I am so sad to hear that the Heron Festival will not be held this year.  

I googled the Heron Festival and apparently an article in Lake County News from last October advised there will no longer be a festival. How sad for Lake County residents and the county to not have such a wonderful event.

It was a very important event here in Lake County and it brought awareness of not only the majestic blue heron but other birds as well and nature in the wild. The attendance grew to 2,000 people so it seems that it was a very popular event and would only grow to be bigger as is the Kelseyville Pear Festival.

I personally enjoyed it at the Clear Lake State Park as it was a wonderful spring weekend/day that we would pack a picnic lunch and just enjoy the natural surroundings of the state park and then go view the DVDs of migrating hummingbirds or the blue herons/green herons and take walks along their nature trails. It was a wonderful experience for the whole family and especially children.

The Audubon Society has done a stellar job in keeping this going for 18 years, for which they all should be commended.  
 
I realize that the Audubon Society has the responsibility but it seems that the chamber of commerce should step in to help out if it interferes with the working of their bird projects.  

It seems this is one more event that is cut out of Lake County and just makes people like us have to go out of Lake County to enjoy family/senior activities and spend out money elsewhere.
 
I am very disappointed and I will let my friends know. I would have loved to volunteer at this wonderful festival.
 
Jackie Hodges lives in Lucerne, Calif.