landscapes newsletter, spring 2006 ~ peninsula open space trust

8/9/2019 Landscapes Newsletter, Spring 2006 ~ Peninsula Open Space Trust

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The mission of the Peninsu la Open Space Trust (POST)is to give permanent protection to the beauty, character anddiver sity of t he San Francisco Peninsula landscape for people herenow and for future generations. POST encourages the use of theselands for natural resource protection, wildlife habitat, low-intensitypublic recreation and agriculture.

we measursuccess in many ways. Taking ourlead from our mission statement,we strive to give permanentprotection to the beauty, characterand diversity of the San Francisco

Peninsula for people here nowand for future generations.

To that end, we are thrilled toannounce that POSTs Saving the

Endangered Coast campaign hasreached its $200 million goal! It isby all accounts the most successfulfund-raising campaign on behalf of local land conservation andwill result in thousands of acresof pristine beaches, hiking trails,majestic redwoods, fertile farm-land, and breathtaking vistaspreserved for generations to come.

This record-breaking achieve-ment is the result of four and ahalf years of commitment andgenerosity from POSTs donors,some of whom have been with us

since our founding in 1977 andsome of whom have just joinedus. More than 10,000 donors havemade gifts and pledges duringthis campaign to save 20,000 acresof threatened coastal lands alongthe San Mateo Coast.

All of us at POST are pro-foundly grateful to everyone who

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Saving thCampaignDear Friends,We did it! Together, POST donors rose to the challenge

of an awesome and ambitious $200 million Saving the Endangered Coast fund-raising campaign to save the SanMateo Coastand triumphed!

This is an extraordinary achievementa bold, visionarystatement on behalf of our California coastal landscape.Our community rallied around something of value, and weworked together to save it. On behalf of POSTs Board andstaff, thanks to all of you who went above and beyond yourannual commitments to POST to put us over the top in thishistoric initiative. Thanks also to the new friends who joinedus to complete this campaign. You recognized that there is

no other place in the world like the San Mateo Coast andthat it deserves to be protected forever.

Your support has now set the stage for POST to completethe other significant goal of this campaign saving 20,000acres of coastal open space. To date, we have saved 14,532acres. Only when this phase of the campaign is complete canwe look back and say we did what we set out to do.

As we work to complete the 20,000-acre goal, this issueof Landscapes will celebrate POSTs success in providingpermanent protection to the beauty, character and diversity

of the San Francisco Peninsula landscape for people herenow and for future generations.

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Those who follow us will look back and say how smart it was to save thislandscape and make sure it remains

protected forever. Kar ie Th omsonCampaig n Ch air

Saving the Endangered Coast.

The Kresge Foundations$1.75 million challenge grantmotivated POST donors to bringthe campaign to a strong finish.

This campaign to save the

coast is so important. Those whofollow us will look back andsay how smart it was to save thislandscape and make sure itremains protected forever, saidCampaign Chair Karie Thomson.POSTs success just goes to showthat amazing things are possiblewhen individuals band togetherbehind a common cause. Thisis a phenomenal legacy we areleaving for the future. As POSTcontinues to work to complete its20,000-acre land-saving goal,everyone who contributed to thecampaign can be proud of thisaccomplishment.

came forward so generously tohelp us attain this ambitiousgoal, said POST PresidentAudrey Rust. There are no wordsto express how elated I am at thisremarkable achievement. Thank

you to everyone who contributed!Over the course of the

campaign, many individuals,including members of POSTsBoard of Directors, CoastalCampaign Advisory Council andSkyline Society Committee, steppedup with major gifts to the campaign.Many of these donors maderepeat gifts to put us over the top.

Foundations also played apivotal role in this success. At theoutset of the campaign, both theGordon and Betty MooreFoundation and the David andLucile Packard Foundation madegrants of $50 million each to

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After five years of collaborativeeffort by POST and its publicpartners, the Golden Gate NationalRecreation Area (GGNRA)boundary has been expanded andPOST is one big step closer toensuring that the majority of

Rancho Corral de Tierra willbe transferred to permanentprotection.

