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Message from thExecutie Direct
Dear Land Trust Supporters,
The Muir Heritage Land Tru20th anniversary invites us toboth reflect upon our pastsuccesses and to train our sigon the ways in which we wilcontinue to accomplish ourmission. The Martinez RegioLand Trust began as a gatheriof concerned citizens dedicatthe preservation of the AlhamValley. Today the Muir HeritaLand Trust is a vital, developiorganization dedicated to thpreservation of natural areathroughout Contra Costa CoA living, growing organizatiois not inexpensive, however. Tprice is always a commitmeof people to share their timand financial resources. As wbuild on the past, and redoubour efforts for the future, we reminded that the Muir HeriLand Trust is and always will powered by you, the thousanof land trust contributorswhose passionate, enduringsupport ensures that the beaudiversity and fullness of ContCostas very special wild landwill continue to enrich and
sustain all generations of life.
Linus EukelExecutive Director
By Sherida Bush
As we celebrate our 20th Anniversary,we recognize the Muir HeritageLand Trust exists because people have longdedicated themselves to its continuanceand vitality. Countless individuals devotedlong hours of work, punctuated withmoments of elation. The beginnings andgrowththe lifeof the Muir HeritageLand Trust are imbedded in their
experiences and remembrances.Memories are carried in the heartas well as the mind. The impressionsthey leave, the meaning they carry, areas important as the cold facts. Yet thisaccount can encompass neither theaccomplishments nor the memories ofall who contributed. This tale insteadoffers highlights culled from witnessesof the time, and unfolds through washesof memory.
As we honor the past and thosewho were here in the beginning, we
understand that each new experiencebuilds history, and that our futuredepends on the dedication of thepeople who continue the work today.
Trust formed to protectMartinez open space
The Tribune, September 1, 1989
The idea of forming a land trust wasa gleam in the eye of Tina Batt (then
Wilson), along with Hal Olson andMary Ann Gaebe in 1987. The threemembers of the Alhambra Valley SpecificPlan Committee started a dialog ondevelopment rights for the proposed235-acre Stonehurst subdivision in thearea. Fellow committee member anddeveloper Jim Busby of Security OwnersCorporation already had approval fromContra Costa County to develop homeson five acre lots. Instead, he thought it
made more sense to cluster the homeson 1 acre lots and leave 150 acres asopen space. His plan was to dedicate the
development rights to the open land tothe county.The county had just extinguished a
scenic easement for an Alhambra Valleyproperty to accommodate a landownersrequest to build on the ridgeline. Thatdidnt sit well with Tina, Hal andMary Ann. They agreed the Stonehurstdevelopment rights might be more securein the hands of an organization dedicatedto preserving land. The problem was, nosuch group existed in the area.
Tina enlisted the help of the Trust
for Public Land (TPL), which organizedworkshops on setting up a land trust.It was there the fledgling group metfuture Board Member Nancy Schaefer,who worked for TPL and lent invaluableexpertise. Nancy, who for most of herlife has worked to save open space,was interested in working in my ownbackyard, she said. (Nancy is stilla member of our Land AcquisitionCommittee.) Then future first Treasurer,
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Heartand mind
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Mu i r Her i tage
Land trust
P.O. Box 2452
Martinez, CA 94553
925-228-5460 925-372-5460fax
www.muirheritagelandtrust.org
staff
Linus Eukel
Executive Director
Suzanne Jones
Land Specialist
Beth Pardieck
Stewardship Manager
Ellen Visser
Outreach Coordinator
Johna Winters
Administrative Manager
Board
of directors
Donn Walklet
Chair
Ann Cormack
Vice Chair
Paul Craig
Secretary
Louis E. Stoddard
Treasurer
Bob Aston
Steve Hutchcraft
Peter Colby
Ken FischerDenis Huston
Beth Mallonee
Mark Wilson
editor
Linus Eukel
newsLetter
contriButors
Sherida Bush
Linus Eukel
Suzanne Jones
Beth Pardieck
Ellen Visser
Johna Winters
20th Anniversary logo: Tom Taneyhill
Tim Platt, joined the group. Timremembers early meetings spent gatheredaround the dining table at the homeof future Board Member Jeanne Will.(Jeannes death on Christmas of 1997was an early loss to our team.)
