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FALL 2016 - QUARTERLy ISSUE For loveof tPHOhTO CeRED IT: lMICaHAEL nTROUTdMAN : BSLT DONORS’ GENEROSITy ENABLED FROM THE GOOD STEWARDSHIP PRACTICES TO KEEPO UR PROPERTIES AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE this newsletter goes to print, the broke out and has continued to house Cal Fire, RESIDENT estimated containment date for the the National Guard, U.S. Forest Service, P /CEO Ssoberanes Fire is late September. As this Department of Corrections and he Soberanes Fire beast has burned over 100,000 acres, rugged Rehabilitation (CDCR) Inmate Fire Crews has profoundly A terrain and decades of accumulated fuel and equipment. changed lives and presented massively unique challenges to the landscapes. For many T thousands of men and women who have been • Arroyo Seco Ranch became the main heliport families in our community, fighting so valiantly. Two of Land Trust’s and mobile retardant station as the fire moved the fire has been most beloved properties have been affected: south and east. devastating. Seeing people Mitteldorf Preserve has endured extensive fire come together to support • Before it burned, Mitteldorf Preserve provided damage and sustained minor each other during this access for crews fighting in the Santa Lucia damage. We are grateful to all the fire crews, difficult time is a reminder Preserve. As clean-up continues it will once volunteers and support personnel who have of the interdependent again provide a critical fire protection access done their best to save our lands and nature of our lives and the point to the back country. Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis communities. resilience of our community. • Monterey County is utilizing our Odello East BSLT lands in service to the community Those of us that own and manage land must also property as a temporary storage site for logs think about the interdependent nature of fire and As a major landowner in the affected areas, that are being removed from Palo Colorado our ecological systems. We live in a fire-adapted BSLT is proud to have contributed to the Canyon. landscape and good land stewardship is about firefighting effort by providing access to our Continued on page 4... managing for health. A healthy landscape is more lands for a variety of mission-critical fire fighting resilient—able to bounce back after major activities. Some of our properties are now disturbances. Knowing this gave our staff and Board playing important roles in the recovery as well. hope for our properties, but it was still hard to see the places we love burn. • Early on, Glen Deven Ranch was called into service, along with other properties in the area, We are certain that our land management practices for the fight in Palo Colorado Canyon. Crews lessened the catastrophic impacts at Mitteldorf used our water, our facilities and our land to Preserve and Glen Deven Ranch. It is likely that stage their activities. Going forward, the ranch these efforts reduced fire impacts for our neighbors will be used by Christian Aid Ministries for the as well. The nature of our work is long-term; our job next two months as a staging area for assistance is to think 10, 20, 50, 100+ years ahead. Our to Palo Colorado residents in need. BSLT’s Stewardship Director Jeff Powers continued land management and the current • Marks Ranch was used as an incident orients Cal Fire officials staging resources projects we have underway reflect our long-term at Glen Deven Ranch. commitment to maintain and enhance our command center immediately after the fire community and landscapes. Despite the daunting work ahead of restoring land and rebuilding, we are left feeling incredibly grateful. WHy BSLT SUPPORTSM PRPD AND TAMC BALLOTM EASURES nterey Peninsula Regional Park family homes with related rates for other We are grateful to our brave firefighters and all District (MPRPD) is a public agency property types – with a parcel tax at the others who put their lives on the line in service to foormed by Monterey County voters same annual rate. In order to pass, this our region. We are grateful to be part of a in 1972 specifically to protect open space measure must be supported by 66.7% of community that responds so mightily to those in M and provide recreational opportunities in those who vote in the District. The funding need. We are grateful for former staff and and around the Monterey Peninsula. The generated will continue to support parks and volunteers who have labored with us to better District covers about 500 square miles, open space within the District and an manage our lands over the past four decades. We including seven incorporated cities on the independent oversight committee will review are grateful to donors like you who understand the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Valley, Pebble the use of the funds to ensure that they are value of land conservation and help us care for the Beach and the Big Sur coast. In July 2004 spent as intended. places you love. MPRPD gained the authority through a ballot measure to approve the levy of a Parks, For more information please visit Long after the fire trucks are gone, Big Sur Land parksandopenspace.org or mprpd.org Trust will be restoring our lands, improving the Open Space and Coastal Preservation Benefit quality of life within in our diverse community, and Assessment on property owners within the BSLT believes that it is critical to preserve ensuring the health of the landscapes we depend District for up to 15 years. The Assessment this source of funding for MPRPD. We have on. As your local land trust, thanks to your support, has funded the acquisition, maintenance, had a long history of involvement with the we are in it for the long haul. improvement, servicing, protection, and District on major projects (e.g., acquisition of preservation of parks, open space, coastal Palo Corona Ranch, the Whisler-Wilson lands and facilities owned or managed by the Ranch, among others). MPRPD continues to District and is set to expire after FY 2018-19. play a key role in many of our current Without a funding mechanism in place projects (Lobos-Corona Parklands, Carmel MPRPD risks losing this revenue stream of River FREE, and the San Jose Creek Trail). If approximately $1.2M annually (out of a this funding were to disappear, it would budget of approximately $6M). MPRPD has significantly affect the quality, safety and determined that the most appropriate maintenance of currently managed funding mechanism to replace the properties and future plans for the District. It Assessment is a Community Facilities District would also force the District to scale back or special tax in the form of an annual parcel slow down many of its current plans to tax. increase local park and trail access while MPRPD will be placing a measure on the impacting their ability to partner with us. November ballot to replace its expiring Continued on page 7... PHOTO CREDIT: MICHAEL TROUTMAN assessment – currently $25.26/year for single BSLT Fall Newsletter 2016.proof.2_Layout 1 9/6/2016 12:35 PM Page 2

“I had vIsIons of a place that I later realIzedw as Glend even ranch.” BIG SUR: THEN IGHT SUN - A SyMPHONy By JOHNW INEGLASS July 21st, three-time Emmy-award-winning want to play my violin in the forest? But I got out Moon Hike at the composer, John Wineglass and I spent a few there, and the redwoods created a little chamber ranch I learned that hnours at Glen Deven Ranch talking about his of sorts. I started playing and the trees were the indigenous Oexperience as an artist-in-residence with Big Sur talking and it was all bouncing back to me. At that Ohlone people Land Trust. He shared the inspiration for his instant, I got it. called the moon the symphony Big Sur: The Night Sun, which will ‘night sun.’ The first premiere on October 21st with the Monterey From there I partnered with the Land Trust on movement is called Symphony Orchestra. As we sat on the back deck of several events, but I still wasn’t writing. I have the Mystery of the the ranch house taking in the breathtaking views, had several magical moments out on the land and Night Sun and it we could not know that the Soberanes Fire would one of the most significant was my first Full Moon chronicles the hike break out the next morning and threaten the ranch, Hike at Glen Deven Ranch. After our group hiked up to the ridge on destroy 57 homes and continue to wreak havoc on out to the point, The Rumsian-Ohlone native that night. I’m John Wineglass, Composer the area for the next several weeks. Here is our basket weaver, Linda Yamane, spoke while I began excited that the interview, with a post script from John on his playing my violin with my back towards the east. opening includes Jayson Fann playing his six-foot- perspective after the fire. – Carla Zilliox, BSLT While singing a spiritual song, she said the word high drum made out of a redwood tree! Jayson, a ‘moon’, and it popped up over the mountains local artist and musician, made this drum out of a CZ: You’re originally from the East Coast. What behind my head! We heard the crowd gasp. fallen tree several years ago. Jayson will be joined brought you to Monterey County? by percussionist Marcie Chapa, an original CZ: It was like you two conjured up the moonrise! member of Beyoncé’s all-female band who has JW: I feel like coming here brought my life full- toured with many other famous artists. She is a circle, because I am a city guy. I was raised in JW: Exactly! It was amazing. music contributor for BSLT’s outdoor camp Washington D.C., and went to grad school in New program and has recently relocated to the Central York City. Beginning in 1999, I spent a lot of my CZ: Do you feel like you were meant to make Coast. The second movement is called A Secret career between New York City and LA writing these kinds of connections? Revealed. It was mainly inspired by my days at music for the entertainment industry, movies and Pfeiffer Beach. On my first walk in I had no idea television. But after my wife Denise got stuck in JW: Yes, surprisingly. And BSLT has been the what to expect as I made my way along under the traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel with our three- vehicle for me to share these experiences. canopy of trees. And then, the view just cracked month-old daughter Abbey, she said, “Get me out Especially now with my symphonic piece, Big Sur: wide open and I was standing on the edge of the of here. The thrill is gone.” We considered Santa The Night Sun. Pacific Ocean! My mind was blown, and again, I Barbara but ultimately chose Monterey in 2005 started writing right there on the spot. after visiting a few times. The third movement is called Rushing Waters