Volume 2 • Issue 9
May 4, 2020
Conservation Grazing on the San Mateo Coast
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People Who Give Us Hope: Trina Hineser
Aerial view of Toto Ranch looking south. Dry Creek and Tunitas Creek riparian corridors comprise much of the northern border of the ranch. Photo credit: POST
Commendations to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD) Board members for their unanimous approval of a five-year conservation grazing lease with the Markegard family on the
953-acre Toto Ranch, just south of Tunitas Creek on the San Mateo coast. Conservation grazing is distinguished from conventional ranching in that its primary purpose is to carry out conservation goals of protecting and
increasing grassland habitat biodiversity. MROSD has adopted conservation grazing goals on coastal Open Space Preserves that (1) maintain and enhance the biodiversity of threatened grassland habitat, (2) manage vegetation fuel for fire protection, and (3) support local coastal agricultural uses. [Continued on Page 9]
Fine Gardener Time to plant!
Boyd’s Tree Service
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On March 1, Trina Hineser became the new Executive Director of the Land Trust of Santa Clara Valley, a nonprofit that protects natural habitat and agricultural lands in Santa Clara County through conservation easements and land acquisition. We are very pleased to see Trina, who graduated from Green Foothills’ Community
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Advocates Leadership Academy in 2018, step into this leadership role. While the Land Trust has faced some very challenging times over its 22 year history, Trina is equal to the task and excited by the opportunity to elevate the organization’s work and impact. [Continued on Page 9]