2008-2009 year in review, marin agricultural land trust

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dearmembers&friends,This report looks back on our 2008-09 scal year, when Marin AgriculturalLand Trust permanently protected the 585-acre Red Hill Ranch. The agricultural

conservation easement purchased by MALT enabled co-owners Kitty Dolcini

and her brother Doug to buy out our other brothers and a sister. Without

MALT, the property would have had to be sold and almost certainly would

have been divided into multiple parcels.

We had been working with the amily o and on or some 10 years to nd

a conservation solution, and we are delighted, thankul, and proud o the

outcome. Today, Doug runs bee cattle, Kitty raises organic strawberries,

and 25 acres are rented to organic armer David Retsky who does business

as County Line Farms. This all, we held our annual Directors Barbecue at

the ranch. Spirits (and the temperature) soared as we celebrated the permanent

protection o the scenic armland in Hicks Valley while enjoying a delicious

lunch o ood grown on the ranch and on other amily arms in Marin.

Celebrating the completion o a project is the culmina-

tion o mostly invisible work by MALTs sta and Board

o Directors. The work includes evaluating a potential

project, working with the amily and their advisors,

and drating a conservation easement designed to protect the agricultural

and natural resource values o the property. Title reports and appraisals

are ordered. The Board o Directors reviews the project on an ongoing basis

and helps raise the unds or the easement purchase. On average, at least

hal the cost o MALT easement purchases is provided by individual donors

like you. When possible, public unding partners are identied to match the

private contributions.

And thats just the beginning.

MALT has a perpetual responsibility to ensure that the provisions o the ease-

ment are met by current and uture owners. Protecting and preserving arm-

land by acquiring conservation easements is the heart o MALTs program.

We couldnt do this without your support, so we work hard to make people

aware o the importance o armland to the quality o our lives, the threats to

its uture, and the need to take action to ensure that our children and grand-

children will be able to experience it, too. None o this would be possible

without the commitment o our individual, business, oundation, and public

agency supporters acknowledged in this report.

Protectingfarmland is theheart of MALTsprogram

cutive Director Bob Berner has led MALT since 1985


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p r e s e r v i n g m a r i n c o u n t y f a r m l a n d

Were grateul or your generosity!

particular, the Caliornia Coastal Con-

rvancy, the Department o Conservations

aliornia Farmland Conservancy Program,

nd the Natural Resource Conservation Ser-

ces Federal Farmland Preservation Program

ave been vital unding partners. Collective-

theyve provided almost hal o the unds

eeded to preserve 15,000 acres o Marin

rmland over the past several years.

We also want to recognize the long-term

ommitment o our Partners or Preservation

hose thoughtul inclusion o MALT in their

tate plans helps ensure the permanent

otection o Marin County armland. We

lute our many volunteers, too, and the

artner organizations and agencies whose

ork is so essential to the uture o agricul-

e in Marin County.

n behal o the Board o Directors and

a, thank you!

Bob Berner

Executive Director

p.s. Were now intoour 20092010

scal year and

weve already

protected another

amily arm. The

772-acre Spaletta

anch was the 64th agricultural conserva-

n easement acquired by MALT.

Photos both pages Paige Green

More than1,500 acresave beenermanentlyrotected, but0,000 acresre still at risk


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Bill Barboni II, 4th-generation Marin County rancher

Bill Barboni devotes a air amount o his time and energy to land stewardship.

Besides the obvious goal o turning a prot, Bill says, my ranching philosophy

involves keeping the multi-generation tradition o ranching alive and taking great

care o my animals as well as the land. With this philosophy, Bill successully

markets his grass-ed, hormone-ree bee and lamb to local retailers.

Bill has consistently made improvements to his amilys 2,500-acre ranch in

Hicks Valley to better manage his livestock operation and the natural resource

values o the property. Some 1,300 acres o the ranch are protected by a

MALT conservation easement.

During the last ve years, Bill has partnered

with the Marin Resource Conservation District

USDA Natural Resources Conservation

Service, and MALT to complete conservation-

oriented projects that benet the land as well

as his business. Projects include restoration o

stream corridors and riparian encing as well

as construction o creek crossings and o-stream water developments. The goa

o many o these projects is to restrict livestock access to natural waterways.

Bill believes these conservation projects go hand-in-hand with the health o

his animals. I would rather have my animals drinking out o a clean water

trough than a mud hole in the creek, he says. It is disease control and

allows or better cattle distribution among pastures. When not ranching, Bill

is a veterinarian, and he considers good land management to be a orm opreventative medicine or his livestock.

Bill doesnt eel there is a confict between protecting and enhancing habitat

values and ranching or prot. His philosophy on land stewardship? There is

a happy medium where you can protect habitat and arm the land.

MALTs stewardshipstaff monitors eachprotected farm orranch annually toensure that natural &agricultural resourcesare protected

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Barboni raises grass-ed, hormone-ree bee and lamb on hish in Hicks Valley


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stewardship

program


cooperation with landowners, MALTs

ewardship Program sta monitor each

otected arm or ranch annually to

nsure that the natural and agricultural

sources are protected. Sta also is

ctively involved in several conservation

anning projects. One o them, the Marin

arbon Project, is a local initiative designed

quantiy, promote, and market carbon

questration in rangeland and agricul-

ral soils. MALT is part o a consortium

at includes UC Berkeley and UC Davis

ientists and representatives rom the

arin Resource Conservation District, USDA

atural Resources Conservation Service,

niversity o Caliornia Cooperative

xtension, and Marin Organic.

ewardship sta also works with partner

ganizations and agencies to provide

uidance and oversight to the San Francisco

egional Water Quality Control Board on

development o a Conditional Grazing

Waiver Program or the Tomales Bay

Watershed which includes 34 arms and

nches protected by MALT easements.is new regulatory program requires all

azing operations in the watershed to

omplete and implement ranch plans to

duce agricultural non-point sources o

ollution. Sta works one-on-one with

asement landowners to assist in the

evelopment o these plans.



