Landscapes Newsletter, Spring 2010 ~ Peninsula Open Space Trust

8/9/2019 Landscapes Newsletter, Spring 2010 ~ Peninsula Open Space Trust

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R Retirees should choose their volunteer jobs carefully,for these endeavors may keep them even busierthan the career they left behind. Such was the casewith the late Robert Bob Augsburger, POSTsfounding executive director, who passed awayDecember 31 at the Sequoias retirement communityin Portola Valley.

After retiring from his job as Stanford Universitysvice president for business and finance, Bob guidedPOST through its formative years, from 1977 until1987. With his training as a lawyer (Case WesternReserve University), his Wall Street experience(Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette) and six yearsmanaging Stanfords 7,000 acres, he was wellequipped to think about a new land-saving entityfor the Peninsula.

Bob brought impressive credentials to theorganization, says POST President Audrey Rust.Add to that his knowledge of the community, hisdeep network of friends, and his passion for entre-preneurial enterprises, and you begin to understand

the reasons people took POST seriously from the beginning. The spirit and vision he gave to POSTcontinue to inspire our work today.

Windy Hill Bobs first major acquisition was Windy Hill, a

landmark project that put POST on the conservationmap and, through a subsequent bargain sale tothe Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District(MROSD), gave POST a nest egg for its revolvingland acquisition fund.

A youthful excitement pervaded Bobs approachto tasks of the utmost seriousness. POSTs first board president, F. Ward Paine, recalls it was justthat enthusiasm that led Bob to take the job in thefirst place. In 1977, Bob headed the search committeein charge of finding an executive director for whatwould become POST. Bob was so excited by theconcept for the organization and the talents of thefounding board members that he took the job

himself, with ample encouragement from the board, says Ward.

Bob was tireless in his search for methods tokeep large holdings in private hands, and made itclear that POST would work well beyond thegeographic limits of MROSD.

POST A Model By 1987, when Bob retired again, POST had

protected 4,500 acres and assisted other organizationsin safeguarding an additional 8,000 acres. He hadput a framework in place that would be expanded,refined and molded to make POST one of thecountrys most successful land trusts. At the sametime he helped found the Land Trust Alliance, aprofessional organization that promotes landconservation across America.

Bob took this experience back to Stanford,where he taught courses in non-profit managementfor the Graduate School of Business. He influenced

thousands of students, many of whom were alreadyout there, engaged in making a difference, saysChristy Holloway, former long-time POST boardmember. What a grand legacy he has left!

When not volunteering or thinking about betterways to manage non-profits, Bob let his mind soarto the melodies of grand opera. We will miss him,and we will think of him whenever we look at theopen, green expanse of Windy Hill.

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Thank You, Bob Robert R. Augsburger, 19262009

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Known as mountain lion, cougar, puma andpanther, the elusive cat of one color hasinspired more names40 in English alonethan perhaps any other animal in the world.Native to the Americas, mountain lions have thelargest geographic range of any carnivore in the

Western Hemisphere and can be found from theYukon to the southern Andes. Here in the BayArea, lions are known to roam the Santa CruzMountains and the Diablo and Gabilan ranges.

Despite their adaptability, mountain lionsneed one thing that is in increasingly shortsupply: space. An essential part of POSTsmission is to preserve land for wildlifehabitat, says POST President Audrey Rust.We take a big-picture approach to landprotection, connecting large swaths ofopen space when possible so that noproperty is an island but, rather, part ofa strategic network of lands that help

meet the needs of all animal species,including the mountain lion.

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G e r a l d a n d B u f f C o r s i C a l i f o r n i a A c a d e m y o f S c i e n c e s .

Weve Got Wildlife

The Bay Area has a richness of speciesfound in only a few other places on theplanet. The confluence of wildly varied

geology and a Mediterranean climatepromotes Californias diverse wildlife

as well as a profusion of endemicspecies those that occur nowhereelse. This richness of life creates a

responsibility on our part to protectwhat we have inherited, and POSTmeets the challenge by protecting

the land on which we all depend.

