OPEN SPACES
Wild About Ojai welcomes three new businesses this quarter. Char Man
Brand Hot Sauce, Erik Wilde - Realtor at Coldwell Banker Property Shoppe, and Sol Haus Design—thank you for committing to care for Ojai’s open space for all to enjoy.
We hope you enjoy this issue of OPEN SPACES combined with our Annual Report. As we say goodbye to another successful year, we look forward to many exciting things in 2016.
Cover: Board member Jim Little enjoying an evening mountain bike ride on the Valley View Preserve. Cover photo and images this page by Chad Ress.
A Letter from the Director
Dear OVLC Supporters,
This week will be my sixth anniversary at the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, and time must be flying because I’m having fun. I serve a board and community that are as passionate about the outdoors as I am, and each day I share an office with a committed and talented group of staff and volunteers. Every day we hear from our community supporters by social media, letters, email, or chance encounters and learn just a little bit more about how our community feels about the land. These moments are so inspiring.
Having one of the best jobs in the Ojai Valley is just one reason why I’m “Wild About Ojai.” As cherished donors, I reckon you are all wild about Ojai as well, so it’s fitting that we have chosen “Wild About Ojai” as the new name for our former 1% for Ojai program. By now I hope you’ve heard that the program is now called Wild About Ojai, and seen our new logo appearing around town and on the preserves. The new name is a nod to both the community enthusiasm we feel about conservation, and the wild lands we protect. Our new program logo is eye-catching, and also helps set the program apart in the community. Since change was in the air, we also updated our own look with a new OVLC logo. We wanted this logo to have stylistic elements that tie our organization more closely to the land, and subtly link our organization with our Wild About Ojai logo. Not to worry though, the quail lives!
After a year focused on preserve management and trailhead updates, we are once again looking at a few potential new land conservation projects that I hope I’ll be sharing with you in the coming months. We continue to seek opportunities to protect properties with important habitats and public access opportunities, and the opportunities we are tracking would certainly measure up. We also have some new preserve enhancements out on the horizon. We are in the early stages of planning for a future bridge at the Ojai Meadows Preserve that would span over the Happy Valley storm drain channel, uniting not only the two sides of the preserve, but the communities of Meiners Oaks and Ojai. We’re also planning some access improvements at the Steelhead Preserve that will allow school buses to safely access the preserve for educational visits. It’s certainly going to be a busy year.
Before I finish, I want all of you to know how much your contributions to the OVLC matter to us. The enclosed list of donors is impressive and growing, and says a lot about Ojai’s commitment to conservation. As I sign your thank-you letters, I look forward to reading every name, and pausing to appreciate the value of your connection to us and the lands we are able to protect. Over the last few months we saw many of you increase your level of support as well, which has been so inspiring for us. We are anxious to show you what this support can do for the land and for our community.
Gratefully,
Rotary Club of Ojai Grant
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Ojai for the $500 grant which is funding, in part, a partnership between the OVLC and Ojai TEAMS for their adopted plots at the Ojai Meadows Preserve. Work has begun and the students will care for their plots through the spring. If you see them out working on the meadow, ask them about their adopted plots!
What’s happening at the Ojai Meadows Preserve?
Happy Valley Bioswale Complete
On March 4, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the new Happy Valley Bioswale on the Ojai Meadows Preserve. This is the latest storm water treatment project at the preserve. We can thank the Ventura County Watershed Protection District for a great partnership. Check out our blog for an article by the VC Star on the swale: ovlc.org/news
2015 Fiscal Year* Annual Report
Balance Sheet
Funds
Thank you to our OVLC donors. Your impact is important for everyone in the Ojai Valley!
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Carol Cohen
Ed & Diane Colby
• OVLC was awarded $883,272 from the California Department of Water Resources Proposition 84 Drought Funding for the removal of 16 acres of the invasive plant Arundo donax and subsequent restoration of 10 acres of native plant habitat in San Antonio Creek along Creek Road.
• Wild About Ojai (1% for Ojai) was launched to help provide for the stewardship of our lands.
• Wild About Ojai funds allowed the OVLC to rehabilitate the Pratt and Gridley Trailheads.
• The OVLC completed and submitted our application for national accreditation. We are awaiting the results this summer!
• The OVLC began the restoration of the old orange orchard at the Ventura River Preserve with the removal of approximately 3,000 trees.
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OPEN SPACES
The
newsletter of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sandy Buechley, President
Larry Rose, Vice President
Don Reed, Treasurer
Roger Essick, Secretary
Bill Brothers
Stefanie Coeler
Margot Griswold
Martha Groszewski
Jim Little
Roger Wachtell
Nathan Wallace
STAFF
Brian Stark, Executive Director
Rick Bisaccia, Stewardship Director
Tania Parker, Director of Advancement
Jill Lashly, Restoration Program Manager
Marti Reid, Office Manager
Xena Grossman, Development Assistant
Kimo Ellison, Senior Restoration Technician
Nathan Wickstrum, Restoration Technician
Kevin McLeod, Restoration Technician
Ron Singer, Nursery Manager
Mission: The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy is a community-based non-profit organization working with partners to permanently protect the open space, natural scenic beauty, wildlife, habitat, and watershed of the Ojai Valley for current and future generations.
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Thank You to our OVLC Business Sponsors
Ventura River Sponsors
Patagonia
Ojai Meadows Sponsors
Aqua-Flo Supply
California Resources Corporation
San Antonio Sponsors
Barnhart & Barnhart Insurance
Channel Islands Sportfishing
Derby & Derby, Inc.
Dr. David L. Garber, D.D.S
Euterpe Farms
Ojai Cafe Emporium
Ojai Community Bank
Ojai Valley Trail Riding Company
Riverview Ranch
Shanbrom, Casey & Associates
SusanKGuyArt.com
Thomas E. Malley Law Office
Waite, Jacobs & Atkinson Attorneys-at-Law
West Coast Air Conditioning
Sulphur Mountain Sponsors
Alco Plumbing
Bill Johnson, Environmental REALTOR® Troop
Heritage Financial
John E. Peakes Insurance Agency, Inc.
Jones & Jones Construction Management
McDaniel Insurance Services
Meiners Oaks Ace Hardware
Ojai Beverage Company
Phil Moncharsh (Roger, Sheffield, & Campbell LLP)
Rains
In-Kind Sponsors
BioResource Consultants
bitVision
Frameworks of Ojai
Ojai Phone Book
Ojai Quarterly
Ojai Valley Directory
Silver Development & Associates, Inc.
Topa Topa Brewing Company
Tread Magazine
Rosemarie Singer
Sally Sjelin
Kitty Sklaver
Frederick & Nordi Sloman
Aaron Slosberg
Sharlene Smartt
Gail Smith
Howard Smith
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The Underground
Gourmet Food Truck
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Patrice Vernand
New bird species at the Ojai Meadows Preserve - the gray flycatcher - bringing the total to 182 species
29 Switchbacks on Luci’s Trail
376
New donors to the OVLC
500+
Attendees at the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival outdoor movie night
900
Feet of weather-proofed trail at the Ojai Meadows Preserve
1,000+
Educational visits by students young and old
3,500
Orange trees removed in the Ventura River Preserve
4,000+
Volunteer hours for the trails, nursery, restoration, clean ups, education, outreach, board and office
7,000+
Plants planted on OVLC preserves
8,000+
Pounds of poop removed from the trash cans in…
...35,000
Mutt Mitts used on the Ojai Meadows Preserve and the Ventura River Preserve By
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William J. Woods III
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Antonia Zurcher
Anonymous (3)
Stewards 250+
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Ojai Meadows Preserve Wildflower Show
With these warm sunny days the wildflower show at the Ojai Meadows Preserve is starting to bloom. These pictures are from last year’s spectacular show. We hope all these flowers seeded for an even bigger event this year!
Need a refresher identifying the flowers? Visit our wildflower guide online – you can even use it on your phone in the field: ovlc.org/native-flowers
Wild about Wildflowers?
A Monument to the Mighty Oak
Big plans are underway for oak restoration at the Ventura River Preserve. Last month, the OVLC was awarded $200,000 for oak savanna and woodland restoration at the old orange grove that was taken out last fall, thanks to a generous donor. Grant funding comes from the Wildlife Conservation Board, a California State agency that focuses on land acquisition, habitat restoration and development of wildlife oriented public access facilities.
Grant funds will be used to restore 20 acres of the 41 acre project site to coast live oak savanna and woodland habitat. Planting will begin in the fall of 2016, so the oaks and companion shrubs can be nurtured by winter rains. The 20 acres of habitat restoration will include 4.7 acres of oak woodland and 16.3 acres of oak savanna habitats. Oak savanna habitats are remarkable for their scattered single trees, and differ from oak woodlands that tend to have higher tree densities. Ten acres of oak trees have been planted at the project site already through a grant from the Ventura County Tree Mitigation Fund.
The project is more than an effort to grow oak trees. The site is situated in an active restoration area that integrates multiple habitat types to create sustainable and functional value for wildlife. Adjacent to the proposed oak site is a newly restored riparian area where Rice Creek has been returned to its historic route. The newly re-watered creek will attract a variety of wildlife and create ecological synergy. Oak trees have always represented strength and longevity in a landscape, as well as a nurturing spirit for their role in the woodland food web. It’s fitting, therefore, that this final phase of restoration is focused on the mighty oak trees that will sustain and nurture the land for centuries to come.
