OPEN SPACES
Life After the Thomas Fire
Letter from Executive Director Brian Stark:
It’s been a busy two months since the Thomas Fire burned through four of our preserves, burning 1,500 acres of land and affecting 20 of our 27 miles of local trails. Our initial response was to ensure the safety of our staff and to offer mutual support during extended evacuations due to both fire and smoke. It would be two weeks before we could send staff out to the preserves to begin assessing damage. During this time, our staff gathered advice from other land trusts that have faced similar damages, researched fire recovery science, and spent countless hours getting accurate information out to the public regarding damages, trail closures and conditions, and anticipated recovery tactics. I couldn’t be more proud of our staff for their flexibility, adaptability, and their commitment to ensuring the safety of our preserve visitors.
To create a disaster response plan, we mapped burned signs, trail blockages, landslides, rock falls, burned culverts, missing bridges, damaged kiosks, and other hazards. Professional arborists assessed hazard trees, which we proactively removed for visitor safety. Within days, our staff and some of our most experienced trail volunteers had re-opened most of the trails. We know
that our work has just begun here as there are many signs and two bridges to replace—and we face continuing threats from winter rains and landslides. While almost all of the trails are open, a lot of work is still needed to make them sustainable.
We chose to prioritize trail openings because we know how important these lands are to our community and that many people felt a need to experience the land in its new state. The Thomas Fire is now part of the story of Ojai, and this story will be told for decades to come.
We encourage you to visit the land, create a relationship, and mark this time in your memory. The fact that people care so much for this land is not surprising, and their reasons for seeing it now are the same reasons that the OVLC and our members work so hard to protect it. This land belongs to us all.
I think it is safe to say that the Thomas Fire threw our annual work plan and budget out the window. In a normal year, our restoration crew would be planting new plants on our grant-funded restoration projects. This year, they are working on the trails as most of our active restoration
Cover and this page: images from the Valley View Preserve by Nathan Wickstrum. Volunteers and staff work to clear the trails of debris and rock slides.
Left page: Wills Canyon on the Ventura River Preserve. Volunteers and staff spent days clearing downed trees in the canyon.
projects at the Ventura River Preserve have burned. Critical restoration infrastructure, such as our expansive irrigation system, which melted, will need to be re-built before we can once again work on these projects.
So far, the OVLC’s monetary damages total about $140,000. With the outpouring of community support, however, we are picking up the pieces and working on recovery activities. We can’t thank our members enough for coming to our aid with their generous donations. We also welcome 72 new donors that made their first contribution to the OVLC these past two months. You have made it possible for us to allocate so much additional staff time to recovery activities. We are also grateful for those that have offered their time to help. Since the fire, over 200 of you have signed up to volunteer on projects ranging from removing melted irrigation pipe, placing signs to remind people to stay on trails, replacing a melted culvert, cutting and removing over 30 fallen trees from the trails, and stabilizing washed out trails. These activities will continue for some time and we hope to meet all of you on a project soon.
Many are now asking what is next for the preserves. As we recover, we will need your help. There are a few basic ways everyone can help the recovery. First, Weed Don’t Seed! While spreading seed on burned land seems like a good idea, the native plant seeds needed for the recovery are already in the soil. Adding seed adds competition and alters nature’s course. The biggest threats to our native plants are non-native plants (what we call weeds). Removing these is the best way to allow natural recovery. We will organize weeding days in the upcoming months, so please make sure you have signed up on our website as a volunteer if you are interested in helping with the recovery.
Next, please stay on the trails. For nature to recover, it needs to be un-trampled. Please observe all trail closures. Closed trails are closed for a reason and accessing them makes the damage worse and harder to repair. Staying off them shows you care, and nature needs to know you care.
Finally, keep looking after each other and those that lost so much more. This will be a long recovery and we need one another.
Before and after images photographed by Nathan Wickstrum. Top row: looking down Luci’s Trail on the Valley View Preserve. Bottom row: the Rice Creek restoration area on the Ventura River Preserve.
As we look back to the fire and how most of our community was spared, it has reminded us of how conservation can be part of our community’s preparation for future fires. While the fire was burning, fire personnel were able to easily access our preserves and use them to stage firefighting efforts and to create defensible areas. Visitors to the Ventura River Preserve will see where bulldozers came through the preserve to create defensible spaces. These impacts can be repaired so much easier than a home. In addition, purchasing the Ventura River Preserve prevented the development of many homes on that land, and reduced the exposure of even more homes to fire loss. A few years ago, the OVLC removed over 3,000 dead orange trees which could have changed the intensity of the burn on the preserve. We will be looking at fire buffer lands with greater interest as a conservation priority in the future.
The OVLC is constantly evaluating our land management methods to make our preserve boundaries and restoration project sites safer for fire responders and the public. Already, the OVLC completes annual brush management wherever our preserve lands lie within the defensible space areas around buildings—even those that are not on our property. Approximately
Volunteers worked tirelessly to clear and repair the trails at the Valley View Preserve. The worst slides were along the Foothill Trail, although there was plenty of debris on Luci’s and Fox Canyon trails as well. Photographs by Nathan Wickstrum and Tania Parker.
