2025 Annual Report
How AFC is Making a Difference for Wildlife
Over the course of 25 years, AFC’s mission has evolved into a pattern of connected efforts. Like the cells of a honeycomb, each piece strengthens and supports the whole.
Buying and connecting land is at the heart of how we make a difference for wildlife. Each time we save a parcel of land from development, or reestablish a wildlife corridor, we preserve open space habitat that is critical to a healthy ecosystem. The decisions we make on which parcels to acquire are grounded in our research on urban wildlife movement, and our efforts are bolstered by advocating for laws and policies favorable to wildlife. Restoring native habitat on saved land creates the conditions to protect and regenerate the biodiversity that makes our region so special. Community education brings it all together. By inspiring and nurturing the next generation of conservationists, we ensure these efforts will continue far into the future.
We’re excited to share stories of progress and impact we’ve made in each of these areas during the past year with you. We know that it is only through the ongoing commitment of our community that our conservation efforts are possible.
Seeing the Big Picture
WILDLIFE CORRIDOR STATUS
The natural open areas of our urban region are currently fragmented, meaning wildlife cannot easily or safely travel between them to find mates, shelter, food, or water. The way to address these challenges is with wildlife corridors. We study open spaces to determine the best opportunities to connect them: what wildlife do we find and what are their movement patterns? What land is best for passage? What barriers need to be removed or wildlife crossings installed? Along the way we improve the native habitat so that wildlife find it safe and inviting to use.
There are four major wilderness areas in our corridor network:
- The San Gabriel Mountains, focusing on the low foothills from Sunland through Altadena;
- The San Rafael Hills, which are between the 2 (Glendale) Freeway and the Arroyo Seco;
- The Verdugo Mountains, with the 210 (Foothill) Freeway to the North and 2 Freeway to the East;
- and LA’s Griffith Park, the easternmost extension of the Santa Monica Mountains.
There are three measures of viability for an urban wildlife corridor:
- Do wildlife currently use a corridor for passage? If so, how active is it? If not, what stands in their way? Routes must be without barriers that preclude passage.
- Is the corridor safe and inviting to wildlife? Is there danger from traffic? Is there cover? Is there artificial lighting? Can animals move without being noticed?
- Is the future of the corridor assured? Could a house be built or a fence installed that would hinder passage?
Fortifying Sycamore Canyon Corridor
small parcel purchases
Building corridors for wildlife movement is essential to enhancing habitat connectivity, and it’s accomplished through overlapping actions: buying land, preserving passageways, removing barriers, and creating crossings. To reestablish connectivity between the San Rafael Hills, Verdugo Mountains, Griffith Park, and the San Gabriel Mountains we first identify the challenges to free passage all along the way. We do this through GIS mapping and modeling, on-the-ground reconnaissance, and data collection. The areas with challenges become what we call Critical Wildlife Passage Areas (CWPAs). As we learn about each CWPA, our focus becomes clearer and our pace to acquire properties quickens.
Take the Sycamore Canyon Corridor for example. It is one of only four apparent wildlife crossings along Chevy Chase. Each crossing, with its own particular challenges, becomes a unique CWPA. We started our work along Chevy Chase Drive at Sycamore Canyon since it has the best passage, buying our 10-acre Sycamore Canyon Preserve in 2024. Then we purchased small parcels on the other side of Chevy Chase Drive, one in late 2024 and two in June 2025. They total less than an acre, but we preserved passage across them by preventing homes from being built.
To further bolster this CWPA, we’re in active negotiations with six other property owners. We are not only acquiring these properties to secure existing passage: to do our best for wildlife we need to work with the city to make Chevy Chase safer to cross. We will work with neighbors to replace chain link with wildlife-friendly fencing, curtail flood lighting, and restore more habitat.