and it’s my vision of flying down the coast from the CZ: How did you acclimate to life here? ranch to Esalen and beyond. Just incredible. JW: Honestly, it was tough. When I got here I And since I too have worked with the kids at was burnt out. I get inspiration from a lot of BSLT’s outdoor camps, throughout this piece I’ve things, but at the time, nature wasn’t one of woven in the inspiration of their musical them. I’d traveled the world extensively, but I was compositions. As a man who started out in a never out in the natural environment. I’d see the youth symphony, which led to my career and Swiss Alps, and the view was heavenly, but I never world travels, I know how important and had enough time to immerse myself in those transformational their experiences at camp can types of surroundings. be. It was important for me to honor them in this piece as well. Then I met Simon Bull, a renowned artist. At this After invited him to come back point, I wasn’t writing music. Nothing – not even to Glen Deven and write, the ranch became John’s CZ: What would you like your audience to know for TV, where I’d made my career. I found out home for the month of October, 2015. While about Big Sur Land Trust? Simon was painting 300 pieces a year! I asked him watching the sunset that first night, it soon how he could be so prolific and he said he just became crystal clear that he was meant to be JW: BSLT has been the vehicle that has helped kept at it. He’d do one and then move on to the there. John explained that he has struggled with me evolve as an artist. I’ve literally gone to a next; then do another and move on to the next. I tendonitis after years of playing the viola and whole new world. Sitting here, marveling at these also thought about Beethoven and how he had violin. He had tried everything before seeing a canyons, I am humbled at the reminder of just started losing his hearing before he wrote the practitioner who combined healing work, how vast the world is. And the protection that Big Fifth Symphony. He wrote four more after that! acupuncture and massage therapy. During one of Sur Land Trust provides is monumentally My perspective changed a bit. his treatments, long before he had ever visited Big important. Without it, there could have been Sur, he had visions of a place that he later realized condos all the way down this coast. I didn’t really CZ: How did you start writing again? was Glen Deven Ranch. understand the conservation movement until I got here. Unless you get to experience this area, JW: It was Big Sur Land Trust that gave me a JW: That first night out on the point, I thought, you can’t know what it has to offer. I had no idea. place to be inspired. I was invited out to “Holy Mackerel! This is my vision!” Immediately And now that I do, I would never, never trade Mitteldorf Preserve, and BSLT suggested I bring after I got back to the ranch house, I started these experiences. I want to support Big Sur Land my violin. At the time I was skeptical. Why would I writing and continued for most of the night. The Trust and help more people understand the tone of the piece was a bit darker than I expected significance of your work. at first. That’s where Big Sur: The Night Sun was born. For the rest of the month, I would choose a The Soberanes Fire has been burning for over a place in Big Sur to explore each day. I started from month now. I followed up and asked John how the and worked my way down to fire inspired him. Treebones, encompassing the whole coast. I’d take my laptop because I would be writing music JW: It has made me more grateful than ever…to all day. cherish the moments NOW!