The handful of volunteers discussed
how the group should be organized,and worked on the maze of paperworkrequiredarticles of incorporation,by-laws, an application for nonprofit status.Looking to get other people involved, thenascent group announced its first annualmeeting, which drew about 40 people.
In July of 1989, an organization was
officially born: the Martinez Regional Land
Trust. Tina, Hal, Nancy and Tim were the
four founding Board Members on the legal
by-laws. When office space was needed,
Jack and Asilee Telfer donated space in their
building. (Jack, who was a Board Member
for eight years, died in 2007.)
New, inexperienced, and with few
assets, the groups band of volunteers
plotted the future. A 14-member Board
of Directors was established, with Hal
as the first Board Chair. Hal sees hisbiggest contribution as persuading Hulet
Hornbeck to become a Board Member.
Hulets background in land acquisition for
the East Bay Regional Park District was
vital to the Land Trusts negotiations for
our land acquisitions, he said. An AdvisoryBoard was also formed, which had the duty
of recommending new board members.
Others joined the Steering, Fundraising
and other committees. Publicity on the
organizations founding began to attract
membersabout 100 of them.Tim also remembers meetings in
the office of Jim Cutler, then Chief ofComprehensive Planning for Contra CostaCounty (and Land Trust Honorary BoardMember). Jim displayed a dazzling mapwith transparent overlays in multiple colorswe were salivating over, Tim said. Goodmaps were hard to come by then. TheLand Trust later adopted it as a base mapfor planning.
The subdivision that started it allbecame the organizations first completedproject. In March of 1991, SecurityOwners Corporation dedicated thedevelopment rights to 150 acres of openspace in the Stonehurst subdivision to thenew Land Trust.
But the Board had already taken onsomething they werent sure they wereready for
186-acre purchase putsgroup on the map
Contra Costa Times,March 31, 1991
Still new, inexperienced and with fewassets, the Land Trust took on whatseemed a massive undertaking in Februaryof 1991. Local rancher Gordon Strain wasnegotiating with the National Park Servicefor the sale of 186 acres of his ranch as anaddition to John Muir National HistoricSite. The land had once been part ofMuirs fruit ranchMuir had namedits highest hill after his oldest daughter,Wanda.
Negotiations were at a stalemate, andanother $75,000 was needed to accomplish
the acquisition. Many feared the funding
Congressman George Miller had earmarked
for the project would be taken to support
the then-waging Gulf War. The Land
Trust took a position in support of Gordon,
the property owner, said Tina. With
trepidation, the Land Trust made a pledge
for the remaining $75,000 and the deal was
closed. Jack Telfer gave the Land Trust an
18-month interest-free loan.
The decision came with some anguish.
Board Member Everett Turners angst wasquoted in the Times article: Turner saysthe decision to make the pledgewasfrightening. We were all a little queasy.
Tina knew what had to be done:
learning the ropes of fundraising. Tinawrote to major foundations and businessesasking for contributions, although todayshe admits I didnt know what I wasdoing, but I did it..
In February of 1992, the groups firstauction fun-raiser brought in $10,000.
Individual donations started pouring inwhen Contra Costa Times Columnist GaryBogue ran a donation campaign in hiscolumn, raising thousands of dollars. Aseries of articles in the Martinez Gazette
brought in more than $3,000. The San
Francisco Foundation, an early supporter,
contributed $25,000. But a year later, the
group had raised less than half of the money.
The last six months were tense, butsupport continued. One reader alone
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La n d t r u St
Board memBer H iS
1989 - 2008
1989 Founding Board Mem
(as listed in legal by-laws)
Tina Batt
Hal OlsonTim Platt
Nancy Schaefer
Former Board Membe
(chronological)
Tina Batt
Mary Ann Gaebe
Nancy Schaefer
Tim Platt
Hal Olson
Jack Telfer
Hulet HornbeckHarriett Burt
Jeanne Will
Kathy Radke
John Wilson
Dale Sanders
Frank Pereira
Everett Turner
Doug Burgess
Kay Cox
Peter Langley
Subir Sanyal
Sharon Hicks
Kevin Sha
Bob Chap
Roger Do
Yvonne C
Cathy Iver
Fran Frase
Bill WeineCece Sellg
George Sw
Kathryn P
Don Mann
Dick Awen
Marj Ross
Joe Byrne
Ellen Visse
Sheila Gri
Steve Pard
June Roge
Former Advisory Boar
(alphabetical)
Seth Adams
Carol Baier
Alice Bonner
Sherida Bush
Earl Dunivan
Glen Lewis
Linda Moon-Stumpf
Honorary Board
Jim Cutler
ForMerstaFF
Tina Batt
Marilyn Rigdon
Mary Alice Stadum
Elizabeth N
Petal Turne
Bill Weine
Scott Willi
Jeff Wilson
Sean Wood
Barbara Wo
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of Gary Bogues column gave $12,000.Tinas fundraising efforts garnered majorcontributions from many foundationsand businesses.
Land Trust Makes Goodon $75,000 Pledge
Martinez News-Gazette, August 4, 1992
Because the Land Trust is the story ofpeople, life and death are a part of the pasttwo decades.
After 18 months of anxiety, theLand Trust Board was able pay off the$75,000 loan as promised. In July of 1992,
a dedication was held to celebrate the
completion of the Mt. Wanda addition to
the John Muir National Historic Site.
Gordon spoke to the assembled crowd:
I think we have really set something aside
for the community that will last a long time.
Those may have been his last words.Minutes later, Gordon collapsed and diedof a heart attack. Just as his years-longeffort to forever protect his land was beingcelebrated, his fragile life was over. Thesadness of that time lingers, but is temperedby the accuracy of his words.
Passion and Perseerance
Tina Batt spent years working as theExecutive Director for the Land Trustwithout pay. In the beginning she had noexperience, said Mary Ann Gaebe, butshe had a passion, and went after it. Andshe had perseverance. In 1992, Tina hadto leave her non-paying job for a payingone, so she went to work at the LindsayMuseum for two years. Everett Turnerstepped in as Executive Director duringthat time (Everett, who served on theBoard for ten years, passed away last year).
After two years, the Land Trust wasable to bring Tina back on a contract basis.She had spent two years working with theLindsays development directors, so whenshe returned I knew how to fundraise,she said. That was key, as much was aboutto happen.
Land Trust Sets Sightson Sky Ranch
Martinez News-Gazette,January 16, 1997
Who knows what the Philippines-basedcorporate owners thought of a small
nonprofit taking on a Goliath of a project.
But they accepted the Land Trusts offer ofa sale agreement for a 242-acre parcel of
land in the Franklin Ridge. Again, wehad 18 months to raise the $685,000purchase price.
The Sky Ranch acquisition projectbudget included administrative funding, soat last we had the funds to hire Tina as astaff Executive Director.
Tinas fundraising efforts brought ina lot of money, but after 18 months, wewere a disappointing $190,000 short of thegoal. At the time, Tina told reporters, We
just couldnt let this property go. So, theLand Trust took out a loan and bought theproperty. It took three years, but by early2000 we paid off the loan.
For the first few years of theLand Trust, everything was a long, hardstruggle, said Mary Ann (still a memberof the Outreach and Land Acquisitioncommittees). Part of thestruggle wasgetting people to believe in us and thatwe could do something.
Sky Ranch showed that we were the
little land trust that could.