Rubio Canyon's Resilience
after the eaton fire
In the early hours of January 8th, the Eaton Fire burned through AFC’s Rubio Canyon Preserve in Altadena. The devastation to the surrounding community was echoed on the preserve. One of our research cameras captured deer fleeing from the flames and embers devouring the landscape. We saw a once-vegetated hillside become a barren, sandy slope. Then with the first rain the contours changed. Without habitat protecting against erosion, loose soil, rocks, and burned material gathered into debris flows to blanket lower areas.
But within days, the camera captured deer, gray foxes, birds, reptiles, and small mammals snooping about. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, elderberries resprouted from burned stumps and Spring brought spectacular purple largeflower phacelia blooms across the canyon. This fire-follower was not common in Rubio prior to January and is a striking highlight of the recovery. Coast live oaks, sycamores, and bigleaf maples demonstrated their innate resistance to wildfire, helping maintain a canopy in canyon bottoms. Near ground level California bay laurel were unburned and continue to thrive.
Unfortunately, the fire did not destroy the seed bank of pesky invasive plants. We are strategically removing them where especially beneficial, pursuing our long-term efforts toward invasive-free preserves. Altogether, Rubio Canyon is demonstrating a dynamic and diverse recovery, ensuring the canyon’s continued ecological resilience.
AFC in Shadow Hills
cal poly pomona collaboration
In August 2024, we kicked off a rigorous research project and community outreach campaign with students from Cal Poly Pomona’s Master of Landscape Architecture program. We know through our preliminary research, including camera data dating back to 2018, that Shadow Hills in the western Verdugo Mountains has porous development with good species diversity. It is essential for wildlife to move through the area. But how and where? Presented with this information, the Cal Poly Pomona students jumped in to help.
The optimal habitat is on private residential land. The team developed a plan to go door-to-door with AFC staff to gather observations about local wildlife. They talked about wildlife’s need to travel between the Verdugos and Tujunga Wash for direct access to the San Gabriels and did a remarkable job of creating relationships with 38 different homeowners interested in hosting camera traps. This outreach generated a new transect of camera traps. Photos will provide essential data about wildlife presence and movement patterns. It’s already yielding results: by the end of the fiscal year AFC was in negotiations on two properties in Shadow Hills.
This kind of direct community canvassing is vital to urban conservation: thanks to the partnership with these students, we were able to take our research to the next level and begin reestablishing connectivity for the western Verdugos.
By the numbers: Science and Research
- 55 wildlife cameras set across the AFC study area
- 36 camera team volunteers + image analysts
- 34 parcels under active camera observation
- 82,283 photographs processed this year
- 4,907 images identified with meaningful species data
Capturing and Preserving Rainwater
rosemont's bioswale
Complex layers of water rights, legal issues, and bureaucratic red tape can make it extremely challenging to pursue projects related to the conservation of water in our region. But this year, through imaginative collaboration among Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD), The Friends of Rosemont Preserve, and AFC we cut through these barriers to accomplish something great for the community of La Crescenta. With our partners we designed and installed a demonstration-grade bioswale at Rosemont Preserve—a landscape feature that collects storm water run-off to recharge the water table.
Last November, engineers from CVWD dug the bioswale. For months afterwards, Friends of Rosemont Preserve’s volunteers planted native species along the bioswale, seamlessly incorporating it into the Preserve’s habitat. This bioswale can capture up to hundreds of thousands of gallons of water otherwise bound for the ocean. Slowing and spreading the water expands the riparian area and gives wildlife more access before it percolates into the aquifer. It will provide La Crescenta with a supply of water in perpetuity.
Rebuilding and Restoring Rubio Canyon
rubio trail crew
Each of our Preserves has its own distinct attributes. Rubio Canyon is no exception.
Rubio has a remarkable built history: from the late 1890s to the end of the 1930s, the Red Line rail system reached up Rubio Canyon to Rubio Pavilion, the site of embarkation for riders of the Mt. Lowe Railway. The canyon’s slopes were carved with a historic network of trails. Remnants of that history can be witnessed in the concrete foundation of the Pavilion and handsome stone walls girding the rail line. We’ve been guardians of this history through Eagle Scout Projects that recreated historic signage and installed new trailhead kiosks.
