2011Fiscal YearAnnual Report

The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy is a community-based nonprofit organization working with partners to permanently protect the Ojai Valley for the benefit of current and future generations.

The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy’s success will enable future generations to en-joy the Ojai Valley’s remarkable views, extensive trails, and abundant water and wildlife forever.

www.ovlc.orgBoard of directors

Roger Essick, PresidentLarry Rose, Vice PresidentStefanie Coeler, SecretaryCari Guerrero, TreasurerMary Bergen Jesse GranthamMargot GriswoldBrian Holly Allan JacobsDon ReedCricket TwichellNathan Wallace Barbara Washburn Deborah Whorf

Greg Gamble, Executive Director

Instigated a $250,000 Steelhead Preserve fund-raising campaign to help open the new Ventura River Steelhead Preserve and the future Conserva-tion Center to the public.

Notably won a significant grant to complete the Ojai Meadows Preserve restoration. OVLC plans to create a destination wild flower display which will increase tourism to the Ojai Valley. OVLC also won the Sprit of Ojai Award by the Chamber of Commerce for giving back to the community.

Started the realignment and restoration project for Rice Creek on the Ventura River Preserve by hiring 2 additional field staff and acquiring money to plant 7,000 native plants.

Permanently protected 1 mile of the Ventura River, bringing to 6 the total number of miles of the 16 mile long river in protected status. The new 65 acre Ventura River Steelhead Preserve contains some of the best Steelhead habitat on the entire river.

Initiated the building of a long needed bridge to solve accessibility and safety issues at the Ojai Meadows Preserve and installed two new benches on the Preserve for your meditative pleasures.

Reached completion on a new trailhead de-signed for equestrians at the southern part of the 1,560 acre Ventura River Preserve and added miles of additional trails. These trails include the first American with Disabilities Act approved trail in the Ojai Valley.

Educated hundreds of children and adults about the river, conservation, ecosystem restoration, and other topics of interest to the community through our docent led hikes and educational sessions. The new Steelhead Preserve is the future site of a conservation center that will not only serve the valley, but the entire County of Ventura.

Protecting The Ventura River Basin For The Future Of The Two-leggeds, Four-leggeds,

Winged Creatures, And Fish.

One of OVLC’s top priorities in 2010, 2011, and in 2012 is protecting the Ventura River so that all creatures who live near and in the river can thrive. The list to the right highlights some of OVLC’s recent accom-plishments toward this goal.

Photo Credits: annual report cover clockwise - Holly Roberts, Sally Carless, unknown, Greg Gamble, This page - Holly Roberts, Last page - unknown

Sources Of FundsUnrestricted End of Year Appeal = $73,646 Membership / other = $110,811 Subtotal Unrestricted = $184,457Restricted = $1,714,055Transfers In = $290,649Total Sources = $2,189,161

Uses Of Funds Programs & Projects = $2,017,359 Fundraising, General &Admin. = $90,416 Total Uses = $2,107,775* Preliminary

2011 Financials10/1/2010-9/30/2011*

If you pass on through the meadows with their thousand flowers of every color imaginable, from bright red to yellow and purple, and their bright green grass washed clean by last night’s rain, rich and verdant - again without a single movement of the machinery of thought - then you will know what love is. J. Krishnamurti

Members $35+Robert & Carole AdamsMichael AllenHeidi AndersonLincoln & Sheila AndersonTia AndrewsJean & Robert AngleLaurie ArnoldTom Bostrom John AzevedoElizabeth A. BauerLarry Beatty &Sultana ParvantaJames BecketDario & Linda BenedettiBryan & Peggy BernardSharon BestLerie BjornstedtCecily BlakeRoberta & Bob BoschanCaryn & Charlie BossonZoerita & Clark BowersBarbara BowlesDaniela & Tom BoylesEleanor BrownAnne Brown &David BrownLyra & Brett BuyanFred & Judy ByssheVera Carbaugh & Judy DuffStephen M. CarterLaura CeppiTerry & HilaryRidgway ChaffeeAnn CharlesworthNorene CharnofskyJoyce ChellKristen & Gordon ClawsonSheila & Donald CluffCarol CohenParris & John CollinsRenate CollinsMary ComstockLee & Marianne CothernHerb & Amber CourtneySunny CrossSue CroweStuart & Kyle CrownerLiz Currie & Allen BertkeDon & Colleen CutlerRobin &Dominique DanielsPeter & Linda D’AprixMary Jo DavyCarol DayEvelyn & Bain DaymanJoseph DelatreRoger & Susan DickensJon DiegesMarcia Doty &Celeste MatesevacBenjamin EfraimLinda & Hugo EkbackAndrew & Sharon EngelKathleen FagenFranceen FallettRay & Silvia Faulstich

Suzanne & Erik FeldmanDick & Kay FeltonPhilip & Patricia FicklingFrances FittingAnne Fitzgerald &David ChaseShirlene FolkWilliam & Sandy FoxDon & Gwen FraserJoel & Katie FrazierGail FurilloJoyce GibbsGary & Judith GirodAndrea GleysteenLiz & Mike GourleyJodi GrassCarl GreenfieldJim & Lisa GreenwayLetitia A. GrimesJim & Robin HalversonJane HandelDale HansonRae HanstadIrshad Ul &Linda HaqueDennis HarperSister Frances Mary HartJanice HastieDonald HauserJeff & Katie HaydonKathleen HellwitzGreg & Penny HerringGary & Dorothy HitchMary Hotz HogenRoy HooperRoger HousePamela J HuckinsCharles & Willa IrwinChester &Bernadette JagielloStephen & Denise JamesMichael J. Jauregui &Susan OlsonPaul Jenkin &Alisa GreenstatePat JumpPaula KahnBrett & DeniseKantrowitzDolores KeithDiana KellyDebi KirkNancy Kochevar &Michael LurieAmber KramerBruce & Patricia KueblerEd & Barbara KutchmaBonnie LaForgeTerri & Alex LaineJohn & Reese LamarEvan D. LaszloCatherine LeePaul LepianeEric & Wendy LockwoodLos Padres ForestwatchTom & Rebecca LoweBent & Else LundbyeClaudia & Drew LurieLynda Macklin

Thank you OVLC friends for your contributions! based on cumulative giving from October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011

Bob & Judy MacyLynn MaloneTed & Pearl MalosKeith &Kathleen ManionJulie & Bo MansonRuthie Marks &Roger ConradTrevor &Monica MarshallDeven MayMary McCormickThomas &Kathleen McGowanCathy McNeaseBerkeley Meigs &Mike McCalebCookie & Bill MileyJoy MillsJudy MizeMadeleine MooreJim & Susan MorelandJoann MosesBurton & Irene MungerEverett & SusanMurdockJane & Steve MurrayMaria Elena NavaElaine NeedhamRiley & Valarie NeelShirley NicholsonKarin & David NilesMarilyn Clay NoadV. NoranbrockAnn & Harry OppenheimerDietrich &Jackie PahnkeMaria & Jon ParisenJack & Simone PattersonEdwin & Claire PaulsonJohn & Fran PavelkoTim Peddicord &Marlene MalinDeborah & Wayne PendreyNancy PepperJennifer Phelps &Richard NilesArlene PinkertonRobert & Sara PorterLinda & Landis PotterJudy & David PoultneyPaula PowerJohn & Christine PrideauxLori PyeAlice RaglandLucy & Peter ReadMaruja RealDouglas ReedKay ReniusKathleen RichardsScott RippleRoberta W. SheppardPaul & Kathleen RogersBill Hessell &

Dawn RosalindLee & KatherineRosenboomStefanie RothRoyal CleanersJoan SamaraMartha SaxeRuth SayreDon & Ann ScanlinAdele & Douglas SchmalenbergerThe Ojai Valley SchoolPaula ScottLynda Scott &John MarshallGwen Bell &Alex SeizewJohn & Joan SherfeyDaniel SilverLinda & Charles SimonLaurie & John SladeRodney & Jean SmithWilliam & Lisa SniderBarbara Sorem-HughlettBecky Adams &Claire SowaMonica & David StanleyMarianne Staudt-StolzDennis & Catherine SternAnna Lee StrattonTony SturgeonErica SumnerScott & Michelle SupanAryna Swope &Phil CaruthersMarcia & Dick SykesHenry TarmyKenyon TaylorEmily ThomasMary Thompson &Don HigginsAlan Thornhill &Denise SteurerCarolee TibbittsKaren & Woody TraudtSally & James TrueDonna TurnerTina TurnerKay & Whit UlrichBob & Virginia UnruheWendy Varian &Richard BradleyBrian von DedenrothCarolyn & Gil VondriskaStephen & Judy WalkerRuth WalkerJB & Elizabeth WhiteMarilyn K. WhitfordCatherine WilcoxRonald & Charlotte WilliamsSusie & Patrick WilliamsBlake & Susanne WilsonKelly & Chris WittwerPeggy & Dennis WoodGeorge WymerJoann Yabrof

Donna F. ZarconeJoseph & Sharon ZorskieSheila ZutavernLibby & Aaron Zweig

Sustaining Mem-bers $100+Doug AdriansonMario AguirreLewis AngelosRoss & Patty AtkinsonDorthea Atwater &Peter HayRobert Auric & Anna Jacobs AuricBarbara BaldermanBriana & Steve BeebeShed & June BeharTom & NanetteBenbrookLia BenedettiSteve Bennett & Leslie Ann OgdenChris & Karen BirbeckGabriele BlackburnEric Dilks & Garret BoehmLeslie & Bruce BoucheRaymond BransfieldPriscilla L BrennanGene & Dianne BullardJim & Myrna CambianicaPeter & Cindy CantleJames & Terri CapitoChevronJanis ClapoffAustin & Sharon ClineJohn & Harriet CliseCatherine CoffeyAnne ColemanTom & Becky CollinsDennis & Nadine CorteCharles CrofootMichael Crooke &Amy DozierDuane Dammeyer &Marty BonvechioDick & Kris DeVillersCathy DiorioSally & David DiscoAlan & Jackie DorfmanDavid Hurwith & Wendy ElliotJames & Dawn EngelElaine Enns &Ched MyersRuth FarnhamGary & Brenda Farr Fred M. & Shirle FauvreMike & Lynnette FellinJim & Kris FinchMaudette & Frank FinckMichael & Linda FoleyDiane & Robert FooteBernice GambleDavid & Cindy Garber

Carol GarramoneWilliam GirvetzAnthony &Kathan GlassmanRichard & Joan GlennElisa Taylor GodwinChristine GoldenHelene Gordon &Bill BlackburnJurgen & Gerry GramckowJesse & Trina GranthamRod & Joyce GreeneCharley Griswold &Betsy BlandAndrew & Judith GustafsonJo-Anne & Harold GuyPat & Larry HartmannAngela HealdBruce & Virginia HibberdTony & Barbara HirschSally HooverSue & Gary HorganRikki HorneDavid Intner &Sage Essick IntnerKaren & Josiah JenkinsCarl & Jo Ann JohnstonGlenda & Darrell JonesJerry & Anne KaplanLanny & Rondia KauferJohn & Maggie KaufmanOjai Community Bank Jere Kersnar &Cheryl SmithRay King & Kale StarbirdTod KuhnJohn Kuney &Christy SebastianJudy Morningstar &Alberto KywiMike & Kelly LaberCourtney & Walter LambJonathan & Linda LambertRobert LandauRandy & Kasia LeavittMary LeibmanGeorge & Anne LeisLeonard Klaif &Linda HarmonSherry LoehrDavid & Lisa LuckenbachLyn & Don LuxmoreJohn LyonIan & Ginny MacLeanJim MaloneLisa S MarshallElizabeth MartinSteve Matzkin &Melissa WolfeJane & Dennis McCarthyWalter & Franna McClellandJeff & Debra McComasWarren McConnellThomas & Janice McCormickMichael & Julie McFadden

Thank you OVLC friends continued...

Donor Members $250+ David & Kathryn Allen John & Lisa Adair Don & Vera BensenBarry Betlock &Chris BjornstedtMike & Michele BrileyLynn BrookhouserAllen & Marilyn CampHeather Shoup &James CaulkinsAlice ChesleySarah Clark &Timothy ThomasAnne & Garrett CliffordRoy Hulsebus &Lori CorradiBob Davis Diane DuncanNancy EldblomJeff & Theresa FergusonFred & Dana FleetJill Forman & avid YoungGreg & Darcy GambleCari GuerreroBarbara & Peter HaggertyTheresa HartiganBrian & Camille HollyCarolyn HuntsingerCharles & Barbara JervissKevin JonesCarol LangfordPatricia A LathamVan LathamThomas C. MacCalla III & Jean A. KilmurrayMary McConnelThomas & Nancy MichaliSteve & Elaine MillerGeorge & Cheryl MoorePatagoniaWilliam & Laura PeckGeraldine & