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Note from the Executive Director Dear Friends,

Greetings from the Muir Heritage Land Trust. In this, our Autumn edition of Horizons, you will find an update on recent events and plans for the season to come. For comprehensive information, please visit our website. You will read elsewhere of our gratitude to the hundreds of generous donors, sponsors and volunteers that make our work possible.

Spring and Summer at the Land Trust were filled with success and celebration. Next season promises to be exciting and jam-packed as well. I will give you this thumbnail sketch, and refer you to various articles herein for more details.

Linus Eukel Executive Director

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One can’t look at a newspaper or turn on the television lately without seeing another story

about global warming. While it doesn’t make for pleasant reading, it is very good news that the recognition that global warming is real, is human caused, and requires immediate action has entered the mainstream.

Global warming relates directly to the Muir Heritage Land Trust’s (MHLT) work in multiple ways. On the one hand, global warming poses a serious threat to the health of the ecosystems that MHLT is working to protect, so that addressing global warming is essential to fulfilling MHLT’s mission to protect open space and wildlife habitat for future generations. On the other hand, MHLT’s conservation of open space is in itself part of the solution to global warming by helping to limit demand for fossil fuels and preserving the land’s carbon storage capacity.

In this issue, we describe how MHLT’s work is affected by global warming, how each of us can help to address this urgent problem, and how land conservation is part of the answer.

Global warming 101Over the past two centuries, the earth

has experienced a gradual, but accelerating increase in the global average temperature. Scientists have very compelling evidence that this increase is predominantly a result of human-caused emissions of “greenhouse gases” into the earth’s atmosphere. (See www.ipcc.ch for the latest science.)

Greenhouse gases act like a blanket that traps heat from the sun. They occur naturally, and without them, our earth would be too cold to support life. But until the industrial revolution, the concentrations of these gases in the atmosphere had remained essentially constant for thousands of years. As human technology advanced and human population grew, bringing with them the burning of fossil fuels and other changes on a massive scale, their concentrations increased dramatically.

Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) is primarily responsible for global warming, though other gases contribute too. CO2 is released when fossil fuels (coal, petroleum, and natural gas) are burned to provide electricity, heat, and transportation. CO2 is also emitted as a result of land-use changes such as logging and deforestation. As land

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Staff

Linus Eukel Executive Director

Suzanne Jones Land Program Manager

Beth Pardieck Stewardship Manager

Ellen Visser Outreach Coordinator

Johna Winters Administrative Manager

Board of Directors

Mark Wilson Chair

Ken Fischer Vice Chair

Sheila Grilli Secretary

Louis E. Stoddard Treasurer

Bob Aston Peter Colby

Ann Cormack Paul Craig

Steve Pardieck June Rogers

Donn Walklet

Editor

Linus Eukel

Newsletter Contributors

Linus Eukel Suzanne Jones

Sarah Inez Levy Beth Pardieck Ellen Visser

Johna Winters

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is cleared for agriculture, forest products, or development, vegetation is burned or decomposes, releasing CO2 into the atmosphere.

Other key anthropogenic greenhouse gases are methane (CH4), fluorinated gases such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and nitrous oxide (N2O). They are emitted from a variety of agricultural, chemical, waste-processing and energy-related activities.

Levels of all these greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere are significantly higher now than they have been in the preceding half-million years.

Climate change effectsThe observed and expected impacts of

global warming are profound, and climate models predict wide regional variations in its effects. For instance, some regions are expected to suffer more severe and frequent droughts, while others may experience increased rainfall and hurricanes. Colder and more severe winters may occur in some regions (such as the North Atlantic) due to changes to ocean circulation caused by global warming. This is why the effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gases are also referred to as “global climate change,” to acknowledge that as the global average temperature increases, the regional effects may be more complex.

Significant impacts have already been observed. Sea level rise, increased flooding, forest die-off, and disrupted timing of natural cycles – such as plant flowering, insect emergence, and wildlife migrations – have begun. One of the most disturbing observed effects has been rapid warming at the poles and melting of ice sheets. While climate models predicted these effects, they failed to foresee the rapid time scale on which the melting is actually occurring.

For California, scientists expect an increased incidence of droughts, heat waves, coastal flooding and wildfires as well as significant losses of Sierra snow pack and decreased forest yields. The implications for California’s water supply and agricultural productivity are a grave

concern, as are the welfare of California’s people and wildlife.

The plants and animals that MHLT is working to preserve may not be able to adapt to rapidly changing climate conditions, which directly affect food supply, breeding success, and survival rates. As such, swift reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are crucial to protecting the long-term health of MHLT’s protected open spaces and their inhabitants.

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions The United States contributes

more to global warming per-capita than any other country on earth. With only 5% of the world’s population, the U.S. is responsible for 25% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

(For comparison, Europe’s and Japan’s per-capita

greenhouse gas emissions are half those of the U.S.) Taken together, the world’s industrialized countries are responsible for about 56% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

If greenhouse gas emissions are to be significantly cut, industrialized countries – particularly the U.S. – must rapidly reduce fossil fuel consumption by improving energy efficiency and implementing low-CO2-emitting energy technologies on a massive scale.

The world’s developing countries, despite very low average per-capita emissions, are playing an increasingly significant role in the global warming issue as well. Because more than three quarters of the world’s population resides in developing countries, their cumulative emissions have become significant, and in the next decade are expected to equal and exceed those of industrialized countries.