In the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, the commitment of the Friends of Rubio Canyon has not wavered. In the spring, the Trail Crew got to work clearing downed trees and repairing trails destroyed by debris flows. An Eagle Scout and Trail Crew member, Zoe Petropolous, lost her home in the Eaton Fire but continued to volunteer at Rubio. With the help of the Trail Crew and her Troop 501 Scout mates, Zoe built and installed a beautiful wooden bench at an overlook of the entire basin, making sure it blends with the natural aesthetic. As the first Eagle Scout project after the fire, her effort marks a new chapter in the history of the Canyon. Once post-fire hiking restrictions are lifted, folks can survey not only the effects of the fire and debris flows, but also the wondrous rebirth of Rubio’s habitat.
ACHIEVEMENTS IN RESTORATION:
- Reintroducing native species to Sunshine Preserve, transforming an environment overwhelmed with invasive species into a more ecologically diverse space
- Clearing brush at Sycamore Canyon and making the area more accessible to first responders when needed, improving overall fire safety
- Wildlife-friendly and neighbor safe fire-fuel reduction and invasive plant removal at upper and lower Cottonwood Canyon, minimizing harm to the ecosystem
Reaching Further in Community Education
Urban Conservation fellows
This past year AFC engaged over 6,400 people of all ages in our programs. We had a 100% increase in our outreach events (doubling our number of programs), and a 24% increase in field trips from the year prior. Much of this growth is in thanks to our two incredible California Climate Action Corps Fellows, Sage Furey and Halle Sunabe.
Sage and Halle joined us for a year-long position, part of AmeriCorps now funded by the state of California, during which they dove into AFC’s restoration and education programs. They worked with volunteers, hosted their own events like bioblitzes and habitat restorations, created communications projects about volunteers as well as invasive species, and supported AFC’s staff. Ambitious and thoughtful environmentalists, they came into their fellowship with curiosity and passion. We were made a better and more impactful organization because of their contributions.
Internships
On a foggy Friday morning in June, our six high school interns explored the California Native Plant Garden at Descanso Gardens, learning to identify native species and to understand their roles in the ecosystem. Nearby, our cohort of college interns scanned the skies, logging bird species while also volunteering their knowledge to their younger colleagues.
AFC’s internship program offers students a hands-on introduction to urban conservation. College interns spend the entire summer working on independent research projects, while the high school interns participate in a focused 2-week intensive training program. High schoolers get a firsthand look into what a higher education in biology, ecology, or urban planning may look like. In turn, college interns gain real-world experience, develop professional skills, and grow their research portfolios with the support of AFC staff and advisors.
Through this process, friendships and mentorships blossom: we’re building a ladder for students to climb into the future of protecting biodiversity for coming generations.
By the numbers: EDUCATION PROGRAMS
- 18 community education events engaging 308 attendees through birding tours, bioblitzes, mindfulness gatherings, and more
- 84 field trips serving 2,746 students, with 50% of served schools receiving Title I funding
- 2,870 people engaged through community outreach events, like milkweed giveaways, Earth Day festivals, and fairs
- 4 college and 6 high school interns
Advocating For Wildlife
changing public funding
As a land trust in a metropolitan area, our goal is to reconnect existing large areas of natural habitat surrounded by development (like the Verdugo Mountains or San Rafael Hills) with each another and the San Gabriel Mountains. To buy land, we raise money from supporters and compete for grant dollars on a statewide basis. We are the only California land trust focusing primarily on urban conservation, and over the course of our 25 years, we have closed 18 separate transactions, acquiring 27 legal parcels totaling 92.847 acres.
Most state funding for conservation acquisitions comes from voter-approved bonds (most recently Proposition 4), largely overseen and distributed by the California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB). WCB relies on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for funding recommendations, and their practice has been to prioritize larger properties home to specific species uncommon in the LA region. Funding for small urban parcels critical to wildlife passage are thus at a substantial disadvantage.
