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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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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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program
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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
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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
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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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
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
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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
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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.
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
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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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
(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