Field Trip!!
On March 16, OVLC staff held their staff meeting in the field to check out the project site after the orange tree removal and to see the restoration projects that the OVLC field crew has been working on this season at the Ventura River Preserve.
Special Acknowledgments
Gift Memberships
To Rob & Maureen Young
Jerry Maryniuk & Diane Bertoy
To Betsy & Dan George
Ruth Walker Welcome to Ojai!
In honor of David Willis’ birthday
Alice Barnwell
In honor of Alasdair Coyne
Mary Blackmon
In honor of Eric Gross, Carmen Zuniga-Gross, Merril
Williams, Sonia Nordenson & Bryn Nordenson
Kevin Douglas Gross
Holiday greetings given in honor of Ollie and Kaarina with much love Tiny & Pete
In honor of Bert Carter’s birthday
David & Katherine Willis
In memory of Doug Tompkins
Karen & Gary Bednorz
In memory of John G. Bee
Susan Bee
In memory of Eleanor Nye
Pamela Nye in memory of my mother
Blye & Lundberg Accountancy Corporation
Lynne & Phil Pierpont
Deborah Cornils
Louisa Hagen & Terry Thompson
In memory of Gopher Brothers
Sherry Brothers
Special Acknowledgments from 11/4/2015 – 2/25/2016
Karen Back
Welcome New Donors!
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My wife and I give to the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy because we use its trails all the time. Access is free, so it’s easy to take for granted, but we know that the purchase and maintenance of these properties does not come cheap. We are often reminded how privileged we are to live in Ojai, in large part because of the incredible natural environments right at our doorstep. OVLC lands constitute a huge part of that. - Scott Forsyth & Joy Fedele, Ojai
Big thanks to all of our donors. Without you, we could not accomplish all that we have. Tell us why you give to the OVLC and send along a photo!
A special thank you to Clarity Webworks for developing our first app for us! Find yourself without getting lost... ovlc.org/trailfinder
The OVLC is proud to announce our new Trailfinder. We are pretty sure we are not the only ones who have ever gotten turned around on the Ventura River Preserve, or wondered just how much further we have to climb up Luci’s trail. Now you can see just where you are on all of your favorite OVLC and US Forest Service trails in Ojai. Check it out on your mobile device: ovlc.org/trailfinder
Welcome to our newest Wild About Ojai business partners…
Chris Sutton, owner of CHAR MAN BRAND hot sauces, calls Ojai his home. He joined the Wild About Ojai program because he and his family regularly use the OVLC’s trails and wants to help keep Ojai’s open spaces available for everyone to enjoy!
“I want to support open spaces, our environment and our community.”
- Vina Lustado, Sol Haus Design
“The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy provides a tremendous benefit to all residents of the Ojai Valley. As a lifelong Ojai resident, one of the things I love most about Ojai is the many walking and hiking trails we have access to, that the land conservancy keeps groomed and safe for us all to use!”
- Erik Wilde, Realtor Coldwell Banker Property Shoppe
Businesses of any kind are strongly encouraged to participate. If you sell a product or service to a customer or client, we hope you’ll join our program.
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
PO Box 1092
Ojai, CA 93024
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Upcoming Events
March 26 - Ojai Meadows Preserve Bird Walk and Film “From Billions to None”
8:30 am – 12 pm
Led by John Pavelko Co-sponsored by the Ventura Audubon Society
April 23 - Earth Day Events
11 am – 4 pm Earth Day at Oak Grove School 9 am – 12 pm Native Plant Sale at OMP Nursery
April 25 – All About Ojai: Native Plant Herb Walk
Ventura River Preserve, Rice Canyon Led by Lanny Kaufer
May 7 - Bird Walk at the Ojai Meadows Preserve 8:30 – 10 am, Led by Jesse Grantham
May 14 - All About Ojai: Stewardship Director
Surprise Hike & Picnic, 8 am – 1 pm
Save the Date!
September 23, 2016
Telluride Mountainfilm Festival at OVS
Leave a legacy for Ojai, forever.
Legacy
Giving Made Simple
By including the OVLC in your estate plans, you can help protect the beauty of Ojai for generations to come. A bequest is a simple way to support the OVLC in the future while retaining control of your assets during your lifetime. By making the OVLC a beneficiary of your will, trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy, or financial accounts, you ensure your values will be passed on after you.
The real beneficiary, of course, is Ojai.
“I give, devise, and bequeath [percentage / amount / description] to the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, a nonprofit corporation, located at PO Box 1092, Ojai, CA, 93024, Tax Identification Number 77-0169682.” You Can Use this Language for Your Gift: