Tri-Valley Conservancy

Annual Report 2017

Protecting Land & Wildlife

Thanks to you and your fellow supporters, you live in one of the most amazing places in the world. That’s because you have helped preserve the land that makes having parks, trails, wildlife, and homegrown wines and foods possible. In 2017, 4,345 acres of land have been preserved for people and wildlife to enjoy forever. That includes some of your favorite places like Sycamore Grove Park, Holdener Park, and local vineyards, farms, ranches and orchards.

With the help of our volunteers, we cared for the protected lands spread across 108 properties through 140 stewardship visits partnering with our land owners to maintain the healthiest lands possible. Because healthy lands means healthy food, water, air, plants and wildlife for everyone to experience. But there are still important places to protect.

Now, thanks to your continued support, we are just one final step away from preserving 178 acres of land in North Livermore in 2018. This land will provide wildlife habitat for Western burrowing owls and California tiger salamanders, both of which are threatened species.

With your help, once this habitat is protected, we’ll begin building natural burrows that will provide shelter for the burrowing owls, California tiger salamanders and other wildlife. This “Burrowing Owl Condo Project” will provide critical shelter, blend seamlessly into the landscape, and become part of the complex interconnected wildlife tunnels that are crucial for our local ecosystem.

108 Properties

140 Stewardship Visits

4,345 Acres of Preserved Land

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Connecting Trails & Generations

You are helping to connect Sycamore Grove Park here in Livermore Valley all the way to Mission Peak in Fremont! With your support, we’re linking nearly 25,000 acres of open space together through five parks with the Valley Trail Connections Program. By connecting a dead end trail in Sycamore Grove Park, one of our easiest to reach open spaces, you’ll have more than 17 times the trails to explore, and you’ll open up trail access for equestrians, cyclists, strollers, and people with disabilities to enjoy too. Wildlife will also benefit from the connected habitat. Thanks to you, we’re preparing to break ground on the trail connection in 2018.

You are also helping to connect the next generation with the outdoors and theimportance of land. The Discovery Youth in Nature Program is making a bigdifference for Tri-Valley girls and boys. As our schools lose funding for environmental education and field trips, we’re partnering with local schools to give students environmental science lessons that come to life with outdoor adventure.

Thanks to supporters like you this school year, 420 children were able to take a hike and learn about our local watershed, soils, agriculture and wildlife. And most importantly, you connected them to the land! After the program, 100% of the girls and boys said they wanted to preserve land in their community.

Celebrating the Tri-Valley

You and your fellow supporters volunteered 2,712 hours of your time and talents in 2017 to preserve the lands that are the best part of the Tri-Valley. That’s a value of more than $65,000 in skills dedicated to restore habitat, steward preserved lands, attend critical meetings, and raise awareness about the importance of protecting land through tours, hikes, and of course events like Jeans and Jewels and Livermore Valley Uncorked.

Your hard work definitely deserves a celebration! That’s why even fundraising events should be an opportunity for you to enjoy the fruits of your labor. In the case of Livermore Valley Uncorked wine celebration, you get to taste those fruits quite literally. A sold out crowd of wine enthusiasts enjoyed unlimited wine tasting of the best Livermore Valley wines from the previous day’s competition of more than 30 local wineries.

The winning wines were also featured at the Jeans and Jewels fundraising gala where guests got an exclusive chance to be among the first to support the Valley Trail Connections project and be a part of Sycamore Grove Park forever. Your fellow supporters exceeded the evening’s $50,000 fundraising goal to help connect more than five parks. Then, the celebration kicked into high gear with delectable Cuban inspired cuisine, hand rolled cigars and live salsa dancing to the delight of more than 300 supporters in attendance.

