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Investigating the Secrets of Fernandez Ranch

By Sherida Bush

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Executive Directors Report Fernandez Ranch Celebration Revisited New Board Members Summer Internship Stewardship Update Tina Batt Trail at Sky Ranch Fresh Aire Affaire Many Thanks to Our Generous Donors and Volunteers MHLT Annual Meeting Volunteer Opportunities

ernandez Ranch in the summer looks as peaceful and uncomplicated as a sleeping deer. Meadows and hills are clothed in golden grasses. Breezes caress hilltops and ravines tapestried in shades of green. Raptors glide in a pale blue canopy. A carpet of sere oak leaves crunches underfoot. Rodeo Creek is a slender ribbon of silver. Beneath the rustic calm, this 702-acre patch of earth holds secrets and mysteries. So many secrets a team of experts land detectives of a sort comb the area to unravel the clues. Their discoveries and recommendations will set the course for the future of Fernandez Ranch. The Muir Heritage Land Trust enlisted the expertise of the Restoration Design Group (RDG) as Project Manager. RDG oversees a team developing four plans for the property: Site Assessment, Creek Restoration, Public Access, and Property Management. The plans foretell much to accomplish and much to enjoy. Habitat restoration and opening the land for public use is much more challenging than simply putting a fence around the property to preserve whats there, said RDG Landscape Architect Bob Birkeland.

Despite the challenges, commitment to the lands restoration and public access as well as preservation comprises the Land Trusts mission for Fernandez Ranch. It is a pleasure to work on a multi-faceted project, said Birkeland, that will be part of a network of trails and open space, one of the countrys most significant. The planning requires coaxing secrets from the land notably the plants and animals living there. Resource experts have assessed the ranchs physical, cultural and biological landscape. Their findings are exciting, especially when it comes to species of special concern. John Vollmar, Senior Biologist for the project, has documented sightings of a Western pond turtle and California redlegged frogs near Rodeo Creek. He found stick nests built by the San Francisco Dusky-footed woodrat. The Alameda whipsnake has been found on adjacent properties and is believed to live on Fernandez Ranch. The majestic oak trees hold a few surprises. Five types of native oaks live on Fernandez Ranch: valley, blue, coast live, black and Oregon white. The oaks living there are a broad mix of species, said Vollmar. The oak diversity occurs because the ranch is located on the edge of the fog belt. Oregon white oaks are rare in
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executive Directors Report
2006/07 promises to be an eventful year for the Muir Heritage Land Trust. By the time you read this newsletter, Founding executive Director Tina Batt will have departed for Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government to pursue a Mid-Career Masters of Public Administration degree. She leaves MHLT in the hands of a wonderful Board of Directors, hard working staff and an especially generous community of supporters. Because of your generosity, the Land Trust starts this year in good fiscal health. Last season, more than 300 people joined as new members many committing $1,000 or more annually to support our ongoing work and programs. Others made generous year-end gifts and major donor and membership renewal rates have never been higher. Thanks to all for your support and confidence! For over 18 years the Muir Heritage Land Trust has been working to preserve natural areas critical to the quality of life for all those who live, work and play in our community. This fall, please take some time to enjoy the beautiful landscapes that you have helped to protect and then go to the Polls on november 7 and vote yes on Proposition 84. When the citizens of California cast their ballots this year, they will be deciding whether to allow the largest financing of State infrastructure since Governor Pat Browns administration in the early 1960s. Once the envy of the nation, California now faces serious challenges regarding water quality, resource conservation and more. For those who support a planned approach to sustainable communities, voting yes on 84 is the proper way to lead our community into the future. It provides funding for major natural resource protection and water programs at the state level, including $108 million for Bay Area parks and natural areas. The initiative enjoys broad-based, bipartisan political support, and is endorsed by business and community organizations throughout the state. Saving open space is one of the most important issues facing our region. In order to preserve enough natural area to balance the enormous population growth California is facing in the coming years, we must invest large amounts of revenue from state, regional, county and local public sources in addition to private donations of land and money. At the Muir Heritage Land Trust we invest our time, resources, energies, and hopes in a vision to preserve what we all love about our community today so that it can be enjoyed tomorrow. With your help and your vote, we are confident that our investment will pay off. Thank you again for your support.

Linus eukel MHLT Acting executive Director This newsletter is intended as an occasional publication to bring to you news of the Muir Heritage Land Trust. For comprehensive details and regular updates, please visit our website: www.muirheritagelandtrust.org.

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Investigating the Secrets of Fernandez Ranch

the region. Blue oaks which prefer dry, inland climates share the property with oaks that usually grow in moist, coastal regions. I was intrigued to find blue oaks this far west,Vollmar noted. Another surprise was discovering valley oaks in unexpected locations.Valley oaks, which prefer growing in the soils found in bottomlands, are situated on the higher hillsides and ridgelines of Fernandez Ranch. As Vollmar and his team uncover the sites ecology, they can better plan ways to enhance habitat for native and sensitive species. One project, for example, will create breeding ponds for the red-legged frog and the California newt. Such projects and this is one of many need to be, as the biologist noted, practical, achievable, and cost effective. Any future plans for Fernandez Ranch must examine and acknowledge the past. As part of the Site Assessment, archeological sleuths have investigated the land for evidence of native American cultures. The Costanoans, also known as the Ohlone, once lived in the region. While investigators found no evidence Enjoying the wildflowers

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Staff
Tina Batt Founding Executive Director Linus eukel Acting Executive Director Suzanne Jones Land Program Manager Beth Pardieck Stewardship Manager Mary Alice Stadum Administrative Manager

Board of Directors
Mark Wilson Chair Ken Fischer Vice Chair Sheila Grilli Secretary Louis e. Stoddard Treasurer Peter Colby Ann Cormack Steve Pardieck June Rogers ellen Visser Donn Walklet

of the Costanoans on Fernandez Ranch, no one can be certain that layers of earth are not hiding prehistoric resources. An archeologist will be regularly consulted to ensure that cultural features, if found, are well documented and preserved. Study of the last two centuries found that even before 1823, when Don Ignacio Martinez let his cattle roam free on what is now Fernandez Ranch, sheep and cattle owned by the San Francisco Presidio and Mission (also known as Mission Delores) may have grazed the property. The site work discovered a forgotten piece of more recent ranch history. Sometime between 1912 and 1958, a dairy was built, its buildings prominent on early aerial photographs. Little remains of the dairy structures building foundations, a circa 1930s windmill and portions of a corral. According to Bob Sanders, a rancher at Fernandez Ranch since the 1960s, the disintegrating corral near the ranch entrance was built with boards salvaged from the dairy barn. Current plans are to leave such remnants of historical uses in place. Continued on Page 4

Emeritus Board Members

Mary Ann Gaebe Hulet Hornbeck Hal Olson nancy Schaefer Jack Telfer everett Turner

Honorary Board Member

Jim Cutler

Editor
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Newsletter Contributors
Sherida Bush Linus eukel Beth Pardieck Mary Alice Stadum
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Public access to such remnants and the ranch itself is a major part of future plans. Bob Birkeland looks forward to the time when exploring the land will give people the joy of being in the setting and encourage stewardship of the land. Before the site is opened to the public, a 150-foot bridge must be built to span Rodeo Creek and provide access to the ranchs interior. Before building the bridge, the Creek Restoration Plan needs to address the dramatic instability of creek banks. When the Land Trust first bought the ranch, the damage to Rodeo Creek was puzzling, the causes unclear. Recent scientific study and detective work discovered that significant human-made changes to the hydrology upstream set off a chain of events that has disrupted creek ecology. In some locations, erosion created a deep channel, stripped banks of vegetation and toppled large trees. Planners are now studying alternative methods for restoring more stability to the creek and replanting banks where needed. Future visitors to Fernandez Ranch will begin their exploration at a new staging area. The design includes parking for cars and equestrian trailers, directional and interpretive signs, portable restrooms and an oak-shaded picnic area. From the staging area, ranch visitors will set out on one of the multi-use trails for hikers, bicycle riders, and equestrians. The trail designed to accommodate visitors with disabilities will begin here. It will meander along Rodeo Creek and shaded oak canopies to a picnic area. A second trail will lead to the homestead, the former location of a farm house, where a picnic area will provide a scenic stop for rest and refreshment. Both of these trails will connect to a steeper loop trail that will weave into oak woodlands and climb toward hill summits. John Aranson, Trail Steward of the Bay Area Ridge Trail Council, was instrumental in laying out the trail system to provide the best sights and sounds of the ranch. He also ensured the Fernandez Ranch trail system is aligned to link with the Bay Area Ridge Trail in the future. An invisible feature of the trail system
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will be the investment in user enjoyment. Planners envisioned a sensory experience encompassing: views, sounds like rippling water or birds singing, and even the feel of a breeze as you reach the peak of a trail. In time, visitors will spend a peaceful day on Fernandez Ranch enveloped in the lands gift of beauty. They may not know of the complicated investigations, studies and planning it took to bring them there, nor will they quite understand why the trail they find themselves on is so delightful. More secrets added to the endless number imbedded in Fernandez Ranchs everchanging landscape.

Morning hike on Fernandez

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Fernandez Ranch Celebration

On Saturday June 10, the Muir Heritage Land Trust sponsored more than three hundred members at Fernandez Ranch to help celebrate our recent acquisition of that beautiful 702-acre property. Hikes, horse-drawn carriage rides, and refreshments were just a few of the highlights of the special day. Participants learned more about the many restoration projects underway for this great property as the Muir Heritage Land Trust, Bay Area Ridge Trail Council and Restoration Design Group shared their plans. Honored guests included naturalist Gary Bogue, congressman George Miller and horseman Michael Muir.
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Congressman George Miller (top left) and naturalist Gary Bogue (bottom left) were featured speakers at the Fernandez Ranch celebration.

A great time was had by all. The event featured speakers, carriage rides, hikes and playing in the fields.