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Protecting PathwaysSolitary and extremely territorial, a male mountain

lion needs about 100 square miles of land (64,000 acres)in which to roam, while females need about half thatspace. They prefer areas with plenty of cover fromwhich to ambush deer, their favorite prey.

Today, stable populations of mountain lions exist inonly 12 western U.S. states and two western Canadianprovinces. California has an estimated population of4,000 to 6,000 lions, thanks in part to Proposition 117,the California Wildlife Protection Act, passed by votersin 1990. The law, which remains the only one of its kindin the country, prohibits sport hunting of mountainlions in California and funds wildlife habitat protection.Most importantly, Prop. 117 recognizes the need to

protect the pathways of land, also known as wildlifecorridors, that lions and other animals use to movefrom one area to another.

For mountain lions, these pathways are critical.By nature, lions already limit their own population withsmall litters and the need for large home ranges. Whenobstacles posed by freeways, fences and subdivisions block their natural corridors, the odds get stackedagainst them. Experts say protecting habitat pathwaysis the key to maintaining healthy populations of lions

here and elsewhere. Corridors from the Santa CruzMountains to the Diablo and Gabilan ranges need to be kept open for local lions to survive. Without them,the big cats get forced into genetic isolation, whicheventually threatens the survival of the species.

Top Predator is EssentialRecent studies suggest that giving mountain lions

room to roam is good not just for their health, but forthe entire ecosystem. Protecting one species like the

mountain lion has positive impacts for other species.For example, as top predators, lions keep deer popula-tions in check, limiting adverse impacts on vegetationand soil erosion. Ideally a mountain lion eats one deerper week, but lions also feed on mice, rabbits, beavers,porcupines, skunks, coyotes, bear cubs, grouse, wildturkeys and fish. With the exception of fish, the wildcreatures on the lions menu can proliferate to nuisancelevels when this top predator is removed.

There have been numerous signsof mountain lions at POSTs CloverCoastal Ranches. Ive seen their tractheir scat, the occasional remains ofkill, but in ten years of living at the of thousands of acres of wildland, Inever seen a mountain lion.

Jeff Powers, POST ConservationProject Manager for the5,777-acre property near Pescade

POSTs work in south Santa Clara County helps keep habitatconnected for mountain lions and other wildlife (inset).

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Home on the RangeScientists say that understanding how lions and other

wildlife use corridors to move between mountain rangesand giving such corridors permanent protectionisparamount to ensuring the animals long-term survival.Researchers in the Bay Area have long postulated thatmountain lions travel between home ranges in SantaCruz and south Santa Clara counties to other parts ofthe state. One possible route cuts across Coyote Valley,south of downtown San Jose, and the other through the

Pajaro Valley, which separates the Santa Cruzand Gabilan ranges to the south.

Last year, researchers at the University ofCalifornia, Santa Cruz embarked on the firstfield study of mountain lions in the Santa Cruz

Mountains. While findings are preliminary,the researchers believe the Santa CruzMountains are home to as many as 30 to 70lions. In addition, recent fieldwork conducted by students in De Anza Community Collegesenvironmental studies program has identifiedthe presence of mountain lions in parts ofCoyote Valley.

Humanity for HabitatPOST has long recognized the importance of

connecting land. Providing room for wildlife is just oneof many reasons for preserving properties contiguousto already protected open space and parkland. Thisapproach enhances the lands value for outdoor recre-ation and visual enjoyment as well.

In south Santa Clara County, POST has completedseveral major projects over the past 20 years in theSanta Cruz Mountain range that have added to theregions network of open space and habitat. At the

southern tip of Almaden Valley, Rancho San Vicente sits just a few minutes west of Coyote Valley in the heartof more than 30,000 acres of protected lands linkingwildlife corridors, hiking trails and scenic vistas. Insteadof hundreds of tightly packed homes on Ranchosrolling hills and meadows, animals will be able to roamfreely on the property, which includes 506 acres of rareand valuable serpentine soils that provide potentialhabitat for many species.

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It was a very exciting experience. My sister-in-law and I wereriding on Pomponio Ranch, southof Pescadero, when a mountainlion emerged from the brush.It sauntered through an open fieldand across the road in front of us. The tail was unmistakable.

