Fall 2005 Vistas Newsletter, Solano Land Trust

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PresidentsMessa

ExecutiveDirectoPerspective

SkyValleyCordeHillsResourceMaagementPlan

FocusonLynchCanyon

NewConservationEasements

ActivitiesandEv

l. 12 #1

Fall2005

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SLT Purchases Eastern andVallejo Swett Ranches

Wendy Low, Land Transaction Specialist

n January, Solano Land Trust completed the long-awaited purchase o the Eastern Swett and Vallejo

wett Ranches, the last parts o a three-part transaction between Solano Land Trust and PG&E. The

,408-acre Eastern Swett Ranch and 905-acre Vallejo Swett Ranch are located between Faireld, Vallejo

nd Benicia, largely hidden rom view o all the major highways. SLT rst acquired the 1,617-acre King

Ranch, which borders the Suisun Marsh along Interstate 680, in 2002. These acquisitions, along with

Wilcox Ranch (see page 7), bring SLTs total acreage to 10,343.

Conservation at this scale enables protection

entire watersheds and makes possible the

estoration o habitats and ecosystem processes

nd unction. This acquisition enables SLT to

rotect the majority o upland watershed acreage

or Sulphur Springs Creek, which drains to Lake

Herman and the Carquinez Strait and another

nnamed creek draining into Suisun Marsh.

The Swett Ranches eature steep, grassy hills

with outstanding views o San Pablo Bay, Suisun

ay, and Mt. Tamalpais. Several rock outcrops o

he Franciscan Complex oer panoramic outlooks

s well. A wide, prominent central valley at Vallejo

wett has an intermittent stream running through

t, as well as reservoirs and small ponds within and

ust above the stream. O all the species occurring

t the Vallejo Swett Ranch, the Caliornia red-

egged rog is perhaps the most important because

the excellent habitat provided by the ponds or

reeding and the stream or dispersal.

The combination o wide open grasslands and

the updrats created as cool ocean air meets hot

inland air makes the Swett Ranches an excellent

area or oraging raptors, including the sharp-

shinned hawk, red-tailed hawk, American kestrel,

prairie alcon, and golden eagle. The properties also

provide nesting habitat or the black-shouldered

kite, northern harrier, red-tailed hawk, American

View towards Vallejo from rock outcrop at Vallejo Swett Ranch

Photo: Bud Turner, WildLight Photography


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Presidents MessageSean Quinn, President

Photo: Bud Turner,

WildLight Photography

kestrel, burrowing owl, and short-eared owl. Serpentine bunchgrass grassl

a rare community type, covers roughly 20 acres o Vallejo Swett, with at

two rare plants, Tiburon buckwheat and dwar soaproot, occurring here

SLT intends to keep the lands in active cattle grazing, with public access lim

at rst to docent-led tours. Through a unique on-going partnership with PG

enhancement o the habitat or endangered species will also be possible.Vallejo Swett eatures particularly important habitat or rare

endangered species as well as a planned segment o the Bay Area Ridge T

We are truly indebted to all o our unders or the Swett Ranches, as we

to PG&E who shared the vision o preserving this land or uture generatio

said Sean Quinn, SLT Board President.

A remarkable partnership o unders came together to help SLT se

these lands or uture parkland. Funding or the acquisition o the Eastern S

Ranch came rom the State o Caliornias Wildlie Conservation Board

Coastal Conservancy, the County o Solano, the Cities o Faireld and Ben

the Greater Vallejo Recreation District, and Triad Development. The Bay

Ridge Trail Council, State Coastal Conservancy, the Gordon and Betty M

Foundation, and Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District mitigation u

held by Solano Land Trust provided unding or the Vallejo Swett Ranch

leadership by Senators Mike Machado and Wes Chesbro and Assemblymem

Lois Wolk also played a signicant role in realizing this major project.

We are excited to be part o this important eort to preserve and pro

such a rich ecological resource, said Bob Harris, PG&Es vice-presiden

environmental aairs.