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Allison Puglisi, Volunteer

When Allison Puglisi turned 16, a busy 4-H riend asked her to adopt a goat

he couldnt care or any longer. She quickly agreed. Keeping one eye on the

ence-jumping, rambunctious, and very social creature named Gertie, Allison

helped her ather nail tall ence extensions around his Novato pasture all ater-

noon. Its not every girls idea o a 16th birthday celebration, but Allison Puglisi

has been pitching in her entire lie.

Since 2007, shes been a MALT volunteer, and weve seen that same positive

spirit brighten the day at countless activities. Shes led arm tours, organized

childrens activities, parked cars, served burgers and, oh, yes, engaged and

educated people about the importance o preserving Marin County armland.

Allison has met many armers and growers through her volunteer work and

observed their arming practices. For the past three years, she has worked

parttime or Point Reyes Station armer Peter Worsley. Its all part o a dream

shes long had to be able to grow ood hersel. She and her husband David

recently bought three acres in Lagunitas. I am eagerly hauling horse manure

to improve the soil and scanning seed catalogs with a vengeance, she says.

Thats while also volunteering or MALT.

The reason I volunteer or MALT is that I want Marins beautiul, open

arm and ranch land to remain that way and in the hands o amily

armers and ranchers. I like volunteering because the sta believes what

they do is important and makes a dierence to our society. They provide

insights and inormation with a cheering at titude that gives us volunteers

conidence and pride.

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on Puglisi was one o 20 MALT volunteers who helped out at2009 Directors Barbecue


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Volunteers help us broaden our Outreach & Education eorts by assisting on H& Tours, stafng special events, and creating a network o advocates or aarms: Paula Alsterlind; Kate Baxter; Rob Beckstrom; Celeste Binnings; JBinnings; Jerey Blanchfeld; Donna Bohegian; Diane Bolman; Ann BrenJulian Brock; Kathy Callaway; Ed Christiansen; Sara Clow; Deborah Coburn; ACooper; Elizabeth Danel; Peggy Diedrichs; Gary Diedrichs; Susan DollbJennier Drake; Sue Evans; Diane Fairchild; Lester Foote; Paula Frankel; KamFriedman; Susan Galbraith; Marilyn Geary; Robert Gelardin; Adi Girroir; Can

Gold; Carol Golden; Kathy Grey; Donald Hanahan; Lillian Hanahan; LorHeitchue; Anne Hellman; Linda Herman; Helene Holl; Marguerite IllingwPamela Johnson; Diane Judd; Muniera Kadrie; Tricia Kalish; Dahlia KamHeide Kawahata; Leigh Kenny; Joan Lamphier; Silvia Lange; Robin Lavin; Leary; Bonnie MacLaird; Heather Martinelli; Marci McCormick; Janet McGBev McIntosh; Trigg McLeod; Ron Moore; Jessica Naong; Christie Nelson; SoPalm-Nicholls; Allison Puglisi; June Purpura; Elizabeth Quinn; Joyce Rhodes; ChRieger; Lynn Ross; Cynthia Salaysay; Cynthia Sawtell; Carol Schoeneld; DoShoemaker; Rebecca Simon; Marcia Sitcoske; Dabney Smith; Stephanie SStein; Sherry Stanton; Gail Truman; Jano Tucker; Alice Wallace; Karen WhitaBarbara Whittenton; Shannon Wilson; Janet Wittkop; Deborah Zierten

Farm tour hosts & leaders make our arm visits and Farm Field Studies trips possAllStar Organic, Janet Brown & Marty Jacobsen; Artist Timothy Horn; BarinSheep Ranch, Marcia Barinaga; Bivalve Dairy, Karen & John Taylor; Black MouRanch, Margaret Nobbman & Mike Giamonna; Che, Aurea Herrick; CWinery, David Corda; Devils Gulch Ranch, Mark & Myriam Pasternak; DrBay Family Farms, Kevin & Nancy Lunny; Drakes Bay Hereord Ranch, AMurphy; Draper Farm, Beekeeper Mea Draper; Escalle Winery, Mary TiscoFarm Fresh Cooking Class, Helene Holl, Leigh Kenny, Marcia Sitcoske, RebeSimon; Gospel Flats, Don & Mickey Murch; Greenbelt Alliance Director, JeMadsen; Grossi Ranches Jim, Dominic & George Grossi; Hog Island Oyster John Finger & Terry Sawyer; Historian Dewey Livingston; Laranchi Dairy & NicValley Farms, Randy Laranchi & Lynette Pareglio; Leiss Ranch, Nancy ChMALT ounder Phyllis Faber; MALT ounding board member Ralph Grossi; MWinegrowers Association (Brookside Cellars, Thomas Fogarty Winery, KenVineyards; Orogeny Winery; Sean Thackrey; Pey-Marin Vineyards; Moon

Vineyard, Precedent Wines, Dutton-Goldfeld; Stubbs Vineyard; Vergari WVision Cellars, Point Reyes Vineyards; Corda Winery; Willowbrook Cellars, MWine Works & Mark Pasternak); McEvoy Olive Ranch, Nan McEvoy, ShaJoseph, Eliza Fisher, Jill Lee, Je Creque; Naturalists David Wimpheimer & DHerlocker; Moore Ranch, Jim & Margaret Moore; Panfglio Ranch, Joe & KPanfglio, Chris Rieger; Paradise Valley Produce, Dennis & Sandy Dierks; Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co., Lynn Stray & Bob Giacomini; Point Reyes yards & Winery, Steve & Sharon Doughty; Slow Money, Woody Tasch; SteRanch, Amanda Wisby & Jo Ann Stewart; Straus Family Dairy & Creamery, A& Jeanne Straus; Red Hill Ranch, Kitty & Doug Dolcini; Tomales Bay Oyster Todd Friend; Toluma Farms, Drs. Tamara Hicks & David Jablons; Tresch Dairy& Kathy Tresch; Windrush Farms, Mimi Luebberman; UC Berkeley, Sibella KrUC Cooperative Extension, Ellie Rilla & Steve Quirt

