As Dolores put it, The word subdivision is not in our vocabulary! This ranch is both scenic and productive, and watersheds flowing to Tomales Bay and Nicasio and Soulajule reservoirs originate here. They sought help from MALT to protect the ranch for agriculture forever. Properties Protected This Year Evans Nicasio Ranch, Nicasio Furlong Ranch, Marshall 998 acres Protected by MALT September 2017 609 acres Protected by MALT January 2018 The owners of this beef cattle ranch, sisters Dolores Evans and Darlene Giacomini, knew that its views and proximity to East Marin would make this property vulnerable to subdivision and development once they were gone. Point Reyes-Petaluma Rd Nicasio Valley Rd Nicasio Point Reyes Station Novato Blvd Nicasio Valley Rd Novato Blvd Nicasio Woodacre MARIN COUNTY Bolinas Sir Francis Drake Blvd Stinson Beach Fairfax San Rafael Corte Madera Mill Valley Point Reyes Sir Francis Drake Blvd Woodacre 5 Muir Beach Sausalito MARIN COUNTY Fairfax 3 San Fra McIsaac Ranch Nicasio, 527 acres Luiz Ranch Gallinas Valley, 1,008 acres Tomales Bay Inverness Highway 1 Point Reyes Point Reyes Station Marshall-Petal u ma Rd SONOMA COUNTY Drakes Bay Point Reyes National Seashore 2 3 Drakes Bay 1 4 PACIFIC OCEAN Chileno Valley Rd Point Reyes National Seashore Wilson Hill Rd.
Point Reyes-Petaluma Rd 1 2 3 4 5 Evans Nicasio Ranch Nicasio, 998 acres SONOMA COUNTY Furlong Ranch Marshall, 609 acres Bianchini Ranch Point Reyes Station, 705 acres J. 20 (5,782 acres) Tomales Bay Protected in the 2017 2018 Fiscal Year (3,847 acres) Projected to be protected in 2018 2020 (7,001 acres) Farmland not protected at risk Highway 1 National Park Service farmland Inverness Marshall-Petal u ma Rd Chileno Valley Rd Wilson Hill Rd. Jamison Watts Executive Director Ralph Grossi Chair, MALT Board of Directorsīodega Bay Tomales Now Farmland Forever, Thanks to You Fallon Rd Bodega Bay Tomales Fallon Rd Protected farmland Protected during the quiet phase of the Farmland Forever campaign, Sept. With gratitude, As you also know, Measure A, a quarter-cent sales tax that Marin County voters first approved in 2012, has also played a large role in our success. And we thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for all that you do for Marin s farmland, farmers and the landscapes we all enjoy. We promise to keep you updated on our work and our progress. Given the expense, we re tackling our 100,000-acre goal in incremental stages, focusing on the most productive farmland that is currently at risk of development or being sold out of agriculture. As Marin s land values continue to escalate and the number of ranchers approaching retirement age increases, we project that purchasing conservation easements on the remaining 47,500 acres of privately owned, productive farmland in Marin will require considerable private donations to be matched with additional public funding. By the time we announced the Farmland Forever campaign publically, in May of 2018, we had already raised $25 million! To say we have been awed by your support for our work and by your generosity does not even begin to cover the extent of our gratitude. To date, we have protected 52,589 acres! In the fall of 2015 we launched our Farmland Forever campaign, an ambitious initiative to permanently protect essentially all of the privately owned, productive farmland in Marin 100,000 acres by 2040! When this effort began, we shared our ambitions quietly, with a few initial supporters. This year we protected five ranches, totaling 3,847 acres, which is more than triple our traditional pace of easement acquisition and a huge step forward for farmland preservation in Marin. On behalf of the board and staff of Marin Agricultural Land Trust, we are proud to share MALT s substantial accomplishments for the fiscal year that ended Jone of the most successful years in our 38-year history. And, as we reported in our newsletter earlier this fall, our conservation team is hard at work with those landowners, helping them make their grasslands more resilient and productive, protect their watersheds and secure additional funding for critical conservation projects.
Each of these protected properties has unique attributes that help ensure an agricultural future in Marin and provide critical habitat and linkages for native plants and animals. Protecting the Land That Sustains Us 2017 2018 ANNUAL REPORTĭear Friends, Since it was implemented in 2014, we have been able to match your generous contributions with $10.9 million of Measure A funding to protect 10 properties, totaling 5,398 acres of farm and ranch land.
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