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50 Years: The Department of Boating and Waterways, 1957 to 2007
1961
Legislation permits
Commission to grant
funds to a “county,
city or district for
the construction of
small craft launching
facilities.”
Division of Small
Craft Harbors
relocates to within
Department of Parks
and Recreation.
Responsibility
of registering
vessels shifts from
Department of
Motor Vehicles
(DMV) to Division
of Small Craft
Harbors.
1966
The division becomes a
department! Division of
Small Craft Harbors is now
Department of Harbors
andWatercraft; Small
Craft Harbors Commission
becomes Harbors and
Watercraft Commission.
Cal Boating’s
Boat Launching Facility Guidelines
. These types of efforts
have helped California lead the nation in developing high-quality
public access projects.
Ironically, Bill has never owned a boat himself. His weekends were
always filled with family, travel, gardening, and his work as a volunteer
chaplain at Folsom State Prison. But Bill still looks back on his long
career at Cal Boating with fondness and a sense of accomplishment.
“The real ‘gold nugget’ of working for Cal Boating was having
supervisors like Bill Satow and Don Waltz, who held my feet to the fire,
but gave me the freedom to do my job with initiative and creativity,”
says Bill. “It has been a real privilege to serve the boaters and residents
of California.”
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made of heart redwood, worked
very well. However, after a few years,
woodpeckers badly damaged the tank
by pecking large holes in the redwood
to store nuts and other food. So Cal
Boating replaced the wooden tank with
one made of steel.
The windmill at Goose Flat turned out
to be the first one installed and used
by the state in over 50 years. This small
venture received national attention in
the news media and exemplifies Cal
Boating’s long-term commitment to
developing practical, cost-effective
projects that have a low impact on the
environment, work well over time, and
serve the various needs of California’s
recreational boaters.
First Department
Logo, 1961–1966