This page: a large tree in Wills Canyon falls inches from a sign post blocking sections of two trails; volunteers and staff work to clear trees from the trail; Conservation Director Jill Lashly puts out a hot spot weeks after the fire.
Right page: views of El Nido Meadow (and Conservation Director Jill Lashly) just over a week after the fire passed through; Director of Advancement Tania Parker and Conservation Director Jill Lashly snap a selfie while sporting their masks during their initial reconnaissance hike on the trails.
Photographs by Nathan Wickstrum and Tania Parker.
The Ventura River Preserve
$25,000 is budgeted annually for this work and we coordinate closely with fire department officials in ensuring safety. The OVLC’s Arundo donax removal project also proved helpful in reducing the spread of fire along Creek Road and San Antonio Creek. Streams normally provide fire buffers as the vegetation is less flammable, but plants like Arundo carry volatile oils that are known to burn quite severely. An inspection after the fire revealed that stream corridors proved to be much more resilient to fire damage, and in most cases stopped the spread of the fire across the creek, where the Arundo had been removed. In contrast, the greatest damage to the native steam-side vegetation was where Arundo was not removed. Managing lands for fire resiliency is a benefit for the entire community.
As we continue our work in the coming months and years, we hope to remain engaged with everyone in our community on this effort. We welcome your questions and concerns and hope you will feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,
Brian Stark Executive Director
Thank you to all of our
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A big thank you to our volunteers who helped the OVLC design, build, and place signs to encourage preserve users to stay on the trail in the burn areas. With so much open space it is tempting to wander, explore, and create new trails—but the habitat’s best chance at recovery is for all of us to stay on the trail.
WELCOME NEW DONORS!
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New Donors
11/20/2017 – 1/30/2018
OVLC Welcomes New Stewardship Director Brendan Taylor
Hello Ojai Valley! I’m excited to be the new Stewardship Director of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, and I am grateful that my path led me to Ojai. Immediately prior to joining the OVLC, I completed an 8-month bicycle tour through Asia, Australia, and Africa—all of this before traveling to Argentina to teach trail-building techniques for a month.
I have vast experience working on trails and with volunteers. Most recently, I worked as the North Country Trails Volunteer Programs Supervisor for the Appalachian Mountain Club, based in New Hampshire. As part of my duties, I developed a strategic plan and an Adopt-A-Trail program for maintaining 500 miles of trail throughout New England, acted as staff liaison for 12 volunteer trail committees throughout the northeast, coordinated with local, state, and national agencies on regional management strategies, and supervised a staff of 18. Prior to this, I served with both the Pacific Crest Trail Association and Student Conservation Association and earned a Master of Science degree in Parks and Recreation Resource Management. In addition, I am certified as a “Leave No Trace” Master Educator and a Wilderness First Responder.
While I have always worked in national forests and parks, this is my first time working for a land trust. I look forward to managing the lands that are loved by so many in the community. And, I am excited to work with both the established volunteers, and the hundreds of volunteers who recently signed up to rebuild the trails after the Thomas Fire. We have our work cut out for us, but with the support, enthusiasm, and passion of the community we will restore the preserves and ensure that they are safe for everyone who wishes to use them.
From the top left: Brendan in Kwa-Zulu Natal; Brendan in Vietnam during Tet with local children. New Stewardship Director above!
In the few short weeks I’ve been around, we’ve had so many volunteers offer their help, and I have been impressed with the breadth of activities in town that have been organized to support our preserves. My goal is to build a strong and sustainable volunteer program for the OVLC so that everyone who wants to give back has that opportunity—and yes—there will also be many weekend opportunities!
The Ojai Valley is full of natural wonders, and I am excited to explore all that the valley has to offer. See you on the trails!
Brendan Taylor, Stewardship Director
Restoration After the Thomas Fire
This page: a section of the Rice Creek restoration area where the fire burned; one of many piles of burned irrigation pipe and hose collected by volunteers; giant wild-rye (middle) and coast live oak (bottom) sprouting in the restoration area.
Right page: an aerial photograph of the Rice Creek restoration area and the Ventura River taken by volunteer Evan Jackson (airojai.com); students from Nordhoff High School and Meiners Oaks Elementary School at the Ojai Meadows Preserve.
The native vegetation that covered the preserves before the Thomas Fire is adapted to fire—meaning many of the plants will grow back. We are already seeing shoots emerge from the base of laurel sumac, yucca, wild cucumber, and soap plant; oak trees that lost their leaves have already begun to leaf out and are now blooming. And if you look closely, the soil is filled with a native seed bank that has begun to germinate. In the upcoming months and years we will watch to see the ecosystem that emerges from the fire. For the majority of our preserves, our motto will be Weed Don’t Seed (#weeddontseed). We are confident that native seeds, which are adapted to fire, will sprout from the burned soil and cover the char. We will be helping nature’s recovery by weeding non-native plants, thereby giving natives a better chance of establishing. We have selected dozens of locations where we will be photographing the changes and creating time-lapse videos to document nature’s recovery. We look forward to sharing these with you in the future.