Martinez Regional LandTrust Outgrows Its Name
Land Trust newsletter, Fall 1999
The roller coaster ride was getter faster;the Land Trust was entering what Tinatoday calls a big period of growth. Wemoved to a model of putting together amenu of projects and programs.
The expansion of our work meant we
had outgrown our name. We became the
Muir Heritage Land Trusta name, said
Tina, intended to associate our mission to
preserve land with both the heritage of land
conservation in our nation and John Muir,
the founder of our National Park system.During the years between 2000 and
2003, we initiated 15 land preservationprojects (Land Trust newsletter, Fall 2003).
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Sky Ranch is a Wrap:Now What?
Land Trust newsletter, Spring 2000
After Sky Ranch, the Land Trust indeedforged ahead with a menu ofprojects and
affiliations. Among them are:Gustin Ranch. In 2000, the Land
Trust was able to purchase the Gustinproperty, thanks to a contribution and loanfrom the Coastal Conservancy. In Januaryof 2003, we paid off the loanon the eveof our 15th Anniversary. Purchase of the80-acre property, situated near Sky Ranch,protected the historic Feeder Trail #1 frombeing turned into a paved access road fora subdivision.
Pacheco Marsh. The Land Trustpurchased the 247-acre Pacheco Marsh(formerly the Praxis property) in 2001adecade after our first acquisition attempt.Contra Costa County holds title and plansto restore saltwater tidal flow to the land.
Contra Costa Goldfields Preserve.To protect a rare and endangered plant,
the Contra Costa Transportation Authority
awarded the Land Trust a 30-acre conserva-
tion easement and $200,000 in 2002.
Dutra Ranch. In 2003, the Dutrafamily approached the Land Trust, hopingwe would buy a 159-acre property that
had been in their family since 1917.The open space lay between Sky Ranchand the new Gustin acquisition. Whenwe purchased Dutra Ranch in 2004, weprotected 660 acres of contiguous openspace and important habitat.
Access Adventure. The DutraRanch dedication (October, 2004) begana partnership with Michael Muir, JohnMuirs great grandson. The event wasthe first time he brought his horse-drawncarriage that allows physically challengedindividuals to visit our wild places. Hecredits that day as being the beginningof Access Adventure, his nonprofitorganization that allows people with alllevels of physical abilities to enjoy theoutdoors.
Schumann-Perry Property. In 2003,the Land Trust contributed $80,000 offederal Coastal Impact funds toward theEast Bay Regional Park Districts purchaseof the 70-acre Schumann-Perry propertyin the Franklin Hills.
Bodfish Preserve. Local residentsapproached the Land Trust in an 11th-hour pitch to save the seven-acre BodfishPreserve in Orinda from being subdividedin 2003. With just hours to spare, the LandTrust took ownership to protect it as apublic open space and wildlife sanctuary.
Environmental Studies Academy.
The Land Trust secured a grant and begana restoration of a section of AlhambraCreek with the participation of at-riskyouth from Briones Independent StudiesHigh School and the Vincente ContinuingEducation High School. When teacherRona Zollinger took over the program in2003, the Environmental Studies Academy(ESA) became a full-time school witha curr iculum based on environmentallessons. The students work on restorationprojects on our properties. The studentshave greatly improved the habitat at Sky
Ranch, said Stewardship Manager BethPardieck. The Land Trust considers ourrole in the ESA one of our greatestsuccesses, she said.
Fernandez Ranch. The historicproperty of Bernardo and CarlottaFernandez had stayed in the familyfor nearly 150 years. The Fernandezdescendants approached the Land Trust topreserve the 702 acres that remained of theoriginal ranch. We were able to raise $3.2million to complete the purchase in 2005.
The stunningly beautiful land isrich habitat. An exciting new sighting iswildlife biologist Jerry Roes discoveryof a breeding pair of red-legged frogs(federally listed as threatened) on theproperty.
