Marin Independent Journal
The Marin Independent Journal covers the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force and $10.9 million in funding for forest health improvement and wildfire prevention project, awarded to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and One Tam.
“The new trails at Roy’s Redwoods offer something for everybody with a variety of ways to explore the preserve,” said Rob LaPorte, a senior project manager at the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. “If we have done our restoration work well, all will feel welcome visiting and have a great experience of discovering a thriving redwood forest.
“The work at One Tam represents this really incredible cross-agency partnership,” said Jennifer Norris, executive director of the Wildlife Conservation Board, which awarded the Parks Conservancy with our One Tam partners a $4.26 million grant for forest and woodland stewardship in Marin. “It has a really strategic approach and a way of working together to get the most bang for your buck.” The grant will help One Tam implement its “Marin Regional Forest Health Strategy.”
Marin County is set to begin a $3 million project this summer to overhaul trails and repair environmental damage caused by decades of visitation at one of the country’s few remaining old-growth redwood groves. About half of the project funding is from a California State Parks grant. The project is part of the One Tam collaboration of public agencies with support from the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy nonprofit group.
“Once every couple of generations, you get to do a project like this,” said Christine Lehnertz, executive director of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. The conservancy is a nonprofit partner with the National Park Service that raised $98 million in donations for the $118 million project.
Nearly a decade in the making, the $7 million National Park Service project on Hawk Hill is restoring the former World War II gun batteries and Cold War radar pads and converting them into lookouts and paths for bicyclists, hikers and raptor researchers alike.
The National Park Service, Marin County Parks and community partners including One Tam and the Golden Gate National Park Conservancy will be leading a variety of projects throughout Marin County this spring and fall aiming to bring western monarch butterflies back from the brink of possible extinction.
An installation along a popular Southern Marin path aims to combine reading and outdoor fun while stoking discussion about climate change and preservation.
This front-page article in the Marin IJ covers the public opening of the Cavallo Point lodge, and elaborates on its role in the historic revitalization and restoration of Fort Baker to enhance visitor experiences within the Golden Gate National Parks.
The best view of the Marin Headlands may be from across the Golden Gate at Battery East, which was revamped and unveiled to the public this week.