This year, we took an active role in WCB’s five-year strategic plan, submitting comments and making the case for procedural changes to their grantmaking process to preserve small urban parcels essential to connectivity. We were proud to be joined by the Wildlife Corridor Working Group, a statewide coalition of 45 land trusts and open space districts working for wildlife corridors, who asked that these disparaties be remedied.
It’s our hope that continuing advocacy on this front will accord urban conservation more importance in public funding decisions.
protecting sunshine's corridor
AFC overcame two major land-use threats at Sunshine Preserve in Glendale this year. The first was a proposed house down the street from the Preserve. If built as planned it would have blocked the wildlife trail between the Verdugo Mountains and Verdugo Park. The Friends of Sunshine Preserve’s Chair, Christopher Smee, appealed to the Glendale City Council. Wisdom prevailed: Councilmember Dan Brotman suggested a thirty day extension for our architect, Hunter Knight, and the development’s architect, Alen Malekian, to try to find a solution. And they did! Now there will be a 10-15 foot corridor along the development lot, lighting will be subdued, and native landscaping installed around the home.
Only a few months after this success, a 50-foot cell tower was proposed at the west end of the Preserve. The tower would have needlessly destroyed established native habitat and impaired wildlife’s ability to safely travel through the corridor. When we came before the Planning Commission on appeal, one of the commisioners happened to be Alen Malekian! He said that he had recently come to appreciate the challenges wildlife face and that the location was not appropriate, leading to its relocation. You can imagine how deeply grateful we are for Alen’s open mindedness and sensitivity to wildlife corridors in urban design.
These successes could not have happened without the advocacy work of the Friends of Sunshine Preserve. Led by Christopher Smee, they rallied neighbors around these threats to wildlife. It’s a beautiful reminder of how the power of collaboration and collective action can make a real difference.
Nature Through Art
Nature photography contest
Every year we put a call out to local photographers to share their images of the wildlife and landscapes of Southern California. Spending time thoughtfully observing nature changes us for the better, and we know that a powerful photograph can change the way we see the world around us.
This year 47 photographers submitted images, totaling 166 entries across our seven categories. We were thrilled to have three judges who have been contestants themselves and have worked with us on our special exhibit, Living in a Wildlife Corridor:
Andrea Donnellan, 2024 Viewer’s Choice winner and 2022 category winner
Neal Parekh, 2024 category winner and 2022 Viewer’s Choice winner
Nicholas Hess, exhibiting photographer from AFC’s Living in a Wildlife Corridor exhibit
After our judges made their selections we ran a Viewer’s Choice competition. 344 people voted for their favorite photograph from our seven category winners. Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to all who submitted – we are honored to see the world through your lenses!
Viewer's Choice & Birds Category Winner
Morning Watch by Elyse Jankowski
Elyse is a wildlife photographer based in Los Angeles. She highlights local and endangered species, with the goal of inspiring viewers to become conservation advocates. You can see more of her work here.
Category Winner: Mammals
Sun Peek by Valeree Catangay
Valeree is a visual artist and sustainability strategist based in Los Angeles. She enjoys wildlife photography, birding, camping, plein air painting, and sharing her love for nature, art, and community through educational workshops and events. You can see more of her work here.
Category Winner: Other Wildlife
Feast by Erin Doyle
A certified California naturalist, Erin began her amateur study of native plants and ecosystems in 2019 after growing a patch of Narrow Leaf Milkweed from seed in her yard. Her photography has since been published in two field guides, and she regularly documents insect life during volunteer days at AFC’s Sunshine Preserve. You can see more of her work here.
Category Winner: Plants
Inner Beauty by Cyndi Bemel
An award-winning photographer and multidisciplinary storyteller across radio, film, and international reportage, Cyndi is drawn to the quiet intensity of the natural world and the human presence within it. You can see more of her work here.
Category Winner: Landscapes
Dinstant Glow by Cyndi Bemel
An award-winning photographer and multidisciplinary storyteller across radio, film, and international reportage, Cyndi is drawn to the quiet intensity of the natural world and the human presence within it. You can see more of her work here.
