Archive for 2010

We are proud to welcome Channel Island Sportfishing  owned and operated by Doug and Liz Vernand as new business sponsors of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (OVLC).  Liz walks Ojai Valley Land Conservancy land almost every day and she said this is what inspires her to support the Conservancy’s work.  Liz photographs the preserves and […]

Back to E-Newsletter (Fall 2010) We’re happy to announce that two of Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s most dedicated supporters have generously offered to match your end of year gift! “We truly believe in the mission of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy and we feel that this is the best way we can really make a difference […]

Between this fall and next Spring, we are setting out to create a 2 acre wildflower extravaganza on The Ojai Meadows Preserve. In our ongoing effort to restore a variety of habitats on the Preserve, our next phase is to convert our weedy uplands into native grasslands and oak woodlands painted with wildflowers. This season […]

Back to E-Newsletter (Fall 2010) Putting Your Donations To Work For Ojai 2010 has been the year of the trails for the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy.  With the help of many volunteers, generous benefactors and grant funding, we’ve been putting your membership dollars to work on the trails of the Ventura River Preserve, the Ojai […]

Each quarter we highlight two OVLC business sponsors in hopes that you will get to know them better, and thank them for their support by doing business with them. This quarter our business profiles are…  Back to E-Newsletter (Fall 2010) RAINS OF OJAI –  located in Ojai’shistoric arcade, is a one of a kind upscale country […]

Back to E-Newsletter (Fall 2010) By making the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy a beneficiary of your will or living trust you can help guarantee the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s financial strength to protect the Ojai Valley’s views, trails, water and wildlife forever. You can make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime and […]

Back to E-Newsletter (Fall 2010)  Each quarter we highlight two OVLC business sponsors in hopes that you will get to know them better, and thank them for their support by doing business with them. This quarter our business profiles are… RABOBANK – The agricultural heritage of the Ojai Valley is important to its residents and businesses.  […]

Several fish rescues have taken place on the Ventura River Preserve this summer.   Responsible agencies get together annually – and with the assistance of Rick Bisaccia OVLC’s Preserve Manager – they rescue Steelhead when the swim holes and other parts of the river dry out.  The decision to move fish to safe locations up or […]

This book, authored by our own witty Conservation Director Brian Stark, is practical, humorous, and welcome. This guide has been a long time coming in the Ojai Valley where the Giant Reed has all but consumed parts of San Antonio Creek. The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy has four major areas of focus and one of […]

Here is a photo of our first successful transplants at the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s Ojai Meadows Preserve nursery. These plants have spent the last 3-4 weeks in their rooting trays and have now graduated to soil! We are so proud of our little ones. We still need a few more volunteers for the nursery. […]

Back to E-Newsletter (Summer 2010)   Special thanks to Doug & Leanne Campbell, Tom Esensten, Mimi  Gottlieb, Mike Gourley, Kay Martin and Rob Youngan additional 2.5 miles of trails for a connection to a new Ventura River Preserve trailhead. Currently the Riverview and Oso trailheads provide access to the northern and central areas of the preserve. […]

By Brian Stark                                                                                                                     Back to E-Newsletter (Summer 2010) Visitors to the Ojai Meadows Preserve may notice some new activity near the Highway 33 trailheads.  The OVLC is starting a new phase of restoration along the floodway chan that runs through the site to drain water from Maricopa Highway. The project involves planting an additional 500 trees and […]

Back to E-Newsletter (Summer 2010) The Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Roger back as President Elect.  An Ojai resident and avocado and citrus farmer for 36 years, Roger has enjoyed raising his family of two grown children and four grandchildren in the Ojai Valley. He lives in the east end of Ojai on […]

Go to E-Newsletter (Summer 2010) The OVLC habitat restoration program team welcomes Tom Swetek. Tom is a long-time Ojai resident with great experience in restoration project installation and care. Over the last few years he has worked with both the CREW and Channel Islands Restoration on projects to remove non-native plants and re-plant native habitats.  […]

Through the Ventura Arts Alive program Dianne Bennett has received a grant to support her work. The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy is one of her community partners for the year. Please see the video on youtube here  to learn more and to meet Dianne and her work. Additonal information about Dianne and her work can […]

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Go to E-Newsletter (Summer 2010) Senior Restoration Ecologist, NewFields Agricultural & Environmental Resources Margot is a resident of the Upper Ojai Valley since 2003. She has a background in farming from the Central Valley of California, and currently works as a plant ecologist specializing in native habitat restoration. She is past president for SERCAL (California […]

With Allegra Roth’s help the Ojai Meadows Preserve nursery is being put into full tilt this summer.  Thanks to Napalito Native Plant Nursery of Ventura many of the plants for the meadow will be grown from cuttings.  Antonio at Nopalito Native Plant Nursery gave Allegra and Brian Stark a tutorial on native plant cuttings June […]

Go to E-Newsletter (Summer 2010) Allegra Roth is joining the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy this summer to help manage the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s restoration greenhouse. Allegra Roth recently graduated from Cate School and is heading off to UC Davis in the fall where she will major in Environmental Policy and Analysis.  During her senior […]

Sample Bequest Language  and Legal Description I give, devise, and bequeath to the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy a non-profit corporation whose tax identification number is #77-0169682, the sum of $_____ (or a description of the specific asset, or percentage of my estate), for the benefit of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, located at PO Box 1092 […]