Fall Bulletin 2007 (800k PDF) - Audubon Canyon Ranch

Audubon CAnyon RAnCh 

Number 41 b u l l e t i n Fall 2007 

California’s Unique Woodlands 

oAks As hAbitAt And heRitAge 

by Emiko Condeso 

When I think of the landscape that I 

call home, I immediately think of 

the oak. With twenty oak species 

in California alone, it is not surprising they 

have been a part of my personal landscape since 

childhood. This is part of the reason why, as a 

student, I became interested in Sudden Oak 

Death—I couldn’t imagine a world without 

oaks, and I wanted to do something about it. 

Together with my conservation science colleagues 

at Audubon Canyon Ranch, we are. 

In California, oaks can be found everywhere 

from high mountains to deep valleys. So unlike 

the dark and frightening forests found in fairy 

tales, California oak woodlands are inviting 

and friendly. Open branch architecture creates 

natural breaks in the canopy, allowing light to 

pool here and there on the forest floor. You may 

have also noticed that these canopies seldom 

overlap, so the understory is much more open, 

sunny, and dry than in a conifer forest. This 

patchy environment, often intermixed with 

grassland and chaparral, supports a rich assemblage 

of plants and animals and makes oak 

woodland a unique and valuable habitat. 

True oaks belong to the genus Quercus, 

meaning “fine tree.” Next 

time the oaks are in bloom, 

before the leaf buds burst, 

take a close look at the 

flowers. Male inflorescences, 

called catkins, are 

actually long, pendulous 

collections of twenty or so 

individual flowers, which 

remind me of caterpillars. 

Female flowers are 

harder to spot and are 

found singly, scattered 

about the canopy. Oaks 

produce seemingly endless 

amounts of pollen —a 

necessity because the pollen 

> Please turn to Oaks, page 6 

Of the nine 

tree oaks 

found in 

California, 

five are 

common on 

Audubon 

Canyon 

Ranch 

preserves.

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BOARd OF diReCtORs 

OFFICERS 

Bryant Hichwa, 

President 

Joan Lamphier, 

Vice President 

Robert Smith, 

Treasurer 

Andy Lafrenz, 

Secretary 

DIRECTORS 

Ken Ackerman 

Leonard Blumin 

Tom Bradner 

Suzie Coleman 

Stephen Colwell 

Sam Dakin 

Roberta Downey 

Leslie Flint 

Carol Guerrero 

Diane Jacobson 

Joshua Levine 

Valerie Merrin 

Dan Murphy 

Ivan Obolensky 

Alan Pabst 

Tina Patterhson 

Paul Ruby 

Rich Schiller 

April Starke Slakey 

Jean Starkweather 

Lowell Sykes 

Francis Toldi 

Patrick Woodworth 

Nancy Young 

eMeRitUs diReCtORs 

Deborah Ablin 

Richard B. Baird 

Nancy Barbour 

L. Martin Griffin, M.D. 

Jack Harper 

Flora Maclise 

George Peyton, Jr. 

Helen Pratt 

AdvisORs 

Julie Allecta 

Ruth Baillie 

Tom Baty 

Gordon Bennett 

Patti Blumin 

Noelle Bon 

Hugh Cotter 

Phyllis Ellman 

Binny Fischer 

James Gallagher, 

Ph.D. 

Tony Gilbert 

Robert Hahn 

Judi Hiltner 

Jim Horan 

Robert Kustel 

Alan Margolis, M.D. 

Jean Pauley 

Leslie R. Perry 

Barbara Ramsey 

Marty Rosen 

Gerry Snedaker 

Betsy Stafford 

Sue Stoddard 

Robert Yanagida 

Environmentalism 

A nAtuRe PhotogRAPheR’s PeRsPeCtive 

As a nature photographer, I roam the countryside 

observing the intricacies of the natural 

world. My passions include unique landscapes 

and seascapes and the behavior of mammals and 

birds. 

I write this article with thoughts of Audubon 

Canyon Ranch but am far from the preserves, 

traveling the wilderness of southeast Alaska. 

Presently I’m looking out over a misty fjord near 

Sitka, Alaska, where I have just photographed 

Tufted Puffins, murre colonies, a haul-out of 

Steller sea lions, a raft of fifty male sea otters and 

a pod of humpback whales. 

What makes a photograph special? An image 

that captures the essence of the scene is special. 

The scene emerges as you join me in spirit on 

today’s boat trip. Watch the puffins and murres 

running along the top of the water, using the 

waves to launch their compact bodies into flight. 

Listen for the screams of bald eagles as they 

circle and dive, with talons extended, to catch an 

I’m often asked, “What’s happening with 

Bolinas Lagoon?” 

Bolinas Lagoon is an exquisite coastal 

estuary. It’s a beautiful place to experience, 

full of nature’s sights, sounds, and smells. The 

lagoon is part of the Pacific Flyway and is recognized 

as a wetland of international importance 

by the RAMSAR Convention. Bolinas Lagoon 

supports a food web composed of an extraordinary 

diversity of species. 

by Bryant Hichwa 

PRoteCting bolinAs lAgoon 

by Skip Schwartz 

unsuspecting salmon. Experience the quietness 

and ease of a spouting whale’s movement as it 

dives deeply, showing its tail flukes. 

Now pick up your camera and capture both 

the image and the spirit of the scene! 

As you walk one of the trails of the Bolinas 

Lagoon or Bouverie preserves, take time to let 

your senses soak in the moment. Hold a slippery 

wet newt. Smell the rich scent of the forest 

floor. Experience the wildness, and capture 

those images with your camera or in your 

mind. Recognize that the preserves of Audubon 

Canyon Ranch offer a unique and invaluable 

opportunity to appreciate wildlands that have 

been protected in perpetuity. 

We appreciate your time and monetary 

support, and most of all we appreciate your 

commitment to the mission of Audubon 

Canyon Ranch. 

Bryant Hichwa is ACR’s Board President. 

Audubon Canyon Ranch has been a guardian 

of Bolinas Lagoon since playing a major role 

in winning key battles to protect this wetland 

from destructive and inappropriate development 

in the 1960s and 1970s. ACR is also committed 

to protecting the Bolinas Lagoon estuary 

as a primary food resource for the Great Blue 

Herons and Great and Snowy Egrets that make 

the redwood trees of Bolinas Lagoon Preserve’s 

Audubon Canyon Ranch protects the natural resources of its sanctuaries while fostering 

an understanding and appreciation of these environments.