Category Winner: People in Nature
Freaky Fish by Moses Aubrey
Moses is on a mission to document everything from jumping spiders to slender salamanders to migratory birds. In his series “Have you seen me?” he highlights biodiversity in urban LA and across the US. Currently he is a coordinator at the community science dept at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and loves bringing various communities out to experience nature. You can see more of his work here.
Category Winner: Abstract & Conceptual
Storm Clouds by Jason Moss
Jason is a composer, music producer, creative director, and music supervisor, creating original music for film, television, and advertising. Photography is a life-long passion and he loves crafting images that blur the lines between reality and imagination, using every tool at his disposal (except AI). You can see more of his work here.
Staff and Board
Staff
AFC is made up of a small, dedicated team of eight individuals, each with a unique background and set of skills for urban conservation.
We’re thrilled to welcome Natasha Khanna-Dang as our Urban Wildlife Biologist. Her addition allows us to survey, assess, and ultimately acquire more land for wildlife.
- John Howell, CEO
- Barbara Goto, Director of Operations
- Tim Martinez, Land Manager & Community Liaison
- Kyle Cavazos, Program Director
- Maya Wali Richardson, Communications & Development Coordinator
- Natasha Khanna-Dang, Urban Conservation Biologist
- Ruby Siehl, Urban Wildlife Research Leader
- Anna Hernandez-Torres, Office Administrator
board of directors
AFC’s Board of Directors are a committed group of environmentalists who bring an impressive range of professional and personal skillsets to aid AFC’s mission.
We want to sincerely thank the board members whose terms ended this year: Janice DaVolio, Matt DeVoll, Ethan Lipsig, Dianne Philibosian, and Phillip Swan. Their wisdom and leadership have profoundly influenced the organization’s success.
Looking ahead, we’re pleased to welcome Laurie Barlow, Laura Fleming, Auxenia Privett-Mendoza, and Joel Wilson as new board members, and Laura Solomon and Nancy Steele as returning members. Nancy co-founded AFC in 2000 and led it as Board Chair until 2010; Laura is beginning her fifth term of three years; and Auxenia Grace served on staff from 2021 to 2024 and is currently a PhD student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA.
- Janice DaVolio, Chair
- Cal Hollis, Treasurer
- Philip Swan, Secretary
- Marcella Ayala
- David B. Coher
- Matthew DeVoll
- James Johnson
- Ethan Lipsig
- Dianne Philibosian
- Katie Poole
- Pam Privett
- Kim Shriner
- Rich Toyon
- Mitch Tsai
- Tim Wendler
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Financial Summary for Fiscal Year Ending in June 2025
Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy Supporters
JULY 2024 – JUNE 2025
An * denotes a supporter who has committed to ongoing support for AFC’s mission via a multiyear or recurring pledge.