Poverty, a lack of economic opportunity, and scarce access to energy-efficient technologies leave many

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developing countries with few options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, empirical data shows that as access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities (particularly for women) improve, population growth slows down, and standards of living rise. Effective measures to address these underlying social and economic issues, in combination with access to climate-friendly technologies, are crucial to stabilizing and ultimately reducing greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries.

For the past decade, the United Nations’ 1997 Kyoto Protocol has been the centerpiece of international efforts to address climate change. It commits industrialized countries to begin cutting their own emissions, while helping developing countries reduce theirs over time by offering economic development assistance and climate-friendly technology transfer. One hundred and seventy-five nations worldwide have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol. The United States signed the treaty in 1998, but has not ratified it.

Fortunately, however, meaningful steps to cut America’s greenhouse emissions are beginning. The State of California last year adopted the “Global Warming Solutions Act” which will work to reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020, and by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. This year, similar bills that would take effect nation-wide have been introduced in both houses of Congress as well.

MhLT’s role in reducing local CO2 emissions

A significant portion of the United States’ CO2 emissions are generated from residential energy use and automobile transportation. Land use changes such as deforestation and land clearing also contribute. By helping to limit demand for fossil fuels, and by preserving the land’s carbon absorption and storage capacity, land conservation is part of the solution to global warming.

The land that MHLT targets for protection is land that would most likely otherwise be developed with large carbon-intensive homes some distance

from community services and public transportation. By protecting these areas, new development is directed away from greenbelts and toward urban in-fill areas, thereby encouraging more compact, energy-efficient dwellings near public transit and services, and less driving. Additionally, by providing public access to its protected lands, MHLT offers local residents options to hike, bird watch, and horseback ride relatively close to home instead of driving long distances to do so.

Preserving undeveloped open space also preserves the natural CO2-uptake and storage capacity of its vegetation. The oak woodlands, chaparral, and riparian areas that MHLT protects from development remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it as they grow. By protecting these ecosystems, MHLT preserves their CO2 absorption benefits and prevents the CO2 emissions that would occur if they were destroyed. Additionally, MHLT’s habitat restoration projects, such as the upcoming Fernandez Ranch creek restoration, augment the land’s carbon absorption and storage capacity by planting thousands of native trees and shrubs.

MHLT’s work to protect open space is part of the answer to global warming, but without a comprehensive global strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the ecosystems and wildlife MHLT is working to preserve are very much at risk. We cannot undo the greenhouse gases that have already been released, and we will have to face their consequences. However, we do have a choice about how much more global warming occurs. If we act swiftly and cooperatively to cut greenhouse emissions, we can prevent the worst effects of climate change, and preserve our precious planet for the sake of the generations of people, plants and animals to come.

Without a comprehensive global strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the ecosystems and wildlife MHLT is working to preserve are very much at risk.

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Be part of the solution

Wildlife photos by Brian Murphy

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Upcoming Events

Star Gazing Party with the Mt. Diablo Astronomical SocietyFriday, September 14th6:30 pmFernandez Ranch

Tina Batt Trail Dedication & Volunteer PartySaturday, September 29th9:00 am – 12:00 noonSky Ranch

Fernandez Ranch HikeSaturday, October 13th 9:00 am – 12:00 noonFernandez Ranch

Sky Ranch Fun RunSunday, October 21st9:00 am – 12:00 noonSky Ranch

CARDA Dog TrainingSunday, November 4th8:00 am – 11:00 amFernandez Ranch

The Birth of a TrailBy Sarah Inez Levy

Until recently, I admittedly never thought much about the trails I happily trod through the Bay Area.

While biking, white-knuckled, around twisting paths, I thought a lot about finding my line, powering over monster roots, and mainly about how I might avoid crashing painfully and without grace – please please stay straight go straight – into the eucalyptus. While hiking, I had tremendous conversations with friends and with myself. I argued politics and religion. I planned weekend trips, and novels, and cities. While trail running, I thought about life, and running, the nature around me, running, and lunch.

But never once in all that thinking did I stop to wonder about the story behind the trail.

Never, that is, until one sunny National Trails Day in June, when I found myself among several hundred volunteers atop Sky Ranch in Martinez, pulling together bag lunches for a day of trail building. In one weekend, we were to clear two miles of trail – a new spur of the Bay Area Ridge Trail – in honor of Tina Batt, founding Executive Director of the Muir Heritage

Land Trust. Planned and organized by Volunteers for Outdoor California (VOCal) in partnership with the Muir Heritage Land Trust, the project included everything from training crew leaders to designing a hearty menu to feed the droves of hungry workers.

Bag lunch and water bottle fitted into my pack, I slathered on some sunscreen, donned a pair of chic green gardening gloves, and found my assigned work group. We did a quick round of introductions, went over some basic safety pointers, and then headed to our first stretch of trail-to-be. There were only seven of us, but team “Better than Government Work” turned out to be the best of them all; we sang glorious renditions of old pop ballads as we whacked at the sun-hardened earth, priding ourselves on both our vocal talent and manual perfectionism. By lunchtime, we were trail masters, leaving a perfectly cleared lane in our wake – or pretty close.

With so many work teams leapfrog-ging each other all day long, the trail emerged amazingly fast, a winding dark swath hugging the golden hillside. By the end of the first day, we were tired and sticky with dirt and sweat, but my group

Several hundred volunteers showed up on National Trail Days in June to forge the Tina Batt Trail.

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Welcome NewBoard Member Paul Craig

The Muir Heritage Land Trust welcomes long-time Land Trust supporter, Paul Craig, to our Board of Directors. Paul Craig is a Professor Emeritus at UC Davis. He received his PhD in Physics from CalTech, where Richard Feynman – one of his lifetime heroes – served on his PhD Committee. After a career in basic science at Los Alamos and Brookhaven National Laboratories he shifted to environ-mental policy. He was an early Board Member of Environmental Defense Fund (now ED). Later he served on the energy staff of the President’s Science Adviser, and then became a Professor at UC Davis where he taught energy and environmental policy. His expertise in nuclear waste policy led to a Presidential appointment to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club Foundation, where he is helping the Sierra Club shift its top priority to global warming. He lives in Martinez with Kay Cox (whom he met back-packing on the John Muir Trail). He loves hiking the Martinez hills.

was hesitant to leave the path: Let’s just get to that tree; I just want to level this one bump; Let’s just smooth out a couple more inches… But we eventually gathered up our tools, heavier now in jelly arms, and headed back to camp.

There, we were greeted with snacks, a freshly tapped keg, and a refreshing breeze sweeping over the ridge. I passed on the sun-shower stations swaying precariously in the wind in favor of a change of clothes and a good face-scrubbing in the port-o-sink. While a crew of phenomenal cooks turned out a Thai feast in spite of ornery burners, we enjoyed a professional magic show and a live bluegrass band. The wind picked up as the sun dove into the bay, and soon after it disappeared, I crawled, spent, into my sleeping bag and drifted off to the sound of tents thwaping.

The next morning, despite many sore limbs, blisters and residual sunburns, we completed the trail in record time. It was my group’s honor to smooth the very last portion of the path. To this, we added some artistic flair: meandering lines, a few sultry curves, one sweet jump. Then, munching sandwiches and homemade cookies, we sat and admired our work.

I learned more than I expected to that weekend on Sky Ranch: I learned the difference between a Pulaski and a McLeod – big heavy tools that I had only pretended to know before – and I even learned how to use them. I learned how efficient seven people can be and how hard work

facilitates instant friendships. But most importantly, I learned to appreciate what it takes to create a trail.

Years from now, people will still come to hike and play on the Tina Batt Trail. They’ll walk and run, converse, argue and laugh above the perfect, rain-smoothed five-degree slope of the trail. And whether or not they realize it, their footprints will be the next chapter in a story that I and 318 volunteers began one summer weekend in 2007.

As for me, I will never look at a trail the same way again. At least until I stop finding burrs in my socks.

Sarah Inez Levy is a freelance writer and rookie trail-builder based in Berkeley, CA.

Photos by Paul Garber

Welcome To Our New Administrative Manager Johna Winters

Johna Winters brings more than 25 years of accounting, human resources, and administrative expertise to MHLT. Her background includes 13 years in public accounting and an additional 16 years working with and for small to medium size companies in the private sector. Her interest in flourishing ecosystems led to a position on the founding board of The Central Sierra Environmental Center (CSERC) in Sonora, California where she acted as its Financial Officer for 14 years. Ms. Winters lives and gardens in Benicia, with her husband Jack and daughter Nicole.

ranching heritage Day

On June 23rd, members gathered on the Land Trust’s 702-acre Fernandez Ranch to learn about our community’s ranching heritage as several local ranching families and the Martinez Historical Society shared a look at past and current ranching operations in Contra Costa County. Family and friends enjoyed a rancher’s townhall reunion, horse-drawn carriage rides with Michael Muir’s Access Adventure, children’s activities, a docent-led tour of beautiful Fernandez Ranch and a complimentary BBQ lunch provided by Bulldog Barbecue of Martinez.

Photos by Paul Garber

Carriage rides with Michael Muir and Access Adventure

Ranchers Joe Matta Sr. and Bob Chapman

Learning the ropes

Welcome To Our New Outreach Coordinator Ellen Visser

Ellen Visser, former MHLT Board Member, started with the Land Trust in July as our new Outreach Coordinator. Ellen has been an active volunteer with the Land Trust for eight years. She has worked with staff to create strong and cohesive publications to promote the Trust. Working on her own and as an Art Director with Public Media Center in San Francisco, she has 16 years experience in design and implementation of public service advertising campaigns in the fields of environmental protection, social responsibility, and public health. She is also active in the local community, working to hold housing developers accountable to environmental laws. Ellen holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of San Francisco and the Academy of Art University. She enjoys exploring the rural hills of Contra Costa with her husband, Cameron, and son, Henry.

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John Pereira, Bob Sanders, Eddie Brazil, Frank Nunes, Joe Matta Sr. and others swapped stories about the traditions, values and authentic history of our local ranching industry.

Four generations of ranching families were on hand to celebrate and share.

CARDA cutie (California Rescue

Dog Association)

Livestock appreciation

The Muir Heritage Land Trust (MHLT) has been awarded $1.92 million from the highly competitive California River Parkways Grant Program for its Fernandez Ranch project off of Highway 4 between Martinez and Hercules, CA.

The River Parkways grant will pro-vide two-thirds of the capital funding needed to open Fernandez Ranch to the public and complete a large-scale creek restoration and habitat enhancement plan. Project partners include the State Coastal Conservancy and the Bay Area Ridge Trail Council. Approximately $1 million of this grant will be used to restore and enhance unstable and degraded sections of Rodeo Creek. More than 2,500 linear feet of riparian habitat will be restored with over 10,000 native plants. Approximately $900,000 of the grant will support pub-lic-access amenities including a staging area for cars and equestrian trailers; a pedestrian and emergency-vehicle bridge spanning Rodeo Creek; approximately 3.5 miles of multi-use wildland trails, of which ½ mile will be ADA accessible, and four picnic areas with interpretive ele-ments. The project budget is $2.8 million and matching funding will be provided by the State Coastal Conservancy, Bay Area Ridge Trail Council and the Oakmead Foundation among many others.

Creek cleanup and preparation work has already begun at the site by the East Bay Conservation Corps and volunteers. Final

plans, permitting and major construction will start in 2008. Fernandez Ranch is expected to open to the public in 2010. Environmental education is a priority of this project, and the Muir Heritage Land Trust plans to involve the East Bay Conservation Corps, Martinez Unified School District’s Environmental Studies Academy, Contra Costa County Office of Education’s Regional Occupational Program and local community volunteers in all phases of the work.

The Muir Heritage Land Trust acquired the 702-acre Fernandez Ranch in 2005 for $3.2 million with funding from the Wildlife Conservation Board, State Coastal Conservancy and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation among many other important foundations and private donors. The California River Parkways grant program came into being when California voters approved Proposition 50, the “Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act” in 2002. According to the California Resources Agency “the act authorized the Legislature to appropriate funds for the acquisition, restoration, protection and development of river parkways. The California River Parkways Program, a competitive grant program administered by the Office of the Secretary for Resources, awards funds to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to develop river parkways in their communities.”

Thanks Nicole

Nicole Bamburger, a Global Studies major at UC Santa Barbara volunteered her time this summer to help MHLT with a variety of projects. Nicole joined us to help with preparation for the Fresh Aire Affaire and archiving important MHLT historical documents. Thanks Nicole!

Muir heritage Land Trust Awarded Nearly $2 Million for Fernandez ranch restoration and public Access project

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which is an uncommon pollination adaptation.

The Dutchman’s Pipe plays an important role in the local ecosystem as the Pipevine Swallowtail butter-fly (Battus philenor) is completely dependent on this vine for its survival. This magnificent butterfly is black and iridescent turquoise on the upper side of its wings, and black with orange and cream- colored spots underneath. It is a large butterfly, reaching up to 4 inches across. Pipevine swallowtail caterpillars consume the vine’s leaves, their sole food source and absorb toxins that make the caterpillars inedible to predators such as birds. The caterpillars then use the plant as a great hiding place to undergo metamorphosis. Later, the adult pipevine swallowtail butterflies return to complete the cycle by laying their eggs on this plant.

As final plans for the restoration of Fernandez Ranch and Rodeo Creek are being developed, complex ecological relationships and individual species such as these are considered. The project includes planting more than 10,000 native plants and trees. In order to maximize their ecological benefit, the species to be planted include, not only the usual willow and oak species which will provide bank stability and erosion control, but also Dutchman’s Pipe, and several others that will offer diversity to the landscape and habitat for species such as the pipevine swallowtail butterfly.

The preservation and restoration of places such as Fernandez Ranch help ensure

that species such as the Dutchman’s Pipe and Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly will

coexist and thrive in their natural habitat for years to come.

The rare DutchmanBy Beth Pardieck

The Muir Heritage Land Trust’s

protected lands provide refuge for hundreds of remarkable plant and animal species, both common and rare. One fascinating example is the Dutchman’s Pipe, (Aristolochia californica), a native vine that exists only in California. Dutchman’s Pipe can be found in chaparral, forest, grassland and riparian habitats in the Bay Area, and at least four populations thrive on MHLT’s Fernandez Ranch in grasslands adjacent to oak woodlands. You may have also encountered this striking vine while hiking along local creeks or in the shade of oak woodland stands on Sky Ranch.

The bright-green vine, with its delicate heart-shaped leaves, winds its way through open grassland, up and around nearby shrubs and can grow up to 20 feet long. Most noticeable in the spring are the unique greenish-purple flowers distinguished by their unusual pipe-like shape. This petal-less flower blooms from January until about April and its tubular form resembles the carnivorous pitcher plant. The 1-2 inch flowers dangle from the vines and exude a foul odor that attracts insects inside, a feature once interpreted as evidence that the plant was carnivorous. It is now understood to be a pollination technique: the insects enter

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Doug McConnell (Bay Area Backroads - www.OpenRoad.tv) and hundreds of other Land Trust supporters joined together on August 18 for a very special evening at the Mansion and Estate of the John Muir National Historic Site. This year we honored the East Bay Regional Park District, Overaa Construction and the California State Resources Agency. We celebrated the Park District’s 73 years of dedicated service to purchase and protect more than 97,000 acres; Overaa Construction’s Centennial Anniversary of service as a fourth-generation, family-owned Bay Area business and Land Trust supporter; and the California State Resources Agency for its recent award of a $1.92 million grant in support of restoration and public access on the Fernandez Ranch property. Guests enjoyed a champagne and wine reception, silent auction, light hors d’oeuvres and music by the Jack Eskridge Jazz Duo. Dinner was served al fresco in the orchard with speakers and an exciting live auction.

The event was dedicated to the memory of Jack Telfer who passed away last Spring. Jack was a founding board member and generous supporter of the Muir Heritage Land Trust.

Photos by Paul Garber

Doug McConnell,Master of Ceremonies

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John Manuto,ESA Student

Dr. Joe Ovick, County Superintendent of Schools

Mark DeSaulnier, 11th District Assembly Member

Ted Radke,Board Member, EBRPD

Pat O’Brien, General Manager, EBRPD

Jerry Overaa, CEO, Overaa Construction

Auctioneers John & Sean Pereira

Guitarist Jack Estridge

Jerry Overaa with Kathy Hoffman, Senior Field Representative for Congressman George Miller

MHLT Board Members Lou Stoddard and Ken Fischer with Eddie Downer, Chair of The Mechanics Bank

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Many thanks to our generous sponsors. Our annual event was a great success because of you.

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Benefactors ($25,000 - $999,999)Anonymous

Patrons ($10,000 - $24,999)Firedoll FoundationJ. M. Long FoundationPacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship CouncilS.D. Bechtel, Jr. FoundationSeaworld Busch Gardens Conservation FundShell Oil Products U.S., Martinez RefineryThe San Francisco FoundationThomas J. Long Foundation

Major Donors ($1,000 - $9,999)Bay Area Barns and TrailsLesley BennBlanding, Boyer & Rockwell, LLPPeter & Susan ColbyChevron Products CompanyJohnson & Louise ClarkeRonald & Rosemary ClendenenConocoPhillips CompanyAnn & Robert CormackKay Cox & Paul CraigJoffa & Ellen DaleRobert & Kimberly DeVriesEdward & Yoshimi DownerEDAW/AECOMLinus & Stephanie EukelKen & Martha FischerJim & Mary Ann Gaebe*Kenneth GerlackWilliam & Joan HansenLarry & Sue HansonGeorge & Judith HelderSally Holzman & Robert HoaglandDavid & Susan HodgesJohn Muir Health

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Sponsors (up to $999)A & W IndustriesJohn & Cheryl AbelMary Ann AbreuJudy AdamsSeth AdamsLisa AguirreJohn & Barbara AhlquistCarol Alderdice & Roger EppersonMarjorie AllendorphCheryl AlthenBurt AndersonCarol AndersonCatherine AndersonCarl & Sharon Anduri

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Louise Bordoni*Richard & Mary BowersDolly BoyerMarcella BoyerMadaline BoyesSandra BozarthRichard & Christine Braunlich, Jr.Lorraine Bray*Barbara BreamLarkin Breed, Jr.William & Christa Brewster*Kurt Brombacher Allynee BrownRon & Joan BrownRon & Sharon BrownDorothy Brown, PH.DGwendolyn BuchholzPamela Burns & William EdickHarriet Burt*Sherida Bush & Timothy PlattDennis ButkowskiCynthia Butler & John KingBrianne ByrneDavid L. & Susann CalkinsCandis Carlisle-KattenburgEllen CarlsonCarmelo & Alicia Carone*Alice CastellanosTheresa CaygillPhyllis & Harvey CeaserBob & Donna CerriBob & Kathy ChapmanKaren ChapmanTina Chou & Steven HarrisonPriscilla ChristensenHarold ChubbKathleen ClancyMonica ClarkCameron Clarke & Ellen VisserMarguerite ClemensLaura CliffordRoy CoatsChris Codding & John RiccaVelda & Donald CoffinRobert & Tamara ColarossiThomas & Terri ColemanBarbara & Robert ConlonContra Costa Hills ClubJan Rae CookJennifer CookJoanne CookeDonna Cooper

Jasper CooperMarilyn CooperDouglas & Rosemary CorbinAnne CorderMario & Margot CoronaPatricia CorrNancy CorserJason & Kathleen CortlundDorothy CoudenMarc & Diane CoventryGeorge Ann & Charles CoyleCarolyn CrawfordKathy & Stephen CummingsCurletto Family TrustVincent CustodioSylva DajaniBruce & Janet DalenMickey & Joe DavisRamona DavisVickie DawesDonald DeFremeryDeborah Deas-OelschlaegerJohn DeemingPamela DellaHoward & Leilani DennHerman DennyPatricia DericksonLinda DeschambaultRobert & Kimberly DeVriesStephanie & Thomas DiPalmaDon E. Keith Transportation, LLC*Tim DonahueSierra Club-Delta GroupBob Doyle Valerie DoyleMarika & Victor DragottiMary DubitskyDaniel & Barbara EatonE. P. EdgarEl Cerrito Garden ClubJames H. Eldredge & Anne M. BreedloveRobert Elia & Suzanne JonesRobert & Margaret ElliottCathy & David EllisonMarie & Anthony EmersonDee England*Karen EricksonPeter & Virginia EstabrookJudith EtheridgeTrevor Evans-YoungKenneth & Janie Everett

MhLT DonorsMany thanks to our generous donors. July 2006 - June 2007 (partial list)

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Cheril FaganMartin & Julia FaulknerDick & Toni FauverGary & Laura FebusRay & Elaine FeeleyJane FernandezMarjorie & Raymond FerrariElaine FerreRobert & Barbara FiernerEvelyn Fink & Gregory Miller*Harry & Sheilah FishChristopher Forrest & Manisha OjhaHelene & Randall FrakesDonna & Daniel Frankel*Eugene FranzJohn & Elinor FraserEdna Beth Friedman*JoAnne FruddenDorothy FrumsonDorothy & Raymond GaschkDon & Janice GeahryWinifred GeganMark GeiserJeannine GendarMary Gibbons & John CoakleyLaurie GilbertWalter GillfillanMerle GillilandDiane & John GilmoreEllen GlasserPatricia Gleason*Sabiha GokcenGolden Gate Truck Center*Wayne & Shirley GoodmanMargaret & Andrew GordonGranite Construction Inc.*Barbara & Robert GrantJohn GravellShirley GregoryBruce & Jan GrenkeDiane GriffithsSheila GrilliPaul & Mary GrunlandRich GuarientiPhil HaagThomas HaglerJean HalfordRoss & Gladys HannaMelva & Thomas HansenJaness HansonJeannie HarmonMarjorie HarmonPatricia Harris

Grace & Peter HartdegenAlfred & Marian HarveyCarol & James HatchMary & Charles HauptJames HaynesMartin & Teresa Head-GordonJackie HeathRussell & Kathleen HeathJo HeathcoteClaudia & Scott HeinKarl & Linda HempflingDaniel HershHarlan HeydonMary HigueraAlison HillJeanne Hilson*Joan HishidaNadine & Michael HitchcockKent & Nancy HobertMary & Robert HobsonOliver & Rachel HolmesBob & Joan HolmoeRussell & Betty HoltAndrew Holtz & Rich ElliottMary HookHulet HornbeckJo Anne HostingDon & Jane HouserFred HowardIrja HowtonDavid Hunger & Hwi Ling NgWilliam & Lesley HuntNoel HurdDenis & Cathy HustonIBM Corporation Matching Grants ProgramRonald Irving*Elaine JacksonRuth JamisonEleano JardineRoy JeansJerry & Sheila Jeffry*Robert E. JohnsonKevin & Joan JohnstonKathleen & David JonesPeter & Jeanne JonesLaury Joseph & Doug RoweLinda & John JuddCarol JurasinDavid & Lois KailHelen KarlsrudM. Carol & Edward Karner*Steven KasparRichard Kawin

John KeibelDean Kelch & Daniel WeinsteinWilliam & Joan KelleyJim & Janet KennedyMike & Allison KenneyJoan KepplerToni KerrGrace & Karen KeslerJohn KieferDana & Mary KilgorePaul & Eunice Kilkenny*Helen KimballMarian KingKatherine KinoshitaNorman KirshenGeorge KleemanRon KlineAl & Ruth KlobasWerner KoellnerLinda Korenman & Robert LindseyTim & Julie KruseNancy KuchinsNorman La ForceDoris & Edwin La GrangeGarrett LambertJuliet Lamont & Phil PriceCarol Lane & Larry BradleyDorrie LangleyPeter & Early LangleyJeri & Steven LarsenRon & Paula LathropBob & Beverly LauderdaleMelissa LawtonEttore LealeMark & Marjorie LeedsC. & M. LeithRose & Ronald LernbergCharles Lewis Glen Lewis & Martha JosephStuart & Mary Beth LillyRichard & Charlotte LinigerLippow Development*Vera LisHarold & Betsy LittleNancy & Ernest LompaAntone LopesWencke LubbockJanet LuhmannMargaret LunaNorm & Christy LundbergSuzanne & Nathan LutzJames & Shirley Lynch

Peggy & Craig LyonJudith Ann MahanJane MailanderCarol & Hugh MaioccoElaine MaloneMichael & Jennifer Man*Greg Mangani & Tiffany YeeJane ManningJon & Kimberly MarangoniGeorge MarcyValerie MarkDavid & Marilyn MartinJoan MasseyJoe & Laura MattaMarjorie & Kimble MattinglyGene & Deborah McCabeDon & Nancy McCormackJoye & Charles McCoyRoberta McCoyStuart & Barbara McCulloughL.C. McCuneDr. Norman & Delores McDonald*Rosemary McDonaldShirley McDonaldSydney, Susan & Terry McDonaldAndrea & Michael McGillMichele McGradyJoyce & John McIntyreMarianne McKayMary Colby-McKeyMoraga Horsemen’s AssociationRose McKinnonGloria McLaughlinNancy McLaughlinShirley McPheetersVirginia McRaeJohn & Diane MeadeWilliam MeadenJudy MeeganMichelle & Rolf MehlhornMike & Jamie MenascoEdgar MendelsohnChristopher G. Meredith Charitable FundRobert & Robin MerrittAdeline MillerC. C. MillerCarolyn & Keith MillerBeth Miller-BornemannCarolyn Mills Robert MonacoRey & Ray MonsonVictor & Nancy MontoyaCarolina Montufar

Diane MoorLeona MorganConstance MorrisDolores MorrisonKristi MortensenJoan MotesMary MoxonJoyce MunsonLois MurdockAlexander MuromcewEllis & Rose-Mary MyersKatherine MyskowskiJudy & Don NelsonCandice & Stephen NewburnCraig NielsenBonnie & Melvin NordahlFrank NunesKathy O’MeliaCharles S. O’Connor*George OeserIola O’GradyJean & Dale OldsJohn & Dianne OllilaM. D. & R. P. OlowinHarold & Marie OlsonLura D. OsgoodElizabeth O’SheaEsther & Rober OswaltBeth PardieckBert ParkerKathleen ParkerJag & Judy PatelNancy & Thomas PattenMarsha PattersonJoan PaulJohanna PayneJoyce PayneRolce & Edmund PayneAnne Lise PeacheeMartha PearsallAnita PearsonSandra PearsonPamela PeckCyrle PerryTeresa PetersT & K ImagesThomas & Cynthia PetersDolores PetersenElizabeth & Tom PiattCleone PinkNoreen & Jordan PittaBeatrice PixaEllen PohlLorraine & Warren PossinEleanor PozzesiPeter & Robyn PraetzBarbara ProfeLewis & Margaret Pruitt*

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Alyce QuadrosRosalind RaabDan RademacherSuzanne RadfordTed & Kathy Radke Paul Radosevich & Elise ThomasWendy RaggioSusan & Doug RandallMaya RappaportWayne & Barbara RasmussenReed & Graham, Inc.*Constance RegaliaVictor & Jean RemoriniTommiette ReyPatricia & Robert RezakClara RichertRichmond Environmental Defense FundCharles RickenbacherBettina Ring Peter & Eileen RobertshawJohn & Pat RobertsonKeith RobinsonElizabeth Robinson-AnelloAldo & Irena RoccaGael RodgersJune RogersGini RolandoLeslie RushingMona RussellRobert & Kathleen RussellDavid & Shari SafianoffLinda SanfordSubir & Mary SanyalJeanne Savarese & Michael UrdeaElene SayreNancy & Donald SchauerMark & Leslie SchillingerSchneider FoundationFrieda SchonachJacqueline & Jeff SchubertScience Applications International Corp.*David & Adele SeaborgTania SeldenJames & Nellie SethRichard & Ann SextonBill & Jeanne SharkeyPeter & Helen SheaffMargaret SheltonJeff & Tina SherwinRichard & Barbara ShoopEsther ShopeJane Silva*