Restoration plans that will allowpublic access are complete. We have nowbegun the actual work so we can all spendsun-and-fog kissed days there.
the Land Trust has
always been like mythird child
Tina Batt, Land Trust newsletter,Spring 2006
Tina was a founder and driving forcebehind the Land Trust. She had much tolearn in the beginning, along with therest of the Board. Yet she accomplished agreat deal during her 17 years with theorganization.
Beth Mallonee, aMidwest native, spent several
years as an inormation
technology proessional in
the construction, banking,
chemical, and sotware
industries. With a ocus
on leadership o quality
assurance and technical
support sta, she has providedguidance on engineering
sotware and engineering
data confguration
management practices. Beth
and her husband, Mike, have
embarked on numerous
domestic and international
business transers, including
assignments in Australia,
Canada and Iceland. She frstjoined the Muir Heritage
Land Trust as a volunteer or
the Education & Outreach
Committee, concentrating
most o her eorts on the
annual Fresh Aire Aaire. An
interest in drought tolerant
plant species also led her to
volunteer work or The Ruth
Bancrot Garden. She andMike are on a local Bocce
league and live near Briones
Regional Park in Martinez.
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In 2006, Tina left to attend theKennedy School of Government atHarvard University to earn a Mid-CareerMasters of Public Administration. Tina saidher third child, at age seventeen, willthrive without my constant attention andmothering.
Tina strongly recommended that Linus
Eukel, who had joined the staff in 2003,take over as Acting Executive Director,which he did.
When Tina decided not to return toher former post, she stongly endorsed thedecision of the Board of Directors to hireLinus as the permanent Executive Directorin January of 2007. Its been a verysuccessful transition, said Tina. As we werelucky to have Tina in the formative years,we are equally lucky in her successor.
At LastFranklinCanyon
Horizons newsletter,Autumn 2008
Franklin Canyon is adjacent to ourFernandez Ranch, and foryears theLand Trust was aware of the controversysurrounding the property. Major
development plans were approved,beginning in 1990, but the voters ofHercules twice rejected them. The LandTrust followed their leadership.
After extensive negotiations with theowner, Linus was at last able to announcea purchase agreement for a long-disputed423 acres of Franklin Canyon. We are nowin the process of raising the $2.5 millionwe need to complete the purchase. Oncewe do, we will have protected 1,125 acresof contiguous open space, safeguarding afertile watershed and essential habitat.
Imagining a Wild Future
Franklin Canyon is just part of our five-year, $8.5 million Keep It Wildcampaign.The task of raising this amount is a bigchallenge for a small nonprofit. Thecampaign begins with the same anxietythe Land Trust board experienced in 1991,with that $75,000 pledge to help secure apart of John Muirs former ranchland forthe public.
We set this goal because we knowthat protecting our wild legacy is the keyto protecting our future. Twenty years ofgrowth, success and experience says wecan do it.
What is now proed
was once imagined.
William Blake
The room is plain, not elegant. The ratheraustere meeting hall of the McMahon-Telfer Building seems an unlikelyincubator for preserving open space.
The first Land Trust Board metthere. The room has seen the first publicmeeting, along with decades of Land Trustcelebrations. The bare brick walls havewitnessed many ideas and struggles, allwith the goal of preserving our wonderfulwild places. Each mind may have adifferent reason for doing this work, butthe heart knows one.
In a Land Trust publication some yearsago, I wrote: More than escape, findingsolace in the natural world slows timeand distills life. William Blake may havecaptured it best:
To see a world in a grain of sand,/And heaven in a wild flower,/Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,/
And eternity in an hour.
When walking the earth lifts ourspirits, when a leaf echoes eternity, whenwe can be a link to the past andthe future,we must certainly preserve the places thatin turn restore us.
As we remember the past, we imaginethe next 20 years. Together, let us creatememories for our 40th anniversary.
Read the whole story at
www.muirheritagelandtrust.org
Sherida Bush is a writer who began her involvementwith the Land Trust at the first Annual Meeting 20years ago. She was a member of the first Advisory Board,but her most significant contribution over the years hasbeen writing, editing and managing (and in earlierdays designing and illustrating) print materials for theorganization. She says walking the lands she helped
protect, and the many wonderful relationships she hasfound through the Land Trust, are her greatest rewards.
Steve Hutchcraftgreup exploring the hills that
the Muir Heritage Land Tr
is working to protect. His
love o nature led him to
second career as a nature
photographer. His work h
received several honors,
including winning the No
American Nature PhotogrAssociations inaugural
Showcase competition. H
is currently working on hi
frst book in an eort to
share his love o birds and
photography with children
Prior to photography, Stev
had a successul career in
manuacturing, primarily
in the heating and air-conditioning industry. His
last role was as President
and Chie Executive Ofce
o Amana Heating and
Air-conditioning based in
Fayetteville, Tennessee.
Steve holds a M.B.A. rom
Harvard University and a
in Mechanical Engineerin
rom Stanord. He currentlives in Alamo with his wi
June and their two year
old daughter Heather.
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WILDLIFE MONITORING PROJECTBy Beth Pardieck
MHLT has recently undertaken a project to
learn more about the diverse range of wildlife
species that live on Fernandez Ranch. Through
the use of heat/motion triggered digital
cameras, three of which were purchased with
a generous grant from the Contra Costa
County Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund,
the Land Trust is now able to monitor and
collect data about critters in their natural
habitats without disturbing or affecting their
natural behavior. Commonly referred to as
camera traps, these research tools also help MHLT promote important environmental
education opportunities amongst local high school students.
Camera trapping is a non-invasive method of monitoring wildlife and is increasingly
used as a conservation tool to learn about animal behavior and to document elusive
animals. The cameras are placed in strategic locations, near creeks or along game trails,where there is a high probability of capturing a good image. When an animal walks by, an
infrared sensor triggers a digital photograph. Photos are
then stored on the camera and the project team visits
the sites regularly to download the data.
MHLT has teamed-up with wildlife biologist and
camera trapping authority Jerry Roe of Nomad Ecology
who is donating his time, expertise and leadership. Jerry
has also very generously donated an additional four
camera traps to the project bringing the total number
of monitoring stations continuously gathering data on
Fernandez Ranch to seven! Another key part of theteam is the Environmental Studies Academy. With Jerrys
guidance, ESA students learn setup, maintenance, and
trap station monitoring techniques. They, also learn more
about animal species identification, field data collection
and how the application of such methods help biologists
study wildlife populations and conserve common and
endangered species as well as the ecosystems they inhabit.
Over the past 5 months, 17 species have been
photo-documented on Fernandez Ranch including
coyote, gray fox, raccoon, striped skunk, black-tailed
deer, Virginia opossum, San Francisco dusky footed
woodrat, California mouse, fox squirrel, California
towhee, spotted towhee, Stellers jay, western scrub
jay, hermit thrush, varied thrush, wild turkeys, and
two domestic cats. Although the project has been an
enormous success, a few species still elude our efforts:
American badger, bobcat and mountain lion. As
research continues and more images are captured
everyday, the Muir Heritage Land Trust hopes
to document these three species and many more
through the use of this exciting new technology.
The Wildlife Project team:Jerry Roe and five ESA student
Coyote photographed by camera tr
ESA students installingcamera trap on a bay tree
AutumnCelebrationA large crowd o Land Trustsupporters attended MHLTsannual Autumn Celebration onNovember 13th, 2008. Guestsenjoyed seasonal are and a localwine tasting sponsored by WineOh! Magazine, Hannah Nicole,
Bloomield, and Viano Vineyards.Stephen Joseph and
Bonnie Gisel presented annspirational reading andstunning visual presentationo their new book, NaturesBeloved Son, Rediscovering JohnMuirs Botanical Legacy. Thanksso much to Stephen, Bonnie andSheila Grilli Bookseller orsupporting the Keep It Wildcampaign.
