STORY TAKEN FROM SACRAMENTO BEE - - SATURDAY, OCT. 11

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Groups behind Rocklin valley fight, Woodland guide saluted

By M.S. Enkoji - menkoji@sacbee.com

Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, October 11, 2008

Story appeared in OUR REGION section, Page B2

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Caitlin Guild, right, speaks with a man in front of a Rocklin grocery store last year about an effort to defeat a plan to build homes in the Clover Valley area of Rocklin. The group leading the charge against development in the valley earned a state preservation award. RANDALL BENTON / Sacramento Bee file 2007

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A 10-year citizens' fight to stave off development in Rocklin's Clover Valley and an in-depth guide to 400 vintage structures in Woodland were honored Friday with a state preservation awards.

California State Parks' Office of Historic Preservation gave its Governor's Historic Preservation Awards to 11 groups statewide. The annual awards, given since 1986, recognize community involvement and a wide scope of efforts, including building rehabilitation and archaeology.

Woodland city employees drew on historical resources to compile the "Explore Historic Woodland Guidebook," which includes details about families who once resided in the town's old homes. The book is a companion piece to the annual "Stroll through History," where visitors take a historic walking tour of historic neighborhoods.

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In Rocklin, volunteers with the Save Clover Valley Organization made a 45-minute documentary film and created a Web site in an effort to defeat a plan to build 558 homes in the 622- acre valley.

The plan threatened wildlife and Indian historical sites and would exacerbate traffic and air pollution, opponents had argued. An Indian tribe stepped in to purchase and preserve some of the property in August, increasing open space to 406 acres from 366.