Bulletin 41, Fall 2007 Page 3 

Picher Canyon their home during the 

spring nesting season. 

Bolinas Lagoon’s complex food web 

supports many trophic levels. The estuarine 

habitats include subtidal channels 

and intertidal mudflats, a flood-tide bar 

that has become an island, emergent 

salt marsh, brackish marsh, and riparian 

habitat with associated plant and 

animal communities. The lagoon not 

only provides food to meet the demands 

of growing herons and egrets, but also 

provides important foraging habitat for 

hordes of over-wintering waterfowl and shorebirds 

and refueling support for birds migrating 

on the Pacific Flyway. Bolinas Lagoon offers 

breeding habitat for several threatened species, 

such as the Black Rail and a traditional roost for 

fish-eating flocks of pelicans, cormorants, and 

terns. The exposed mudflats of Bolinas Lagoon 

may appear lifeless to an inexperienced visitor, 

but they are full of life with algae, anemones, 

crabs, mud shrimp, and amphipods. Thirty-eight 

species of fish live in or use Bolinas Lagoon, 

including the threatened steelhead and Coho 

salmon. Bolinas Lagoon is an important haulout 

site for breeding populations of harbor seals. 

The Bolinas Lagoon ecosystem is complex 

and the advisability and goals of management 

are controversial. Fed by a daily cycle of tides 

and freshwater from creeks and streams, the 

lagoon’s flow of sediment and nutrients is also a 

fundamental part of the ecosystem that warrants 

careful consideration in plans for protection 

and management. Some people are alarmed 

that Bolinas Lagoon is becoming shallower as 

trapped sediment builds visible mudflats and 

marsh – they feel that this trend is evidence of 

unacceptable changes and an unhealthy state 

and call for dredging to remove sediment. 

Others believe that the Bolinas Lagoon ecosystem 

is healthy and naturally evolving and are 

concerned that it could be irrevocably damaged 

by a misguided attempt to restore tidal action 

by dredging or other physical manipulation. 

Fortunately, we have the results of recent studies 

and time for good science to help us determine 

the best course. > Please turn to Lagoon, page 5 

Bolinas Lagoon: a diverse habitat 

u Feeding ground for ACR’s Bolinas Lagoon Preserve heron and egret nesting colony 

u Wintering site for waterfowl and shorebirds 

u Traditional roost sites for fish-eating pelicans, cormorants, and terns 

u Riparian stopover habitat for 25 species of aquatic birds of special concern 

u Breeding habitat for several threatened bird species 

u Refueling stop for migrating birds 

u Habitat for native benthic animals, including anemones, ribbon worms, polychaetes, snails, 

clams, cockles, scallops, mussels, crabs, mud shrimp, amphipods, and other small crustaceans 

u Habitat for 38 species of fishes, including steelhead and Coho salmon 

u Breeding site for harbor seals 

u Estuarine habitats, including subtidal channels and shallows, intertidal mudflats, flood-tide island, 

emergent salt marsh, and brackish marsh, as well as riparian habitat 

stAFF 

Maurice A. “Skip” 

Schwartz, 

Executive Director 

John Petersen, 

Associate Director 

Education, consErvation 

sciEncE and 

Habitat ProtEction 

Rebecca Anderson- 

Jones, Director of 

Education 

John Kelly, PhD, 

Director of 

Conservation 

Science & Habitat 

Protection 

Sherry Adams, HPR 

Project Leader, BP 

Emiko Condeso, 

Research 

Coordinator 

Dan Gluesenkamp, 

Ph.D., Habitat 

Protection & 

Restoration 

Specialist 

Gwen Heistand, 

Resident Biologist, 

BLP 

Claire Hutkins Seda, 

Weekend Program 

Facilitator 

Mark McCaustland, 

Helen Pratt 

Research Fellow 

Jeanne Wirka, 

Biologist-Educator, 

BP 

PrEsErvE stEwardsHiP 

Bill Arthur, Facilities 

Manager/Land 

Steward, BLP 

David Greene, Land 

Steward, CGRC 

John Martin, Land 

Steward, BP 

Matej Seda, 

Maintenance 

Assistant, BLP 

administration 

Yvonne Pierce, 

Administrative 

Director/BLP 

Manager 

Marian Hughes, 

Administrator, CGRC 

Suzanna Naramore, 



Leslie Sproul, 

Receptionist/Office 


Nancy Trbovich, 


Coordinator, BP 

FinancE and 

dEvEloPmEnt 

Cassie Gruenstein, 

Director of 

Development & 

Communications 

Jennifer Newman, 

Development 

Manager 

Stephen Pozsgai, 

Controller 

Bolinas Lagoon 

Preserve (BLP) 

Bouverie Preserve 

(BP) 

Cypress Grove 

Research Center 

(CGRC)


Bolinas Lagoon 

Preserve Ranch 

Guides share 

their knowledge 

of the heronry 

and life in the 

ponds, including 

this Roughskinned 

Newt. 

Early on a Saturday morning, the raucous 

sound of squabbling Great Egret and Great Blue 

Heron chicks greets volunteers as they arrive 

at Bolinas Lagoon Preserve’s Picher Canyon. A 

volunteer sets up a spotting scope in the picnic 

area and another is filling songbird feeders at 

the Bird Hide. Other volunteers can be heard 

in the staff room: “Did you see the board? 72 

chicks!” and “Who wants to take the scope up 

the Griffin trail? Try to focus it on the egret nest 

with the two-week-old chicks – a great view for 

the visitors.” 

These enthusiastic volunteers are Ranch 

Guides, and they are preparing for another day 

of the Bolinas Lagoon Preserve public season. 

The Ranch Guide Council is part of the 

Audubon Canyon Ranch education program. 

The council was created in 1985 by then resident 

biologist Ray Peterson, and the first training 

class graduated the following year. Ranch 

Guides act as naturalist interpreters for the 

thousands of visitors who come to the Bolinas 

Lagoon Preserve on weekends and holidays annually 

from mid-March through mid-July. The 

guides spend their days sharing their knowledge 

of the heronry, life in the ponds, and many 

Become a Volunteer Naturalist 

RAnCh guide tRAining At the bolinAs lAgoon PReseRve 

by Anna-Marie Bratton 

other aspects of the natural and human history 

of the Bolinas Lagoon Preserve. 

How do I know all of this? I’m a Ranch 

Guide, and it’s the most satisfying and fun volunteer 

activity in which I have ever participated. 

I surely do wish, though, that I’d been in that 

first training class! I only learned of the program 

in 2002 when I volunteered as a public season 

host, who greets visitors upon their arrival to the 

preserve. Being a Host was great, but I soon realized 

that I wanted to be a guide, too. As a Ranch 

Guide, I can talk to visitors about the science of 

nature – like how big a heron egg is or why the 

coralroot orchid isn’t green. I most enjoy trying to 

connect science with the joy and magic of nature. 

I remember the first time I was able to coax a 

little girl into touching a newt with just one 

little finger. I then watched her look of surprise 

and delight as she allowed it to walk across her 

hand. Will she grow up to be a biologist? Maybe, 

maybe not, but perhaps her encounter with the 

newt will lead her into a lifelong appreciation and 

concern for the environment. 

Experiences like the one with the little girl are 

the reason why I continue volunteering and why, 

too, I sign up for more and more days each year. 

It’s such a joy to be able to participate in 

an excellent nature education program. 

There’s even more to the Ranch 

Guide experience than interacting with 

and teaching ACR visitors: we have 

potluck meetings, social gatherings, 

and refresher classes. I find that the 

additional activities enrich my experience 

and have strengthened my ties to 

Audubon Canyon Ranch. 

I hope I have peaked your interest. 

The next Ranch Guide Training starts 

in January 2008. Classes meet Satur-


days from January 26 through 

March 15, 2008. Hosted by 

Audubon Canyon Ranch science 

staff and local experts, classes 

focus on the history of west 

Marin, native plants and animals, 

pond life, and the Great Blue Herons and Great 

and Snowy egrets that nest on the preserve every 

year. Classes take place in Picher Canyon of the 

Bolinas Lagoon Preserve and include lectures 

and trail walks. Orientation is Saturday, January 

19, 2008, where you can talk with seasoned 

LAGOON, from page 3 

Recently, the Gulf of the Farallones National 

Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS), part of National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has 

dedicated resources and a full-time staff position 

to help determine what, if anything, can or 

should be done with regard to Bolinas Lagoon. 

The GFNMS has joined the Marin County 

Open Space District, the Army Corps of Engineers 

and the California Coastal Commission to 

work with the local communities to lead a public 

engagement process and convene a working 

group of agency scientists to develop a Locally 

Preferred Plan (LPP) for Bolinas Lagoon. I hope 

you will stay informed and become involved with 

the public process of developing an LPP. 

Monitoring Bolinas Lagoon is essential, 

regardless of the ultimate decision of whether to 

dredge or otherwise intervene. If we determine 

the best course is to attempt a project to restore 

more tidal flow and/or modify the existing habitats, 

monitoring will be essential in evaluating 

the success of the project, as well as in detecting 

any unintended negative results. Long-term 

monitoring is the key to any adaptive or changeable 

management strategy for Bolinas Lagoon. 

As an important first step, a tide gauge is being 

installed. In addition, a monitoring framework is 

volunteers and get a feel 

for the program. 

If you have questions 

or want to sign up 

for orientation, call the 

Audubon Canyon Ranch 

office at 415/868-9244. I hope to see you in 

January! 

Anna-Marie Bratton is the President of the 

ACR Ranch Guide Council and an active 

Ranch Guide volunteer. 

being developed and a bathymetric survey of the 

lagoon will be completed in 2008. 

As we protect this habitat for native plant 

and animal species, we will also need to carefully 

monitor the presence and potential ecological 

effect of opportunistic invasive species. We should 

recognize that monitoring will require a real longterm 

commitment with associated costs, and the 

local communities will need to work together to 

find funding sources to support these efforts. 

Audubon Canyon Ranch is proud of our 

historic role as an advocate for Bolinas Lagoon, 

with a 45-year vested interest in a vital, healthy 

Bolinas Lagoon ecosystem. ACR’s Bolinas 

Lagoon Preserve Resident Biologist Gwen 

Heistand and her colleagues will continue to 

serve on advisory committees and will participate 

in the debate and decision making process to 

help determine the future of Bolinas Lagoon. 

In any event, rest assured that Audubon 

Canyon Ranch will work to ensure the health 

and longevity of Bolinas Lagoon and its diverse 

and complex ecosystem. 

Skip Schwartz is ACR’s Executive Director. 

Chipmunk 

and acorns. 

ANE CARLA 

ROVETTA 

Harbor seal. 

ANE CARLA 

ROVETTA


By protecting 

large, contiguous 

woodlands 

in perpetuity, 

Audubon 

Canyon Ranch 

is preserving an 

important genetic 

legacy. 

Coast live oak 

leaves and 

acorns. 

ANE CARLA 

ROVETTA 

OAks, from page 1 

is carried by wind and its 

abundance helps to ensure 

successful fertilization. 

Of the nine tree oaks 

found in California, five are 

common on our preserves: 

valley oak (Quercus lobata), 

Oregon oak (Q. garryana), 

blue oak (Q. douglasii), 

black oak (Q. kelloggii), and 

my personal favorite, the 

coast live oak (Q. agrifolia). 

The former three have a 

common evolutionary 

lineage and belong to a taxonomic group known 

as the “white oaks,” while black oak and coast 

live oak are considered “red oaks”. Of the five, 

only the coast live oak is evergreen, retaining 

its leaves throughout the year (though they do 

shed a bit in the driest months of summer). At 

the Bouverie Preserve you will find species that 

can withstand drier summers such as blue oak, 

in addition to valley oak, Oregon oak, and coast 

live oak. Take a walk at the Bolinas Lagoon 

Preserve, and you will encounter a more closedcanopy 

coastal combination including coast live 

oak and tan oak (not a true Quercus oak). 

Oaks form the foundation of a rich habitat. 

If you could look just beneath the soil, you 

would see networks of fungal hyphae connecting 

the roots of one tree to another, in what is 

known as a mycorrhizal association. Mycorrhizae 

are species of fungi that work with plants 

in a cooperative way: the fungi provide mineral 

nutrients to the plant, and the plant provides 

food to the fungus. Recent research has indicated 

that this network of mycorrhizae may also 

transport water and nutrients from tree to tree, 

spreading the wealth when resources become 

scarce in one part of the forest and richer in 

another. Of course, some species of fungi can 

be quite detrimental to oaks, and aside from 

fire and weather, pathogenic fungi are the major 

cause of mature oak mortality 

in undisturbed forests. 