President George W. Bushsigned bill S. 136 into law onDecember 20, 2005, to include thePOST property within the GGNRA.The long-awaited legislationextends the southern boundary of the park to incorporate 4,076 acres

of Rancho Corral, one of thelargest undeveloped parcels of theSan Mateo County coast, alongwith approximately 800 acres of state property near Devils Slide.These lands will join Alcatraz,the Marin Headlands, Muir

Woods and the Presidio withinthe GGNRA, the worlds largesturban park.

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Rugged and massive RanchoCorral is located only seven milessouth of San Francisco, near thetowns of Montara and Moss

Beach. Jutting out of the northernend of the Santa Cruz Mountains,it features maritime chaparralhabitat that is rare on the SanFrancisco Peninsula. Its mostprominent feature, the nearly2,000-foot high Montara Mountain,

commands the coastal landscapealong much of Highway 1.

The GGNRA and RanchoCorral de Tierra are a treasuretrove of recreational opportuni-ties, unique habitat, diversewildlife and tremendous views,said POST President Audrey Rust.We are grateful for the efforts of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California), CongressmanTom Lantos (D-San Mateo),Congresswoman Anna Eshoo(D-Palo Alto), and the entire BayArea congressional delegation forleading the effort to expand theboundaries of the GGNRA.

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Rancho Corral de Tierraboasts panoramic views and theheadwaters for four major water-sheds. It also supports denseforests of redwood and Douglasfir and distinctive coastal scruband coastal chaparral habitats.

Numerous federally listedrare and endangered plant and

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animal species flourish onRancho Corrals steep slopes. Thefederally endangered Hickmanscinquefoil, a delicate yellowflower and member of the rosefamily, grows in only two placeson earth: Rancho Corral and atPebble Beach on the MontereyPeninsula.

Historically known as RanchoCorral de Tierra Palomares, theproperty encompasses the majorityof an 1839 Mexican land grant to

Francisco Guerrero y Palomares,who built the first adobe on theSan Mateo Coast at RanchoCorrals Denniston Creek.

POST acquired 4,262-acreRancho Corral in three phasesbeginning in 2001 from investorswho intended to develop housingand a golf course on the land.

POSTs private donors, theCalifornia Coastal Conservancyand the Wildlife ConservationBoard made the $29.75 millionacquisition possible.

Rancho Corral is the secondPOST-protected property to beincluded within the boundary of the GGNRA. In 1995, the PhlegerEstate in Woodside became partof the park after POST raised$10.5 million from donors and anequal amount in federal matching

funds to permanently protect the1,252-acre estate.

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The action by Congress andthe President to include RanchoCorral de Tierra within theboundary sends the clear message

that this amazing coastal land isworthy of national park status.This will be an important additionto our San Mateo coastal landsand will help round out ourboundary, which now includesSan Francisco Watershed lands,Fitzgerald Marine Reserve andPedro Point Headlandsall of which are in the vicinity of Rancho Corral de Tierra. saidBrian ONeill, Superintendent of the GGNRA. Audrey and her staff worked very hard in the mid-1990s to preserve the Phleger

Estate, which is now part of theGGNRA, and we look forward tocontinuing our relationship withthem as we discuss future manage-ment of Rancho Corral de Tierra.

POST will collaborate withits partners to ask Congress toappropriate $15 million in Landand Water Conservation Fundsto purchase the property forpermanent protection. Once thatprocess is completed, RanchoCorral will serve as an importantrecreational asset for the GGNRA,providing an easily accessiblesouthern entrance to the recre-ation area and connecting thecongressionally designated BayArea Ridge Trail with the

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Just off Highway 1, PurisimaCreek Road curves up a ruggedvalley through old farmsteads andscrub-covered knolls. As youdrive into this quiet slice of theCoastside, past rolling green hillswhere deer, sheep and cattle

graze, a gently sloping meadowleading up to a sheer rocky peak comes into view.

This is Bluebrush Canyon,and it is POSTs latest landpurchase through the Saving the

Endangered Coast campaign.Located south of Half Moon

Bay, this 260-acre property is anexcellent example of the signaturelandscapes POST is protectingalong the San Mateo Coast. Theacquisition of this propertypart of the 14,532 acres POST hasprotected through the campaignto datewill result in the protec-tion of the pastoral character of the Purisima Creek Valley andhelp safeguard native plants and

animals. It will also create a vitallink in a nearly completed trailcorridor that will provide hikingaccess along Lobitos Ridge fromSkyline Ridge to the sea.

This acquisition is a specialopportunity to connect the red-wood forests of the mid-Coastregion with the California Coastal

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Trail along the Pacific, said POSTExecutive Vice President WalterMoore.By protecting this property,we will be preserving land thatrepresents all four aspects of POSTs mission: natural resourceprotection, wildlife habitat, recre-

ation and agriculture.

A Have n for WildlifePOST purchased Bluebrush

Canyon in February for just over$3.2 million from the de Cesarefamily, which has owned it since1977. Had POST not acquired theland, up to two additional privateresidences could have been builtthere, spoiling its rural atmos-phere and impeding its panoramicocean views from MontaraMountain to the north to PigeonPoint near Pescadero to the south.

Purisima Creek runs along thenortheastern portion of the prop-erty, while Lobitos Creek definesits southwestern edge, adjacent to

POSTs Lobitos Ridge and LowerPurisima Creek properties.

On a typical spring afternoon,thick banks of fog melt away toreveal a prominent rocky knollrising 796 feet above the steeplysloped land. The crumbling cliff face, consisting of ocher-huedsandstone exposed as a result of

historic landslide activity, serves asa navigational marker for hikersin the area.

The land is prime habitat forthe endangered San Franciscogarter snake and the threatenedCalifornia red-legged frog. It is

also hunting grounds for birds of prey such as red-tailed hawks andgolden eagles, which soar over thecanyons Northern Coastal Scrubterrain of tangled willow, coyotebrush and California lilac insearch of their next meal.

Wide Open SpacesThe property was originally

part of an 1838 Spanish landgrant called Rancho CaadaVerde y Arroyo de la Purisima.The historic rancho, covering8,906 acres, once stretched fromPurisima to Tunitas creeks.

In the 1950s and 1960s, theland was part of a 1,000-plus-acredairy cattle operation co-owned

by the Beffa, Marsh and McCarthyfamilies. That ranch included landsthat are now part of POSTs340-acre Lobitos Ridge propertyimmediately to the south andnearby Elkus Ranch, currentlyowned by the University of California, Berkeley.

In recent years, the de Cesares

have been leasing BluebrushCanyon to Half Moon Bay residentTom Pacheco, who spends severalmonths a year grazing Black Anguscattle on its rich pastureland of rye grass, fescue and wild oats. Formany generationsthree on his

fathers side, five on his mothershis family has been ranching inthe area. In fact, his aunt and unclelived and worked on BluebrushCanyon for more than 40 years,beginning in the late 1920s.

Pacheco has seen first-handthe changes that are transformingthe Coastside from a sleepy agri-cultural region into a growingsuburban outpost and vacationdestination. He says his greatestconcern for the area is increasingproperty subdivision that threatensto destroy the Coasts vast expansesof scenic wilderness and produc-tive ranchland like BluebrushCanyon.

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they want to do with their propertychanges from generation to gen-eration, but I dont like seeingsmall subdivided parcels all overthe place, he said. If it wasnt forPOST being able to acquire theseplaces, they would be in 20- to40-acre parcels, and the Coast justwouldnt be the same.

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For John Giusti, the land is hislivelihood. The third-generationfarmer learned how to work thesoil from his father, Aldo, who growsBrussels sprouts and artichokesalong the San Mateo Coast.

Now, thanks to a pendingagreement with POST, John Giusti

plans to own POSTs PurisimaFarms just south of Half MoonBay, which he currently leases.Once finalized, this agreement willkeep fertile fields in the hands of alocal farming family and protectagricultural land from rising devel-opment pressures on the Coast.

Protect ion throughPar tnerships

Since 1998, Giusti has leased100 acres of the 534-acre Purisimaproperty, where he grows primarilyBrussels sprouts on land east of Highway 1. He also leases 121 acresof POSTs Johnston Ranch propertynear Half Moon Bay. Under theproposed new agreement, Giusti

would purchase the Purisima landfrom POST.Plans for the protection of

this signature coastal propertycame about thanks to POSTsunique partnership with Giustiand others. POST acquiredPurisima Farms in 1998 for$3,942,500 with funding from

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POST suppor ters, the CaliforniaCoastal Conservancy and theCalifornia Department of Trans-portation. As many as six luxuryestates could have been developedon this oceanside property hadPOST not acquired the land, saidPOST Executive Vice President

Walter T. Moore.The property is currently

protected by easements held by theCalifornia Coastal Conservancyand American Land Conservancy.These easements shield PurisimaFarms from development byremoving the potential to build allbut one single-family dwelling.

Those provisions suit Giustiand his wife, Maureen, just fine,as they hope to build a single homeon the property. The couple hasthree young children and wouldlike to raise them on the familyfarm, just as Giusti was raised.

Owning this farm is adream come true for us. We havehad to make many sacrifices in

order to make this purchasehappen but we believe that own-ing this property makes goodsense for our family as well as ourbusiness. We hope that ourchildren will be able to carry onwith the farming tradition of thisland for years to come, said JohnGiusti.

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Giustis hopes for his familycome at an especially challengingtime for farming on the San MateoCoast. In recent years, many factorshave impacted the viability of farming in the area and reduced

the number of acres currently inagricultural production. Landcosts have sky rocketed; water hasbecome more scarce; operationcosts, including the price of fuel,continue to escalate; processingfacilities have been relocated as faras away as Salinas; and equipmentrepair shops and suppliers havemoved away from the Coast andcloser to the giant farming opera-tions of the Central Valley.

More and more farmers in thearea are having to lease, not own,the land they work, according toPOST Board member Larry Jacobs,a farmer who owns Jacobs Farmsin Pescadero.

Historically, farmers purchased

their farms, but with time, familiesstopped farming and leased acreageto others. The shift to leasedground probably began after WWIIand accelerated with the movementof new generations to cities, saidJacobs.With the Giusti agreement,POST will be making land afford-able enough so that a farmer can

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own the lands he farms instead of being pressured to sell off todevelopers. Such an arrangementwill help preserve the Coastsagricultural community, keepthese lands in local ownership,and save scenic open space.

Fol low ing in aFather s Footsteps

John is not the only Giusti towork with POST to preserve openspace as farmland. In 1992, Johnsfather Aldo purchased POSTs

North Cowell property, which,like Purisima, is protected byconservation easements owned byPOST as well as the CaliforniaCoastal Conservancy. The elderGiusti currently owns 597 acres of POST-protected land near hissons agricultural operation onPurisima Farms.

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Gazing out at therocky outcroppingsof Whalers Cove,

a picturesque curve of coastlineat Pigeon Point near Pescadero,POST friends and supporterswere ecstatic.

This is the greatest day in11 years, exclaimed Mark Nolan,

Director of Outdoor Educationfor the San Mateo Office of Education and founder of thePigeon Point Environmental

Education Program. Nolan joinednearly 100 other POST friends,supporters and agency partnerslast November to celebrate theopening of Mels Lane at WhalersCove, the first property POSTprotected through its Saving the

Endangered Coast campaign.Press event attendees had

waited a long time to see thefences come down on the scenicbluff top overlooking the cove.The area was closed off in 1994

when a private developer brokeground for a nine-unit motel thatwould have permanently blockedviews and access to the beach.Six years later, POST stepped into purchase the land, haltconstruction and eventuallyreopen the area to the public.

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POST transferred WhalersCove to California State Parks inMay 2005 for permanent protectionand public access. Now part of Pigeon Point Light Station StateHistoric Park, it lies adjacent to thePigeon Point lighthouse, which POSTalso helped State Parks acquire.

The quarter-mile trail segmentskirting the edge of the bluff isnamed in honor of Melvin B. Lane,former co-publisher of Sunset magazine and books and a co-founder and former longtimeBoard member of POST. Laneserved as the first chairman of the

California Coastal Commissionfrom 1972 to 1977.

We are pleased to be openingthis trail to the public and honoredto name the trail for Mel Lane.He has devoted much of his life'swork to preserving Californiascoastline, said POST PresidentAudrey Rust.

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Without Mel Lane, theCalifornia coast would not be theinspiring, natural place that somany people from all walks of lifeenjoy today, said Susan Hansch,chief deputy director of theCoastal Commission.

Ope n to AllMels Lane is one of the most

visible segments of the proposed1,300-mile California Coastal

Trail. The gravel-lined path windsthrough the future site of theCouncil Circle, POSTs recognitionarea for special donors to theSaving the Endangered Coast

campaign. When completed thisspring, the Council Circle willcomprise a ring of stone bencheswhere the names of individuals,

families and foundations who mademajor gifts to the campaign willbe engraved on permanent plaques.

Many agencies and individualshave worked to protect thisspecial place, which benefits thepeople of San Mateo County and

those who will visit this site forgenerations to come, saidSupervisor Richard Gordon, 3rdDistrict, San Mateo County. Thisis a great day, now the area isopen to the public again. Its areal treasure, said Nolan.

Susan Hansch, Chief Deputy Director of the California Coastal Commission; Supervisor Richard Gordon of the 3rd District of San Mateo County; Ruth Coleman, Director of California State Parks; Audrey Rust, POST President; Mel Lane; Sam Schuchat, Executive Director of CaliforniaCoastal Conservancy.

Visitors to Mels Lane can enjoy views of the ocean, Prisoners Rock and Ao Nuevo from thelookout point that now stands on the site that was once slated to be a private motel.

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With a combined 64 years of service to POST, volunteersVince Garrod, Christy Hollowayand Dave Mitchell stepped downfrom the Board at the end of 2005.Well miss the humor,camaraderie and invaluableexpertise that Vince, Christy andDave brought to every Boardmeeting, but I know their devotion

and enthusiasm for open spacewill continue in all they do, saidPOST President Audrey Rust.We are infinitely grateful foreverything theyve done for POSTand for our local natural lands.

Vince S. GarrodVince Garrods roots on

the Peninsula go back to 1892,when his grandparents moved toAmerica from England andestablished Garrod Farms in

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Saratoga. These days Vince andhis family run a 120-acre ranch,an equestrian center, and theaward-winning Cooper-GarrodVineyards.

A native of Saratoga, Vinceserved on POSTs Board for 23years and is one of the founders of the Midpeninsula Regional OpenSpace District and the Los Gatos-

Saratoga Recreation Department.He was also the first president of the California Association of Resource Conservation Districtsand was an elected member of theSaratoga school board for 23 years.

Of all his years at POST, Vincesays the Saving the Endangered Coast campaign is a highlight.Speaking of the ambitious $200million goal set by the Board, hesaid, Its important not to say no.You just go ahead and do it.

Ch rist ina A. Hollo w ayChristy Holloway was born

in England, but she has always felta deep connection to Californiasrural landscapes. In the late 1960s,

she chaired Environmental Volun-teers, then served on the board of the Peninsula ConservationFoundation. She was one of thefirst co-executive directors of Hidden Villa and later chaired itsboard of trustees. A resident of Stanford, she currently serves aschair of the board of the Yosemite

Association and is a trustee atThe Yosemite Fund.

Of all the places Ive volun-teered, POST is one of the mostmeaningful to me, said Christy,who joined POSTs Board in 1984and served as president for anumber of years. Weve perma-nently changed the landscape of the Peninsula for the better, andthat to me is just an extraordinarything to be involved with.

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Attorney Dave Mitchell is of counsel at Hoge, Fenton, Jones &Appel, Inc. in San Jose. He joinedPOSTs Board in 1982 and alsoserved as president.

Daves pro bono legal work has helped POST navigate a widerange of transactions, from craft-ing conservation easements and

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POST is pleased towelcome a new member to itsBoard of Directors, Martha J.Kanter of Cupertino.

Martha is chancellor of theFoothill-De Anza CommunityCollege District, one of thelargest community collegedistricts in the country. Aformer public school teacher,

she has served as director, deanand vice chancellor for policyand research for the CaliforniaCommunity Colleges Chancel-lors Office in Sacramento. In 1993 she was named president of De Anza College, where she served until becoming chancellor in 2003.