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Putting Your Donations to Work

Preserving land is no small task. It takes a community and quite awhile. But thanks to you, our partners and sponsors working together, more than 5,400 acres have been protected and 4,345 have been preserved forever. Once land is preserved, it needs to be taken care of in order to stay healthy, so the land can provide food and wine, lovely trails, wildlife habitat, fresh air and cleaner water. Saving land is really just the first big step in the journey that will span generations fortunate to inherit parks, agriculture, and open space. Which means as an Accredited Land Trust, we reserve funds to make sure we can act not only when needs and opportunities arise but also so your lands are preserved and cared for eternally. Every dollar of your donation is put to work!

Below are the un-audited financials for 2017.

RevenueRevenue 2017

Program Fundraising Reserve

ReserveFundraisingProgramTotal

$1,802,591$414,150$11,153$2,227,894

Reserve Account

Fundraising

Program Income

Reserve Account

Fundraising

Program Income

Reserve Account

Fundraising

Program Income81%18.5%0.5%100%

ExpensesExpenses 2017

Management Fundraising Program

$718,150$169, 949$19,031$907, 130

ProgramFundraisingManagement & General TotalReserve Account

Fundraising

Program Income

Reserve Account

Fundraising

Program Income

Reserve Account

Fundraising

Program Income79%18%3%100%

Thanks to YouYour generous support made all of this and more possible in 2017! Together, we can continue to protect the lands that make the Tri-Valley an

amazing place to live. Thank you from the bottom of our valleys to the tops of our peaks!

$50,000-$100,000Livermore Area Recreation & Parks District

$10,000-$50,000Alameda County Supervisor Scott HaggertyBeets Hospitality GroupZone 7 Water Agency

$5,000-$10,000Bryan Balazs & Lori SouzaTim & Shandralica BouchardDean Witter FoundationKenneth & Mary Ann DonnellJames & Peggy FoltaJeanette KingRead & George PhillipsKarl WenteClay & Jo Dee WidmayerJeff Williams & Ann Stephens

$1,000-$5,000Mike & Linda AllenMike ArchibaldBay Area Barns and TrailsJoseph & Marleine BechwatiMark & Silvia BelotzJohn & Leona BingamanCalifornia Water Service Co.Eric CallahanMichael & Sharon CallahanRyan & Stephanie CallahanConnie CampbellClif Bar Family FoundationClorox Company FoundationCorban Floor CoveringsTim CoxDale FlomDoyle Construction, Inc.East Bay Regional Park DistrictDerek & Rhiannon EddyTarric & Remily El-SayedMike & Kathy FarrellTim & Julie FoleyNorma FossMichael & Diana FredrichFriends of the VineyardsGalveston Bay Foundation

Robert & Kate GilhamGoogle, Inc.Hall WinesJohn & Lynette HinesDon & Susie HorstThomas & Deborah InselKemper CPA GroupDavid & Darcie KentStephan & Christina KieferRod & Angela LibbyLawrence Livermore National SecurityMike & Donna LovasMayor Marchand & Susan MarchandDavid & Rose McCallenLaura MercierJohn & Megan MoffatLarry Mottin & Trish BrownDaniel & Sherry NiggCathy NolanBarrie O’DonnellSteve & Melody O’SheaNorman & Stephanie PetermeierPleasanton Rentals, Inc.Kevin & Lynn ReedyThomas & Judith RognlienPeter & Linda SchmidtLynn & Joan SeppalaShamrock Development & ConstructionJohn SteinBill & Sandy ThomsonMark & Maria TriskaTrutner Law OfficesRonald & Marjorie WallaceWente Family EstatesWilliam A. Kerr FoundationCouncilmember Woerner & Nova Starling

$500-$1,000Wood Family VineyardsTyler & Beryl AndersonDavid & Ameena ArboVictor & Dawn ArgulaAssemblywoman Catherine BakerBackyard BayouKerry BryanBrett & Monique CairesCouncilmember Bob & Sue Carling

Lance & Athena CavalieriPatti Cole & Robert WiebersConcannon VineyardMatthew & Germaine CordesJeff & Diane CranorCrooked Vine WineryCuda Ridge WinesDarcie Kent VineyardsLiz DiGiorgioJulie DowlingDana DudleyFeifers Interior DesignT.J. & Barbara GilmartinHenry R. Hansen Jr. & Lucy HansenKellie HayesRobin & Madeline HealLeonard & Julie HerberthCarolyn HuntIndependent NewspaperIntel CorpRoss & Elizabeth JohnstonMitchell KatzAllan KellyJohn Kinney & Cynthia CampanileTony & Lisa LagorioBrian LawLara LeiningerLivermore Downtown Inc.Thomas & Tanya LuddenSybil MercierMike Moone & Jan SoderspromJohn & Janet MooreNottingham CellarsPage Mill WineryKen & Gina PerineTodd & Eileen PlantengaPonderosa Homes II, Inc.D. Michael & Christine RaymondTodd & Nicole RegoniniLanny ReplogleDr. Ford & Mary RobertsGary & Cynthia RossRichard & Doris RyonChristopher & Christine SchliesStephen & Cheri SchorrRaymond Souza & Krista Bean-OwenSteve & Susan Springer

Steven Kent WineryLynn StickneyStony Ridge WineryChenter Ying

$250-$500 Brian & Valerie ArkinWilliam & Constance BishRandy & Catherine BlyBrick Northern CaliforniaAnn Brown & Steve KetzlerCampo di Bocce of LivermoreCharles R VineyardsCatherine ChedaGary & Gina ClarkWilliam & Jan DaumRichard & Susan DeetsDegryse Electric, Inc.Andrew & Janelle DietlerLarry & Margaret DinoDavid & Anita DoyleEagle Ridge VineyardJudge Mark & Joyce EatonElliston VineyardsJohn Fagan & Phyllis MayMaryalice FaltingsTed Ferretta & Alene ClasenRichard & Wanda FinnDr. David Furst & Dr. Karen FurstDavid & Donna GarrisonGene Morgan Insurance AgencyScott & Colleen GregersonMichael & Elizabeth HannigWayne & Debbie HarterRuth HawleyCheree HethershawJeffrey HittingerNancy HuffmanRich & Chris HuntNathan Maki JankenCynthia JohnsonLas Positas CollegeRon LewisDan Passannante & Athena LynchGary & Renee MarchWilliam & Charlotte NaleMatt P Nolan & Karen Gibson-Nolan

Mark Palajac & Jan PalajacPosada RestaurantDick QuigleyJim & Tamara ReusRuss & Suzanne RichersonJohn Rigdon & Desiree RigdonDon & Deanna RizzoMark Sarboraria & Meredith Miles SarborariaJuliana SchimmerVirginia ShulerAnn StephensThe Cave DowntownJames & Terrisa TruttmanLynn Wallace NaylorBruce & Monica WhiteMike & Rhonda WoodLee & Faye YounkerMike & Emily Zahuta

$100-$250John Abbott & Adele BrainardGary & Joy AddiegoRobert Addis & Dr. Kristen IvaniAffinity Day SpaAltamont Wealth ManagementJanet ArmantroutArthur Murray Dance StudioRichard & Bonnie BartlettBent Creek WineryBerkeley Repertory TheatreMichael & Michelle BostaphRegina BrinkerMicahdale & Rebecca BrockRobert & Rosemary BronzanKeith & Jeanne BrownMike & Janet BrownDean Buchenauer & JoAnn MatoneAnthony CiaburroCouncilmember Bob & Gina CoomberCollin & Julie CreightonCharles & Patricia CrohareKristina DenisonMark & Judy EckartBarbara EdwardsRebecca FerrisMarie FlexerCharlotte French & Bob Cooper