Invertebrates, birds, 

and mammals also directly 

depend on oaks for food in 

the form of wood, leaves, 

pollen, and acorns. The 

nooks and crannies of the 

oak are fantastic places for 

nesting and shelter for birds 

and small mammals. Even 

the fallen leaves of oaks are 

important habitat—the 

thick litter on the forest 

floor provides a home to 

numerous invertebrates and salamanders. 

While researchers are still working hard to 

manage Sudden Oak Death, Audubon Canyon 

Ranch is doing its part to ensure that oak woodlands 

continue to be a part of our landscape. By 

protecting large, contiguous woodlands in perpetuity, 

we are preserving an important genetic 

legacy. California’s protected oak woodlands 

may prove to be a critical source of disease-resistant 

individuals in the years to come. This will 

not only be essential to restoration, but may also 

play an important role in bringing the epidemic 

into balance. 

There is an old saying that an oak lives for a 

hundred years, and then dies for two hundred. 

The life of a human is like the wink of an eye to 

the mighty oak, but by striving to protect our 

beautiful oak woodlands, we will ensure they 

continue to outlive us for ages to come. 

For more information on Sudden Oak Death, refer 

to Emiko’s article in the Fall 2007 edition of The 

Ardeid, ACR’s annual science publication, which is 

available in print and online (www.egret.org). 

Emiko Condeso is ACR’s Research Coordinator.


estAte PlAnning bRings Relief to AttoRney/ACR volunteeR 

Audubon Canyon Ranch Advisory Board 

Member Julie Allecta has a law degree, an MBA 

and an impressive resume in investment law. 

What she didn’t have until recently was a will or 

living trust. 

“This was a burden that weighed heavily, 

especially since I am single, and it’s not obvious 

where my assets should go,” she said. There were 

also personal reasons behind her unease. Allecta, 

60, had seen her mother institutionalized with 

Alzheimer’s at age 70 and lost a sister age 65 to 

cancer. 

Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Executive Director 

Skip Schwartz encouraged her to call planned 

giving specialist Phil Murphy and mailed her 

ACR’s wills kit, which prepares people to see an 

estate planning attorney. 

“Even though I’m a lawyer who knows about 

trusts and estates, it was useful to have someone 

neutral and knowledgeable to speak to,” she 

said. “It was surprising what I didn’t know.” 

Through Phil she learned that Carolyn 

Farren, a Marin estate planning specialist, is also 

an ACR supporter. Julie worked with Carolyn 

to complete her estate plan. “Carolyn made it 

very easy,” she said. “Now I’ve done it, and I feel 

relieved and organized.” 

Her trust includes a bequest to Audubon 

Canyon Ranch. “I want my gifts to have 

impact,” she said, noting that she selected only 

a few organizations for major bequests rather 

than making smaller bequests to many. “I have 

clear views of how I want what’s left in my estate 

used,” she added. “I selected local organizations 

with a strong current mission and strong 

balance sheet.” 

Her thirty years of legal experience in investment 

management also led her to ask how she 

could protect her bequests. “If I were an estate 

beneficiary, like ACR, I wouldn’t want health 

by Phil Murphy 

care costs eating up a bequest meant for me.” 

So, for example, she purchased long-term health 

care insurance not so much for herself but to 

“insure my gift to ACR”. 

Doing her estate plan brought other benefits: 

a clearer notion of the value of her estate, a basis 

to consider larger lifetime gifts to individuals 

and charities, protection from estate tax, and the 

satisfaction of letting her favorite charities know 

they are in her plans. 

“They know I have chosen them,” she stated. 

“They know in a real, tangible way that they 

have my support and future resources.” 

Visit www.egret.org to learn more about Julie’s 

experience in planning her estate and how smart 

planning can benefit your family, as well as the 

programs of Audubon Canyon Ranch. To order 

an estate planning kit, contact Cassie Gruenstein 

at 415/868-9244 ext. 13 or cassie@egret.org. 

Audubon Canyon Ranch is honored to enroll 

Julie Allecta in its Clerin Zumwalt Legacy Circle. 

The Legacy Circle recognizes all donors who have 

remembered ACR in their estate plans. 

Phil Murphy is ACR’s planned giving specialist. 

In her estate 

planning 

process, 

Julie Allecta 

“selected 

organiza- 

tions with 

a strong 

current 

mission 

and strong 

balance 

sheet.”


DistinguisheD 

benefactors 

($100,000 +) 

Estate of David Pleydell Bouverie 

Estate of Grace & Hubert Dafoe 

Major benefactors 

($50,000 – 99,999) 

Frank A. Campini Foundation 

Estate of Jane M. Fehrensen 

United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service 

benefactors 

($25,000 – 49,999) 

Anonymous 

Bouque Family Trust 

Community Foundation Sonoma 

County 

Chris & Bob Hunter, Jr. 

Marin Community Foundation 

Dennis and Carol Ann Rockey Fund 

of Marin Community Foundation 

Patrons 

($15,000 – 24,999) 

Steve Kinsey, Marin County Board of 

Supervisors 

Carolyn Moore on behalf of The 

George L. Shields Foundation 

leaDing sPonsors 

($5,000 – 14,999) 

Winifred & Harry B. Allen 

Foundation 

Jobst Brandt 

Sheila & Francois Brutsch 

Robert J. & Helen H. Glaser Family 

Foundation 

Estate of Alice Gramm 

Josephine Lawrence Hopkins 

Foundation 

Estate of Adelaide Kirkbride 

Jan & Louis Lee 

Tina Patterson & Jason Green 

Quigley/Hiltner Fund of San Francisco 

Foundation 

The San Francisco Foundation 

The Schow Foundation 

The John A. Sellon Trust 

Jean Starkweather 

Major sPonsors 

($1,000 – 4,999) 

Arthur & Deborah Ablin 

Julie Allecta 

Donald & Nancy Barbour 

Barbara R. Barkovich 

Bishop Pine Fund 

Leonard & Patti Blumin 

Tom Bradner 

Anna-Marie Bratton 

Susie Tompkins Buell Fund of the 


Helen Cahill 

Mary Ann Cobb & Peter Wilson 

Fund of the Vanguard Public 

Foundation 

Louis Cohen & Rebecca Vesterfelt 

Stephen Colwell & Ann Shulman 

Bill Deyo & Valerie Merrin 

Roberta & Paul Downey 

Binny & Chuck Fischer 

The generosity of Audubon Canyon Ranch supporters makes it possible to 

continue our mission of nature preservation, education, and research. We 

thank all the individuals and organizations who contributed during this 

last fiscal year (July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007). A permanent list of donors 

whose cumulative gifts are $5,000 or more—ACR’s Grove of Honor—is 

located in the display hall at Bolinas Lagoon Preserve. 

