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Fall Newsletter 2010 Volume 17, Number 3
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BLAZING TRAILS FOR YOU
PUTTING YOUR DONATIONS TO WORK FOR OJAI
Volunteers Make it Happen Mike Gourley, Leon Pahle and Marty Mellein (pictured top, left to right) have dedicated many long, hard days helping with trail clearing on the Ventura River Preserve. Mike Gourley and Mark Tolkmitt (not pictured) recently helped with trail clearing on Fuelbreak Road.
Linde Wainwright, Leanne Campbell and Mary Jo Davy help repair a trail on the Ventura River Preserve.
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 Meadows Preserve, Fuelbreak Road and the Ilvento Preserve. These trail extensions and improvements are great examples of how every membership dollar can be multiplied to provide projects that benefit our community. By securing grant funding and working with the help of our dedicated volunteers we can accomplish projects far beyond what we could do on our own. NEW AND IMPROVED TRAILS ON THE VENTURA RIVER PRESERVE
As of this month, over three miles of new trails have been cleared on the Ventura River Preserve, and the new
Baldwin Road trailhead will begin construction in November. Funded by a grant from the California River Parkways program, this trailhead will provide trail access to the southern end of the preserve. The Baldwin Road Trailhead will feature an equestrian friendly parking area, interpretive signage and nearly one-half mile of paved trail for wheelchair access. Be sure to watch for an announcement of the grand opening this spring. On the north end of the Ventura River Preserve, a new trail has been cleared extending the reach of the Rice Canyon trail up to the Kennedy Ridge where specatcular views can be seen. Though this trail is now only open on the Ventura River Preserve, it is our hope that by working in partnership with the Forest Service, one day it will pave the way to a connection with continued on page 3