The horses seemed unfazed.Since no one else has ever seen amountain lion on this property,I feel very lucky.

Ann Bowers,resident of Palo Alto

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POST has been successful in linking thousands ofacres of critical habitat in the region, but much moreneeds to be done, says Rust. We rely on the generoussupport of donors, local landowners and the communityto continue this urgent work on behalf of all the life thatthrives on these remarkably rich and vibrant lands.

Connection is CriticalConservationists agree that its not possible, or

practical, to preserve all mountain lion habitat. The arearequired is simply too large. But what is possibleindeed, necessaryis to connect the critical lands thatsupport lions and other wildlife. Currently in theSanta Cruz Mountains, there is great risk of severinghabitat and pathways by allowing development tocreep further into the range. Climate change is another

ongoing concern. As temperatures rise and habitatzones shift, lions and other large mammals will needsomewhere to go, and a way to get there. With yourhelp, POST can continue the important work ofprotecting and linking wildlife habitat. Only this waycan magnificent creatures like the mountain lion keeptheir place alongside us as the elusive, mysteriousneighbors we rarely see, but who enrich our world bytheir presence.

At least one resident mountain lion has beenobserved here. An eight-year-old male that covers ahuge range from Lexington Reservoir to Uvas Reservoirwas identified last year by the UC Santa Cruz teamusing a collar fitted with a Global Positioning System(GPS) unit. Last October, the collar ceased working andscientists feared the cat was dead, but in late Novemberseveral cameras captured evidence that he was aliveand well.

Its likely the collared mountain lion also makes itsrounds through other POST-protected properties nearby.In 1999, POST saved 2,438-acre Rancho Caada del Oroon the outskirts of San Jose, now a stunning open spacepreserve. From its hilltops, mountain lions can gazeupon the Diablo Range. POST later transferred the land toSanta Clara County Parks and the Santa Clara County

Open Space Authority (SCCOSA). Blair Ranch, whichPOST helped SCCOSA acquire in 2008, is also primemountain lion habitat. The 865-acre property, alongwith two others saved by POST totaling 192 acres alongthe Santa Cruz ridgeline, have been added to RanchoCaada del Oro Open Space Preserve, creating evenmore room for the big cats to roam.

In 1984, the authorWallace Stegner was

asked by his good friend and fellowconservationist Margaret Owings to writeon behalf of the California mountain lion.Concerned about their loss of habitat and

the growing popularity of trophy hunting,Owings and a small coalition were fightingto convince the California state legislatureto ban taking mountain lions for sport. Thepiece Stegner wrote helped garner publicsupport for the elegant, secretive cats.

Once, in every corner of this continent,your passing could prickle the stillnessand bring every living thing to the alert.But even then you were more felt thanseen. You were an imminence, a presence,

a crying in the night, pug tracks in thedust of a trail. Solitary and shy, you livedbeyond, always beyond. Your comingsand goings defined the boundaries of theunpeopled.

from Memo to the Mountain Lion

by Wallace Stegner

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POST: Mountain lions are elusive animals. What do weknow about their behavior and habitat needs here in theBay Area?

Mike Kutilek (MK): We know there are residentpopulations here in the Santa Cruz Mountain rangeand the Diablo range in eastern Santa Clara County.

Mountain lions are generally shy and retiring and avoidpeople, but sometimes they do wander into areas ofhuman habitation. They need large, contiguous tractsof natural habitat that have adequate cover, water andprey. Deer and wild pigs are their main prey in this area.

POST: What poses the greatest threat to mountain lionsin our region?

MK: Its probably the same factor posing a threatthroughout their range, and thats habitat fragmentation.Lions can suffer catastrophes like any animal, and if apopulation dies out in one fragment and theres noopportunity for other lions to migrate into that fragmentand repopulate it, then that fragment no longer has alion population.

POST: In 1999, POST saved 2,438-acre Rancho Caadadel Oro in south Santa Clara County. How does landprotection on this scale help address the habitat needsof mountain lions?