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CARMEL RIvER FREE MOvES FORWARD!

g Sur Land Trust is pleased that after 20 Our next major years of planning and collaboration with milestone is the You may be wondering si takeholders and partners in the lower environmental BCarmel River watershed, the Carmel River review process, about all the other projects Floodplain Restoration and Environmental which will begin Enhancement Project (Carmel River FREE) is when the California that are planned for the moving forward. As your local non-profit land trust, Environmental we have a lead role on this project – one of the Quality Act (CEQA) lower carmel river… largest and truly unique public/private partnerships documents for ere has been a lot of recent news benefiting coastal habitat and communities along Carmel River FREE coverage on a variety of activities around hthe lower Carmel River. Since we’ve been the California Coast. Partnering closely with become available Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis and Monterey County, California State Parks, the later this fall. At Clint Eastwood rTeceiving questions about all of them, we Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD) that time, the public review period begins, and you thought we’d take this opportunity to clarify and Caltrans, we are working hard to ensure that will have the opportunity to learn about Carmel what’s happening. There are at least three the project’s multiple benefits are fully realized: River FREE and the evaluation of its effects. A major environmental benefit/restoration public meeting will be held – the time and place projects at varying stages of completion along • New channels will help divert floodwaters away have not yet been determined. Written comments the lower Carmel River at this time. from homes and businesses can also be submitted at that time. As further • The environmental review of Monterey •A new causeway and bridge will allow floodwaters details become available, we will share them County’s proposed Ecosystem Protective Barrier, to flow unimpeded under Highway One through email, social media and on our website. Scenic Road Protection, and Sand Bar • Restored wildlife habitats in the lower Carmel We plan to break ground in 2018. When complete, Management Plan to address the Carmel River River and Carmel River Lagoon will benefit the long-envisioned restoration of the historic Lagoon and its management, will be available to steelhead trout, birds and other wildlife floodplain and south arm of Carmel River Lagoon the public this fall. will reach its full potential through the connection • A new trail between Carmel River State Beach to the Carmel River FREE project, upriver on the • The Carmel River FREE project environmental and Palo Corona Regional Park will give people east side of Highway One. review will also happen this fall. access to thousands of acres of open space In order to care for this land for generations to • Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District • A beautiful 100-acre mosaic of restored habitats come, we have partnered with the Community (MPRPD) has partnered with the Trust for Public will include willows, cottonwoods, grasslands, Foundation of Monterey County to create the Land, Trout Unlimited and the Santa Lucia wetlands and a 23-acre agricultural preserve Carmel River FREE Stewardship Fund. Our goal is to Conservancy on the “Rancho Cañada raise $2 million to help cover long-term Clint Eastwood and Margaret Eastwood donated 79 Acquisition and Streamflow Enhancement stewardship of the restored floodplain and acres at Odello East to BSLT in June. The project is Project,” which includes a water right habitats, along with the new agricultural preserve now in final design. The team continues to work forbearance as well as a land acquisition. and trails. This fund represents an opportunity to very hard on securing additional public grants for support a project with tangible, long-term benefits. construction and has grant applications pending In addition to these projects, our park agency with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s For information about the Stewardship Fund, partners are working on plans for the uses and (FEMA) Flood Mitigation Assistance grant program; please contact Kate Mitchell Mehle, Director projects on public lands in the lower Carmel California Department of Fish and Wildlife; and the River watershed. The State Parks General Plan California Wildlife Conservation Board. of Development at 831-625-5523. for the Carmel Area State Parks is under preparation and is slated for another round of public review in 2017. MPRPD has commenced the process for a General Plan for Palo Corona Regional Park. Each of these projects and plans addresses different natural resource management issues in the lower Carmel River as well as public access to the regional and state parks in the area.

As these projects continue, please check for updates at bigsurlandtrust.org.