This acquisition is a key step towards implementation o the Citie

Benicia, Faireld and Vallejo, and the County o Solanos shared vision o

approximately 10,000 acres o undeveloped land known as the Sky Va

Cordelia Hills Open Space. This vision recognizes the critical role that

landscape plays in preserving signicant habitat, protecting the agricul

resources and heritage o the surrounding communities, and ensuring

open space and recreational amenities are preserved or posterity, no

Bill Whitney, Benicia council member and board member o the Tri-City

County Cooperative Planning Group or Open Space and Agriculture.

We invite the public to enjoy these beautiul lands by joining our doc

led hikes at Sky ValleyCordelia Hills Open Space. See the activities pag

more inormation.

Left to right: Bob Berman, Assemblymember Lois Wolk, Bob Harris of PG&E, Marilyn

Farley, and Sam Schuchat of the California Coastal Conservancy, April 2005

ThelastyearatSolanoLand

Trusthasbroughtmanygreataccomplishments.

TheLandTrustcompleted

thenalacquisitionotheKingandSwettRanches,whichtotal3,930acreso

permanentlypreservedlandbetweenFaireld,Benicia,andVallejo.TheLandTrust

alsocompletedagriculturalconservationeasementson

818acresinthePleasantsValleyandPutahCreek

areas.IwanttothankBarbaraComortandCraigMcNamaraortheirvisiontopermanentlyprotecttheirlands.TheLandTrustisalso

movingorwardtodevelopacaretakerandresearchacilityatRushRanch.

Thishasalsobeenayearochange.NewboardmembersincludeCarlDebevecandKarinMacMillan.

CarlisanattorneyinVacavillewithalonghistoryocommunityinvolvement,particularlyintheareaomediation.Hellstheboardvacancyorlegalexper-

tiseandcurrentlyservesaschairotheinvestmentcommittee.KarinMacMillanisthemayorotheCity

oFaireldandhasalonghistoryocommunityin-volvementandakeeninterestinopenspace.Shells

oneothetwoCityoFaireldseatsontheboard.

Atthestalevel,MarilynFarleyhasbeenap-pointedexecutivedirector.Marilynbringsawide

varietyoproessionalandpersonalvolunteerexperi-encetotheLandTrust.Shehasservedontheboard

since2002,mostrecentlyastreasurer.Herstrongorganizationalskillsandcommitmenttoourmission

willbeanasset.SeveralnewstamembershavejoinedtheLand

Trust.SueWickham,ageologistandactivemembero

theCaliorniaNativePlantSociety,isourcoordinatorortheSkyValley-CordeliaHillsResourceManagement

Plan.BenWallacebringsabackgroundinprojectmanagement,biology,andconservationprogramsto

theconservationprojectmanagerposition.HemostrecentlyworkedasprojectdirectorortheCaliorniaAssociationoResourceConservationDistricts.Tina

Nixonjoinsusasnanceocerandbringsawealthoexperienceinnancialmanagementwithlargecon-

structionandmanuacturingcompaniesintheNewEnglandarea.

Finally,theboardelectedanewslateoocers.BobBermanwillbecomepresidentandIanAndersonwillserveasvicepresidentstartinginJanuary.Frank

MorrishastakenoverastreasurerstartinginAugust,andJaneHicksiscontinuingassecretary.Undertheir

leadership,andthatothesta,theutureisbright

ortheSolanoLandTrust.

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Executive Directors PerspectiveSLT Forges Partnerships and Creates Endowments

Marilyn Farley, Executive Director

These are exciting days or the Solano Land Trust. With recent

transactions, we now own over 10,000 acres o land and have agricultural

conservation easements on over 5,000 acres in Solano County. Thats

something to celebrate!We are orging

par tnerships wi th

armers, oundations and individual donors, the

cientiic and development communities and

thers to preserve and protect sensitive habitats,

armland and open space in Solano County. We

ave asked Solano County to partner with us to

make Lynch Canyon a part o the Solano County

ark system. When that occurs, Lynch Canyon will

e open to the public rom dawn to dusk at least

ve days a week.

On our Rush Ranch property were working with

he National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)

nd the Rush Ranch Educational Council to build a

lassroom or the hundreds o school children who

visit Rush Ranch each year. Were also building a

ew caretaker residence and acilities or visiting

NERR scientists. This project is being jump-started

with a $500,000 grant rom NERR. Well need a

ombination o volunteer labor and up to $700,000

o complete this project by November 2006.

Our Beelard Farm on the rich agricultural soils

ast o Vacaville will soon have an agricultural

conservation easement. SLT plans to sell this

arm with a conservation easement to protect

it or agriculture and Swainsons hawk habitat

in perpetuity. Western Pacic Homebuilders and

De Nova Homes provided the unding to monitor

this easement. Their participation ullls their

obligation to mitigate or loss o armland and

habitat on two subdivisions in Vacaville. SLT will

invest this money and draw down interest earnings

to pay the costs o monitoring.

SLT has the responsibility and the challenge

o establishing endowment unds to manage and

improve habitat, and to develop the potential or

agriculture or grazing on all the lands we own.

We can oten get purchase grants, but it is more

dicult to get money to improve and restore

habitat over the long haul at Rush Ranch, Jepson

Prairie and the Sky ValleyCordelia Hills Open

Space (Lynch Canyon, King Ranch, and Vallejo

Swett and Eastern Swett Ranches).

You can help us by making contributions to

our endowment unds. With endowment unds,

we invest the principal and only draw down the

earnings. Major gits will help us achieve our goal o

guaranteeing that uture generations will be able to

enjoy and benet rom our precious neutral lands.

My husband and I have named SLT as a beneciary

o up to $100,000 in our living trust. SLT is talking

with an anonymous donor about a git o up

to $1,000,000 that would be used or specic

protection purposes. Kathy Homan, aide to

Congressman George Miller, is also naming SLT as

a beneciary or $100,000.

These major gits will help SLT now and in

the uture to protect and enhance our natural

resources in Solano County. I you want to support

our eorts now or in your estate planning, please

contact me or consult with your nancial planner,

tax advisor or attorney to create a plan best suited

to your individual needs.

Whats Happening inSky ValleyCordelia Hills?Sue Wickham, Resource Management Plan Coordinator

Youmightseepeoplesnoopingaroundbushes,in

pondsandcreeks,measuringorageormapping

weedsontheKing,EasternSwett,andVallejo

SwettRanchesoverthenextewmonths.These

olksaregatheringinormationortheSkyValley

CordeliaHillsResourceManagementPlan.The

managementplanwillhelpustounderstandthe

naturalhabitatsandrareandendangeredspecies

thatlivethereasweprepareorinvasivespecies

management,low-impactpublicuseandgrazing.

ThiseortwillhelpSLTprotect,enhance,and

managethesepropertiesortheuture.


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To spot a golden eagle soaring in the Bay Area is a unique sight, but you

may be lucky enough to see one o these majestic birds on one o Dave

Warners hikes through Lynch Canyon. Lynch Canyon is a 1,039-acre

property owned and managed by SLT located between Faireld and Vallejo,

just west o Interstate 80. The open grasslands and oak woodlands o the

property are home to a myriad o wildlie and plants. O special interest

are excellent specimens o native grasses, and trees such as bay laurel,

Caliornia buckeye, and live oak in the riparian areas. Hillside wildfowers

can be ound in the spring, including Johnny-jump-ups,

poppies, brodiaea, milkmaids, yarrow, and lupine.

Dave Warner has been leading hikes through Lynch Canyon or ve years, an

now, these docent-led hikes are the only way or the public to access the prop

Dave is a wealth o natural history knowledge. He starting hiking at an early

with his science teacher ather and continued to nourish his love o the outdby leading Boy Scout hikes or over 50 years.

On his rst Lynch Canyon hike in 1999, he remembers seeing over 1,000 n

green-winged teal massed above him at the reservoir site. He hasnt seen them

that number since, but many waterowl still requent the location. Another t

Dave was showing other naturalists around when a curious, juvenile golden eagle soared close b

check them out.

Dave would love or you to you join him or a Lynch hike on the ourth Saturday o every mo

Hell show you his avorite tree, the lazy tree, which grows horizontally a good 100 eet, and p

out the old home sites rock barn wall that is still partly visible. Vole reeways and other wildlie c

abound i you know where to look.Solano Land Trust is lucky to have outstanding docents like Dave who are committed to sha

these open space areas with the public. Daves walks are moderate to ast paced. Despite his q

low-key nature, Dave can really cover ground. SLTs Land Steward Ken Poerner says, Dave out-w

everyone I know!

Come meet Dave and take a hike. For schedule and more inormation see the back pag

this newsletter.

Outdoor Painting/Poetry Workshop OfferedRush Ranch Educational Council is hosting a

combined painting and poetry workshop taught

by local painter Robert Chapla and poet Sherry

Sheehan on Saturday, October 29. Painters and

poets o all levels will work together in this

outdoor workshop to produce a poem or a

painting inspired by the dramatic Rush Ranch

landscape. Chapla and Sheehan have been

collaborating on PoArtry since 2003 when they

exhibited together in Napa.

Chaplas local solo exhibits have included

the Glasho Gallery and Ledgewood Creek

Winery in Suisun Valley, the Art Foundry Ga

in Sacramento, and Epperson Gallery in Croc

He is currently exhibiting and painting at the N

Gallery in Crockett. Sheehan has been a eat

poet at the popular Second Sunday Poetry Rea

in Crockett and her poems have appeared in m

publications including the Carquinez Poetry Re

andHonolulu Magazine.

Whether youre a painter or a poet, or dabb

both, come out and play at Rush Ranch on Oct

29th. See Activities and Events on the back p

or more details and registration inormation.

Volunteer Highlight:Dave Warner Leads Lynch Canyon Hikes

Sue Wickham, Resource Management Plan Coordinator

Dave Warner

The Lazy Tree

Photo: Dave Warner


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Golden Eagles Make Lynch Canyon HomeGerald D. Karr, Conservation Chair, Napa-Solano Audubon Society

andPresident of the Friends of San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Twenty-years ago on a day o non-stop rain,

joined ormer Napa County Supervisor and

ongtime conservation activist Mike Rippey in

ynch Canyon or my rst Audubon Christmas bird

ount. As we came to a grove o eucalyptus trees,we spooked a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). As

t took o, it shuddered its entire body to throw

water o its eathers, the drops fying in slow

motion. I was hooked.

A golden eagle is almost as large as a bald

agle, with a body length o 27 to 33 inches and

wingspan o 72 to 87 inches. It may be a bit

maller than a bald, but a wingspan o six eet is

till pretty impressive!

Once a common permanent residenthroughout the open areas o Caliornia, these

irds are decreasing in number due to the

eduction in open space and oraging sites. Like

the bald eagle and all raptors, golden eagles are

opportunistic eeders, although mammals like

jackrabbits and ground squirrels are their most

common prey.

The golden eagle is a Caliornia Species oSpecial Concern and a Federal Bird o Conservation

Concern outside o Caliornia. With only 500 pairs

o golden eagles estimated to nest in Caliornia,

the bird warrants special consideration whenever

involved in any land management decision.

Eagles require lots o open space and that

is what makes the protected terrain o Solano

Land Trust so important. The canyons and open

rangeland o our coastal hills have provided

historic habitat and breeding areas or goldeneagles. American, Jameson and Lynch Canyons all

provide suitable habitat or this beautiul, large

bird o prey.