Welcome new Board Members

Ann Cormack has been on the Development Committee with the Land Trust for two years. She is a graduate of Stanford University in english Literature and was a corporate Finance manager for 19 years. She is a natural Sciences Docent with the Oakland Museum of California and a long time member of The Sierra Club, The nature Conservancy, and The Yosemite Fund/Association. Ann enjoys hiking, kayaking, and travel.
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She and her husband Rob have lived in Lafayette since 1978 and have two grown children. Ellen Visser has been an active volunteer with the Land Trust for seven 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 15 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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Summer Intern, Brianne Byrne

Brianne Byrne, a law student at the University of California at Davis, joined the Land Trust team this summer as a legal intern. Bri has helped with a variety of projects that range from facilitating a coownership agreement for the Fernandez parcel with the east Bay Regional Park District to lending a hand with event planning for this years Fresh Aire Affaire. We are truly grateful for all her hard work. Thanks again Bri for helping to keep us running smoothly!

S tewa rd ship Update

By Beth Pardieck

n 2005, the Muir Heritage Land Trust received a Community Watershed Stewardship Grant through the Contra Costa County Watershed Program to form the Friends of Rodeo, Refugio and Carquinez Watersheds Group (FRRCW). This project evolved into a natural partnership between MHLT and the Carquinez Regional environmental education Center (CReeC) in Crockett. Together, we have successfully collaborated to establish FRRCW and hire Karin Korda as its Coordinator. now almost a year old, this community group reflects MHLTs values of stewardship, resource protection and public education to promote healthy watersheds in the communities of Port Costa, Crockett, Rodeo and Hercules. Mulching native trees and plants along Rodeo Creek FRRCW has been successful, bringing together members of the public, youth groups, students and local industry to preserve and protect the health of these watersheds through education, stewardship and community collaboration. The group meets monthly. Its last meeting, held at the Carquinez Horticultural Center in Crockett, brought together 30 interested community members from Port Costa to Richmond to share dinner, discuss future projects and tour the new Horticultural Center. notable FRRCW projects to date include trash cleanups of Rodeo Creek with local Girl Scouts in Hercules, planting of 275 native trees along the Rodeo Bike Path in downtown Rodeo and removal of non-native vegetation along edwards Creek in Crockett with local student volunteers. FRRCW is also currently working with the east Bay Regional Park District to host the 22nd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday September 16th from 9am to noon along the Crockett shoreline. For more information about this event or to volunteer with FRRCW, please contact Karin Korda at 415-847-6035 or frrcw@earthlink.net.

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Fresh Aire Affaire Sponsorship

Thank you to all our Fresh Aire Affaire sponsors, donors, volunteers and members for their magnificent support in raising funds and awareness for the Muir Heritage Land Trust.

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Our annual event was a great success because of you!

Tina Batt Trail At Sky Ranch

A new trail to honor Tina Batt was unveiled at this years Fresh Aire Affaire. Once built, it will take hikers on a beautiful loop through our Sky Ranch property. The map below accurately shows the location of the trail.

Tina Batt Trail Sky Ranch

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Bob Aston Heath Bartosh Sherida Bush Brianne Byrne Tom Coleman Bob Doyle Roger Epperson Scott Hein Jim Gaebe Mary Ann Gaebe Todd Kiker Glynn Lewis Joe Matta Laura Matta Vicki Moshofsky Cathy Pardieck Laura Pardieck Scott Parker Tim Platt Bob Power Marilyn Rigdon Nancy Schaefer Igor Skaredoff Joe Stadum Brett Stevenson Chris Thayer Don Ulrich Mary Walker Frank Walsh Tom Watrous Bill Weiner Julie Woods Board of Directors Development Committee Education Committee Finance Committee Land Acquisition Committee Outreach Committee Stewardship Committee

Planned Giving
With your support, the Muir Heritage Land Trust has been fulfilling its promise to preserve our communitys natural heritage since 1988. One important way you can continue to help provide a solid foundation for our sustained conservation efforts is through the donation of a planned gift. Giving to the Muir Heritage Land Trust in any way has an enormously positive impact on the life of our community. As the Muir Heritage Land Trust continues to reach out to the future, we hope you will consider the benefits of planned giving. Contact Linus eukel at: 925-228-5460 for more information.

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MHLT 2006 Annual Meeting
The Muir Heritage Land Trust is pleased to announce that its 2006 Annual Meeting will be held: Wednesday, november 8 7:30-9:00 pm At the Muir Heritage Land Trust 604 Ferry Street, Martinez
Speakers will include photographer Stephen Joseph and naturalist Bonnie Gisel with a presentation about their soon to be released book on John Muir; representatives from the Restoration Design Group regarding final planning for the Fernandez Ranch property, and MHLT staff with news of the Land Trust. everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. Please call the Land Trust office at 925-228-5460, to reserve a space by november 3. For further information and directions, visit us online at www.muirheritagelandtrust.org.

Volunteer!
Volunteers provide a tremendous benefit to the Muir Heritage Land Trust. You can contribute to the preservation of our communitys natural heritage by lending a helping hand in one or more of the following project areas: Event days such as our annual Fresh Aire Affaire Outdoor and Stewardship Communications and Development Administration To learn more about how you can volunteer, call us at 925-228-5460.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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