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Glen Deven Ranch SOBERANES FIRE ...contInued from cover how our donors’ support of stewardshIp efforts dramatIcallY contrIbuted to thIs fIGht mmItteldorf preserve en Deven Ranch could have been in grave WHAT’S NExT? Is closed jeopardy as the Soberanes Fire gained l Even with the fire still smoldering in places at momentum in its early days. Upper Palo Mitteldorf Preserve, we have begun a rigorous fortunatelY, Colorado was severely affected and, sadly, many G assessment so that we can plan our extensive n Itteldorf reserve omes were lost. Thankfully, the efforts of former h restoration efforts. Cal Fire crews have begun to m p and current BSLT staff in maintaining the take some initial steps to mitigate future debris wuIll not be safe form anY property’s defensible space and other wide- flows. BSLT will build upon this initial work as it is anging fire prevention efforts gave us a r critical to address erosion concerns before the months to come. fallInG tremendous advantage, and the ranch was rainy season. We are engaging with experts: spared. The recent removal of thousands of hydrologists, geologists, structural engineers and trees, boulders, and other ucalyptus trees around the front entrance and E arborists to protect our roads and minimize hazardsw Ill contInue to perimeter of the property kept Glen Deven and a erosion and impacts to the creek. We will be portion of Palo Colorado Canyon much safer. We sharing what we learn with other landowners, threaten the safetY of the are grateful to Jim Cox, our on-site caretaker, for and the general public as we can. all he has done for the ranch, surrounding area throuGh sprInG. for neighbors, firefighters and support crews during PLENTy OF vOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIESW ILL BE AvAILABLE! these challenging times. these reasons, mItteldorf Once we have completed our initial restoration reservew Ill be closed Though we lost the barn at Mitteldorf Preserve, plans, we will be putting together volunteer p the Lodge, the Bunkhouse, our treasured opportunities. You will be able to help us with our throuGh June of 2017. mammoth redwood plus the vast majority of redwood re-seeding program, other restoration other redwoods and many of the large madrones and repair as well as clean-up activities around are still standing! Good stewardship of Williams structures. Stay tuned for more information or go Mitteldorf Preserve Canyon Road and the entire Preserve helped us to bigsurlandtrust.org and request to be notified avoid more catastrophic impacts. Cal Fire Captain about volunteer activities. Kim Bernheisel and Gabilan Camp Inmate Crews worked for the past decade with BSLT and Santa SOME FINAL THOUGHTS… Lucia Conservancy to clear thousands of dead Ultimately, the land will heal itself. Forests will tanoaks along Williams Canyon Road. If that work rise, the understory will thrive and there will be had not been done, Cal Fire would not have been an absolute explosion of wildflowers each spring able to attempt clearing Williams Canyon Road for the near future. With our donors’ support and the Mitteldorf road network to fight the fire. BSLT can continue to steward our land so that it In addition, Captain Bernheisel was very can return to its natural glory in the safest, most impressed with BSLT’s exemplary fire clearing abundant way possible. work around the buildings and along the roads.

We could not have been as prepared in this crisis without the ongoing support of our stewardship donors, partners and funders! Our long-term organizational commitment is only possible because of the equally long-term dedication of our supporters.

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Mitteldorf Preserve bslt lands In servIce to the communItY a letter fromv IrGInIam udd to bIG sur land trust In 1998, Virginia Mudd wrote to BSLT about the Mudds’ vision for the future of their beloved Glen Deven Ranch which they donated to BSLT in 2001. This excerpt foretells our properties’ roles in service to the community, based on the history of the ranch.

“As the largest, most strategically-situated private holding in the Palo Colorado and Garrapata area, Glen Deven Ranch has emergency resources essential to this community…The ranch has been tested by natural disasters. Memorably, the floods and mudslides of 1983 which inundated homes alongside Garrapata Creek and forced the evacuation of about fifty residents – some bodily hauled to safety by lifelines, or by human chains – and escorted to the ranch. Thanks to the generator, hot baths or showers were available to all, along with a ragtag but clean assortment of clothes and the contents of refrigerators, freezers and our vegetable garden. Women and children bedded down in the main house, men in the guesthouse (where all-night poker games ensued), all under benign surveillance of a deputy sheriff who arrived on the scene. Next morning, helicopters evacuated the guests to a Red Cross post at Rocky Point.

This emergency, along with several serious wildfires, made us aware of the strategic as well as material assets of Glen Deven Ranch and its self-sufficiency…”

We are grateful to our donors who have made it possible for us to secure and maintain our properties so that they may continue to be of service to our community – above and beyond providing the beautiful open spaces we all cherish. There is much work to be done and we hope that we can count on your continued support as we recover from the fire damage over time.

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BBIIGG SSuRR LLANNDD TTRuuSSTT DDONNOORRSS -- JJaannuuaarryy 11 ttoo DDeecceemmbbeerr 3311,, 22001155 our heartfelt apoloGIes and GratItude to those donorsw how here omItted from our last Issue Individuals Amy Dawe Lawrence V. Levine Brandt Bates David & Sandra Day Mark E. Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Charles Bates Karen & Donald Day William & Jutta W. Lewis Gene Bath Marion Decker James & Judith Lipman Carolyn & Fabio Bazzani Jeffrey Deeter Barbara Livingston John & Priscilla Becker Sandra Delay Skip & Mary Anne Lloyd Joan Beller Kenneth T. DeLuca Jonathan Lockhart Dr. James M. Betts Alfred & Elvira Diaz-Infante Walter & Katharine Loeliger Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Black Fred Dietrich Frank Verga & Victoria Verga Logan Melvin L. Blevens Thomas & Ellen Dockum Augie Louis & Holly Hudson-Louis Dick & Judy Borda John & Esther Dolan Mylo & Charlene Lowery Robert & Sarah Bouchier Bill & Jeanne Dorrance Gary Peterson & Randi Buckley Lynne Boyd Steve & Leslie Dorrance Katherine Ralls & Robert Brownell Ann Braak Bruce D. Dunlap Bill Sarris & Vicki Lawrence Sarris Sally Brazil Gilliss Dyer Gary T. Smith & David Ligare Janet Brennan John & Kay Enbom Dr. Mel & Mary Britton Jack & Teri English Corporations Paul Brocchini Davis & Christine Factor Alvarez Technology Inc. Carolyn & Fred Brown Dr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Faia Blaze Engineering, Inc. Howard & Courtney Brunn Dr. John Faia III, DDS Cannery Row Company Janel Brynda David & Jill Fanucchi Driscoll's Charitable Fund Lacy Williams Buck Jeanne Farrington Joni L. Janecki & Associates Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Bullock Robert & Carole Felice Mirkin Productions Barbara Bullock-Wilson Karen & Hugo Ferlito Monterey Bay Pest Control Janet & John Bush Bob Field Monterey County Weekly, Community Phillip Butler & Barbara Baldock Jerry Fielder & Daniel Campbell-Benson Fund of the Community Foundation Gregor & Diane Cailliet Kenaz Filan for Monterey County Brian Call Dean & Rene Flippo Monterey Pacific Inc. Maxine Callinan Chris & Lisa Ford Pebble Beach Company Robin & Herman Campos Richard & Carole Fredericksen R.K. Rebele Consultant Inc. Vicki Canning Linda & Peter Frederiksen Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. Laura Carley Denyse & Robert Frischmuth Surfer's Journal Joseph & Margaret Casey Linda Keill Katy Castagna Wayne & Phyllis Kelley Nicole Chupka Brian & Marsha Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Church Ovilee Kennedy Inge Clarke Joe & Madeline Kepp Mr. & Mrs. Doyle Clayton Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Kett Ms. Barbara Clemens Donald & Judith Kirk Tom Conway & Guy Dansereau Charles J. & Dr. Dancy Kittrell Robert Cooper Charles Koenig Alan & Sherry Cosseboom Sharon & Bob Kolbrener Mr. & Mrs. Nick Craft Tom, Ellen & Adam Krause Amelia Craig Harvey & Kay Kuffner Gregory & Nancy Crawford Dr. & Mrs. Pierre La Mothe Sharon & Joseph Crescente Barbara & Michael Lang Martha Crewe Richard & Mary Lawrence Brian E. Cronwall David A. Laws Wayne & Linda Cruzan Betsie Lays Judge & Mrs. Adriana Jahn Curtis Carol & Brian LeNeve Jim Darling Amber Sanchez Leon Stephen & Sharon Davies Judy LeRoy & Larry Booker If we have mistakenly omitted or incorrectly listed your name, we apologize and ask that you notify us by email at [email protected] or by phone at 831-625-5523.