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($250,000+)
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Ann Peppers Foundation
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($25,000-$49,999)
Anonymous
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Michael J. Connell Foundation
The Cygnet Foundation
Janice DaVolio
LA Region Small Business Relief Fund
Pasadena Community Foundation
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($15,000 – $24,999)
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($2,500 – $4,999)
Gwen and Guil Babcock
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($1,000 – $2,499)
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Karen and Jim Hoffman
Caroline Howell
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Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church
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Violet Ouyang
Patagonia
Roger Patterson
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Chris Peck
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Polytechnic School
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Allison and Lake Setzler
Keith Shattenkirk
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Nancy and Bruce Steele*
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($500 – $999)
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Michel Choban
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Ruth Goldstein*
Janet and Paul Gordon
Margie and Paul Grossman
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Karen Holley
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Melinda Howell and Steve Cole
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Joan King
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Kwa Family
Jeanne and Patrick Lejeune
Elizabeth Lockhart
Alison McAlpine
Carol and Bob McCrary
Sally Miller
Suzanne Mitus-Uribe and Carlos Vicente-Uribe
Kyle Murphy*
Deniz Nelson*
Judy and Don Norquist*
Christine Olsen and Henry Gibbons
Claudia and William Pounders
Kate Purdy
Ashok and Padmini Raj
E.J. Remson
Julie and Jim Richards*
San Marino League
Gerald Schwarzenbach
Bruce Schwartz*
Patricia and Lyman Scripter
Nayan Shah and Ken Foster*
Tamara and Michael Silver
Christopher Smee
Rourke Stacy
Kathleen Sundmark
Anne and John Tryba
Greg Vanni
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Kathy Vlaming
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Winfree Family Foundation
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($250 – $499)
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Althea Edwards and Frank Magallanes
Tom Erickson
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Carol Gibson
Julie Gigante
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Dino Gioia
Louise Guerin
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Willow Healy and Devin Thor
Karen and John Higgins
Sarah Hilbert
Hollis Holdings, LLC
Madison and Sean Howell*
Francis and Chuck Hudson
Integral Forest Bathing
Catherine Jurca
David Kimball
Virginia and John Kimball
Kiwanis Club of La Canada La Crescenta-AM
La Crescenta Woman’s Club
Joan Maguire
Carlin and David McCarthy
Andrew McDonald
Elena and Tom McHenry
Kim McKibben
Laura and Don McLennan
Nairi Megrabian*
Lori Miller
Kathleen and Donald Orth
Ellen Osheroff
JR and Chip Ossman
Jean Owen*
Mimi Paller
Maita Prout
Bianca Pulitzer
Carol Raymond
Donna and John Ripley
Joanne and Gary Sakamoto*
Sarah Schnitger
Maximilian Sluiter
Cindy and Fred Soldwedel
Peggy Stewart*
Susan Stone
Laura Stotler
Lynne Taciak
Cody Taylor
Karen Taylor
Treidler Family
Arlene Vidor
Erik Winfree
Marc Young
TOYON
(UP TO $249)
Joan Aarestad and J.D. Oswalt
Margaret Adachi
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Anonymous
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Linda and Michael Babcock
Randy Baer
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Arlene Bennett
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Susie Berteaux*
Yvonne and Chris Besvold
Susan and Jeffrey Bolan
Veronica and Scott Boone
Edward Brachfeld
Lindsay Bremner*
Mary Brennan
Holly Bridges
Carol and Ron Brusha
Antoinette and Robert Buckner
Buffalo Exchange
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Russell Burt
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California Art Club
Monica Campagna
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Judy Campbell
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Milano Chow
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Joan and Curtis Cleven
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Katherine Cole
Gilbert Conn
Bette and John Cooper
Mary-Erin Crook and David Johnson
Megan Cullen
Julia Damron
Jane Dance Howard
Evelyn and Charles Davis
Bronwyn Dawson
Rosemary Dearnley
Elena De La Cruz
Robert De Wees
Michael de Villiers
Serina Diniega*
Joelle Dobrow
Pamela Dong
Denise Dorgan and Rich Diephuis
Hilary and Steve Dorsey
Kim Douglas and Francis Woods
Darren Dowell
Mary and Nabil Elgabalawi
Jill and Denis Elliott
Kerry and Danette Erickson
Nancy Feldman
Jessica and Joel Ferree
Lore Ferrufino
Mary Fitzpatrick and David Van Pelt
Genette Foster
David Fox
Jill Fraser
Andrew Frastaci
Steve Frautschi
Friends of Rosemont Preserve
Catherine Gallagher
Gallagher Entertainment Services
Girl Scouts Troop #5441
Ester Gonzalez*
Google
Stuart Gordon
Megan Gorman
Nancy and David Grant
Jay Greenstein
Paul D. Grossman
Mickey H.
Bruce Hale
Kathryn Hansen Kidd
Lisa and Robert Harrison
Ferne Hayes
Debbie Heap*
Ginny and Jim Heringer
Jennifer Herstein and James Rudd*
Patricia Hill*
Jennifer Ho*
Daisy Hodgson
Heidi Hoehn
Jonathan Hofer
Sylvia and Patrick Holmes
Diane Hong
Heather Hopton-Ahmed
Ann Hughes*
Carol Impara
Sue Iri
Paul Jennings
Deborah Jensen
Heidi Johnson and Daniel Bowen
Janet Johnson
Ruth and Jeremy Jones
Susan and David Jones
Lyn Kaiser
Ketu Katrak*
Darrylynn Kaun
Candace Kay and Julie Furmidge
Gloria and Paul Kilian
Roger Klemm
Laurel Klick
Marla Knutsen and David Datz
Caroline and Todd Kunioka
Iryna Kuzmich
Patricia and Mark Ladesich
Belle Lagerstrom
Carol Leining
Jay Lieske
Rhiannon and Matthew Liewer*
Jesse Lipson
Joanna and Fred Linkchorst*
Jan and Mickey Long*
Sylvia Lopez-Takahashi*
Leslie Lowes
Maura Lucus
Barbara and Willie Mao
Dolores and Harvey Marsh
Marilee Marshall and Bruce Wright*
Susan and Nick Mastrodemos
Susan McClymonds
Janet McCreery*
Cindy McGregor Horita
Anne McNeill*
Roberta Medford
Karin and Herb Meiselman
Winkee Melton
Mary Mendelsohn
Denise Meyer
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Kip Minkey
Karen Mittelman
Ann Mohrbacher
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Reyko Mori
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Sarah Morrison
Sue Mossman
Lisa and Scott Nelson
Mary Lou Newmark
Barbara Nielsen and Bill Bell
Janet Nippell
Kendra Nitta and Gordon Squires
Camie and Michael O’Connor
Kim Ohanneson
Gregg Oelker*
Robert Olson
Laura Parker
Susan and George Parker
Juana and Pod Frederick Pearce
Liz Pomeroy
Joanna Pringle*
Marion and Mike Quinn
Paulina Quintana and Robert Moon
Vicki and Steve Rank
Moira Regelson*
Kathie Reilly
Susan Riccardi
Brent Riggs
Linda and Walter Roberts
Dana Robinson and Dwight Beavers
Oscar Rosales*
Dana and Eileen Roth
Nancy Rothwell
Mr. and Mrs. James Saake
Richard Sailors
Terry Santos
Loretta Savery
Carla Schamet and Jason Celek
Leonard Schaustal
Judith Serlin
Diana Sertich
Marsha and Tony Shaftel
Alice and Gregory Sheehy
Deveron and Robert Shudic
Mona and Randy Shulman
Arnold Siegel and Susan Futterman
Dan Silver
Elaine Silvestro
Susan Sironi and Mark Jilg
Carla Slepak and Gary Day
Marie and John Slonski
John Smee
Amanda Smith
Elizabeth and Grant Smith
Brenna Snider
Southwestern Academy
Harry Spilman
Helen Stallard
Mark Stevens
Ramsey Stevens
Jeanette Stirdivant
Randy and Ernie Strapazon
Kathy Sturdevant
Melissa Sullivan
Michelle and Ronald Swallow
Helen Swan
Hong Tang and Wei Mei
Jennifer Taylor
Matt Taylor
Marianne and John Thompson*
Sharon and Grant Thompson
Melissa and Thomas Tighe*
Maria and Terry Tornek
Stephen Unwin
Viktoria Valentin
Marianne Van Zeeland
Audrey Vaughan
Susan Velasco
Alicia Vogl Saenz
Don Voss
Eleanor Wacker
Wendy Wagner
Maya Wali Richardson
Mary Cay Walp
Sue and Seth Walworth
Polly Wheaton
Michael Wittie
Kathy Wittman
Phillip Wolf
Warren Wolfswinkel
Louise Woo
Lincoln Wood
Carol and Gerald Wuenschell
Alice Ziesing
LAND GIFTS
(Land donations or substantial purchase price reductions for conservation purposes)
Frederick Danelian
Sameer Etman
Terry Villaneuva and Justin Whalin