Partners in Outreach & Education help MALT reach out to the community athe importance o local agriculture: Caliornia Artisan Cheese Festival; DominUniversity; Greenbelt Alliance; Institute at the Golden Gate; Marin Agricuand Education Alliance member organizations (Environmental Education Coo Marin; College o Marin; Marin County Farm Bureau; Marin Farmers MaMarin County Ofce o Education; Marin Organic; Point Reyes Farmers MaSlide Ranch; The Bay Institute; and UC Cooperative Extension); Marin CoOpen Space District; Marin Wine Growers Association; Nicasio HistoSociety; Point Reyes National Seashore; Slow Food Nation

outreach&educationprogram



utreach and Education programs and

ctivities create public awareness o

ALT and o agricultures historic and

conomic value to Marin County.

anting potatoes, bottle-eeding a new cal,

sting greens resh rom the eld: theyre all

art o a days unand learningor the

300 students who took part in our Farm

eld Studies program this year. Adults, too,

e inspired. More than 1,000 went on our

kes & Tours o West Marin arms, making

sting connections with the armers, the

od, and the land MALT works to protect.

ur ongoing lecture series, Food and Farm-

g on the Urban Edge, eatures intriguing

eakers and partners who support and

omplement our conservation mission.

anches & Rolling Hills, our annual land-

ape art show and sale, has become a

eloved tradition or participating artists

well as or the thousands o art lovers

ho fock to the tiny Druids Hall in Nicasio

ach May. Nearly $2 million worth o artas been sold since the rst show in 1998

th 50% o the proceeds going to the

en Straus Land Preservation Fund or the

urchase o conservation easements.

one o these activities would be possible

thout our dedicated volunteers or the

mily armers who host arm tours, school

oups, and RRHartists. We thank them all.


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Shannon Wilson, Donor

San Francisco resident Shannon Wilson lived on a arm on Route 66 in

Missouri when she was young, and her love o armland and resh, healthy

ood springs out o cherished childhood memories. I remember the taste o

the grapes right o the vine, picking strawberries and blackberries with my

grandmother, walking through the elds, and nding a prousion o delicious

watercress near the springhouse. These sensory experiences on the land

gave me a eeling o being totally in the moment, as well as a sense o

place and a sense o sel.

It also inspired her desire to preserve armland.

As a donor, Shannon explains her giving

philosophy, My partner Janine and I set an

annual giving budget and agree how well

allocate that budget across causes. Within each cause, we choose one or

two organizations that we really want to supportMALT is one o them.

Everyone has a giving level they are comortable with. We try to nd that

level, and then stretch beyond it a bit.

Living in an urban environment doesnt keep Shannon rom having a strong

connection to the value o preserving armland. Fresh ood nourishes us

body and soul. Every time I sit down at a restaurant, I appreciate where the

ood comes rom. Im especially pleased when I am able to enjoy ood in

San Francisco that I know was produced on a MALTprotected property.

Shannon also is a MALT volunteer, and shes a regular visitor to West Marin,

drawn by the sense o community as much as the natural beauty o the armlandshe loves. Preserving armland is not just about open space and landscape; it

keeps a community alive and vibrantgrowing in the best sense o the word.

Preserving farmlandkeeps a communitygrowingin the bestsense of the word

ors Janine Guillot & Shannon Wilson


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waystogiveecome a memberMore than 4,000

you make annual gits totaling about

1 milliona remarkable 80% o our

tal operating budget. Your support

ows us to do the work vital to preserving

arin County armland so that the land

ll remain as productive agriculture,

pen space, and wildlie habitat, orever.

onate to the Ellen Straus Farmland

eservation FundYour gits, along with

ants rom public agencies and unds

ised at our annual Ranches & Rolling

ills Landscape Art Show and Sale, are

ed to purchase agricultural conserva-

on easements.

ave a legacy to the Stewardship

undYour bequests and other planned

ts help build a crucial endowment or

ALT that allows us to be partners in

ewardship with the landowners and

ectively monitor the easements we hold.

HANK YOU all or your support this

ast year!


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Guardians ($10,000 or more)Anonymous (8)Mrs. Thomas AdamsAlvin H. Baum, Jr. *Bingham, Osborne, &

Scarborough FoundationRobert Bingham & Carol KearnsRobert Blitzer & XenrySusie Tompkins Buell FundCaliornia Council o Land TrustsMargaret A. Cargill FoundationDavid & Vicki CoxDick & Pat Daly*East Bay Community FoundationFidelity Charitable Git FundPenelope A. Gerbode

Joe GillachStan Gillmar & Kate D. BaxterSL Gimbel Foundation FundRichard & Karen Hyde

JEC FoundationMrs. Katharine H. Johnson*Leaves o Grass FundMarin Community FoundationMarin County Board o SupervisorsEstate o Sandra H. McCabeCarrick & Andy McLaughlinThe Mendelson Family FundBonnie Mitsui &

The Meshewa Farm Foundation *Cleaves & Mae Rhea FoundationRoger & Susan SchowSchwab Charitable Fund

John A. Sellon

1994 Charitable Lead TrustJerey SellonHarvey & Maud Sorensen

FoundationJean Starkweather*Andrew Thompson &

Rebecca SpringEstate o Phillip G. TwitchellEstate o Laurie VaughanHenry & Barbara WhiteEric J. WoodhouseSteward ($5,000-$9,999)Anonymous (3)