Astronomy Club

Uses Lynch CanyonKen Poerner, Land Stewa

LynchCanyonhassomenewnighttime

visitors.No,theyrenotowls,theyareth

AstronomyCluboVallejosContinental

oOmegaBoysandGirlsClub,nowpart

otheBoysandGirlsCluboAmerica.

VisitingLynchCanyonasweatherpermit

twiceamonthonThursdayevenings,the

AstronomyClubbringstwoeight-inch

telescopestoponderthestars.

Otheryouthgroupsinterestedinusing

LynchCanyonareinvitedtocontactKen

at(707)580-6277.

Stewardship UpdateKen Poerner, Land Steward

Lynch Canyonield steward Terry Chappell and I have installed picnic tables, hitchingosts, an inormation kiosk, and a toilet. Over nine miles o trails have been

uilt or improved, and picnic tables and trail signs are strategically located

hroughout. These improvements were unded by the Bay Area Ridge Trail

Council and the Caliornia Coastal Conservancy.

Rush RanchA 200-acre wildre raced across Rush Ranch east o Grizzly Island Road on

uly 13th. Chie Blanc o the Suisun Fire Protection District classied the re

s arson. The next day the re famed again on its south edge and burned

nother 100 acres o Rush Ranch and about 200 acres o the neighboringletcher Ranch. Engines rom as ar away as Isleton and Benicia helped to

ut out the re. No structures were threatened, but several hundred eet o

ence were destroyed.

epson Prairien other re news, we were unable to conduct a prescribed burn at

epson Prairie last spring. For uture burns, I am talking to the Caliornia

Department o Forestrys Delta Camp (which is down the road rom Jepson

rairie) about adopting Jepson Prairie and the Wilcox Ranch or their annual

pring re training.


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New Conservation Easements ProtectMartell Ranch and Putah Creek Ranch

Wendy Low, Land Transaction Spec

Martell Ranch

TheHistory of Solano County (1879) aptly describes Vaca, Lagoon, and Pleasants Valleys as the admira

o all travelers. Solano Land Trust is proud to have recently protected the Martell Ranch, one o

last large ranches in Pleasants Valley. The agricultural conservation easement placed by owner BarComort in December 2004 protects 535 acres o the 576-acre ranch, and is contiguous with

conservation easement placed on the adjoining Hoskins property in 2003.

The protected acreage saeguards rich bottomland or arming, steep rangeland or grazing,

riparian areas around two creeks that are part o the Putah Creek watershed. The upper portion

the Martell Ranch have been used as range or bee cattle production. The State Wildlie Conserva

Board unded this rangeland portion o the easement through its Rangeland, Grazing Land and Grass

Protection Program.

The lower portions o the ranch were planted to ruit orchards rom the late 1800s to the 19

Apricots, prunes, pears, peaches, plums, olives, walnuts and gs were grown with a dry-arm agricul

system that produced high-quality ruit with excellent favor. However, this type o production caman end throughout western Solano County due to competition rom larger and earlier producing

rom the Santa Clara and San Joaquin Valleys. The orchard plantings were converted back to range

in the 1950s, except or a three-acre olive planting in the middle o the ranch.

Barbara began to diversiy income to the ranch three years ago by rehabilitating the existing o

orchard. A grant rom the Caliornia Farmland Conservancy Program unded the armland portio

this easement, which will create the opportunity to return approximately 120 acres o the Ma

Ranch to irrigated or dry-armed orchards.

The greatest development pressure on productive agricultural land in Pleasants Valley is the gro

o rural ranchettes. Non-arming residents typically discontinue agricultural use o their prope

Conservation easements like Martell Ranch preserve large tracts o land or arming in perpetuityPutah Creek RanchOn the northern edge o Solano County the Winters area was also once a region o large arms

has become a popular locale or country estates. A road passes along the south side o Putah Cr

creating access or home sites adjacent to the creek on the prime soils ormed on the alluvial a

Putah Creek.

Putah Creek Ranch is located in the h

o this area along Putah Creek Road. The

acre ranch supports a mix o organic wa

orchards and irrigated ield crops (prim

grape rootstock and tomatoes). It is alsoheadquarters or the Center or Land-ba

Learning, a non-prot ounded by Craig McNam

(see Summer 2004 issue oSLT Vistas). Unde

FARMS Leadership and SLEWS Programs,

Center hosts a variety o educational classes

workshops or students in sustainable agricult

natural resource conservation, and ecolog

View towards the Vaca Mountains from Martell Ranch

Photo: Julian Meisler

Continued on nex


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restoration. Landowners Craig and

Julie McNamara have placed an

easement on 283 acres o the 324-

acre property.

We realized that while we

could probably sell several estateproperties or a million dollars

each, it was important to keep

it in agr icultural production.

Thats why we decided to pursue

an ag r i cu l tu r a l co nser va t io n

easement, said McNamara.

Solano Land Trusts mission

inc ludes p r o tec t io n o b o th

agricultural lands and natural

esources, so we are particularly pleased to create these two conservation easements that protectrime armland, rangeland, a signicant riparian corridor (Putah Creek), and two o its tributaries,

aid SLT President Sean Quinn. Barbara Comort and Craig McNamara are both leaders in the

gricultural community and were proud to work with them.

Wilcox Ranch Purchase EqualsMore Protection for Vernal Pools

Marilyn Farley, Executive Director

Wilcox Ranch East, a 1,342-acre preserveocated east o Travis Air Force Base and west o

epson Prairie, was transerred rom The Nature

Conservancy (TNC) to the Solano Land Trust (SLT)

n March 21, 2005. SLT now owns and manages

he land while TNC retains a conservation

asement. Under the easement, SLT is charged

with protecting the vernal pools as habitat or the

ederally threatened delta green ground beetle,

he endangered vernal pool tadpole shrimp and

ndangered vernal pool airy shrimp.Gently rounded mounds surrounded by vernal

ools and playas characterize the property, and in

pringtime, the vernal pools have spectacular displays

wildfowers. The southwest corner is bisected

y Denverton Creek, which lows south toward

Denverton Slough and Grizzly Island. The northeast

orner was historically a sheep ranch and contains the

anch headquarters. The property is currently leased

o rancher Tom Schene or cattle grazing.

A management plan and management ohabitat and grazing activities will be paid or

through mitigation unds as required by U.S. Fish

and Wildlie Service or a power plant built south

o Jepson Prairie by Creed Energy Center, LLC, a

CalPine Corporation aliate. This endowment

will be critical to the ability o SLT to manage the

property in perpetuity. Creed initially paid SLT

$423,000. Payments o another $242,000 will

be made each January or the next three years.

Then CalPine will make a nal payment to ullyund the endowment.

A management plan or the greater Jepson Prairie

ecosystem is currently being developed to identiy

best practices or maintaining and enhancing the

existing habitat and controlling invasive weeds on

the Wilcox Ranch and the larger area. Carol Witham

Botanical Consulting is carrying out this work. In the

uture, Wilcox Ranch will also be used or grazing,

scientic and educational purposes.

VolunteersNeededTrailbuildingandpropertymaintenan

DocentsatRushRan

LynchCanyonandJepsonPrairie

Hikeleaders

Administrativesupp

Putah Creek Ranchontinued from page 6

Iyouareinterested

injoiningtheteam

ovolunteerscontact

KirstiMuskat

(707)432-0150x102

kirsti@solanolandtrus

Putah Creek Ranch, bordered by a row of old olive trees along PutahCreek Road

hoto: Greg Kirkpatrick


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Rush Ranch Open SpaceRushRanchisopentothepublicTuesdaytoSaturdayrom

8a.m.to4:30p.m.TheSuisunHillTrailisopenseven

daysaweek,dawntodusk.Foradditionalinormationvisit

www.rushranch.org.Access Adventures:

Horse-Wagon Driving for the DisabledMichaelMuirhasbegunahorse-wagondrivingprogramor

peoplewhoarewheelchair-boundorhavedicultyhiking

[email protected]

pre-scheduleddates.