MK: We know there is a wildlife corridor in CoyoteValley that allows migration between the Diablo andSanta Cruz ranges. Rancho sits just above the valleyfloor on the Santa Cruz side, so it very likely makes upa portion of the corridor. Its also a lovely piece oflanda little vignette of what that area should look likefor lions and other living things.

POST: On a personal level, do you think mountain lionhabitat should be protected?

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Q&A WITH WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST

Mike Kutilek

For more about mountain lions,and how to stay safe while recreatingin their habitat, follow our tracks towww.openspacetrust.org/Kutilek.

MK: I think we should protect habitat to protect entireecosystems. We have to protect biodiversity becausethat biodiversity provides so much. We also need tounderstand it because if we are going to practice goodconservation, we cant do it just based on our ideas ofhow these systems work. We need good data. Too muchof the time we think we understand something and wemake some conservation decision only to find out it wasabsolutely the wrong thing to do because we didntunderstand the intricacies of the system.

Mike Kutilek has been a professor of biology at San JoseState University for 35 years. His main scientific interestsare in ecology, conservation biology and large mammals.

He is president of the board of directors of the Michael LeeEnvironmental Foundation and lives in San Jose.

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Chaparral is a characteristic plant community on the hot,dry, exposed slopes of our region. Smelling faintly of sage andcoyote bush, it is chaparral that perfumes the still air of summer.Seen from a distance, it looks like rumpled, gray velvet.

Chaparral covers the flanks of POSTs Rancho Corral deTierra, pops up in patches along the slopes of Skyline Ridgeand thrives in the heat of Mt. Umunhum and Rancho SanVicente in southern Santa Clara County. Left undisturbed itcan become too dense for humans to penetrate, making it afine place for animals. Deer, jack rabbits, coyotes, even mountainlions frequent the chaparral. Grey fox, spotted skunks and an

array of rodents and snakes also find comfort in this habitat.Chaparral is also the preferred home of California valley quail,the states official bird.

Chaparral grows where winters are mild and rainfalllimited to a few months each year. Plants such as sumac, poisonoak, scrub oak, chamise and manzanita dominate. Californiacoffeeberry, ceanothus and toyon are often found here. Evenyucca and cacti can be part of this shrubland plant system.

All these plants have tough, woody stems and small,hard leaves for holding whatever moisture comes their way.

Historically chaparral has been subject to intense, butinfrequent wildfires. More recently such areas have beenignited by arson, poorly tended campfires or stray sparksfrom machinery, according to the California ChaparralInstitute. Like forestland, this shrubland habitat can build up a fuel load of dead material in its under-story, making it vulnerable to wildfire; however,chaparral is a fire-adaptive plant community, andmany plants return via root sprouts.

Early settlers in California had no use for

chaparral; they called it brush and cleared itaway to make farming and grazing land. Todaysresidents clear chaparral to make way forresidential subdivisions. Loss of this uniqueshrubland forces common animals to seek foodand shelter in suburbia. For these animals,protection of chaparral is just as important asthat of oak woodlands or salt marshes. Forpeople, it is just a harder sell.

Deer stand out against the deep greens of the forest bubecome nearly invisible among the dense gray branchof chaparral.

California quail are characteristicchaparral birds.

Viewed at close range in early spring, local chaparral puts on a colorful show with California sage, sticky

monkey flower, coyote brush and globe gilia.

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In dry California, the life of creeks and streams is especially beguiling, yet there has been a collective failure to giveadequate protection to watercourses. Native Coho salmon,steelhead and trout, whose abundance was once legendary,are in serious decline. These fish return to spawn at theprecise spot where they hatched. POST's job is to safeguardthe land and its water in preparation for this miracle.

At Cloverdale Coastal Ranches south of Pescadero,POST has repaired more than 50 erosion gullies from whichthousands of cubic yards of gill-choking sediment wereemptying into Gazos Creek during storms. Professor JerrySmith of San Jose State University, who studies local fishpopulations, believes steelhead are now in generally goodshape at Gazos Creek. Coho salmon, which used to be

plentiful, may be gone.Coho salmon have dwindled to 1 percent of their historic

numbers, according to the U.S. Department of Fish & Game. Jennifer Nelson of the Bay Delta Region of the Department ishopeful about the chances of Coho returning to Gazos Creek, but accurate data is elusive. NOAA (National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration) samples only a kilometer of thestream and samples a different kilometer every year.