John E. & Helen K. Cahill Fund *Deborah Coburn & Lester FooteCommon Counsel FoundationCraword & Jess Cooley *Robert & Daryl Davis

Estate o Charlene DwyerWilliam Eastman &Bishop Pine Fund*

Gaia FundJoanne & Peter E. Haas, Jr. FundVictor & Lorraine HonigEric & Barbara Johnson &

Brewster West FoundationDavid L. Klein, Jr. FoundationA.B. & J. Noyes FoundationPartnership FundRebecca Patton & Tom GoodrichBrett Robertson & Dave SchraderSan Francisco FoundationKimbel J. & Debra J. Stuart FundBenefactor ($1,000-$4,999)Anonymous (19)Deborah & Arthur Ablin Family Fund

Christopher & Jane AdamsThe Winired & Harry B. Allen

Foundation *Howard & Ann AllenBarbara AndersenRobert & Dianne ArrigoniAyco Charitable FoundationMs. Mary Bachman &

Mr. William DowningBank o America

Matching Gits ProgramPeter & Janice B. Barry *Thomas & Johanna BaruchPamela & Albert BendichNancy BertelsenBessemer TrustBlythedale Rebekah Lodge #305The Paul H. Klingenstein &

Kathleen R. Bole Family FundAnn & Paul BrennerLinda BrownriggPriscilla & Michael Bull *Kathleen J. Burke & Ralph DavisConnie & Dan BurkhardtMarilyn Burns FundAmy & Harold BushGerald K. Cahill &

Kathleen S. King Fund *

Ray & Jan CapperCenter or Volunteer &

Nonprot LeadershipRandy & Polly Cherner *Constance E. ChesnutYvon Chouinard

John & Nina CobbFrances & George CollinsSue Conley & Nan HaynesAlice CorningCarson Cox & Deborah Haase

George W. Davis FundPeter J. DavisDick & Ginny Davis *Thomas L. Davis & Marden N. PlantMichael & Allison DelmanGeorge Dirkes & Gail Stern *Peter & Marijke DonatWilliam H. Draper III &

Phyllis C. DraperDrexler Estate Fund *David & Erin ElliottRobert & Gilda Elliott *C. J. Eschelbach *Faber Family Fund *Angelo P. FigoneAnne & Mason FlemmingMargot Fraser Fund

Jerey Freedman & Marie Boylan

Jim & Maggie Gault

Gary & Linda GiacominiBob & Dean Giacomini *Susan & Dennis GilardiGilbert-Wroten FundLynn Gordon &

David E. Simon FundSteve & Mary GorskiNeal GottliebCharles P. GreshamGeorge & Mary GrossiMarion GuyerFrancine Halberg & Terry KesslerEstate o Robert C. Held

James Irvine FoundationDavid Jablons & Tamara HicksDavid W. Jones & Inta Vodopals

Alan M. & Jean L. Kay *Nancy H. & James Kelso FundWayne & Lorelei KennedyNancy L. Kittle*Nancy G. Kling & Bernard Lewis

Charitable FoundationSuzanne & Gerald Knecht *Robert Lane & Tom CantrellSarah Mathews Legge Trust FundMark & Sandy Levine *Wil LevineHaynes Lindley, Jr.

Livingston FoundationPatricia & Richard LockeCraig MacLeodMrs. Sorrel J. MarksAllan & Eleanor Martini *Katherine MaxwellRobert & Suzanne MellorEdward L. Middelton &

Angele KhachadourJane, Stacy, & Scott Miller FundEmily Modde

Doug & Margaret Moore *Muller Family FoundationBetsey & Terry NelsonBrenda & John NewcombNicasio Valley FarmsEdna V. OConnor*

John OdellDiane E. Parish & Paul GelburdWilliam & Elizabeth Patterson

Family FundKristina & George PhippsBen Polk & Erin KinikinBill & Carol PressKatherine M. & Phil H. Reilly *Cynthia Rigatti & Brian AsheWilliam & Jane RobbinsDexter & Brenda RobertsDoris & Kenneth Roe

Michael & Ann Rothschild

Carla RuTim & Annette Ryan

Je & Trish ScalesBetty & Jack Schaer

Joyce & Jim SchnobrichCharles Schwab Corp. Foundation

Jennier Sellon-DyerSpencer & Stacey SiasKathleen Ann SkeelsLee & Perry Smith FundSpringcreek FoundationSteve Starkey & Olivia ErschenSteelcase FoundationMichael J. SullivanTamalpais BankElizabeth & Martin Terplan *

Three Twins Ice CreamHenry O. Timnick CharitableGit Fund

Janet TraubMarjorie & Barry TraubLois & Melvin T. TukmanVanguard Charitable

Endowment ProgramChristina & Ken WaldeckWalsh Charitable FundWells Fargo Community

Support Campaign

Searle WhitneyJerry J. Wilson Memorial

FoundationShannon M. Wilson &

Janine M. GuillotJames & Beth Wintersteen *The Patty & Jack Wright

FoundationAnthony WrightBlossom Young *Bill & Diane Zuendt

Zuni CaePatron ($500-$999)Anonymous (6)Adobe Systems IncorporatedKent & Terry Ainsworth

Janet W. AllenDaniel Altman & Susan GertmanAmerican Endowment Foundation

Joe & Caryn AnselPeter & Patricia ArrigoniBank o Marin Community FundBill D. Barboni, D.V.MNancy & Donald Barbour, M.D. *Chris Barnes &

Catherine Jasan, M.D.Anne BaxterRobert E. Bernard Fund at Truckee

Tahoe Community Foundation

Dave & Anne Bernstein

Annette Billingsley &Terry Bergmann

Linda L. BlackwoodGerald & Carol BlockTom & Carol BrananCourtney BroaddusAllan & Muriel BrotskyMatthew & Lynn BrownCaliornia Alpine Club The Capital Group Co