There are a few areas on the preserves which will require aggressive intervention. Just over two years ago (October 2015), we removed a 36-acre orange orchard from the Ventura River Preserve, and have been actively restoring this area. Before the Thomas Fire, we planted 3,488 plants, including 1,308 coast live oak trees. The blaze of the Thomas Fire burned through 29 acres of this restoration area. The plantings, ranging from one to two years old, were completely scorched. Because these plants were so young, we don’t expect to see many of them grow back. We have
however, seen a few dozen white sage, mugwort, coast live oaks , giant wild rye (grass), and bush mallow growing back since our rain storm in January.
We have had two volunteer events to clean up the burned and melted irrigation system at the site. Thank you to our amazing volunteers that made it out and helped us clean up the char and put acorns in the ground (see next page)! New pipe and hoses have been purchased and they will be delivered in this month. We hope to start replanting about 6 acres of the site with coast live oaks and native shrubs this spring. The long-term goal is to replant the entire burned area of the restoration site, but new funding sources are needed to get this project up and running once again.
Running down the middle of the oak restoration area is the Rice Creek Realignment and Restoration Project. This project also burned, however the plantings here are approximately six years old so we are hopeful that more of those plants will recover.
On the Ojai Meadows Preserve restoration continues. Thankfully this area was not affected by the fire. School groups from Nordhoff High School have been coming out to help plant the restoration areas. This winter, the high school students brought their little buddies from Meiners Oaks Elementary School to spend a morning on the meadow learning to plant native plants together.
Thank you to our volunteers!
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
With help from OVLC volunteers and students from the Thacher School, the OVLC cleared 27 acres of melted irrigation pipe and planted hundreds of acorns to start replacing the thousands of young oak trees that burned in the restoration area along Rice Creek.
Volunteers dug out and replaced a burned out culvert on the Wills Canyon Trail. On a second workday they built a spillway and gabion to retain the tread. The trail crew worked tirelessly in dry and dirty conditions to get the trails open again as quickly as possible. We are grateful to this dedicated group for all their hard work.
Together, our community will help protect Ojai’s open space for everyone to enjoy, forever.
Thank you to our Wild About Ojai partners who help make this possible. Visit a participating business today and take part.
A Taste of Ojai
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Valley View Kiosk Rebuilt
Archer Wann supervised his Eagle Scout project for Troop 505 on the Valley View Preserve in January. Archer and his many volunteers replaced the roof on the kiosk at the Fox Canyon Trailhead that was crushed by a sycamore during the fire. Thank you to everyone who came out to help on this project and to Ojai Lumber for donating materials for Archer’s project. Congratulations Archer on earning your Eagle Scout rank!
AN ODE TO OFFICE VOLUNTEERS
A heartfelt thank you to our office volunteers. You are our unsung heroes. We never have fun pictures to share of your work parties, you often come in alone, at odd hours and last minute, and piles of mail are usually our big accomplishments—but without you the OVLC would not be the same. You send out these newsletters and our mailings, you write thank you cards and address envelopes, you stuff, seal, staple, and stamp thousands of papers a year. You welcome our new members, lovingly put together their packets, and send them out to show that you, too, care about our open space and that you are grateful they joined. Without you none of this would be possible. For this, and more, we thank you.
Special Acknowledgments
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In memory of my friend and neighbor George Wymer
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2017 Fiscal Year* Annual Report
* FY 2017: October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017
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Knowing how to be in the right place at the right time, photographer and OVLC member Elizabeth Pepin Silva captured a beautiful double rainbow on the Ventura River Preserve just moments after the storm broke during our January 9 rain.
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Ruth Pastine & Gary Lang
Leslie, Glenn, & Alex Paxton
Laura & Bill* Peck
Tim Peddicord & Marlene Malin
Jennifer Pedreira & Tom Widders
Deborah & Wayne Pendrey
Craig Percy & Silvia Berg
Charles Perry
Derick & Molly Perry
Maggie & Mark Pfeffer
Mike & Sue Pherson
Donna Phillips
Cali Piccirillo
Brian Kimball Pidduck
Jim and Deborah Pio
Guru Prasad
Chip Presbrey
James Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Stephen & RoseMarie Pronovost
John Puccetti
Karin Quimby
Tom Rambo
Carlos Ramirez
Sarah Raskin
Maruja Real
Elaine Reasor
Allison Reed
Kevin Reed & Cathleen Lynch
Don & Sue Reed
Doug Reed & Kristine
Humphries
Christian Regester
Rendina Family
Sallie G. Reynolds
Tamra Reza
Richard (Drew) Rhone
Kathleen Richards
Jesse Ridenour
Jens & Laura Riege
Liesel Rigsby
Scott Ripple
Pat Rischar
Lee Roberts
Joyce Robinson
Judith Rodenbeck
Karleanne Rogers & Kevin Berigan
Herbert Rogove & Carla Franciscus
Michelle Romero
Lee & Katherine Rosenbloom
Judy Ross
Michael & Arlene Ross
Rowanne Henry
Kathy & Shelley Rowland
Roy & Pauline Grillo
Royal Cleaners
Barbara & Michael Rugo
Kate & Paul Russell
Karen Sama
Joan Samara
Bob & Heather Sanders
Don & Carrie Sanders
Paloma Sandoval
Nina Sass
Joyce Sattler
Ed & Judy Savage
Shirley F. Saxby
Charys Saylor
Debbie Schaaf
Lou Ann Schlichter
Brett Schneider
Cynthia Schneider
Julie Griffin & Stan Schneider
Teddy & Dick Schneider
Kristi Schoeld
Pierre & Beverly Schuberth
Michael Schulte
Scott & Brittany Denton
Paula Scott
Rachel Kondor & Brian Segee
Chantal Selleslags
Stephen & Sandra Selwyn
Sespe Farm Management
John & Joan Sherfey
Tracy Jean Shields
Dmitri Siegel &
Woodwyn Koons
Virginia Siegfried
Lee Silva
Daniel Silver
Theresa & Melvin Simpson
Rosemarie Singer
Grahm & Kate Sisson
Glenn Skankey
Kitty Sklaver
Charles Slosberg
Gail Smith
Graham Smith
Stacy Smith
Teresa & Dok Smith
Barbara & Charlie Snyder
Julie Soske
Suzanne Soule
Angela Sowers
William Spina
Emily Staalberg
Jo Stalder
Monica & David Stanley
Larry & Joyce Steingold
Linda Steis
Marvin & Trina Stevens
Laura Stinchfield
Stephen Stone
Grove of Ganesh
Tony Sturgeon
Danielle Suarez
Kristen Sullivan
Margaret Sutko & Jeff Edwards
Otto Svoboda
Gayla Swann
Al Swarts
Gloria Swift
Aryna Swope & Phil Caruthers
Anna Szymkowiak
Margaret Tarmy
Elisa Taylor-Godwin
Jonathan & Julie Marie Teichert
Bill Thatcher
Kathy & Wes Theis
Lavonne Theriault
Dawn Thieding
Dean Thomas
Jessica Thompson
Nancy & Mark Thompson
Rodney & Vicki Thompson
Carolee Tibbitts
Timothy Teague
Kristy Timpone
Susie & Anthony Tomlinson
Rosie & Barney Tower
Meredith Martin Treadwell
& Tom Treadwell
Scott Triem
James Tudor
Maureen Tunney &
John Oldach
Clementine Turner
Allen Vail
OPEN SPACES
The newsletter of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sandy Buechley, President
Larry Rose, Vice President
Martha Groszewski, Treasurer
Stefanie Coeler, Secretary
Bret Bradigan
Bill Brothers
Roger Essick
Wyatt Harris
Meredy Benson Rice
Sarah Sheshunoff
Roger Wachtell
Nathan Wallace
STAFF
Brian Stark, Executive Director
Tania Parker, Director of Advancement
Jill Lashly, Conservation Director
Brendan Taylor, Stewardship Director
Marti Reid, Office Manager
Xena Grossman, Development Assistant
Nathan Wickstrum, Senior Restor. Specialist
Niko Georghiou, Restoration Specialist
Natalie Everton, Restoration Specialist
Ron Singer, Nursery Manager
Mission: The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy is a community-based nonprofit 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.
STAY CURRENT WITH THE OVLC: OVLC.ORG / FIND US ON FACEBOOK
In FY17, nearly 200 volunteers donated 5,107 hours of their time to the OVLC—and those are just the hours we were able to track! Thank you to all these dedicated individuals who help this organization thrive.