Fish RescueSuccess has also come to steelhead in southern Santa Clara

County, where POST has had a number of recent projects.Volunteers from Gilroy-based CHEER (Coastal Habitat Educa-tion & Environmental Restoration) comb the tributaries toUvas Creek looking for newly hatched steelhead trout. Typicallythe tributaries dry up or become disconnected puddles by latesummer. Before the water disappears, CHEER volunteers catchas many fingerlings as they can and transport them to therelative safety of Uvas Creek, below the dam, where waterlevels are more dependable.

It takes a big collaborative effort to make a difference,says Gilroy resident Jean Myers, a POST donor who partici-pated in the rescue of steelhead fingerlings (232 in all) atPOSTs Clark Canyon Ranch in May 2008. (See page 13.)

Sediment, dams, levees, roads, water withdrawals,pollution, over-fishing and climate changeall these maycontribute to the decline of fish in local creeks. The taskfor POST and others is to safeguard the habitat before thefish disappear altogether.

Saving Habitat Saves Fish

A small tributary to Uvas Creek, home to steel-head, flows through Clark Canyon Ranch in Gilroy.

Fingerlings rescued by CHEER-trained volunteersat Clark Canyon Ranch may be lucky enough toreturn as adults (inset above).

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Threatened, Endangered CreaturesRecover at Cloverdale Coastal Ranches

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Bair Island, just offshore of Redwood City, is infact three separate islandsOuter, Middle and InnerBair. All are part of the Don Edwards San FranciscoBay National Wildlife Refuge. At Outer Bair Island,where the last man-made levees were removed inDecember 2008, small signs of native habitat recoveryare already apparent, according to Eric Mruz, refugemanager. It is a very slow process; however, partialpublic access is likely to be restored in three years.

Why not sooner? A million cubic yards of fill areneeded to raise the level of Inner Bair, and there havebeen delays getting enough clean dir t. Funding forapproved facilities, such as a footbridge from the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service parking lot near UccelliBoulevard to Inner Bair, has suffered delays due toCalifornias financial crisis.

Ducklings at Bair Island are proof that the ancient rhythm of the tides is quietly mending the marsh.

Bair Island Restoration, Slow but Sure

Of the animals POST regularly encounters, the California

red-legged frog (threatened) and the San Franciscogarter snake (endangered) have received the most press.These two creatures might inhabit nearly any freshwaterpond or wetland, natural or man-made, yet loss of

habitat has made them rare.POST has found survivors atPillar Point Bluff, CloverdaleCoastal Ranches, MindegoHill, Clark Canyon Ranch and

Rancho San Vicente,

to name a few oftheir haunts.Until the early

1900s, California red-legged frog legs were

a regional delicacy. Besides urbanization and industrial

agriculture, what spelled their demise was the importationof non-native bullfrogs. These larger cousins preyed uponred-legged frogs, crowding them out of their steadilydisappearing habitat. Nearby on the food chain, the SanFrancisco garter snake felt the loss, since red-legged frogsare the snakes favorite food. The beauty of their turquoise blue stripes also makes the snake a target for collectors.

Using state and federal grants, POST has improvedpond and wetland habitat at Cloverdale Coastal Ranches,and there are signs the three-year effort is succeeding.

One pond was so crowded with rushes, a person couldwalk across it, says Dave Kelly, recovery programcoordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department inSacramento. Now there is open water and improvedvegetation on the banks. Both are important for wildlife.Cloverdale is an excellent model for how habitatrestoration should be done.

