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DIBBLEE FOUNDATION TO PUBLISH 25 MAPS THIS YEAR
The Thomas Wilson Dibblee, Jr. Geological Foundation is now in high gear
under the editorship of John Minch with the help of Senior Graphics Designer
Jason Minch. The Dibblee Foundation is utilizing a new style of producing
the high quality Dibblee Geological Foundation maps in digital form which
is cutting costs while maintaining the quality and increasing the rate
of production of the maps.
Already this year the foundation has published five maps covering six
quadrangles along the San Andreas Fault. [AVAILABLE NOW] Those maps include
DF-83 Burnt Peak, DF-82 Lake Hughes./ Del Sur, DF-79 Juniper Hills, DF-80
Valyermo, and DF-81 Mescal Creek. At the present time we have an additional
five maps in the San Gabriel Mountains totally finished and ready to go
to the printer. They are DF-84 Condor Peak, DF-85 Chilao Flat, DF-86 Waterman
Mountain, DF-87 Crystal Lake, and DF-88 Mount San Antonio. [AVAILABLE
in early June] The Black Mountain and Liebre Mountain maps are ready and
will be printed in May/June with the third set of five maps which also
includes the Glendora, Mount Baldy and San Dimas / Ontario maps[AVAILABLE
in late June]. In addition to these maps we have published two additional
CDs that include digital forms of the Dibblee maps in the Santa Barbara
and Ventura areas. We now have digital coverage available from Gaviota
to Hollywood.
The Foundation has eight maps in the Maricopa–Taft–Midway–Mckittrick
areas of the San Joaquin Valley nearly completed and plans to print them
by late summer. Already in the works, and partially completed, are four
maps in the Cajon Pass area [To complete the San Gabriel Mountains.];
three maps in the San Louis Obispo area; and six maps in the area on the
south side of Cuyama Valley. The Foundation expects to publish in excess
of 25 maps this year and plans to continue to publish comparable [most
likely more] numbers of maps each year in addition to producing popular
maps on CDs and publishing remote and low interest area maps on CDs.
As you know the Dibblee Geological Foundation is a non-profit educational
organization dedicated to publishing the life work of Thomas W. Dibblee,
Jr. The Dibblee Geological Foundation has published over one hundred 7.5
minute quadrangles of Mr. Dibblee’s mapping. Mr. Dibblee has about
400 unpublished field sheet (7.5 minute quadrangles and 15 minute quadrangles)
waiting for publication.
With plans to publish more than 25 maps this year, and to maintain and
increase this yearly level, it is critical that we receive an increased
level of funds. Your donations are needed more than ever. You can make
a difference and help us make this tremendous resource of maps available
to all. Do not let our current level of effort stall due to a lack of
resources to produce the maps. We will be happy to make a presentation
to your company to outline our plans and to help with requests for funds
for this increased rate of publication of the Dibblee maps.
Send your donations to the Dibblee Geological Foundation at Post Office
Box 2309, Camarillo, California, 93011. With individual donations of $500
or more and corporate donations of $1000 or more you will be acknowledged
on upcoming maps. Please contact John Powell, President, at 805-987-5846
or John Minch, Editor, at 949-367-1000 with requests for information. |