Lorraine & George SilvaSimmons Family TrustBarry & Theresa SimsLaurel SingerMike Siverson Igor & Shirley SkaredoffNancy SkinnerDana SlausonW. L. & Evelyn SlessingerKathryn SmickDiana & Thomas SmithGenny SmithMatt & Mary SmithRobert SmithSmith Living TrustDavid Smith & Theresa BlairMildred SnelsonCharles & Muriel SonneMarty & Wanda Sorensen*Ron SpaydeRobert Speck & Sloan McDonaldNancy SpragueJudith Ann Stadler-LothropMary Alice & Joe StadumLinda StanleyState Farm Companies FoundationMargaret SteeleDonald & Beverly SteffenJean SteffensenStithem Family TrustCarol StockbridgeJames StrongMarietta StuartFred & Georgine SullivanAlan & Dawn SurgesJohn & Elouise Sutter Karen SwaimSteve & Jane TannerTeris TaskeyDennis & Sally TeeguardenMarilyn TersteggeMarlene ThompsonWilliam TomlinsonHelen TontiCarol Tormey*Robert & Cherie TrautzRay & Helen TrebinoHarvey & Ramona Trowbridge*Doris TuckerEverett & Petal TurnerBill & Betty TurnquistGrace UnderwoodValerie UyedaRalph & Veronica Vaca

Letty Van Der VegtEvelyn Van DreserJanet & David Van EttenMarta Van Loan & Barbara HannafanRichard & Marylou Vanderkous*Nancy & Don VeirDiane & Frank VervoortJoan VisserMartin & Polina VitzMaris & Danie Von BehrenPenny & Jere WadeArnie & Karen WadlerPhilip WaggonerMichael & Joyce WahligNiels & Elizabeth WaidtlowPhyllis WainwrightWilliam & Susana WainwrightMary WaisDonn & Tracy WalkletMashuri & Rahima Warren Janice WatsonDavid WeberTrails Club of RossmoorD. L. WebsterBill WeinerHermann WelmKay & Donald WelshEdwin WestWestern Emulsions, Inc.*Phyllis WestonRobert & Karen WetherelMark Whatley & Danuta ZarodaSunde WhiteHelene WhitsonTim & Meridith WielandGary & Betsy WillcutsBobbe WilliamsJeff & Karen WilliamsMargie Williams & Mark Anderson Chris & Teri WillsJean WilsonMaggie & James WilsonPeter & Amelia WilsonFred & Diane WiltShirley & Alexander WinchesterHugh & Mary Anne WinigRichard WolfeMichael Wood & Birgit Hueglin-WoodTracy Woodruff & William ClarkStephanie WoodsMary Carolyn YandleLaVerne W.Young

Ruth ZamistFlavio ZaroMichael ZinnsRona Zollinger

In-Kind Donations (Includes 2007 Fresh Aire Affaire)AAA ConcordAG FerrariAccess AdventureAdagia RestaurantAlhambra Valley Products and PublicationsAlthen EnterprisesAnn CormackBerkeley Repertory Theatre Bovine BakeryBridges RestaurantBroadway Plaza California Magic Dinner TheatreCalifornia SymphonyCarol BaierCasa OrindaCecilia BrunazziCesar ChandonChristopher NewhardCongressman George MillerContra Costa TimesCowgirl CreameryDiablo Publications Doug McConnell, OpenRoadTVDonn & Tracy WalkletDorothy Duff Brown, Ph.D.Dorrie Bosley LangleyDr. Kent HobertEast Bay Business TimesEast Bay Regional Park DistrictElizabeth GarsonninElizabeth MooreheadEloise CottonGelateria Naia Hafner VineyardHike to Yoga: Linda BurkardJennifer SauerJohn MattosJune RogersK & L BistroKen FischerLark Creek Walnut CreekLindsay Wildlife MuseumLou Stoddard Mark WilsonMarriott Vacation ClubMary Alice Stadum

Mary Ann & Jim GaebeMcEvoy RanchMichael’s RistoranteMicrosoft Donation ProgramMountain Hardwear, Inc.Mt. Diablo Nursery & GardenMuir-Hanna VineyardsNational Park ServiceNECA/IBEWOrchard NurseryPam DellaPaul CraigPeet’s CoffeePleasant Hill Wine MerchantsPoint Reyes Country Inn & Stables REIRenaissance Club SportRoadrunner SportsSaint Mary’s College SaintsburySavoy CateringScott HeinScott WilliamsSenator Tom TorlaksonSharffen Berger ChocolateSharp BicycleSheila Grilli BooksellerSleeptrain Pavilion Stephen JosephSuzanne D’ArcySuzanne JonesTechSoupTeresa OnodaTiffany & Co.Touchstone Climbing & FitnessUC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Union Bank of CaliforniaVa De ViVine Hill Inn B & BVolunteers for Outdoor CaliforniaWendy TokudaWestwind AdventuresWhole FoodsWillows TheatreWine Thieves