Leslie L. Flint 

James J. Gallagher Family Fund 

Tony Gilbert & Laurel Wroten 

Tony & Caroline Grant 

Charles Greshamengelberg 

Phillip & Naomi Holm 

Susan H. Hossfeld 

Ellie Insley 

Kiwanis of San Francisco 

Joan Lamphier 

Paul & Barbara Licht 

Local Independent Charities 

Alan Margolis 

Marin Audubon Society 

Marine Spill Response Corporation 

Dorothy C. Martin 

Alice T. May 

Mill Valley Market 

Edna O’Connor 

Rotary Club of Petaluma 

Carol Joyce Sheerin 

Sonoma County Fish & Wildlife 

Commission 

Kathryn A. Taylor & Thomas Steyer 

The C.A. Webster Foundation 

Ted & Lisa Williams 

sPonsors 

($500 – 999) 

Gayle A. Anderson 

Ankie Bajema 

The Barth Foundation 

Bunker & Company 

Nancy & Dale Cox 

Tim & Tara Dale 

Point Reyes National Seashore 

Barbara E. Dittmann 

Katie & Serge Etienne 

Don & Janie Friend Family Philanthropic 

Fund of Jewish Community 

Endowment Fund 

Candice Fuhrman 

Robert & Barbara Glauz 

L. Martin Griffin, Jr., M.D. & Family 

Robert E. & Julie M. Hahn 

Gerald & Madelon Halpern 

Virginia Martin & DeAnna Hanson 

Jack F. & Deyea Harper 

James & Rosemary Jepson 

The Keon-Vitale Family 

Harriet & Tom Kostic 

Everdina Lampe 

Kit & George Lee 

Laurie Lewis, Spruce and Maple 

Music 

L.G.& Flora Maclise 

Linda Marshik 

S. B. Master & James Symons 

Don & Mara Melandry 

Dan Melvin 

Jane Miller 

Alan & Virginia Pabst 

Diane E. Parish & Paul Gelburd 

George S. Peyton, Jr. 

Jeanne Price 

Bill & Betty Rhoades 

Les Rowntree 

Neil Rudolph & Susan Cluff 

Margaret Saulsberry 

Patagonia, Inc. 

Steve Shaffer 

Elizabeth & Frank Smith 

Robert Smith & Janet Huseby 

April Starke Slakey 

Natsu Ota Taylor 

Lisa Teot 

Joel Toste 

Sue Zimmerman 

frienDs 

($250 – 499) 

Stephen & Carlene Abbors 

Rosemary Ames 

Richard Baird 

Bank of America Matching Gifts 

Program 

Julie Barney 

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Basford 

Lorraine Bazan 

Paul & Sue Bergna 

Kate Bordisso & Ken Schwartz 

Brende & Lamb Tree & Shrub Care 

Patricia Brennan 

Neil & Mimi Burton 

Gerald K. Cahill & Kathleen S. King 

Fund 

Peter & Eugenia Caldwell 

California Alpine Club Foundation 

California State Automobile 

Association 

Claire & Paul Chow 

George & Sheri Clyde 

Earl & Sue Cohen 

Anthony & Robyn Contini 

Cordell Bank National Marine 

Sanctuary 

Mrs. Robert Danielson 

Patricia Donchin 

Wendy & John Doughty 

Bill & Gisela Evitt 

Mark Forney 

Marya Glass & Geof Syphers 

John Gruenstein & Carolyn 

Buffington 

Judith Hanks & Richard Nelson 

Ron & Pamela Harrison 

Dick & Eileen Hastings 

Jim & Rosemarie Horan 

IBM Corporation 

Mark Jackson & Esperanza Uruena 

Mary Jean Jawetz 

Carolyn J. Johnson & Rick Theis 

Kristine Johnson & Timothy Dattels 

Katherine Delmar Burke School 

Stephen R. Koch & Kathryn Nyrop 

Andy & Diane Lafrenz 

Lamphier-Gregory 

Robert & Linda Lehe 

Mardi Leland 

Eileen & Gordon Libby 

Stephanie & William MacColl 

Marin Garden Club 

G. Steven & Gail Martin 

George & Marie McKinney 

Purple Lady/Barbara J. Meislin Fund 

Melmon Family Foundation 

Anna Meyer 

Ross & Jess Millikan 

Charles & Julie Muir 

Dan & Joan Murphy 

Ann Needham-Young 

Terry Nordbye 

Mary Belle O’Brien 

Kirk Pessner & Russ Miller 

PG&E Corporation Campaign for the 

Community 

Christine Pielenz & William Laven 

Barbara & William Ramsey 

Joyce Schnobrich 

Maria & David Scott 

Marion & Willis Slusser 

Nicki & Tom Spillane 

Joan Steinberg 

Jeffrey & Rachel Street 

Street Family Gift Fund 

Anne Teller 

Judith Thigpen 

Carolyn Timmins 

Ruth & Alan Tobey 

Francis & Leigh Toldi 

Peter John Watkins 

Jessica Wheeler 

Lyle & Timathea Workman 

Janice Wright 

Peter & Nancy Young 

ACR keeps careful records of every contribution we receive. We regret that limited 

space makes it impossible to publish the name of every donor. In case of errors and 

omissions, we apologize and ask that you contact us with corrections.


Donors 

($100 - 249) 

Christopher & Jane Adams • Adobe Systems Inc. Matching Gift Program • Jane Allen • J. 

