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Greenspace and The Nature Conservancy (TNC)have formed a unique partnership to provide edu-cational, docent led public tours on the CambriaCoast Ranch. As you may remember, Greenspacewas honored by TNC at the Cambria Coast Ranch

dedication in thefall of 2000.Since TNCs his-toric purchase ofa conservationeasement onCambria CoastRanch, we haveworked closelyto develop amethod that pro-vides limitedpublic access tothe Cambria

Coast Ranch while protecting the privacy of the land-owner. We have accomplished this by continued

negotiations and attention to detail.We are very proud to report that Greenspace has

contracted with The Nature Conservancy to conductfour docent led tours of the forested section of theCambria Coast Ranch. The free Cambria Walk inthe Woods is with the cooperation of the CambriaCoast Ranch owners, Ralph and Tracy Covell.Greenspace will conduct all of these tours in Octo-ber and November of this year. We are equally ex-cited to announce that we have also formed a part-nership with the Monterey Pine Forest Ecology Co-

operative, a program of the University of CaliforniasGenetic Resources Conservation Program. Found-ing Cooperative Director, Dr. Deborah Rogers,

Greenspace Executive Director,Richard Hawley and Board Di-rector Brad Seek will developeducational material for the toursthat complements each of theirrespective knowledge of the for-est.

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The Cambria Coast Ranch is truly a hikers padise. Not only will hikers enjoy a beautiful pine settiand understory community but they will also marveldistant vistas of the Santa Lucia Mountains through tcanopy of the pines. Most Cambrians or the casuvisitor to our area has never had the opportunity to waon this precious property. Thanks to The Nature Coservancy, the Covells and Greenspace, we have topportunity to visit this wonderful property and knowis now permanently protected from development.

There will be two tours per weekend on four weeend dates. People wishing to participate must RSVwith Greenspace at (805) 927-2866, as space is limited to twenty people per tour.

The tour dates are: October 13th and 14th, 20th a21st, 27th and 28th, and November10th and 11th. Eatour will last approximately 1-1/2 hours and begin 10:00 AM. Eachtour will accom-modate up totwenty people

and you mustRSVP to reserveyour spot. Whenyou RSVP theGreenspace staffwill let you knowwhere the loca-tion of the hike willbe and, if drivingto the event,where to park.

Having a sturdy pair of walking shoes, a water botthat, and sunscreen is strongly suggested. In additiowearing light colored, layered clothing is considered tprudent attire for the event.

If you are interested in joining uson one of these scheduled CambriaWalks in the Woods please call earlyto reserve your spot. We anticipate ahigh degree of interest in this activityand space will be in demand.

Exciting News About Access to Cambria Coast Ranch

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Local Land Conservation Since 1988

Post Office Box 1505Cambria, California 93428

(805) 927-2866 - Phone(805) 927-7530 - Faxwww.GreenspaceCambria.org

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Permit No. 37

Cambria, CA

93428

Non-ProfitOrganization

Recipient of

2001 National Arbor Day

Project Award

CambriaWalkintheWoods

TheNatureConser-

vancypurchasedaconser-vationeasementfromthe

newownersoftheCambriaCoastRanch,Ralphand

TracyCovell.Whiletheranchremainsunderprivate

ownership,theeasement

agreementprovidesforlimitedpublicaccessthrough

docent-ledtoursoftheforestedportionsofthe

ranch,aswellasadditionalopportunitiesforscientificresearchandconservation

managementoftheforest.Theforestprotectedbythe

easementrepresentsasignificantportionof

Cambriaspineforest,oneof

onlyfivenativeMonterey

pinepopulationsleftontheplanet.Twomorestandsare

locatedinCaliforniaone

ontheMontereyPeninsulaandtheotheratAoNuevo,

northofSantaCruz.Thetwootherstandsaresmall

populationsonislandsoffthe

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