Kristina & Eric Vallen
Katie van Horne Rissel
Sharon Van Riper
Ventura Land Trust
Kendall & Ron Verkennis
The Vick Family
Bruce Vincent
Maureen Volland
Carol Wade & Bill Hak
Leslie Waggoner
Paul Wah
Craig A. Walker
Ruth Walker
Stephen & Judy Walker
Duncan Wallace
Dan Walsh
Lorraine Walter
Laurie Walters & John Slade*
Kellie Warriner
Annika Washburn
Deborah & Richard Waxberg
Barry & Paula Wayne
Jack Weber
Les Weber
Jenna Wedemeyer
Joel Weishaus & Susan Rowland
Lindsey Welch
Nita Whaley & Don Anderson
David White
Katherine & Kevin White
Susan Curran White
Jenny Hermes Whitsitt
& Taylor Whitsitt
Warren & Ava Whitsitt
Deborah Whorf
Catherine Wilcox
Danelle & Richard Williams
Janna Williams
Ronald & Charlotte Williams
Margaret & Duane Williamson
Mary Ann Williamson
Alex Wilson
Debra Wilson & Gary Heuer
John & JoAnne Wilson
Kirsten & Chris Wilson
Scott Wilson
John Wingate
David Wolstencroft
Greg & Mary Wood
Peggy & Dennis Wood
Holly & Paul Woolson
Jan & Roy Worsham
George Wymer*
Kathy & Larry Yee
Sienna Yoast
Kendra Yoes
Stacia Young
Mitchell R. Yount
Sustaining Members $100+
Becky Adams & Claire Sowa
Robert & Carole Adams
Rebecca Agid
Virginia Aguirre
Brian Aikens
Dennis & Stacy Allison
Lincoln & Sheila Anderson
Priscilla Archibald
Cheryl Armstrong
Everard & Brooke Ashworth
Ross & Patty Atkinson
Dorthea Atwater & Peter Hay
Emily & Tony Ayala
Mary & Les Baker
Barbara Balderman
Sidney & Susan Baldwin
George Ball & Amanda
McBroom Ball
Lois Barnes & Steven Jung
Beatrice Battier
Rick & Robin Beers
Roger Beerworth &
Barbara Parsons
Shed & June Behar
Tom & Nanette Benbrook
Nicola Bennett
Julia Berkeley
Erin & Jon Bernthal
Barry Betlock & Chris
Bjornstedt
Lerie Bjornstedt
Paul Blatz
Bruce & Marie Botnick
Barbara Bowman & Sol
de la Torre Bueno
David & Heide Boyden
Emily Boyes
Debra Bradley
Lynn Braitman & Robert Moser
Jeffrey & Susan Brand
Raymond Bransfield
Priscilla L. Brennan
Claire & Brad Brian
Allen & Theresa Bridges
Rene Briggs
Mike & Michele Briley
Chris Brock
Laura Bromberg
Lynn Brookhouser
Anne & David Brown
Laura Brown
Allie & John Bueti
Michael & Debra Busch
Fred & Judy Bysshe
Dina Capra-Martin &
Dewey Martin
Bert & Lanae Carter
Carol & David Castanon
Martin Chapman
Charles & Jo Spence
Fred Chase & Martha Moran
Chris & Anna P. Rhoda
Lora & Phil Clarke
Wild Oak Pottery
Catherine Coffey
Fred Coleman
Bert Collins
James & Dorothy Combs
Kathi & Mark Connally
Greg Constantakis
Carl & Jody Cooper
Ann & Peter Costigan
Cowles Clan
Larry Cowles
Steven & Judith Coyle
Nicole Craig
Laura Crary
Charles Crofoot
Tom & Dorothy Crossman
Tom Cruz
Dale Cundiff
Jackie & Derek Dammers
James Capito & Terri Davis
Megan Davis
Bonnie Delperdang Brown
Tony & Roz Demaria
DeMoor’s Painting, Inc
Paul Dentzel
Dick & Kris DeVillers
Vincent & Donna Diglio
Eric Dilks
Cathy Diorio
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation
Matt & Kate Dolkas
Lisa & Stephen Duncan
Laurie Edgcomb
John & Linda Edison
Carla Edwards
Doug L. Adrianson
& Chris R. Elder
Leslie Elliott
Janis Emhardt
Elains Enns & Ched Myers
Franceen Fallett
Susan Farley
Gary & Brenda Farr
Fred M. & Shirle Fauvre
John Fay
Jim & Kris Finch
Ryan Firestone &
Wendy Morales
Susan & Jim Florence
Brian & Christine Ford
Dr. William Fox
Jeff & Debbie Frank
Donna Freiermuth
Arnold Friedman & Jan Decker
Trudy Frohlich
Bill & Renate Funk
Theodore & Claudia Gall
Susan Gary
Helen Gehrke
Gem Quest Jewelers
Geoffrey McMahon &
Deborah Vanderhei
Dan & Betsy George
Gloria Gerace
Julie Gerard
Robin Gerber
Brittany Gilliam
William Girvetz
Lauren Glass
Anthony & Kathan Glassman
Richard & Joan Glenn
Alan & Donna Gordon
Cindy Gordon
HHL Foundation
The Gorey Family
Natalie Gray
Mike & Tobi Greene
Gretchen Greenberg & Keith Buchan
Greg & Mechas Grinnell
Allan & Carol Gross
Jennifer & Dennis Guernsey
Ara Guzelimian
Brian & Marie Haase
Louisa Hagen & Terry Thompson
John N. Hall
Robin Hall
Jim & Robyn Halverson
Maria Halvorson
John & Maureen Hannah
Patti Hardman
Len Klaif & Linda Harmon
Therese Hartmann
Janice & Rob Hastie
Donald Hauser
Angela Heald
Ruth Hemming
Wildcare
Greg & Penny Herring
William H. & Mattie Harris
Foundation recommended by Louise Heydt
Maggie Hill
