To all concerned,
The first attempt to forward this message failed due to the size of the attachments.  I have drastically reduced the size but you should still be able to see everything that is described in Janet's email.  Hopefully the reduction is sufficient to meet your mailbox requirements.  Otherwise I will undertake additional measures to reduce the size still further and make another attempt.  Thank you.

Sincerely,
Gunter Steffen


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From: "JADjadJAD@aol.com" <JADjadJAD@aol.com>
To: gsteffen1@sbcglobal.net
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:13:30 PM
Subject: Stanford's Poison piles

STANFORD PRESUMED POISONING OF 
WILDLIFE ON THE GOLF COURSE:
Pictures attached show piles of  the attractively colored, presumed 
poison, deposited in piles near ground squirrel holes at  Rural Lane (between Junipero 
Serra and Stowe Lane ) in the 
jurisdictions of Menlo Park and  San Mateo  County , adjacent to the recently 
installed multi-use “trail.”  However, the poison is all over the golf course,  near the creek in places, within the 
jurisdictions of both Palo Alto and 
the County of Santa 
Clara .  The pictures were taken within a few feet of the Alpine Road “trail”  frequented by children, and a few feet 
from the wrought iron fence of the first house on Stowe 
Lane .  Also,  the area is easily 
accessible from Stowe Court where children live - at a time when kids are 
out of school and looking for trouble.  One of the pictures we took shows small children playing golf (albeit 
with their parents) in the vicinity of some of the poison.  Last night deer were grazing close to 
some of the poison liberally dispersed near the creek  on the golf course opposite  the houses along  Sand Hill Road .  Obviously there is a danger not only to 
children but to neighborhood domestic pets who have easy access to  Rural Lane ,  and to the wildlife food chain.  In addition, the course is very 
liberally irrigated and drainage channels discharge the run-off into the 
creek.  
The entire area is shown on USGS 
maps to be a wildlife refuge.  San 
Francisquito Creek has a wide riparian corridor  which Stanford’s own conservation 
biologist, Alan Launer, has advocated should be protected. The  county of San 
Mateo is presently trying to get ordinances enacted 
to protect the creek and adjacent area to preserve wild life habitat and water 
quality.   It is my 
understanding that West Bay Sanitary has to get several permits to exterminate 
Norwegian Rats in the sewers.    Menlo 
Park   posts   areas when they plan to use  mild fertilizers or herbicides.  Therefore, it strains credulity that 
Stanford golf course and Rural 
Lane are immune from local ordinances, State and 
Federal Clean Water Acts, Fish and Game laws, Environmental  Health Dept. Hazardous Materials 
conventions, and common sense. I live next to the creek and directly abut the 
golf course.   Every day several hawks, egrets and 
herons hunt the ground squirrels, as can be seen by any moderately observant 
person.  Raccoons, Mountain Lions, 
Coyotes, Skunks, foxes,  etc. roam 
the golf course at night.  If they 
eat poisoned animals and become sick themselves, then obviously the rodent 
population will explode for lack of predators.
Dumping piles of what I assume to 
be poison, in large attractively colored piles  over a huge area is egregious in the 
extreme and shows arrogant disregard for risks to children, the environment and 
the suffering of many forms of wildlife.  Samples of the poison were given to the Menlo Park Police this morning, 
Saturday July  12.  I also kept reserve samples.
I have notified Fish & Game, 
the Humane Societies of Santa Clara  & San Mateo, the Environmental Health Depts of both counties, Menlo 
Park Police,  Palo Alto City 
Council,  Rich Gordon and Jerry Hill 
of San Mateo County.  If for some 
reason Stanford has manipulated an exemption from any and all laws that other 
people abide by, I would hope that something can be done to change that.  The pictures attached should be self 
explanatory.  Janet Davis, Alpine 
Road, Menlo Park
 




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