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When it comes to funding innovation, regardless ofits high cost or probability of failure, Vinod Khosla is

the Silicon Valley entrepreneur eager to take it on.Under the banner of Khosla Ventures, a firm

he founded in 2004, Khosla raised $1.1 billion for twoventure funds last year. The funds, which include$400 million of his own money, will be used foralternative energy and information technology companies.He had already earned a reputation for courage andcreativity as the founding CEO of Sun Microsystemsand as a member of the venture capital firm of KleinerPerkins Caufield & Byers.

Curious to know more about how new technologyand the natural world intersect, we asked Khosla, wholives in Portola Valley, the following questions:

POST: Is it possible to turn around some of the major,disturbing environmental problems like climate changeor loss of species by applying new technology?

Vinod Khosla (VK): Absolutely! My favorite quotationis something Stanford professor Paul Romer said:A crisis is a terrible thing to waste. This crisis is anopportunity to fundamentally change an industry

(energy) that has had limited innovation. Im anunabashed technology evangelist when it comes tosolutions to the problems we continue to face.

POST: Can you describe two of the most promisingscience experiments you are funding?

VK: Calera makes cement using CO 2 from coal burningas feedstock. The process turns the traditional idea ofcarbon sequestration on its head. Not only is it carbon

Vinod Khosla: Where Energy, Technology and the Environment Meet

free; its actually carbon negative. The more coal we use,the more cement we produce, while taking CO 2 out of the

air. Another company, Kior, is producing bio-crude oil,essentially taking the million-year-long natural processof producing crude oil and reducing it to seconds. Thenew oil goes into the existing refinery infrastructure.

POST: Can you suggest how land protection features inthe spectrum of technologies you are promoting?

VK: Personally, I think there is genuine value in openspace, and it offers substantial economic value. To meopen space is more fun than a movie, and we invest inmaking movies! Being a shared resource makes it moredifficult to finance, but organizations like POST aredoing a good job of it.

Our interview continues online atwww.openspacetrust.org/Khosla.

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To date, Congress has set aside $11 million in appropri-

ations for federal protection of this property.POST acquired the land in 2001 for $29.5 million,

with major grants of $5 million from the states WildlifeConservation Board and $9 million from the CaliforniaCoastal Conservancy in addition to generous privatedonations. All but 300 acres of the property, which risesup from Highway 1 behind the coastal towns of Montaraand Moss Beach, will be transferred to the NationalPark Service by years end through a bargain sale atapproximately half the original price. POST will retain

the 300 acres currently under agricultural lease.Says POST President Audrey Rust, A project of

this size and complexity has taken hard work, patienceand persistence to maintain momentum, and we aregrateful to our Bay Area Congressional delegation,especially Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Anna Eshoo,who have championed this project in Congress fromthe beginning.

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In October 2009, Congress approved an additional

$5 million from the federal Land and Water ConservationFund toward the purchase of Rancho Corral de Tierrafrom POST. This is the third installment payment on behalf of the National Park Service for the 4,262-acreproperty, destined to become the southern gateway tothe Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA).

Additional Federal Funds Approved for Rancho Corral de Tierra

A little part of Gilroy became public land inNovember 2009 when POST transferred 408-acre ClarkCanyon Ranch to the Santa Clara County Parks andRecreation Department. POST purchased the ranch for$2.9 million in April 2008 and sold the land to thecounty for the same amount.

For 60 years the ranch belonged to Burt and VedaClark, who left a very light footprint. With its range of

habitats and abundant water sources, including naturalsprings and a waterfall, the ranch has been a haven fornative wildlife, including steelhead trout.

Clark Canyon Ranch touches Mount MadonnaCounty Park, and purchase by the county increases thechance that a trail corridor can connect the two. Thecounty is already engaged in the planning process thatwill one day open the ranch to public access whileprotecting its many natural attributes.

POST Transfers Clark Canyon Ranch

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Rancho Corral de Tierra affords expansive views of McNee RanchState Park and Pillar Point.

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Gifts in Honor of

Linda and Mark AllenSue and Howie AnawaltRichard AndersonPhil and Erika Bailey

Jane and SteveBeck Baxter

Jon and Sue BefuKathleen BennettAnne and David BernsteinMary BernsteinAnn and Ken BilodeauRuby Lee BlackSteve Blank and

Alison ElliottBlue House FarmStephen BoydAnne and John BriggsAllan BrownWhitney A. BrownSara BrydenRobert and Barbara BuceSara Bunting and

Kevin Fetterman Jenny and Ken BurkeNancy and Penn ButlerEamonnk Callan

John R. CarlsonAl Cheung, M.D.Dallan and Karen ClancyElizabeth ClarityBill and Jean ClarkGordon C. ClarkPatricia CraneElna CunninghamHiten DaveFrancine De MartiniStephen dePascalMary EarlyCarol EspinosaMatt Ettus and Sara SingerChrissy EvansRobbie EvansKristen and Ken FarleyRene and Peter FenerinKay FillerElaine Futterman and

Michael AllegrettiGrace GabeDiane GellerKate and Lafayette Gibson

Jan, Tim, Nathan and JoshGillespie

Anna GiskeErik GiskeGrant Giske and

Suzanne LegalletInga GiskeTom Giske

Gifts in Memory ofAmberDick AbbottM. E. AllariIllie AndersonRichard AndersonRobert Augsburger Joe BaileyHarriet BaldwinAlois BaumChristian BeckThea BenthinCarol BerkowitzDorothy BolandDolores Bonnard John Brooke Jim BrundtMargaret M. BrushRosalie Cape Jim ChambersDean ChristonFlorence ClementsonStarr J. and Sara Starr Colby

t r ibutesAugust 22 December 31, 2009

The grizzly bear that usedto roam these landsWait HarrisRichard HeadMargaret and Buell

HollisterAshley HoltGalen HorchnerRay Hsieh, M.D. Jack and ErnieAndrea JadwinRay and Liz JuncosaKarla and Steve JurvetsonPatti KasparLauren Kernochan and

Doug JacobsonGideon KramerTony KramerSeifken KriegerAnna and Mudan KumarBill and Jean LaneMargaret LeeMargie LeePatrick and Elizabeth Lee Jean Lipman-Blumen Justin Lo, M.D.Bill MacKenzieAdrienne MacmillanBen and Carrie MaserAnn E. MasonPaula Mc FallElzabeth McCroskeyKaren McKeeMission Peak OrthopaedicThe Myers FamilyAntje and Paul NewhagenBill NewsomeMatt NoelBrad OBrien Joan PrattHeather PutnamMack Emanuel RadinThe Rancho Corral

de Tierra teamBill and Carolyn RellerPeter and Terry Roberts

Terence and Patty RobertsTony and Leslie RobertsCarolyn RosenManeesh SahaniCharles, Thomas and

Kazu SalmonAlbert SchreckKandis ScottKrishna ShenoyErin StantonStewart and Hazel StevensGeorge Strauss

POST is grateful to receive gifts in honor or in memory of particular individuals.These gifts are a wonderful way to pay tribute to a persons love of outdoor places.

Claire SuvariBoldwyn Tarter andAllan May

Dr. Noel ThompsonMae and Jerry TinklenbergThe Tomlinson FamilyTed and Nancy VianK. Christie VogelHeather WakeleeMarilyn WalterKathleen WardScott Werden, M.D.Barbara WhiteDick and Rossini Zumwalt

Pat CrawfordDwight and Betsy CrowderFrank Dal Porto June DalyDavid DanielsWim de WitMr. and Mrs. Fred L. DodgeAndrena Bryan DovanMarlyn DuffyRose EufingerAlden McChesney EvansDavid FergusonGeorge B. FinkMichael FootePaul C. FreemanWalter Gaines, M.D.Donald Gentner Jim Gere Jim GeytonRanjit GhosalBrenda GoldbergBarbara Gorman Justin and Brendan GreenRuss GriswoldHarry H. HaeusslerRita HausknechtSteve HaydenHarriet HeebinkRalph HeintzNan Henn John HohlMark HoldenDoris JacobsHelen JensenLisabeth KaplanTyler KendallHugh D. Kennedy James W. KennedyArt Kezer

Sabine KohlerArthur KornbergHelen KummererAmy KuramotoMel Lane Jean LauerHomer H. LeeWilliam and Evelyn LeeRichard Leland and