* In memory of Jack Telfer

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IndividualsDonald Anderson Pat Andrews Bob Aston+ Kristen Atkinson Jodi Bailey Sue Bainbridge Victoria Barnes Sheila Barry Chris Barry Heath Bartosh Travis Bartosh Ryan Bautista Aileen BautistaDiwa Bayani Jeorge Berninzon Janet Biblin Mark Bir Andrea Blachman Ryan Bongers Phil Book Michael Branning Chris Braunlich Will Braver Eddie BrazilNancy Brown Jennifer Bucholz John Burman Sherida Bush Sara Bush Matthew Bush Cathleen Caldwell Alice Castellanos Bob Chapman Kiersten Cherry Ben Chess Shannon Chryst Jeffery Clair Jeff Clair Sr. Cameron Clarke Norma Clerici Christene Coan Peter Colby+ Tom Coleman Jocelyn Combs Steve Comfort Nick Compaglia Shay Cook Robert Cookman Ann Cormack+ Rob Cormack Diane Coventry Kay Cox Paul Craig Karissa DeDecker

Aasher Malik Beth MalloneeMike Mallonee Alan Mathews Jeremy Mathews Chris Mathews Amber Matta Joe Matta, Sr. Joe Matta Laura Matta Victoria McAfee Raymond McBeth Otis McCain Tess McGlynn Hilary McQuiston-Fall Paige Mendicino Bob Milbourn Nancy Millick Carolyn Mills Dan Mindrup Elizabeth Moorehead Anthony Moss DeAnna Moss Michael Muir Annalisa Nass Alex Noor Frank Nunes Larry Nunes Morris OlderCathy Pardieck Steve Pardieck+ Daphne Pareas Kristopher Paulk Kate Pearson Chris Peck Dianne PereiraJohn Pereira Gabi Perez Oren Persing Sue Piper Sheri Pizzirulli Timothy Platt Emily Polak Brian Pretti Ezra Rasmussen Cleve Reeves John Ricca Marilyn Rigdon Dale Rivers John Rivers Charlotte Robinson Patrick RocheJerry Roe June Rogers+ Deborah Rosenberg Joseph Russo Kevin Salas Erin Samuels Bob Sanders Brody Sanders Kelly Sandlin

Ed deJose Chris Detwiller Joshua Dominguez Antoinette Dumpit Roger Epperson Jamie Essy Jeraldean Evans Katie Ewing Ken Fischer+ Harold Flowers Susan Foft Richard Foft Erika Furutani Jim Gaebe Mary Ann Gaebe Marcelina Galang Serena Gallegos Roshan Ganjei Jon Garland Bill Granados Erin Gress Sheila Grilli + S. Gustofson Keiko Hase Jim HeadRussell Heath Kathleen Heath Scott Hein Denis Huston David Ingmire Penny Johansen Myron Jones Peter Jones Dory Jones Dean Kelch Todd Kiker Karen KirbyEric Klein Pete Klosterman Nicole Kryda Will Kuehn Yvonne Lagasse Matthew Landberg Christie Larner Sarah Inez Levy Dan Levy Chuck Lewis Glen Lewis Gary Lichau Andy Likuski Aimee Lohr Marissa Lopez Leonard Loscutoff Matthew Lung Maricris Macabeo-Ong

Christian Saul Cabrera Nancy Schaefer Garry Seidlitz David Selders John Sertich Erika Sexton Peter Shanley Rafael Siero Mark Sinclair Igor Skaredoff Coday Skinner Ryan SmileyTibor Spoon Joe Stadum Mary Alice Stadum Paul Steelhammer Amy Stepan Andrew Stevens Brett Stevenson Pamela Stewart Louis Stoddard+ Dave Sturgis Roxanne Sue Maureen Sullivan Kevin Sullivan Lacey Sutherland Doug Taylor Heather Thams Brian Thompson Emily Thompson Glenda Tolentino Shawnda Turner Don Ulrich Jim Utz Amber Vierling Ellen Visser+ Nanci Vogtli Kenneth Wacker James Wacker Christina Walburn Mary Walker Donn Walklet + Tracy Walklet Daryl Washbourne Joshua Watson Bill Weiner Nancy WenningerMark Wilson+ Matthew Wong

MhLT VolunteersMany thanks to our amazing volunteers. (partial list)

Molly Woodward Jonathan Wright Sandra Zapp Rona Zollinger

CommitteesDevelopment Committee Education Committee Finance CommitteeLand Acquisition CommitteeOutreach CommitteeStewardship Committee

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Save the Date saturday, september 29th, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon

Tina Batt Trail Dedication & Volunteer PartyThe Muir Heritage Land Trust invites its members and the community to

help us celebrate the opening of the Tina Batt Trail on Sky Ranch. This two-mile trail was constructed in June with the help of

Volunteers for Outdoor California and over 300 volunteers from throughout the Bay Area. Please join us as we officially dedicate

this spur of the Bay Area Ridge Trail in honor of MHLT Founding Executive Director, Tina Batt.

Thursday, November 8th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm 2007 Annual Autumn Celebration

The Muir Heritage Land Trust is pleased to announce that the Autumn Celebration will be held at the historic McMahon-Telfer Building, 604 Ferry Street, Martinez. Highlights will include free wine and hors d’oeuvres,

special guest speakers and our annual volunteer awards presentation. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.

For information and directions about both events, visit us online at www.muirheritagelandtrust.org or call 925-228-5460.

The mission of

the Muir Heritage

Land Trust is to

ensure a lasting

quality of life for

future generations

by preserving

and stewarding

open space

and fostering

environmental

awareness.