2014 Conference - Doniga Markegard from Markegard Family Ranch

Wildlife, Ranching, Carbon and PolicyDoniga Markegard

Bay Area Open Space Council May 8th, 2014

Photo by Federica Armstrong

Nature Connection and Observation

Conservation Partnersmutually beneficial relationships

•Place of Hope and Beauty

•Sonoma Mountain Institute

•Peninsula Open Space Trust

•Mid Peninsula Regional Open Space District

•Resource Conservation District and Natural Resource Conservation Service

•TomKat Ranch and Point Blue Photo: Federica Armstrong

Place of Hope and Beauty

Photo: David Anderson

Photo: David Anderson

Sonoma Mountain Institute

Photo: Byron Palmer

Peninsula Open Space Trust

Photo: Federica Armstrong

Photo: Federica Armstrong

Mid Peninsula Regional Open Space District

Photo: Federica Armstrong

Photo: Federica Armstrong

Resource Conservation District and Natural Resource Conservation Service

TomKat Ranch and Point Blue

Photo: Federica Armstrong

"A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself”Franklin D Roosevelt

Grasslands cover 45% of landmass worldwide

Ranch Dinner

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Photos: Federica Armstrong

Farmers’ Markets

Photos: Federica Armstrong

Ranch Days

My Grandmother’s BillCommon Sense

Practices that are now Illegal

What are we leaving for the next generations?

Photo: Federica Armstrong