Peninsula Open Space Trust

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

Nov 12, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$116,062,429

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Post currently holds 32,632 acres in fee or under easement. The organization has an established stewardship program for the lands it owns that includes resource conservation planning and management, along with active uses of land for conservation grazing and agriculture where appropriate. Post works to protect and manage lands in its possession through site-specific stewardship plans for the natural resources on each property. Post staff and volunteers actively monitor the acreage on which post holds easements or restrictions. Volunteers also assist with stewardship projects on post-owned land. In total, post stewardship volunteers contributed an impressive 1,901 hours of work time in the past fiscal year. Post also continues to play a leadership role as part of a working group of organizations and agencies addressing the threat posed by hypericum canariense, a highly damaging and aggressive invasive exotic plant that is spreading along the san mateo coast.

Activity 3

To further its community outreach and education efforts, in fiscal year 2013 the organization hosted four speakers as part of its 20th annual wallace stegner lecture series, which is open to the public. This year's series featured four speakers: urban agriculture pioneer and growing power ceo will allen; journalist, author and rolling stone contributing editor jeff goodell; best-selling author and columnist cheryl strayed; and author, journalist and new york times columnist tim egan. Post also developed and mailed three issues of its donor newsletter, "landscapes," to approximately 6,300 households. The newsletter reported on post's land conservation work throughout the year, including acquisitions of land and conservation easements as well as property transfers and land stewardship projects (as reported above). Post also continued its participation in the california council of land trusts, an association of land conservancies throughout california and the bay area open space council, an association of land conservation organizations throughout the san francisco bay area region.

Filer

EIN

94-2392007