mmaakkee aa ttrrIIbbuuttee aanndd rreebbuuIIlldd oouurr rreeddwwoooodd fforreessttss we recover from the effects of GIfts receIved between maY 1 and auGust 15, 2016 the Soberanes Fire, our Rs edwood Tribute Trees program INM EMORyO F: Charlotte Kanoe Fisher has taken on even more importance. Calvert L. & Helen Hartman Rosalind & Howard Fisher A Lillian Hartman Gabriel Jack Fisher Our landmark effort to remove invasive species, reduce wildfire fuel, and Henry & Lillian Nagel & Henry Jr. Rosalind & Howard Fisher restore native habitat, will ultimately Lillian Hartman Louise Kameli Fisher create a new redwood forest. Jeff Lucas Rosalind & Howard Fisher Louise & Rene’ Merino, Kent & Carla Zilliox Mike Hirst You can help us reach our goal of Mary Manis Cathy Hirst planting 1,000 redwoods by this winter! Please consider a contribution Louise & Rene’ Merino, Kent & Carla Zilliox Marianne Hart of $75 to have a tree planted in honor Charlotte Moore Helen Schuttish of someone special. Recipients will Louise & Rene’ Merino, Kent & Carla Zilliox Jenifer Mann receive a card notifying them of your Elijah Tuitele-Lewis Helen Schuttish gift along with information about the Erica Meyers John Schuttish Redwood Planting Project. In addition, Helen Schuttish all honorees will be included on our INH ONORO F: Thomas Schuttish Redwood Tribute Tree display and our Barbara Baldock Helen Schuttish website. Each sapling planted Phillip Butler Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis represents a new beginning and is an Phillip Butler everlasting gift to the environment and Erica Meyers future generations. Barbara Baldock Charles Akahi Fisher To order a Tribute Tree, please click Rosalind & Howard Fisher the Donate button on our website, bigsurlandtrust.org. For more information, call Amber at 831-625-5523 or email [email protected].

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aYs of IvInG to the IG ur and rust w G b spropertiles that reptresent a special legacy – each a wn othned earftinegrm wahtaht o mf othre ySoub ecraann edso Ftior eh,e alrpe? you unique setting for engaging the community and WI hile Mitteldorf Preserve sustained the most inspiring love of the land. Long-term stewardship significant damage, our other properties that of these special places is critical as proven by the were called into service to support firefighting service we were able to provide during the efforts will also need repair. Your donation to Big Soberanes Fire. The McMahan Family Sur Land Trust can help us with the long and Stewardship Endowment presents an opportunity arduous process of restoration on each of our to ensure that these lands are taken care of well affected properties. Please visit into the future. We have a $10 million goal – bigsurlandtrust.org and select the Donate button enabled by the $4.5 million base funding from the to help us with this immediate need! McMahan family.

Are you moved to be part of our longer-term If you are considering a gift to the Endowment, goals of land stewardship? Through the please contact Kate Mitchell Mehle, Director of generosity of our donors and funding partners, Development at 831-625-5523. we are fortunate to hold a suite of magnificent

land& leGacY socIetY n and Laura Newmark moved to honor and acknowledge the area 20 years ago and have those who provide support boeen supporting Big Sur Land Trust by including the Land Trust eDver since. An avid hiker, Don recently in their estate plans. celebrated his 90th birthday! In a recent meeting with Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis, We invite you to join a BSLT President/CEO, Don shared, “I growing group of open appreciate all the effort the Land Trust space enthusiasts who, as and their partners make to set aside and a part of their legacy, have protect the magnificent places that make already made a lasting commitment to Monterey County such a wonderful place preserving our treasured landscapes. to live.” For more information, contact Kate Individuals and families who include the Mitchell Mehle at 831-625-5523. Big Sur Land Trust in their charitable estate plans exemplify the spirit of stewardship that conserves Monterey County’s treasured landscapes for generations to come. Big Sur Land Trust established the Land & Legacy Society to

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e Transportation Agency of Monterey spaces and to link those spaces to where people County (TAMC) has received unanimous work and live. The measure also includes some ahpproval from the Monterey County Board modest funding for habitat preservation and Tof Supervisors and city jurisdictions to place a habitat mitigation planning. sales tax measure on the November ballot. The measure would impose a three-eighths of one Diminishing gas tax revenues have caused a percent (3/8%) sales tax over a period of 30 years continuing decline in transportation funding. to raise approximately $600 million (about $20 Approval of this transportation measure means million annually). These sales tax revenues would the County of Monterey would become a “self- fund local road and street maintenance and help” county, which would make it easier to safety projects (60%), and regional safety, leverage state and federal matching funds. mobility and walkability projects (40%). BLST believes there is a critical need for a more If the ballot measure passes, significant funding reliable, local funding stream for projects – would help launch the Fort Ord Rec Trail and including those that promote alternative Greenway, also known as FORTAG (fortag.org). transportation and access to open space like FORTAG proponents envision a 30-mile regional FORTAG – and we support the TAMC ballot trail network within Fort Ord that would help measure. connect communities with open space and facilitate active transportation via walking and For more information visit tamcmonterey.org biking. Although BSLT is not yet directly involved, we believe this is a very worthy, significant regional project that aligns with our strategic plan goal to decrease barriers to access natural open

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Non-Profit Org. U.S.Postage PAID Monterey, CA big sur land trust 2016 Permit No.163 MISSION: To inspire love of the land and conservation of our treasured landscapes. BOARD OF TRUSTEES George Somero Chair Bob Montgomery Vice-Chair Nigel Lovett Treasurer Sarah Berling Secretary Tom Archibald Steve McIntyre AlfredD iaz-Infante Tom Reeves Julie Drezner Judy Sulsona John Gamble Mike Thomas Jeanne Landreth Eric B. Lo Monaco

ADVISORY COUNCIL Luis Alvarez Bill Landreth Jack Caouette Jane McCoy Bill Doolittle Julie Packard Steve Dorrance Rick Werner Rosalind Fisher Phil Wilhelm Alan Lacy Marsha McMahan Zelus

STAFF ROSTER Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis President/CEO Rich Hamilton Chief Operating Officer Guille Barbosa Executive Assistant Jim Cox Glen Deven Ranch Caretaker Joanna Devers Conservation Projects Manager Todd Farrington Community Engagement Manager Sarah Hardgrave Conservation Programs Manager Trent Hodges Outdoor Programs Coordinator Amber Sanchez Leon Philanthropy Assistant Kate Mitchell Mehle Director of Development Adrienne Otis Accounting Manager Jeff Powers Director of Land Stewardship Tracy Rhoades Office Manager Patrick Riparetti Stewardship Projects Manager Rachel Saunders Director of Conservation Carla Zilliox Communications Manager

ssaavvee tthhee ddaattee!! please join fellow members, friends and bslt staff at these upcoming events. contact amber at [email protected] for more information.

Mitteldorf Preserve: After the Fire Hear from BSLT staff how stewardship efforts helped avoid breakfast briefing more catastrophic events at Mitteldorf. Learn how rigorous Saturday, October 8 land assessments presently underway will inform extensive BSLT Office, Monterey restoration efforts and how you can be involved!

Monterey Symphony Luncheon Join local Emmy-winning composer John Wineglass and in partnership with Big Sur Land Trust celebrate the world premiere of his symphonic work Big Sur: Wednesday, October 19 The Night Sun — inspired by his stay at Glen Deven Ranch. Glen Deven Ranch Tickets for the luncheon and the Symphony’s opening weekend ticketed event are available at montereysymphony.org.

Arroyo Seco Ranch Back Country Hike From one of California’s last intact Sycamore Alluvial Saturday, November 12 - Full day Woodlands, through high Oak Savannah to the shady banks of Moderately Strenuous the majestic Arroyo Seco River. Please join us as we explore this remote BSLT-conserved landscape!

BIG SUR LAND TRUST DONOR PRIvACy POLICy The Big Sur 509 Hartnell Street Monterey, CA 93940 Land Trust will not sell, trade or share PO Box 4071 Monterey, CA 93942-9967 personal information or send mailings on behalf of other organizations. Telephone 831.625.5523 Fax 831.658.0716 www.bigsurlandtrust.org

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