Charitable FoundatioElsie R. Carr*Michael & Jeanie CaseSheila Cauldwell

Jerey Chanin & KarenChevron HumankindMalinda P. Chouinard

Judith CianiSheri & George ClydeSam Cohen & Katy Hic

Janet & Alan ColemanSusan Coleman *Sheila E. Concannon &

Michael D. Lagios, MEd & Nancy ConnerMr. & Mrs. William H.Thomas W. Crowell &

Patricia A. PirroneEliza & Bill CummingsDonald B. Davis & CaGibson DavisBonnie DeMaestriCharis L. Denison &

Scott Hummel

Robert Derzon *Ethan & Hadley DettmeNoel Witter Dickey &

Donald R. DickeyCarol Dimeling, M.D. &

Timothy C. Gee, M.Dodge & CoxEric & Kathleen DoneyDavid & Suzanne DonlBarbara H. DwyerEarls Organic ProduceEllen T. EdwardsElectronic Art s OutreacPatricia & Harris ElvebaPamela H. Fabry &

Edward Chiera*Fairax ScoopFerrari Catering & Even

Ned Forrest & Leslie WMike Fottrell & Stacey Anita & Jim Franzi

John & Christine B. FurnThe Gala FamilyRichard GaleArthur J. Gallagher FouLen GarrisonLynn & Donald Glaser Kristin & Peter Gordon

John & Frances Gray *Michelle Grin & Tom M. J. GroperNathan G. Hale FamilyDean & Nancy HansoRichard & Virginia HavMichael & Nancy Jo HMarjorie & Anthony He

Mark & Dale Hillard

maltsupporters

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In preparing this report, every eort was made to ensure that it is accurate

and complete. I there is an omission or an error in spelling, please accept

our apologies and notiy the Development Oce so our records can be

corrected. This report lists all gits o $250 or more received betweenJuly 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009. Gits received ater that date will be

listed in next years report.

July 1, 2008 June 30, 2009

* Donors to MALT for 20 years or more


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Lynne-Marie H. Frame &Richard Hoskins

Suzanne & Craig FrazierCharles & Perry FreemanDavid FreyFred & Barbara Fuchs *

Joel & Brenda FugazzottoPamela & Stephen GachAnne GailliotSusan & John Galbraith

Genentech EmployeeGiving Program

Elizabeth & Frank GerberDan German & Rachel SimeonePatricia Glatt & Joshua SteinhauerElisabeth G. GleasonMarian R. GoeppNancy & Frederic GoldenSuzanne GoltGeorge A. GooginsLily S. GraceLinda Green-SmithDavid & Terry GrithsRalph & Judy Grossi *Gary & Barbara HaberAlbert HallScott & Lisa HalstedSusan Hamstra *

Borah HansenBetty Jo HardisonMark & Kimberley HarmonKevin HaroWilliam & Betty HaslerElliot A. HayneRoss & Karen HeitkampBryan HemmingSarah & Richard HomanMary Margaret HoltBob & Linda HoltzappleHowe Family FundAndrew & Cecilia HoytBill & Lynda Hutton *IBM International FoundationRobert & Marilyn IsherwoodMary Jean M. JawetzBarbara Jay *

Roberta JereyAllan Day Jergesen &

Rebecca J. KrebsLeslie & Steve JohnsonRoy Farrington JonesLorraine C. JosesChristopher & Heidi Kane

Jim & Linda KasperSteve & Marcia Kent *

Jack & Kay Keohane

Margaret KeonJanet & Damon KerbyRichard & Levin KinseySteve & Jean KinseyKevin Knowles & Kathy LoweAbner P. & C. Bethan KornTina & Jerey Kroot *Mary Laranchi *Rick & Debby LaFranchiScott LaranchiAmy Lambert & Anthony AdamsAmy Larson & Robert UhlanderRobin LavinLeo & Josephine Lavio *Robert LawrenceRobert & Beatrice LawsHerbert M. & Naomi R. LeavittFamily Charitable Trust

Jonathan LeoneMaryon Davies LewisNatalie Lewis*Gretchen LikanderN. Colin Lind & Anne LindMike LipseySue & Stanley LoarKathy & Rick Lowrey *Stanley & Judith LubmanPaul T. LuchetaEdward & Leeann S. Lyman

John S. LyonsDavid W. & Carol MabonAnita & Robert MacInnesKeven & Philip MadvigDonna C. MaierLawrence Marcus

Jeanette & Alan Margolin, M.D.

Ellen MarquisJerey MartinJody Martin*Sheila MartinDiane & Ian MatthewDavid B. McConnell

Jim & Eloise McCormickMarci McCormick &

Arnon HadarRobert B. McCreadie, Esq. *

James R. McCurdy, M.D.Trigg & Bill McLeodMr. Wallace G. McOuat *McPhail Fuel CompanyMerrill Lynch & Co.

Foundation Inc.Porter MerrimanPeter MertsSpencer & Roberta MichelsAlexander W. MitchellEric Moeller

Julie & Jim MonsonDon & Connie MooreDennis & Susan Moritz*The Morrill FamilyCharlotte C. Morrison *William & Laura Moseley*Claudia & Bruce Mosias

Dr. & Mrs. Francis Muller, Jr. *Lawrence & Betty MulryanAlexander & Joohee MuromcewPatricia & Alan Negrin*Penelope & Noel NellisPaul NewhagenFrank & Lois NoonanGreg NorrisMargaret PartlowDana PeppWarren PerryRoger J. Peters &

Stephanie Moulton-PetersShirley PettySabin & Allyson Phelps

Jon & Care PittmanRollin & Diane Post*

Jeannene Przyblyski & Eric Jaye

Elisabeth & Gene PtakNed & Ellin PurdomPeggy Rathmann & John Wick,

The Rathmann Family FoundationGrace & Jerome RaubeRedwood Empire Appraisal *William & Elizabeth Reilly