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Harry Galles & Linda Nidever-GallesDamon & Victoria GenettiPaul Goyke & Wendy StevensPete & Melissa GrechSean & Jenny HamiltonHobnob ToursHome EpicureanDave & Evonne HopkinsWilliam & Tanya HoppesHenry & Valarie HuffClay & Lisa JacksonJohn & Corinne JayLinda Jeffery SailorsChuck & Diane JeronimoI.M. JonesKaiser PermanenteRoger & Suzanne LakeEugene & Julie LaugheryLaw Offices of James PhillipsLivermore Wine TrolleyAmanda LucasHarry & Lois LutzPat MannMarcel OrthodonticsRandy & Jan McClellanWilliam & Joyce McLeanPatrick & Madeline McMenaminDeborah McQueenMia Nipote WineryKarnig & Santoukht MikaelianOlivina LLCOrchard Supply HardwareWilliam E. OrmandThomas Parham & Pamela WhitmanErich Pfuehler & Sara BarthJesse PlautzDeanne ProctorWilliam & Suzanne RabeTom Ramos & Rose RamosDewey RavenscroftRed Sky AviationMichael & JoAnne RevelliRosa Fierro CellarsRuby Hill WinerySan Jose GiantsBeth SandefurOtto SchaeferDr. John ShirleySidewinder SpiritsLeonard & Lea SmithJohn & Elouise SutterSusan TaylorThe Singing WinemakerPatricia ThomsonUptown GirlsBrian Van Essen

Robert Vincent & Barbara ArmbrusterWorkday, Inc.

$50-$100Amazon SmilesEdward & Mildred BennettIris BorgGiovanna BornDonald & Marianne BradleyKeith BretonMichael BrownScott & Lisa BryningMichael & Kristine BuckleyMine BudimanAlan & Julia CasamajorLucinda ClarkRobert CookMatthew CreightonTodd & Jenny DeSantisSean Chase & Renata DowdakinGary Drummond & Anna SiigPatricia EmeryLinus EukelWilliam & Nina FaheyFirst Street AlehousePatricia Fuzesy & Jon KruegerBill & Barbara GrahamHangar 1 / Proximo SpiritsDonald & Carol HardestyCharles & Khabira HartwigTeresa HaukDario HerreraKim HiranAnnie JacobsenKeith Johns & Simone BleyRichard & Catherine JohnsonDavid & Valerie JonasElizabeth JudgeJuniper Ridge LLCHugh & Julie KeenerKent & Lynn KirimliKen KrebsSteven & Jeri LarsenRonald & Ruth LessardHal & Kathy LiskeCarol LokkeStephen & Holly MasseyDonald & Linda MilaneseClifford & Nancy MillerJohn MowchenkoMichael & Evelyn MurphyTuan Nguyen & Thuy DoHenry & Julieann O’BrienGary & Nancy OehrleOhlone Audubon SocietyJoel & Gail OlneyJim Paulson

Donald & Judith PersonRolf PetersonGail PicheGraham & Cheryl RankinJohn Riley & Barbara TalbottTerry & Alyce RossowArlen & Kim RoweSteve Samson & Valeria SharetskaySan Francisco GiantsRichard SchechterMargie SchmidtRobert & Susan SchockJoy SchornoMichael & Diane SillsChris & Michelle SmithSuzanna SpringJacob StanskyBarbara StearBrent StuartJason Sutton & Lori FieldWilliam SwintonChris & Pauline ThomasMike & Anita ThompsonMayor Jerry ThorneJohn Todd & Sally MaierJohn & Debra ToeppenDr. Glenn & Jean UrbanJohn & Cindie WatsonAmy Wolitzer & Gabriel ProchterPerri & Jennifer YbarraKenneth ZahoraZephyr Grill & Bar

$1-$50Jim & Libby AdamsScott & Alison AkinAlden Lane NurseryJuan Alvela & Janice ChanningNancy Ellen AminiJerry & Ilona AntolikNeva BandelowKeith & Carol BeckCynthia BensonRobert & Kathy BergerDale & Joanne BervenPatty BiasKathleen BireleyFred & Susan BosslerJim Brice & Carole PetersonRobert BrownSally BrownJudy BucholzBarry & Michelle BuckettAnthony & Paula CampbellJudy ChungLarry Ciraulo & Shiela McGurinSheran Clark