Outdoor Painting and Poetry WorkshopOct. 29, 10 a.m. to p.m. Cost: $

Inthisworkshopco-taughtbypainterRobertChaplaand

poetSherrySheehan,paintersandpoetswillexplorethe

creativeedgeswherevisualartsandversecongregate

andcollide.Opentopoetsandpaintersoalllevels.Priorregistrationrequired.ContactAletaGeorgeataleta@lmi.net

or(707)429-3529.

Patwin Harvest ProgramNov. , 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Free

Joinadocent-ledprogramonhowtheNativeAmericanPatwins

livedinourregionbeoretheEuropeanssettledCaliornia.

Participantscantrytheirhandatcreatingshellnecklaces,

arrowheads,andtulerope.Nopriorregistrationisrequired.For

moreinormationcallDonTayntonat(707)425-3706.

Volunteer WorkdaysFirst Saturday o the month:

Nov. , Dec. , 9 a.m. until fnished FreeGetsomereshairwhilehelpingwithranchandtrail

maintenance.Noexperienceortoolsnecessary.Lunchis

providedorparticipants.

Blacksmith Shop DemonstrationsThird Saturday o the month:

Oct. 1, Nov. 19, Dec. 1, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free

Watchorparticipateintheartoblacksmithingwithlocal

blacksmiths.

Jepson Prairie Preserve

Self-guided TourTakeasel-guidedtourintheDocentTriangleanyda

theweekduringdaylighthours.Docent-ledwildfower

willresumenextspring.

Lynch Canyon Open SpaceCurrentlyLynchCanyonisopentothepublicduring

sta-ordocent-ledactivitiesonly.

Volunteer Trail Care DaysSecond Saturday o the month:

Nov. 12, Dec. 10, 9 a.m. Free

AssistLandStewardKenPoernerwithtrailcareand

habitatrestorationeorts.Snacksareprovided.Formo

inormationcallKenat(707)580-6277.

Scenic HikesFourth Saturday o the month:

Oct. 22, Nov. 2. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free

JoinDaveWarneroroneohispopularLynchCanyon

hikes.FormoreinormationcontactKenPoernerat

(707)580-6277.

King and Swett RanchesThenewlyacquiredKingandSwettRanchesareparto

SkyValleyCordeliaHillsOpenSpace.Currently,theKing

andSwettRanchesareopentothepublicduringsta-

docent-ledactivitiesonly.

Scenic HikesOct. 22, Nov. 12, Dec. 10. 9 a.m. Free

ExploreSolanoCountyslargestprotectedopenspacewit

docentKathyBlume.Eachhiketakesyoutoadierent

sectionothe3,900acreswithexcellentviewsomarsh

grasslandsandtheSanFranciscoBay.MeetatthePark-

RidelotattheHiddenbrookeParkway/AmericanCanyon

exitatI-80.Co-sponsoredwiththeBayAreaRidgeTrail

Council.CallKathyorinoandtoRSVPat(707)864-21

BOard memBers

Sean Quinn,President

Bob Berman,Vice President

Frank Morris,Treasurer

Jane Hicks,Secretary

Ian Anderson

Frank Andrews, Jr.Carl Debevec

Jeff Dittmer

John Isaacson

Russell Lester

Karin MacMillan

Al Medvitz

staFF

Marilyn Farley,Executive Director

Terry Chappell,Field Steward

Wendy Low,Land Transaction Specialist

Kirsti Muskat, BookkeeperTina Nixon, Finance Ofcer

Ken Poerner, Land Steward

Ben Wallace, ConservationProject Manager

Sue Wickham, ResourceManagement PlanCoordinator

Aleta George,

Editor, SLT Vistas

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