John & Stephanie ReimerBarbara & William RichRichard K. & Nancy Robbins

Benson Roe, M.D.Julie Rossotti &

Point Reyes PreservesDr. & Mrs. Richard RubenConn & Susan S. Rusche Fund *Celia Sack & Paula HarrisSausalito Womans Club

John & Betsy Scarborough FundRudi SchmidAlbert & Joel W. Schreck*Shiva SchulzVictoria B. SchwartzB. D. ScottChristine W. ScottMichel & Holly SeierSerenity KnollsDr. & Mrs. John W. Severinghaus*Timothy P. Sheehan

Noel & Janetta ShumwayLucretia & John SiasKathy Simons & Jerey Gustak

Jane & Thomas SingerRichard & Jeanne SlinnGlenn Smith & Verlinda RoseLawrence Smith & Grace RogersMary & Suzanne Smith *

John & Jamie SnellRobert & Jean Soost*Timothy & Pamela SowerbyTom & Nicki SpillaneSamuel & Karen SpivackBarbara StantonStation House CaeEileen & Norman StaubMary J. StavishRadha Stern

Doug StewartMarilyn & Arthur StrasVivien StrausGeorge & Helene StraLynn & Teddy StrayNatsu Ota TaylorAnne & Otto TellerTom & Janice TharsingRonald & Alice TheiseRobert & Wilma S. Th

Estate o Carolyn ColbMarcello & Susan Tod

James E. Topinka & AMarsha G. TorkelsonMr. & Mrs. Andrew ToFredde & Willem VanTed & Betty Von GlahNancy & Lenard WeiKaren WhitakerLisa Whitaker & MichDeborah T. Whitney *Suzanne & Mark WieLynn Duggan WinterMinnie WolMichael & Katie WrigBruce & Nancy Wrisl

Joe & Caroline YoumaJody A. Zaitlin & Mar

Elizabeth Zarlengo &Gary Ireland

Zorensky Family FundPhyllis Faber Circle:Our special commuof monthly contributAnonymous (3)Susan Aaron &

Steven E. ShermanLinda AldrichSharon AquilinoPam BacciChris Barnes &

Catherine Jasan, MBrooke Battles

Joanna BeardSusan & Ronald BermBarry & Kimberly Blue

Donors Drs. Tamara Hicks & David Jablons; center: Donors Marijke & Peter Donat; right: Artsts Richard Linderberg & Richard Schloss prepare or our annual art show


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ann Burchel Brandenry J. Broderick*

Gordon & Wanda Bronsonobert Brook & Tiany A. Turleyva Jean Brumbaum*obert S. Cardwell &

West Marin Real Estatean Carlsonavid & Pam Carrrudence Carter &

Marianne Balinlan & Caren Cascioseph & Susan Cernyarbara Championonnie & Rich Clarkeusie Jacuzzi Cochrane &Michael Cochrane

net & Alan Colemannne Marie Cooperhristine & J. Brooks Craword

Mark & Suzanne DarleyGeorge & Dale Davidsonaul & Patricia de Fremery *cqueline &C. Vincent de Nevers

onnie DeMaestrienelope Douglasuncan Dwelle & Lillian Jangrancesca Eastman &

Edward Goodsteineverly Edge

Margareta Ekblad &Vojtech Licko

arah Ellisatricia C. Ernsbergerhn Fallatarolyn M. & David Ferguson

ynne-Marie H. Frame &Richard Hoskins

uzanne & Craig Frazierusan & John Galbraithdd Gansdith Garnettlyson Geller & Steven Leelexandra & Hanson Giordatricia Glatt & Joshua Stein-auerisabeth G. Gleason *atherine E. Gundlach

Marion Guyercqueline Habereter J. Hamman

Mark & Kimberley HarmonMarjorie & Anthony HeletMolly Homannusan Holloway & Bruce Fullerarold F. Honath, Jr. &Judy G. Anderson

avid P. Hopkinsto the Blueavid Jablons & Tamara Hicksouglas W. Jamesrish Johnson & Rigdon Currieecily T. Jordan &Vincent M. Spohn

indy & Dick Jordanorraine C. Josesr. Morris Katkov

Mary E. Kennedyne & Mark Krissaroline Kristensenaniel & Sarah Kushnermy Lambert & Anthony Adamshirley Larkinsildegard Manley*

Martha A. Maricleiane & Ian Matthew

Marci McCormick &

Arnon Hadar

Hugh McDevittBarbara C. & Patrick McGeeSharon McNameeWilliam Melton &

Tanja-Maria ZeiseSheila MiddletonMichelle E. MillerSally Milligan*Robin Mitchell & Howdy GoudeyMia MonroeDouglas MooreSheryl A. Moore & Truett WelchMary MorganRobert MortonClaudia & Bruce MosiasPaul & Leslie MulliganElizabeth NallyD. Steven & Ruth Nash*Elizabeth Nichols

Jennier NicholsSuzie OberlinEllen & Peter ObstlerMargaret PartlowE. Lynn PerryTina Pete

Jane & Rod Phibbs*Tomasz & Patricia PotworowskiWilliam PrinceElisabeth & Gene Ptak

Janet & Matthew RobbinsAlistair Roberts & Alice NguyenDoris & Kenneth RoeDennis K. Rothhaar &

Miriam SteinbockMatt SaguesAnne Sands & Russell Faure-BracPatricia A. SchmidtMr. & Mrs. David L. SchreckCaryn Schulberg

Norman & Suzanne ScottSusan ScottCarole Schemmerling Selz

Jane & Thomas SingerKendra SmithPeggy SmithDick & Joanne Spotswood *Radha SternDavid & Mika StrassmanToby Symington *

Jaycel A. & Thomas TacchiWilliam L. Teuel

David & Elaine WestKaren WhitakerLynn Duggan WinterEverett & Jane WitzelChip & Anne Wray *

James O. Wright, Jr.Peter & Nancy Young*Partners for Preservation(Supporters who have includedMALT in their estate plans)Anonymous (21)

John D. AbramsonDianne Admire & Vikki GarrodPeter & Janet AndersenWilliam & Melba AndersonBarbara AndrewsLinda AntonRobert Bingham & Carol Kearns

Kathleen BranniganWendy BuchenMary M. Butler & Robert ButlerSharon CallSarah Cameron Lerer &

James LererRobert CameronMichael & Jeanie Casey Fund

Jean ChambersBarbara ChampionCris Chater & Michael LucchesiEunice M. ChildsPeter J. Davis

Joan P. DedoMrs. Eva DeleuzeDennis L. ElderMargery EntwisleC. J. EschelbachPhyllis Faber *Henriette FremontSpring FriedlanderPenelope A. Gerbode

Joe GillachKay GillisMark H. & Kristen GoldsteinLily S. GraceCharles P. GreshamM. J. Groper *Charles HembreeBryan Hemming

Joanne HivelySheila & Michael HumphreysMrs. Katharine H. Johnson*Cindy & Dick JordanTerry Keenan

Jacqueline KientzFelix Laks, M.D.Georgina LarsenMonique S. Lau

David LeggeKate Levinson & Steve CostaMartha A. LindbergHaynes Lindley, Jr.Patricia & Richard LockeLawrence MarcusClaire McAulieCarrie & Chris MorganHelen E. MossSuzanne MurphyGeri & Jim NardiKaryn NelsonMary Nicolini

Janet NobleMary & Don OlsonChristine Ralls & Frank TullenersEllie RillaDexter & Brenda RobertsAnne Sands & Russell Faure-Brac

Joyce & Jim SchnobrichShiva Schulz

Joan ShielsJerry & Marge SmithRichard & Lillian SmithNoreen SpanskiKimbel J. & Debra J. StuartCharles ThompsonSteven ThorneMr. William TichyRichard L. & Barbara M. Tracy

Cathy Tucker

Christina & Ken WaldeckGeorgia WestdahlDavid & Barbara WhitridgePublic Grants:County o MarinDepartment o Conservation

Caliornia FarmlandConservancy ProgramUSDA Natural Resource

Conservation ServiceIn-Kind Contributions($250 or more)Caliornia Land Title o MarinCowgirl CreameryTony GilbertKaren Gray & Douglas ElliottAurea HerrickThe JSF CompanyLagunitas Brewing Co.Mea McNeil & Jerry DraperToni PiccininiPoint Reyes Farmstead

Cheese CompanyRustic Bakery

David Tattershall &Paula Helene-Tattershall

In Memory of:Veronika Meden Born AsmesecMathew Baxter

Jean BeanLorraine BenoitRalph Borge

Jeanne-Marie Bourdet Joseph BozicCasey BrooksSara CornwellBindy DurrieCharlene Dwyer

Phillip G. TwitchellSophie Van BourgBarbara FernbacherRobert FremontWilliam Garvie

John GleasonRichard Grith

Joseph R.H. JacobyBill & Eva KramerDonnie LamsonSusanne MahoneyDonald Cain Meckessel

Eldon L. OlsenDante PanglioMarvin RossiRobert RoystonErnst SchwendenerGynne SternPeggy StinnettAnnika StrainBill & Ellen StrausMrs. Carol WaldeckVictor WarrenPaul Richard WendtIn Honor of:Peter BanningBob BinghamBarbara CarlitzMr. & Mrs. Glenn CavalliBarbara & John Chase

Charles ChiparoDeb Coburn & Lester FooGeorge DirkesPhyllis FaberGrace Farley

Jerushah Fitzpatrick &Ray Plosscowe

Jackie FosterEva FreemanMarcello FreguliaAlex Ingersoll &

Martin TannenbaumMartha IrmerCindy & Dick JordanShana Larkin & Rob ChriBruce LauritzenMr. & Mrs. LundyColleen NavellierChristie NelsonCarlos Poza

John PrentissBill & Ray RiessFred RunnerEllen & Walter SanordMolly & Hector SeguelMr. & Mrs. Philip SiorMr. & Mrs. Richard Tait

Joan TroppmannThe VanderMeer FamilyKerry VanderMeer & RodChristina & Ken WaldecMira WelnerRanches & Rolling HillsArtists 2009Meredith Brooks AbbottWhitney Brooks AbbottKrystal AllenMartha BorgeChris ChapmanRussell Chatham

John ComerDan Cooper

Christin CoyWillard DixonMichael DruryMichael Enriquez

Jon FrancisKristen GarneauKaren GruszkaSusan HallDana HooperTimothy Horn

John IwerksLarry Iwerks

Jeanette Le GrueRichard LindenbergManny LopezRick LyttleDan McCormickZee Zee Mott

Davis PerkinsJeri QuinnAne Carla RovettaRick SchlossWendy SchwartzSuzanne SimingerGary SmithSkip Smith

J. Thomas SolteszNancy SteinArturo TelloMillicent TomkinsSarah VedderWard WalkupPat WallisThomas WoodMichael Whitt, Curator

To make an online donation using your credit card, please go to malt.org

and select the Ways to Give menu. This section describes many options

and provides a secure online donation orm. Your git is ully tax-deductible,

and you will receive a receipt or tax purposes.


Donors to MALT for 20 years or more


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Asset, LiAbiLityAnd net Asset summAry

Current assets - cash and cash equivalents $3,206,158 $1,513,805

Current assets - other 439,174 2,968,910Propert y and equipment, net o depreciation 1,141,833 1,151,091

Irrevocable planned gits at present value 155,348 105,976

Unrestricted securities held or long term 1,134,582 1,162,633

Restricted endowment investments 4,418,353 4,403,959

Investments and pledges restricted or conservation projects 1,173,313 3,052,810

Other assets 543,989 442,104

Total Assets $12,212,750 $14,801,288

Current liabilities $ 55,649 $ 75,856

Total Net Assets 12,157,101 14,725,432

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $12,212,750 $14,801,288

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statementofactivityand

changesinnetassets June 30, 2009 June 30, 2008 totAL totAL

revenuesAnd Additionsto net Assets

Membership, contributions and grants $1,699,011 $4,642,847

Government grants 775,000 3,580,000

Conservation easement contributed 1,000,000

Investment income(loss)* (757,312) (147,381)

Program revenue and other 187,078 293,234

Total Support & Revenue 1,903,777 9,368,700

expensesAnd purchAsesof conservAtion eAsements

Purchases o conservation easements 2,692,715 6,211,278

Other program expenses 827,087 704,828

Total Program Expenses 3,519,802 6,916,106

General and administrative 285,746 287,215

Fundraising 666,560 602,924

Total Administrative & Fundraising 952,306 890,139

Total Expenses & Purchases o Conservation Easements 4,472,108 7,806,245

Change in Net Assets (2,568,331) 1,562,455

netAssets JuLy 1, 2008 (2007) 14,725,432 13,162,977

netAssets June 30, 2009 (2008)** $12,157,101 $14,725,432

July 1, 2008 June 30, 2009

* Includes realized and unrealized

gains and losses on permanentlyrestricted endowment und.

** netAssets June 30, 2009 consist o the ollowing unds:Operat ing Fund $1,500,470

Ellen Straus Fund 4,623,954 Total Unrestricted

Stewardship Fund 285,663 6,410,087

Temporarily restricted 1,328,661 Total RestrictedPermanently restric ted 4,418,353 5,747,014

$12,157,101 $12,157,101

expenses

79%

15%

6%

Fundraising

Programs

GeneralAdministration


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(Top row, let to right) Marcia Barinaga andher armstead sheep milk cheese; Babys rsarm visit! (Row two) MALT Hikes & Toursincluded: the Ryan-Tocalino Ranch; TomalesBay Oyster Company (Row three) Kids enjoyFarm Field Studies; Stewardship Director PatricHickey meets with landowners (Row our)Dairy ewes; Bolinas armer Warren Webertalks lettuce during a MALT-sponsored SlowFood Nation tour

Photos: Paige Green; Colleen Prop

Sarah Carter; Elisabeth Ptak; Helen Zuc


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PaigeGreen

Staff, let to right: Kristine Ball; Je

Stump; Hope Ratner; Deborah

White; Victoria Moore; Sandy

Dierks; Barbara Petty; Kelly Brown;

Elisabeth Ptak; Mia Pelletier;

Constance Washburn; Christine

Harvey; Helen Zucker; Bob Berner;

Allison Kiehl; Patricia Hickey. Not

pictured: Cindy Jordan; Hilary Jeris

Board of Directors, let to right:

(ront row) Sue Conley; Phyllis

Faber; (middle row) Gail Seneca;

Anne Flemming; (back row) Lynn

Giacomini Stray; Loren Poncia;

Sabin Phelps; Dominic Grossi;

Doug Moore; Joe Gillach. Not

pictured: Bob Bingham; Mike

Gale; Tony Gilbert; Steve Kinsey;

Rick Laranchi; Peter Martinelli; Jim

McIsaac; Julie Rossotti

On the cover:Delicious Hay, by Jeanette LeGrue, one o the participating artists in Ranches & Rolling

Hills, a show and sale o landscape art to benet MALT and the preservation o Marin County armland.

The 13th annual show will take place on May 15 & 16, 2010, at the Druids Hall in Nicasio. Ranches

& Rolling Hills: Art o West MarinA Land in Trust, the book inspired by the show, can be purchased at

local bookstores and at www.malt.org.

The Year in Review is published by Marin Agricultural Land Trust, a nonprot & tax-exempt organization.

Writers: Kristine Ball; Bob Berner; Patricia Hickey; Elisabeth Ptak; Deborah White

Editor: Elisabeth Ptak; Graphic design: Gay Stack. Printed on recycled paper with soy inks.

ElisabethPtak

Marin agricultural land trust is a member-supported, nonprot organization created

in 1980 by a coalition o ranchers and environmentalists to permanently preserve Marin County arm-

land. Some o the Bay Areas most highly acclaimed dairy products and organic crops are produced

on armland protected by MALT conservation easements, which total more than 41,500 acres on 64

amily arms and ranches.

For more inormation about Marins amily arms and the ood they produce visit malt.org.

Post Oce Box 809, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 415.663.1158

Robert Berner Executive DirectorElisabeth Ptak

Associate DirectorKristine Ball Director o DevelopmentKelly Brown Major Gits OfcerChristine Harvey

Database ManagerSandy Dierks Farm Field Studies EducatorPatricia Hickey Stewardship DirectorHilary Jeris Outreach AssistantCindy Jordan Art Show AssistantAllison Kiehl Stewardship AssociateVictoria Moore Development Assistant

Mia Pelletier Volunteer Program ManagerBarbara Petty Director o Finance & AdministrationHope Ratner Ofce Manager

Je Stump Easement Program DirectorConstance Washburn Education DirectorDeborah White Annual Giving OfcerHelen Zucker Accounting & Administrative Assistant

20082009Lynn Giacomini Stray, ChaSue Conley, Vice-chairRick Laranchi, SecretaryGail Seneca, TreasurerBob BinghamPhyllis Faber, Co-ounderAnne FlemmingMike GaleTony Gilbert

Joe GillachDominic GrossiSteve KinseyPeter Martinelli

Jim McIsaacDoug MooreSabin PhelpsLoren Poncia

Julie Rossotti

2008-2009 year in review, marin agricultural land trust

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