Garth Alton • Daniel & Ruth Alves • Robert & Linda Alwitt • Robert Ansara • Arkin Tilt 

Architects • Marsha Armstrong • Bryan Bajema • Rod & Cris Baker • Law Offices of James 

T. Ball • Percival & Kerry Banks • Deanne Barney & Rob Morton • Hathaway Barry • Joan 

& Carl Basore • Alfred & Mary Baxter • Anne Baxter • Ted & Alleta Bayer • Lisa K. Bell 

& Thomas C. Williard • Claude & Carol Benedix • Gordon Bennett & Kate Carolan • 

David & Anne Bernstein • Sam Black • Bill & Patty Blanton • Robert & Marion Blumberg 

• Bolinas Childrens Center • Jerry & Lynnette Bourne • Nancy & Henry Bourne • Nick & 

Marilyn Bowles • Tomas & Linda Bozack • Mary Bresler • Judith Brown • Tom Brown • 

Doris Todd Brown • Thomas W. Browne • Wendy Buchen • Peter & Elaine Bull • Maya & 

Reed Butterfield • Theani L. Callahan • Norman Carlin • Chris & Karen Carpenter • The 

Cavallaro Family • Robin Chase • Steven & Karin Chase • Dave & Margaret Chenoweth • 

Stephen & Joanne Clark • Brian Cluer • Terry & Zeo Coddington • Barbara Coler • Jackie 

Collins • Leroy E. Colombe • John Coltart • Community Smart • Hugh Cotter & Susan 

Coghlan • William & Karen Cox • Carol Ann Cramer • Nancy Curley • Rigdon Currie 

& Trish Johnson • Philip D. Darney & Uta Landy • John Daugherty & Jeanie Ahn • Ann 

& Ken Davis • Russell Dedrick • Larry DeGrassi & Nancy Dolphin • Romeo & Mary 

DeLaroca • Carla Della Zoppa & James Ingram • Barbara Dengler • John & Nona Dennis 

• Terrence & Susan Dermody • Barbara & Barry Deutsch • Ernest & Florence Dickson • 

John Dillon • Cia & Pat Donahue • Daniel & Lee Drake • Judy Dugan • Diane Ely • Sharon 

Enright • Environmental Forum of Marin • Jay Ernst • Hugh & Ann Evans • Falik-Cohen 

Family Trust • Farallone Pacific Insurance • Albert & Sheila Faris • Paul Feigenbaum & 

Mary Kemeny • Robert Feist • Brian & Stephanie Felch • Craig Fischer • Joel & Myriam 

Fontaine • Cornelia Foster • Carol Fraker • Michael & Donna Franzblau • Lynn Ludlow & 

Margo Freistadt • Gary Fry & Lynn Dinelli • Mary Anne Gailliot • Steve & Marjorie Garner 

• Ingrid Gillette • Della Gilmore Living Trust • Glen Ellen Village Fair • Mr. & Mrs. F. 

Goepp • Golden Gate Audubon Society • Jerry Griffin & Janice Schwartz • Michael & Sue 

Grousd • Ralph & Marsha Guggenheim • Marjorie & David Guggenhime • Doris Hadley • 

Hansi Hagemeister • Glen & Marjorie Haggin • Karlene Hall • Richard Hall • Christopher 

Hamilton & Donna DeDiemar • Melissa J. Hamilton • Philip & Susan Hammer • Don & 

Lillian Hanahan • Douglas Hanford • Dolores M. Hansen • Laura Hansen • Gary Harrigan 

• Jeffrey Harrison • David Hartley • John & Sara Hartwell • Roy & Barbara Heistand • 

Bruce & Joan Herriges • Rick & Mary Hicks • Richard & Marina Hill • Dorothy Hines • 

Alan & Christie Hochschild • Gary Holloway • Lisa Honig • Jeannette & Barry Howard • 

Matthew & Joan Howarth • John Hummer • Alan Humphrey & Eleanor Boba • Jim Hurt 

• Janet & Raymond Ickes • Melanie Ito & Charles Wilkinson • Diane & Ken Jacobson • 

Lucy James • Norma Jellison • Ross & Karen Jennings • Alan Johnson & Donna Dolislager • 

Phillip & Kathie Johnson • Clinton & Mimi Jones • Linda Josephs • Nancy Olmsted Kaehr 

• Robert & Sharell Katibah • Steve & Julie Kimball • Anonymous • Norman & Vida Kirshen 

• Justin Kitzes • Mirka Knaster & Larry Jacobs • Nancy Kolliner • John Kouns & Anne 

Baele Kouns • Janet Leventhal & David White • Ronald & Shoshana Levy • Tom Lockard & 

Alix Marduel • Mimi & Charles Lowrey • Anne Lynn • Bucky & Gail Mace • Bill & Jackie 

Mackey • Art & Lyn Magill • Calvin Malone • George Marchand • Dean & Julia Mayberry 

• Brette McCabe & Simion Bulldis • Julian & Charlene McCaull • Ed & Amy McElhany • 

Flora Mcmartin & Becky Dowdakin • Lois Meltzer • Milt Mermit • Ann Merrill • Michael 

& Constance Mery • Amy Meyer • Mark & Anita Meyer • Spencer & Roberta Michels 

• Charles & Katherine Miller • Robert Miller • Stanley & Irene Miller • David & Robin 

Minor • Mission Avenue School, Room 3 • Mission Avenue School, Room 4 • Mission 

Avenue School, Room 5 • Bridger & Katherine Mitchell • Jim & Melinda Moir • Gerald 

& Mary Edith Moore • Mrs. Albert Moorman • Anne & Tom Morton • David Mostardi & 

Arlene Baxter • Henry Moulton • Fraser & Helen Muirhead • Kevin Mullally • Phil & Anne 

Murphy • Howard & Vivian Naftzger • Laurance Narbut • Josephine Nattkemper • James 

Nelson • Network For Good • Nell Newton • Oakland Museum • Tom & Olivia Orr • Mr. 

& Mrs. Melville Owen • Judy O’Young & Greg Hauser • Kevin & Nancy Padian • Larry 

Pageler • Denise Patterson • Lois & Warren Patton • Penelope Pawl • Tony Paz • Beverly 

Perrin • Paul & Judith Peyrat • Piedmont Garden Club • Rudolph & Eugenie Pipa • Wally 

Plahutnik & Victoria Walton • Myfanwy Plank • Lee & Stuart Pollak • John & Warren Poole 

• Gillian Printon & Richard Ney • Maris Purvins • Patricia & Charles Raven • Jean Rhodes • 

Ralph Roan • Ron Rosano & Susan Morrow • Herman H. Rose • Ben & Barbara Rosenberg 

• Arthur & Lois Roth • Melinda & Eric Ruchames • Mel Ruiz • Tom Rusert & Darren 

Peterie • Randolph Rush • Ilene Sagall • Sausalito Woman’s Club • Carolyn Schanberger • 

Richard Schiller • David Schurr & Ramune Watkins • Maurice A. “Skip” Schwartz • Ida 

Schwartz & Debra Estrin • Linda Scott • Maggie & Contee Seely • Mr. & Mrs. Seipp, Jr. 