I grew up in Boston and spent a lot of time on Cape Cod,where at one time the bay was extremely polluted. The community

joined together to clean up the bay and the remaining open spacewas preserved, which instilled in me at a young age a strong aware-ness of environmental issues, she said. Were all stewards of theland, and weve got to do what we can to preserve the open space weenjoy today for future generations.

Active in many national, state and local organizations, Marthais co-chair of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network, Inc., and servesas a trustee of the San Jose Museum of Art, The National HispanicUniversity and the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. She holdsa doctorate in organization and leadership from the University of San Francisco, a master's degree in education from Harvard

University, and a bachelor's degree in sociology from BrandeisUniversity.

Martha is an accomplished educator and innovative leaderwith a deep passion for open space and a terrific sense of humor,said POST Board Chair Susan Ford Dorsey. She brings with herextensive contacts throughout Silicon Valley in diverse communitiesthat POST would like to reach. She is sure to enrich our organizationand we are delighted to welcome her aboard.

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negotiating tenant leases to help-ing finalize major land acquisitions.A resident of Palo Alto, he is aboard member of the Palo AltoCommunity Fund and theStanford Historical Society. He isalso a former board member of Community Foundation SiliconValley. Although he is steppingdown as a voting member of

POSTs Board, he will continue toattend meetings as secretary andassist POST in arranging plannedgifts.

I feel very nostalgic, saidDave.Serving on POSTs Boardhas been so much fun and such abig part of my life. POST hassucceeded in protecting vulnerableareas of our local landscape, andIm honored to have been a partof that.

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Mr. and Mrs. Al AndersonBob and Jean Ann

AugsburgerPhil and Erika BaileyKathleen BennettAnne and Dave BernsteinThe Brewster FamilySara Bunting and Kevin

FettermanCheryl CatheyThe Clark FamilyFlorence ClementsonStephanie dePascalBruce and Karen DouglasDiana Dusheck the marr iage of Karla Eastling

and Chuck MarshMr. and Mrs. FenerinMarya FitzgeraldJohn FondahlLauren FondahlMike and Cathy FosterDr. Gerald A. FreundElise GarzaTim, Jan, Nate and Josh

GillespieAnna GiskeErik and Ryan GiskeInga GiskeTom and Flo GiskeNancy GlasserCarol Hake

Richard H. AndersonJohn ArataJohn AttwoodEva Alexis BansnerRyan BarryTorstein BjorkeDolores BonnardBill BrownRobert V. BrownStarr J. ColbyBetsy CrowderDwight and Betsy CrowderMrs. June DalyDavid C. DanielsWallace F. DavisDees motherBruce DinsmoreAl EllisonRay GhelardiVivian GoddardPolly Phleger GoodanRoger S. GropperMargaret HadleyBeth HarperBetty HeitinMary Power HoodAndrew JakesPearl KaplanAvis KochKB and KMK Krauskopf Jean Lauer

TributesOc t ober 1 - December 31, 2005

Gif t s in Memor y o f

Your honorary and memorial gifts to POST create a lasting tribute to friends and loved ones by helping to protect the beauty, character and diversity of the San FranciscoPeninsula landscape for people here now and for future generations.

If you would like to make a tribute gift please contact Director of Development Daphne Muehle at (650) 854-7696.

Barbara LevinMichael LevineJane LiJim LongEmily LozanoRose and George MackayRobert MandAlan ManneDale McClanahanJames MoreyGene NelsonClyde F. (Terry) ONealRay PoggiRichard F. ReedMary Ann RinggoldEdwin RoodhouseAlbert J. RoosmaMarge ShecterSherrie SmithTeruo SonodaEileen SpencerRaymond SpingarnDaniel SteilingRobert VieleCaroline WegelinJ. Ashley Wilson, Jr.Frank and Ida Yelonek David Zlotnick

G if t s in H o n o r o f Jeffreys 59th birthdayJoel JensenEva and Laszlo JuhosDiane and Will KauffmanMadan, Anna and Kai KomarMark Leslies 60th birthdayMartin LevinHy LibbyDave Mac KenzieDavid and Helen Mac KenzieDonald and Janice