Frances CoitBruce & Edith ColeTom Concannon & Teri TithFred & Nancy CottonDan & Kathy CrawfordJeff & Leslie DannisDavid & Katheryn DarlingtonJerome DeanWilliam & Patricia DennistonTimothy & Michelle DonovanGreg & Jessi DuffyChristina DuongKaren DynekWilliam & Sarah EpperlySherry FayeMonika FleischerMichelle & Robert FloresJames ForakerBryan FordAlan & Margaret FrankThom Gamble & Karen KoehlerKenneth & Elizabeth GiannottiJohn & Julie GordonKim & Charlene GrandfieldCherie Green & Danielle DaleyPatrice GregoryRichard & Faye GuarientiTim Hallenbeck & Sarah GroskoffBarbara HannonJames & Mary Ann HannonMayor David HaubertPeg HauseltSteve & Kathleen HenshawErica O. HerronJohn HobsonCharles & Carrie HouchinJohn & Ruth Ann HuntJeffrey & Linda JensenPeter & Mary KellerTimothy & Betsy KingsburyClaudette KleinPatricia KohnenSue KoopmanHarry & Suzon KornblumDavid & Carol KratkyMark KrunoskyPeter & Stacey KunzlerKathy LaLindsay Wildlife ExperienceLinda LonnbergEleanor LucasHans MaartenRobert MadsenMain Street BreweryBarbara MallonKathleen MayerRandy & Jan McCellan

James & Carol McFeelyMarjorie MuentzDennis MulliganTerry & Candace MurrayJ Robert & Kris NeelyLaura Ness & Greg RichtarekCarolyn NewtonSharon NishioMilo NordykeScott & Yumi PaapBrenda PatteeLeston & Carla PeckDavid & Mishell PendletonDr. Andrew & Margaret PoggioEarnest PonceSteve & Karen PowellCarol RadackCarolyn RamseyDonald & Ann RathjenJeffery & Karen RichardsonCarol RieneckerRobert Rodriguez & Chelsey VaethNile Runge & Jean RungeKevin & Sandra RyanGeorge & Joann SakaldasisStephanie SalazarMona SamarraiSan Jose SharksAllyn SaroyanTiffani SchmidtCheryl SebergerSteven ShattuckPatricia ShoemakerWarren & Gail ShukisMark SobrepenaBharat & Usha SrinivasanSusan SteinbergAngela SugrueWilliam & Sally SutcliffeArlene ThompsonElinor TobinDouglas & Amy Van EmmerikThomas & Antoinette Van StavernFredric Van WagenenJimmy & Dianna VigilElaine VincentMark & Peggy VoegeleMarguerite WareBerthold & Risa WeisRoy WellerWilliam & Geri WentworthEarl WhetstoneBeth WilsonHalleck & Maxine WilsonJames & Pamala WilsonThomas & Kathleen WorksKathleen Young

Tri-Valley Conservancy

1457 First Street, Livermore, CA 94550 | (925) 449-8706 | TriValleyConservancy.org | 501 (c)3 | Tax Id# 94-3216468

Thank you for your support! We couldn’t do it without our donors, volunteers, and partners!

Board of Directors 2017

Jeff Williams, ChairNorm Petermeier, Vice ChairMichael Fredrich, Treasurer

Connie Campbell, SecretaryRyan CallahanDavid Doyle

Matt FordArt JeannetDavid Kent

Chris SchliesLori Souza

Clay Widmayer

Staff 2017

Laura Mercier Executive Director

Kellie HayesDevelopment Director

Beryl AndersonCommunications Director

Barbara GrahamOffice ManagerCarolyn Newton

Land Conservation AssociateCynthia Ross

Event Coordinator