Dorothy Jea HeadGary LetsonBarbara and Martin LevinNeta LitmanovitzDr. Roland LongBarb LotzPatricia Lucey Joan MacKayMaureen MahoneyRosemary MendiolaDorothy Meyers John MillerRuth MitchellCarl MoyerSally NewhouseAllan OBergEric OhmsWilliam W. Patton Jr. Jonathan Tristan PerlrothHarry PetersonMaureen T. PhayerChick PorterBrian PughHarry and Mary Rahlmann Jack ReynoldsBarry RillietMary Ann RinggoldDr. Paul RobertsDr. Melvin SaffrenAlbert R. SantosVladimir G. SapojnikoffBecky SchaeferHoward SchopmanRobert SendelbeckBryan ShechmeisterStewart Phillip Smith John Sordi

Jill SpencerRaymond Spingarn Joan StiffAnnika Kelly StrainRobert Louis TiemannMae Jew TongProfessor Georg TreichelHekmut V. WalzSteve WarilaK.M. WilsonRoxie Wintz Jennifer Wread

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LandscapesLandscapes is published quarterly

by Peninsula Open Space Trust222 High Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301

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

POST is a public benefit California corporationand is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of theInternal Revenue Code. Contributions to POST aretax-deductible.

Edited by Nina NowakDesigned by DiVittorio & AssociatesPrinted by TradeMark Graphics, In c.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mark A. Wan, ChairSteve BlankDonna DubinskyJan F. GarrodLarry JacobsCharlene KabcenellRobert C. Kirkwood

Paul NewhagenBrad OBrienSandra ThompsonKarie Thomson

MANAGEMENT

Audrey C. RustPresident

Walter T. MooreExecutive Vice President

Anne Trela Vice President, Advancement

Karen P. DouglasChief Financial Officer

Marc Landgraf Director of Land Acquisition

Daphne MuehleSenior Major Gifts Officer

Nina NowakDirector of Communications

Paul RinggoldDirector of Land Stewardship

Adelaide RobertsDirector of Planned Giving

Nancy WolowskiDirector of Administration

WALKin the Wild

DJERASSI SCULPTURE TOURS BEGIN IN MARCH

2 0 0 4 A n t h o n y L i n d s a y

The mission of Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST)is to give permanent protection to the beauty, character anddiversity of the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa CruzMountain range. POST encourages the use of these lands fornatural resource protection, wildlife habitat, low-intensitypublic recreation and agriculture for people here now andfor future generations.

Dialog by Roland Mayer is one of the site-specific sculptures visitors see during walking tours.

G r e g e r s o n 2 0 1 0 R o b e r t J o h n W h i t e

Two different public tours are available on the 580-acre Woodsideproperty of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program (DRAP), beginningMarch 28. A POST conservation easement protects the dramatic beautyof this private ranch.

Five Directors Tours include more than 25 sculptureson a three-mile route. Cost is $50 per person, payable to DRAP.

Twelve Two-Mile Tours include approximately20 sculptures. Free.

Both tours are considered strenuous due to the steep terrain.Reservations are essential. Registered guests receive additionalinstructions and a map to the property.

For reservations or information, call DRAP at (650) 747-1250 orvisit www.djerassi.org.


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LANDSCAPESSPRING 2010

Peninsula Open Space Trust222 High StreetPalo Alto, CA 94301(650) 854-7696www.openspacetrust.org

Address Service Requested

Cover photo: 2008 Max Waugh Recycled Paper/Soy Ink

NON-PROFIT ORG.

U.S. POSTAGE

PAID

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

PERMIT NO. 925

Walk & Talk with POSTEnjoy a classic early Californialandscape at

Rancho San VicenteSouth San JoseSaturday, April 1010 a.m. to noon

Join us for an exclusive 3-mile hike.Moderately strenuous .

Serpentine flowers

Oak-studded meadowsExpansive views

RSVP for confirmationand directions to: [email protected] call (650) 854-7696

Documents

Landscapes Newsletter, Spring 2010 ~ Peninsula Open Space Trust