Michelle Hirschman
Roy Hooper
Howard & Irene Hoos
Sue Horgan
Steve Horman
Rikki Horne
Risa Horowitz
Wendy Hubbell
Dan & Barbara Hurlbutt
IBM Matching Grants Program
Wendy & Jerry Jacobs
Ty Jeffery
Karen & Josiah Jenkins
Molly Jordan Koch
June & Michael Juett
Kaiser Permanente
Karen Kaminsky
Richard & Mary Kanatzar
Brett & Denise Kantrowitz
Harold Karsenty
Stan & Hallie Katz
Lanny & Rondia Kaufer
Maggie Kaufman
Richard & Carole Keller
Tim Kenney
Jim Kentosh
William & Ada Kilbury
Heather King & Greg Grant
Ray King & Kale Starbird
Ojai Farmers Market
Roz & Steve Kraus
Mike & Nancy Krumpschmidt
Bruce & Patricia Kuebler
Tod Kuhn
Ed & Barbara Kutchma
Mike and Kelly Laber
Bonnie LaForge
Jonathan & Linda Lambert
Janice & Dan Lang
David & Lacey Lantz
Kate & Roger
Larramendy-Wright
Ruth Lasell & Bob Bonewitz
Diana Laufer
Muriel Lavender
Leslie Leavens
Michael Leon
Norman & Marion Livermore
Bill & Sherry Loehr
Robert & Linda Long
David & Lisa Luckenbach
Suzanne Lugotoff
Thomas Macias
Carol Kay Mackay
Dr. Ian & Ginny MacLean
Judy Macy
Jeff Maddox
Margaret Magnus & Sam Ervin
Julie & Bo Manson
Hayley Marcus
Markow Family Trust
Elizabeth Martin
Tasha Marvin
Lisa Matranga
Christie Mattull
Alice & Richard Matzkin
Mary McConnel
Rabbi Joseph Menashe
Judith Mercer
Charles W. Millard, III
G. Scott Miller
Tricia & Todd Mills
Cathy Moon
Kevin Moore
Judi Morningstar & Alberto Kywi
Nomi Morris
Michele Murdoch & Paul DelSignore
Jennifer Napoli
Ciaran Nelson
John & Andrea Nelson
Kenley Neufeld & Leslie Davis
Adam Newman
Stuart & Mary Niebel
Cathi & James Nye
Judy Oberlander & Reynold Akison
Eamon O’Byrne & Stephanie Linder
Elizabeth & Wayne Ogden
The Ojai Cook
Betty & Maynard Olson
James & Wendy Osher
Jeff & Elisabeth Otterbein
Sarah Otterstrom &
Rick Rutherford
Send Rover on Over
William H. Painter, Jr.
Ellen Pansky
Debbie & Frank Parisi
Tania & Tobias Parker
Patagonia Kid’s Club
James & Carlito Paul
Claire & David Paulson
John & Fran Pavelko
Jeffrey Peariso
Kathleen M. Peck
Megan & Scott Pemberton
Nancy Pepper
Tris & Lalo Perez
Bob & Kim Perron
Alan & Jan Peter
Carol Peterson &
Curt Mossestad
Gail & Erick Peterson
Pamela Phillips
Robyn L. Posin
Carey & Derek Poultney
Paula Power
Judy Pugh
Tina Pukonen
Tiese & Bob Quinn
Ruby Qurashi
Kara Partridge Ralston
& Darrell Ralston
Rena Randall
Norm & Susan Reccius
Reed & Heather Cowan
Annie Reeves
Katherine Regester
Suzy Reinhart
Relash, Inc
Marlayn Riley
Laura Ring
Rachel Rischar
Rob & Antoinette Tivy
Rock & Water Creations, Inc.
Rock the Glass
Richard & Sharon Rockefeller
Barbara Ryan
Risë Ryan
Martha Saxe
Adele & Douglas
Schmalenberger
Valerie & Dietrich Schmidt
Lynda Scott & John Marshall
Shelley Scott
Bettyanne Sessing
Tim & Lucinda Setnicka
Alex & Sarah Sheshunoff
Justin Shipp
Phil Simon & Gwyer Schuyler
David & Fereschta Sinclair
Ron Singer & Elisa Neville
Ellen Sklarz
Pegi & Jeffrey Skoff
Kira Sloane
Thomas & Debra Slone
Michael & Denise Small
Cathy Ann Smith
Isla Claire Smith
Carol Smith & Larry Yuva
Alex Smith & Mike VanStry
Barbara Sorem-Hughlett
William Spellman
Steamy Bun
Bruce Stenslie & Julie
Tumamait-Stenslie
Dennis & Catherine Stern
Eric & Missy Stoen
Troy & Jeri Becker
Mark & Caroline Stubbs
Julia Summers
Marcia & Dick Sykes
Diana Syvertson
Anna Thomas
Holly & Wiley Thrasher
Karen & Woody Traudt
Sally & James True
Helene & John Vachet
Hattie Vail
John van Houten
Betsy VanLeit
Vida Vida
Virginia & Ted McConnell
The Vondriska Family
Anthonie & Dorothy* Voogd
Bill & Marcia Wakelee
Adaya Walsh
David Wappler
Elizabeth Watson
E. Bruce Weiss
Wanda Weller
Allan & Joyce West
Kat West
Susan Westbrook
Penny Wheat
Christine & Bud White
Phil & Suzanne White
Paulette Whiting
Merrill Williams
David & Katherine Willis
Jay & Pam Windsor
Nate & Lindsay Yeager
Sarah Young
Michael Zierhut
Libby & Aaron Zweig
Stewards $250+
John & Lisa Adair
Khaled & Sheryl Al-Awar
Marsha & Gary Alstot
Cory Auric
Maria & Tyler Barrell
David Bender
In FY17, over 500 people attended our All About Ojai programs and docent-led hikes and tours, 25 California Naturalists graduated, and over 1,500 people attended Mountainfilm on Tour—we are grateful to connect with so many in the community!
Margaret Berry & Mark Silbernagel
Boeing
Susan Swift & Jakob
Bogenberger
Cindy & Douglas Bower
Phillip Bradley
Mike & Joanne Caldwell
Anne & Chad Carper
Cary Cheldin & Family
Ray Castellino & Charlotte Janus
Clark/Thomas Foundation
John & Harriet Clise
Chip & Lori Collins
Danna & Julio Contreras
Stephen & Sheila Cox
Robert (BD) & Liz Dautch
Robert Davis
Lanyard, Mary & Hannah Dial
Sherri Drifka
Jerry & Merry Dunn
Katherine & Glenn Erickson
Roger & Pat Essick
Louanne Fay
Barbara Feild
Jeff & Theresa Ferguson
Anne Fitzgerald & David Chase
Fred & Dana Fleet
Paul Fortune
Friend’s Ranch
James Fugle
William & Sue Gilbreth
Andrew Gilman
Julie Grist & Paul Holahan
Martha Groszewski
Jo-Anne & Harold Guy
Julie Hahn
Walter & Julia Hamann
Pat & Larry Hartmann
Kathryn & Jason Headley
Elizabeth Hermes
Chris & Wendy Hilgers
Jerry & Kerry Holden
Janet & Allan* Jacobs
Brian Johnson
Scott & Jeri Johnson
Carl & Jo Ann Johnston
Glenda & Darrell Jones
Carolyn & Doug Kirkpatrick
Bonnie Laird
Edie Lambert
Margo & Christopher Land
Matt Larrew & Jordana Kaben
George & Laurie Leis
Eddie & Larry Leonard
James & Tina Little
Juan Jose Lopez
Jim & Rebecca Malone
Lisa & Michael Marshall
Caitlin & Bob Matthews
Thomas & Janice McCormick
Michael & Julie McFadden
Doug & Mary Jo McLeod
Terry Royce
John & Peggy Russell
Evander Schley
Ingo & Leslie Schreiber
Michael Shapiro &
Louise Sandhaus
Carol & Steve Shestag
Cari Guerrero Shore
& Peter Shore
Carol Shore
Charley & Sandy Sledd
Andrew Snett
Paula Spellman
Ron Stark
Peter Strauss & Rachel Ticotin
John & Caroline Thacher
Kyle & Kate Thompson
Tim & Nona Reed
David , Mary & Sarah Trudeau
Terry & Cricket Twichell
Peter & Jeanne Tymstra
Arthur & Judy Vander
Vertoch Design Architects, Inc.
Michael Watling
Marc & Julia Whitman
Peter & Debra Wilkens
Wonderful Giving
Robert & Katy Zappala
Champions $500+
AmazonSmile
Randy Banchik & Jannell
Greene-Banchik
Howard Barmazel
Kim McLin
Frederick & Margaret Menninger
Thomas & Nancy Michali
Anne & Mike Morris
Bruce & Linda Nofrey
Peter K. Noone
Bill Norris & Judith Hale Norris
Ruric & Gwen Nye
Angela & Anthony Ocone
Ojai Valley Family
Medicine Group
The Ojai Valley School
Organic Valley Community
Giving Program
Tom & Mary Orsini
David Pacheco
Vera & Juergen Pahl
Karen Palm & Michael
McLenaghan
John D. Patterson & Jack Nesbit
Ronald & Linda Phillips
Marty & Barbara Pops
Emmanuelle Pytka
Barry & Donna Rabe
Debra & Ted Reed
Marti & Dan Reid
Robert & Alice Rene
Lynn Rimkus
Larry & Christel Rogero
Stefanie & Myron Roth
Fred & Ila* Rothenberg
Douglas & Angela Parker
Alan & Jan Rains
Julie Rischar
Ernie Roide
Amy & Sara* Schneider
Darlene Patrick & Jim Selman
Sespe Flyfishers, Inc.
David & Elizabeth Silva
Larry Smith & Dorothy Dron-Smith
Brian & Amy Stark
Bob Tallyn & Betsy Bachman
Dana & Lindsey Thomas
Marcy & Steve Toscher
George & Debbie Watson
David & Sylvia Weisz Family
Foundation recommended by Judith A. Carroll
Joan Hurak Welborn
Terry & Cindy Wright
Anonymous
Friends of the Ojai Valley $1,000+
Tucker & Phil Adams
Susan Bee
Mary Bergen
Carol Bishop
Dan, Vicki & Zac Breen
John & Kathy Broesamle
Bill Brothers & Susie Ault
Sandy Buechley
Marilyn Wallace &
Maurice Chasse
Cherie Beers
Dennis & Meredy Benson Rice
Peter & Barbara Bonsignori
Kay & Jack Chatowski
Joseph & Melinda Chrisman
Anne & Garrett Clifford
Cynthia Connolly
Duane Dammeyer & Marty Bonvechio
Richard & Maddy Ehrman
Karen & Bill Evenden
Patsy & Harold Glenn
Linda & Frank* Granat
Trent & Kris Greco
Kalila Haddad
Bill Hammond
Richard & Carol Holly
Darin Hornbaker
Michael J. Jauregui
& Susan Olson
John Davis & Lorraine Brown
Airdrie Martin Kincaid
Eric & Wendy Lockwood
Tom & Rebecca Lowe
Linda L. Maigret
Wanda Martin
Craig McCaw
Michal Mitchell
Dennis & Holly Mitchem
Jane & Steve Murray
Kurt Neher
Paul E. Niedringhaus
Chevron Humankind
Matching Program
Alan & Leslie Connell
Karen Courington & Dan Lukasiewicz
Judith & Donald Diaz
Gary & Michele Douglas
Scott Bevans &
Valerie Dykeman
Connie Eaton & William Hart
Susan Foster
David & Cindy Garber
Margot Griswold
Chris Hacker & Will Thomas
Wyatt & Claudia Harris
Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks
Bruce & Virginia Hibberd
Gary & Dominique Hirschkron
Gerben & Jill Hoeksma
Richard & Vicki Holgate
Rachael & Brent Jacobs
Kitty & Johnny Johnston
David & Deborah Junod
Judith Kelly
Loebl Family Fund
Craig Marcus
Bruce Mason
Stuart Meiklejohn &
Mary Ann O’Connor
Donna & Ted Miller
Susan Moll
Leave a Lasting Legacy for Ojai
Just by including the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy 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.
The John J. Moller
Family Foundation
Shaun Mueller
Michael Newkirk &
Olivia Garfield
Niels & Robin Nyborg
Ann & Harry Oppenheimer
Pfizer Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
Joe Rohde & Mel Malmberg
Larry Rose & Lisa Larramendy
Rotary Club of Ojai
Alan & Carol Saltzman
Val Schorre*
Jeff & Laura Shell
Lisa Smith
Al Stroberg & Betsy Patterson
Barbara Sunderland
Mike & Erika Swimmer
Mary Thompson & Don Higgins
Linda & Tim Turner
Roger & Kathryn Wachtell
Deric & Barbara Washburn
Huora L. Williams
Blake & Susanne Wilson
Oliver Wilson & Kaarina Tienhaara
Claudia Wunderlich
Rob & Maureen Young
Guardians of the Ojai
Valley $5,000+
Lucila E. Arango & Sandy Fee
George E. Berg & Gail Topping
Bruce & Marilyn
Wallace Foundation
Allen & Marilyn Camp
Andrew & Judith Gustafson
Jerry Jones*
Jolene Lloyd*
Patagonia
Patagonia.com
Alissa & Rob Russell
Schneider Foundation
Jill & Bill Shanbrom
Jakob & Marianne Vos
Tom & Esther Wachtell
* Deceased
Your legacy gift, with many others like yours, will keep the Ojai Valley’s views, trails, water, and wildlife protected for future generations. Inspire and influence others by letting us know about your planned gift today. You can join or update your preferences online at ovlc.org/pup
PO Box 1092 • Ojai, CA 93024
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UPCOMING EVENTS
February 24
All About Ojai: Dirt time with the Ventura County Wildlife Trackers
March 10
All About Ojai: Matilija Dam Removal Project by Paul Jenkin from the Matilija Coalition
March 31
Free Guided Bird and Native Plant Walk with John Pavelko and Art Vander
April 7
Free Guided Wildflower Walk at the Ojai Meadows Preserve with Stuart Niebel
April 13 - May 12
California Naturalist Certification class Pre-registration required
April 14
Free Guided Nature Hike at Valley View Preserve with Bettyanne Sessing
April (TBD)
Stewardship Director Hike & Picnic with Brendan Taylor, limit 12, $15 fee
April 21
Native Plant Sale at Ojai Meadows Preserve
April 21
Earth Day Celebration at Libbey Park
May 5
All About Ojai: Birdwalk with Jesse Grantham at the Ojai Meadows Preserve
Save the Date!
September 22, 2018
4th Annual Mountainfilm on Tour
Double Your Impact
TAKE ADVANTAGE
of your employer’s matching gift program.
A matching gift means your contribution will go twice as far. Many companies will double (or sometimes triple) the value of their employees’ gifts to the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy. These matching gifts provide valuable funds as we work to protect the views, trails, water, and wildlife of the Ojai Valley. Some companies will even match your gifts after you retire.
To see if your company will match a gift to the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, contact your company’s human resources department.