• John & Elinor Severinghaus • Ken Shannon & Elizabeth Corden • Mrs. Agnes Shapiro • 

Virginia G. Shea & Andrew Mendelsohn • Douglas Sherk & Mike Goins • Steve & Susan 

Shortell • Brad & Sue Shuster • William & Lori Simerly • John Skinner & Leontine Vaysace 

• Sam & Jennifer Skinner • Karen Snell • Jeanette Spangle & Alan Walfield • William & 

Anne Spencer • Gary & Cathy Spratling • Richard O. Sproul • Bruce & Susan Stangeland • 

Charles & Carla Stedwell • John & Sarah Stephens • Stuart & Elizabeth Stephens • Errol & 

Ellen Stevens • Ms. Carol Stewart • Susan Stoddard • Mrs. Donald B. Straus • George & Helene 

Strauss • John & Alexa Sulak • Larry & Barbara Taylor • Scott & Tish Teaford • Martin 

& Elizabeth Terplan • Elizabeth & Theodore Theiss • Jeffrey & Evelyne Thomas • William & 

Margaret Thomas • Charles Thompson • Martha Doerr Toppin • Mary Turner • Corneilus & 

Francina Van Der Hoek • Linda Vida • Janet Visick • Renee Vollen & Eugene Shapiro • Rita 

Vrhel • Tanis Walters • Peter Weiner • Jim & Ann Wellhouse • Carter & Betty Wells • Peter 

Wells • Matthew Werdegar • David & Kay Werdegar • Mildie & John Whedon • Cathy 

Willis • Mason Willrich • James Wintersteen • Courtenay R. Wood & H. Noel Jackson, Jr. 

• Patrick Woodworth • Alan & Jane Woolf • James L. Wrathall • Ms. Diane Wren • Kathryn 

& Jay Wright • Wright Institute • Glea Wylie • Emily Wynns • Chris Yates • David & Shelah 

Young • Peter & Midge Zischke • Matt & JoAnn Zlatunich • Emil Zollinger • Bill & Diane 

Zuendt • Jill & Don Zumwalt 

Partners in eDucation 

Audubon Canyon Ranch Partners in Education make 

an annual commitment of $5,000 or more to directly 

support ACR’s environmental education programs. 

$10,000 + 

Tommy F. Angell 

Sam & Skye Dakin 

Fullerton Family Foundation of 


Chris & Bob Hunter, Jr. 

John Osterweis & Barbara Ravizza 

Osterweis 

$5,000 - 9,999 

Julie Allecta 

Shirley & Peter Bogardus 

Jane & Douglas Ferguson 

Dick Lemon 

Outrageous Foundation 

Ken & Marjorie Sauer 

The Schow Foundation 

Betsy & Bob Stafford 

trilliuM 

($5,000+) 

Peter & Katherine Drake 

Estate of Georgiana De Ropp 

Ducas 

Jane Sinclair 

Jan Gerrett Snedaker & Diane 

Krause 

Diogenes lantern 

($2,500 – 4,999) 

John & Ruth Baillie 

Noelle & Richard Bon 

Phyllis & George Ellman 

Phillip & Naomi Holm 

Lenore & Howard Klein 

Foundation 

WooDlanD star 

($1,000 – 2,499) 

Julie Allecta 

Mary & Mike Benziger 

Larry & Brennie Brackett 

Sam & Skye Dakin 

Robert & Michelle Friend Foundation 

of the Jewish Community 

Foundation 

Messing Family Charitable 

Foundation 

Glenda & Harold Ross 

Partners in eDucation 

PerManent funD for 

eDucation 

The Kustel Family 

corPorate Partners in 

eDucation 

Autodesk 

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker 

Wells Fargo 

frienDs of bouverie 

Friends of Bouverie make a special annual contribution of $500 

or more to support the programs at the Bouverie Preserve. 

Marilyn & Don Sanders 

Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary Club 

Jean F. Schulz 

Heidi Stewart & John Weinstein 

sky luPine 

($500 – 999) 

Ken Ackerman & Gloria 

Markowitz 

Gerald & Jane Baldwin 

Robert & Leslee Bonino 

Jimmy Clidaras & Elise Gratton 

John & Abby Clow 

David & Lee Devine 

Walter & Linda Haake 

Jack F. & Deyea Harper 

Bryant & Diane Hichwa 

Kimberly M. Hughes 

Marian Kirby 

Gaye & John LeBaron 

Madrone Audubon Society 

Karen & Ted Nagel 

Linda & Jeff Reichel 

John & Dianne Samples 

Phyllis Schmitt 

Daphne Smith 

Noellene & Michael Sommer 

Valley of the Moon Lions Club 

Deborah & Joe Votek 

Don & Annette Wild 

ANE CARLA ROVETTA


Marian Hughes 

(left) and 

Sherry Adams. 

ACR PHOTOS 

Shorebirds 

in saltmarsh 

habitat. 

ANE CARLA 

ROVETTA 

The Cypress Grove Research Center of 

Audubon Canyon Ranch welcomes Marian 

Hughes as the center’s new Administrator. The 

conservation science and habitat protection 

staff, which is based at Cypress Grove Research 

Center, is pleased to have Marian on board to 

assist with administrative tasks in this new parttime 

position. 

About her new role with ACR, Marian says, 

“I have a great respect for the work done here 

and the people responsible for protecting these 

beautiful preserves.” 

With a background in acupuncture, Marian 

states, “I have done a lot of science but all of it 

with humans. I am excited to learn more about 

birds and biology, hopefully through direct experience 

at Cypress Grove.” 

Welcome to the ACR family, Marian! 

stAff WelComes 

The native habitat of ACR’s Bouverie Preserve 

is receiving new attention under the care 

of Sherry Adams, the new Habitat Protection 

and Restoration (HPR) Project Leader for the 

Bouverie Preserve. In a new position reflecting the 

organization’s focus on habitat restoration, Sherry 

will implement the Preserve’s vernal pool restoration 

project, coordinate HPR volunteer activities, 

and assist with ACR’s invasive plant early detection/early 

response program. 

Ask her about her new job, and Sherry will 

tell you it’s all about partnerships. “When you 

think on a landscape scale, ACR preserves are 

quite small,” she says. “However, there is a crucial 

element in conservation that ACR really gets. 

That’s partnership. Our collaborations with other 

groups happen at all levels: our volunteers learn 

and teach at the other places they volunteer, the 

children who visit 

our preserves teach 

their families, and 

our staff publish 

research and participate 

in partnerships 

with other conservation 

organizations.” 

Welcome aboard, 

Sherry, we’re glad 

to be in partnership 

with you. 

Audubon Canyon Ranch’s e-Newsletter 

To keep up-to-date on latest Audubon Canyon Ranch happenings, sign up for the ACR 

e-newsletter. Published once every two months, the free email newsletter highlights updates 

from the Preserves, including school group visits, latest findings from ACR science staff, 

volunteer opportunities, ways to come explore ACR nature sanctuaries and more. 

Visit www.egret.org and click e-newsletter to sign up or to view past issues.


guiDeD nature Walks 

bouverie Preserve 

Saturdays, Oct. 13, Nov. 3, Dec. 1, 2007 

Jan. 26, Mar. 8, Mar. 29, April 12, April 

19, May 17, 2008 

9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Here’s your chance to experience the 

beauty and rich natural history of 

this 500-acre Preserve. Our half-day 

guided nature walks are on Saturdays 

throughout fall and spring. We will begin 

accepting reservations a month before 

each respective hike date. To make a 

reservation, e-mail nancy@egret.org or 

call 707/938-4554. 

No charge but donations appreciated. 

Docent Council of Bouverie Preserve 

Winter Work Day 


Saturday, January 5, 2008 

9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 

1:00 p.m. - LUNCH 

Come help spruce up the Preserve by 

working on the trails, in the native plant 

garden, around the formal gardens, in 

the library, or cooking the lunch (which 

we provide). Bring your favorite tool for 

outdoor projects! E-mail nancy@egret.org 

or call 707/938-4554 to register. 

Free, but please e-mail or call to register so 

we can plan on enough food! 

ACR Staff 

CAlendAR of events 

fall & sPring Work Days 

bolinas lagoon Preserve 

Saturday, October 13, 2007 – 

Volunteer Canyon 

Sunday, March 2, 2008 – 

Picher Canyon 

9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. • 1:00 p.m. - LUNCH 

Help us with trail work, library work, 

pulling weeds, planting native flowers or 

cooking the lunch (we provide). Bring 

your favorite tool for outdoor projects! 

E-mail leslie@egret.org or call 415/868- 

9244 to register. 

Free, but please e-mail or call to register so 

we can plan on enough food! 

ACR Staff 

restoration WorkDays 


Support ACR’s Habitat Protection and 

Restoration Program by signing up 

for restoration workdays at Bouverie 

Preserve. E-mail Sherry Adams at sherry@ 

egret.org for more information. 

ACR Staff 

the bouverie backyarD naturalist series 


9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. u $25.00 each seminar u Saturdays 

October 20, 2007 – Natural History of Oaks 

November 10, 2007 – Beginning Birding 

April 5, 2008 – Flowers and Pollinators 

May 10, 2008 – Grasses 

The Bouverie Preserve of Audubon Canyon Ranch is offering an exciting new program of field courses 

designed for adults who wish to hone their own naturalist skills while learning more about the flora 

and fauna of the Valley of the Moon in Sonoma County. Classroom and field activities included. Sign 

up for one seminar or the whole series! Easy to moderate hiking required, so wear hiking shoes, a hat 

and sunscreen. Bring water and a bag lunch. Class size is limited. Please e-mail leslie@egret.org or call 

415/868-9244 to register. 

ACR Staff 

unDer the heronry 


Saturday, October 27, 2007 

9:30 a.m. social, 10:00 a.m. start 

We’ll finish around noon. 

Join former Resident Biologist Ray 

Peterson for an exploration UNDER the 

Heronry at Bolinas Lagoon Preserve. You’ll 

be able to see the amazing architecture of 

Great Egret and Great Blue Heron nests, 

and you’ll learn about ACR’s history in 

this very special setting. Don’t forget to 

bring friends for this short walk. 

Free, but please e-mail leslie@egret.org or 

call 415/868-9244 to register. Space is 

limited to 20 participants. 

Ray Peterson 

ranch guiDe training 


Saturdays, January 26 - March 15, 2008 

(Orientation January 19, 2008) 

This eight-day Saturday training program 

is designed to convey basic information 

about Audubon Canyon Ranch history, 

the Preserve, trail techniques, pond life and 

BLP’s nesting colony of herons and egrets. 

Those interested in sharing knowledge 

and appreciation of nature during ACR’s 

public weekends, please e-mail leslie@ 

egret.org or call 415/868-9244. 

Gwen Heistand 

Bolinas Lagoon Preserve Resident Biologist 

DRAWINGS BY ANE CARLA ROVETTA

the headquarters of 

Audubon Canyon Ranch is located 

at the Bolinas Lagoon Preserve. 

www.egret.org 

email: acr@egret.org 

wheN tO visit 

Bolinas Lagoon Preserve 

Mid-March to mid-July: Saturday, Sunday 

and holidays. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Weekdays by appointment only; call 

415/868-9244. Closed Mondays. 

Bolinas Lagoon Preserve is adjacent to 

Bolinas Lagoon on Shoreline Highway One, 

three miles north of Stinson Beach. 

Cypress Grove Research Center 

By appointment only. 415/663-8203. 

Bouverie Preserve 

By appointment only. 707/938-4554. 

See schedule of events, inside. 

The Mission of audubon canyon ranch t Audubon Canyon Ranch protects the natural resources of its sanctuaries while fostering an 

understanding and appreciation of these environments. We educate children and adults, promote ecological literacy that is grounded in direct 

experience, and conduct research and restoration that advances conservation science. t 

Audubon Canyon Ranch 

4900 Shoreline Highway One 

Stinson Beach, CA 94970 

415/868-9244 

www.egret.org 

acr@egret.org 

The Audubon Canyon Ranch 

Bulletin is published twice 

yearly by Audubon Canyon 

Ranch as a free offering to 

ACR donors and supporters. 

Edited by Jennifer Newman. 

Designed by Claire Peaslee. 

Photos by Wyn Hoag unless 

otherwise noted. © 2007 

Audubon Canyon Ranch. 

Printed on recycled paper 

(30% post-consumer) 

using soy-based inks. 

Audubon Canyon Ranch — wildlife sanctuaries and centers for nature education and research. 

Bolinas Lagoon Preserve • Cypress Grove Research Center • Bouverie Preserve 

Non-profit 

Organization 

U.S. Postage 

PAID 

Mailcom 

ANE CARLA ROVETTA

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