A very special thank youto our extraordinary 2008volunteer award winners:
Glen Lewis, Tom Coleman &Larry Hanson accepted awardsor their years o service to MHLTn countless ways - stewardshipprojects, event support and oiceneeds.
The King FamilyDixie King accepted theaward or her amilys generous
commitment in hosting twovery successul undraisers tobeneit MHLT.
Taproot FoundationEllen Cantor accepted the awardor the Taproot volunteer team.Taproots generous supporthas culminated in a new andmproved database or MHLT.
California Red-legged frogs breeding first
time observed on Fernandez Ranch
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2009suMMerand FaLLevents
For more information and directions please visit www.muirheritagelandtrust.org
or call the Land Trust at 925-228-5460.
FALL EvENTS
20tH anniVerSary CeLeBrationS
Birthday Benefit Concert Bash with Musicians of the San Francisco Opera
Music Inspired by Nature
Sunday, July 26 | 4:00pm 5:30pm
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
Hailed by the New York Times as particularly impressive, local artist and San Francisco native Janet Popesco Archibald holds the position Solo English Horn and Oboe with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. Join Janet and ellow musicians o the San Francisco Opera or a beauul aternoon o music and rereshments to beneit the Muir Heritage Land Trust upon its 20-year anniversary o incorporation (July 26, 198Everyone is welcome! Birthday cake will be served. Suggested contribution $25 at the door. Visit www.muirheritagelandtrust.org or call theLand Trust at 925-228-5460 or more inormation.
Fresh Aire Affaire 20th
Anniversary PartySaturday, August 15th | 5:00pm 9:00pm
John Muir National Historic Site2009 marks the 20th anniversary o the Muir Heritage Land Trust! This years anniversary partywill eature Master of Ceremonies, Doug McConnell, celebrity guests, hundreds o LandTrust supporters, the pleasures o ine art, beautiul music, an exciting live auction and gourmetextravaganza. Champagne toasts in recognition o all those that have contributed to theLand Trusts success will also highlight the celebration. Please watch for your invitation in Julysmail and visit www.muirheritagelandtrust.org or more inormation and online registration.
Fernandez Hike with the Contra Costa Hills ClubThursday, October 1st | 10:00am startEnjoy a weekday exploration o Fernandez Ranch with Mike Branning, the Contra Costa Hills Club and Land Trust sta. Learn about the ranhistory and restoration plans in progress or its opening to the public in 2010. We will picnic on a high point o the property with spectacuviews o Mount Tamalpais and Mount Diablo. Wear sturdy shoes, bring water and a bag lunch. Please RSVP to ellen@muirheritagelandtrusor call 925-228-7152.
Autumn CelebrationThursday, November 12th | 7:00pm 9:00pmWe close the years events with our estive annual get together. Everyone is invited to share in our review o 2009 and a look ahead to 20Special guests, awards, and rereshments add to the evenings pleasures. Visit www.muirheritagelandtrust.org in the all or call the Land Truat 925-228-5460 or more inormation.
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Muir Heritage Land Tru
believes that the vitality of
our open spaces is essentia
to the health of our earth,
water and our native plan
and animalsand all of u
Our goal is to ensure that
beauty, diversity and fulln
of our wild lands continueenrich and sustain all
generations of life.
We acquire, protect and
steward these diminishing
lands, and we foster
environmental awareness s
that each person understan
the need to preserve our
natural heritage. We work
for a healthful future, one
where wild lands and all
who depend on them
will flourish.
DDRESSSERVICEREQUESTED
O.Box2452,MartinezCA94553
See calendar inside for details
Birthday Benefit Concert Bashwith Musicians of the San Francisco Opera
Music Inspired by NatureSunday, July 26th, 2009 | 4:00pm - 5:30pmLafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
Fresh Aire Affaire20th Anniersary Party
With Doug McConnell
Saturday, August 15th | 5:00pm - 9:00pmJohn Muir National Historic Site
For more information and directions please visit www.muirheritagelandtrust.org
or call the Land Trust at 925-228-5460.
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