remained in custody on Tuesday, according to jail booking records.
The other two detainees were released at the scene, Brooks said.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be contacted through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association said Tuesday it will postpone its seventh annual Old Time Bluegrass Festival as it works to negotiate with state officials on an agreement that would keep Anderson Marsh State Historic Park open.
AMIA wants to concentrate its efforts on preserving the park, which is on the list of proposed state park closures. If an agreement isn't reached, the park will close this July.
The organization currently is negotiating with the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an agreement to operate the park so that it may remain open and available to the public, as Lake County News has reported.
“The negotiation process is lengthy and complex,” said AMIA President Roberta Lyons. “AMIA's goal is for the park to continue to be open on weekends, and at other times for school field trips, tours and other AMIA events, including the popular Old Time Bluegrass Festival.”
Lyons added, “AMIA realizes it must focus now on doing what is necessary to successfully carry out our new responsibilities.”
The purpose of AMIA – the nonprofit cooperating association for the state park – is to support the park and provide interpretive and educational programs.
If approved, the agreement will require AMIA to become involved in park maintenance, keeping trails open and paying for utilities and other operating costs.
Lyons said the need to focus AMIA's energy on keeping the park open forced the group to make the hard but necessary decision to postpone the Old Time Bluegrass Festival – held each September – for one year.
“AMIA is very thankful to all of the Lake County businesses and individuals who have participated in and supported the Anderson Marsh Old Time Bluegrass Festival,” said AMIA Secretary Gae Henry.
“For six years the festival has been the main fundraiser for programs at Anderson Marsh Historic State Park and has been a premier Lake County event,” Henry said. “For now, AMIA volunteers are devoting their time and energy to creating an operating agreement which we hope will be approved by spring.”
AMIA Treasurer Henry Bornstein assured the public that if the group is granted the operating agreement, the Old Time Bluegrass Festival will be back in September 2013.
“It is a great event for Lake County and an important fundraiser for the park,” said Bornstein. “At this time, however, because of the uncertainty of the park's status, the time-consuming nature of the negotiations and the work that will have to be done to operate the park during the first year, we felt it was best to postpone the festival.”
For information about how you can get involved with AMIA's effort to save Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, please visit www.andersonmarsh.org or contact AMIA at
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