Mac KenzieJim and Jan Mac KenzieAlisa and Neil MacAvoyDan MartinDorian MartinkaNancy MatthewsRobert and Lynn MillerAlexia MooreKathryn MorelliSally Morganthe marriage of Jesse Moss

and Amanda McBaineGandolph George

MuscarellaTim MyersDavid NelsonPaul and Antje NewhagenJudy and Brad OBrienSally ONeil and

Ken BencalaJohn Ozuna

Vicki and Dave Payneswedding

Trisha PescadorPaul PinskyCindy and Lee PittJoan PrattPeter and Terry RobertsTerence and Patty RobertsTony and Leslie RobertsJohn C. RoosmaAudrey RustBetty Schink Mary and Lloyd

SchouweilerCatherine Scotts

participation in theNew York Marathon

Joan ScottGladys SiefertMs. SmithlinAlexandra and Doug

StandingDanny van der RijnHart, Justin, Ellie, and Liam

WalshDick and Rossini Zumwalt

The Djerassi Resident ArtistsProgram (DRAP) will offer twotypes of tours during the 2006season. Scheduled are six DirectorsTours at $40 per person and twelvefree Two-Mile Tours.

The free public tours are aresult of a conservation easementpurchased by POST in 1999. The

easement protects the naturalsplendor of the 580-acre property.

Walk in the Wild:Dje rass i Pro gram Gro u n dsan d Scu lpture To u rs 2 00 6

Untitled. Mauro Staccioli, 1989.

Funding from POSTs purchase of the easement also created anendowment fund for the DjerassiResident Artists Program. Most of the sculptures on the propertywere made by artists-in-residenceduring their month long stay atthe DRAP ranch.

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Landscapes Landscapes is published quarterlyby the Peninsula Open Space Trust

3000 Sand Hill Road, 1-155Menlo Park, CA 94025

Telephone: (650) 854-7696Fax: (650) 854-7703Web site: www.openspacetrust.org

POST is a public benefit California corporation andis tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the InternalRevenue Code. Contributions to POST are tax-deductible.

Edited by Anne SharmanContributing Writer: Nina Nowak

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSSusan Ford Dorsey, Chair

Allan F. BrownLarry Jacobs

Karla Jurvetson, M.D.Charlene Kabcenell

Martha J. KanterRobert C. KirkwoodNorman E. Matteoni

Dianne McKennaPaul NewhagenWilliam RellerKarie ThomsonMark A. Wan

STAFFAudrey C. Rust President Walter T. Moore Executive Vice President Karen P. Douglas Controller Sarah Allen Development Assistant Sara Clark Land Assistant Amy Herbst Communications AssociateJessica Klinke Campaign Assistant Sue Landsittel Conservation AssociateJessica Levy Grants Officer Alexandra Michalko Land Assistant Daphne Muehle Director of

Development

Kellyx Nelson ConservationProject Manager

Nina Nowak Writer/Editor Jane Potter Office Manager/

Executive Assistant

Jeff Powers Cloverdale Project Manager Paul Ringgold Director of Land StewardshipAdelaide Roberts Director of

Donor Stewardship

Anne Sharman Director of CommunicationsNoelle Thurlow Conservation

Project Manager

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Annual Giving

POST owes its success to your generosity. We have established areputation for achieving visionary land protection goals, leveragingyour gifts to attract public funding and using your contributionseffectively.

Your annual gifts to POST translate into permanently protectedlands. POST is able to enter confidently into long-term negotiations for

acquiring strategic properties knowing that we have your unwaveringsupport.

We can produce materials to use with landowners, partner agenciesand donors that highlight important animal and plant habitats, trailcorridors and future connections to already protected properties.

We can also responsibly steward lands that are in our ownershipawaiting transfer to a public agency for management and public access.This includes innovative cattle grazing plans, invasive plant removalled by volunteers and much-needed erosion control.

POST can do all these things, but only if you stay with us. Its acommitment that can change a community. Together our locallandscape, rich in history, natural resources, breathtaking views andrecreational opportunities, will be left intact for all of us today and forthe future.

Tax-deductible gifts of cash or stock are some of the ways tocontribute annually to POST. For more information about the benefitsof making such a gift, please contact Daphne Muehle, POSTs Directorof Development at [email protected] or at 650-854-7696.

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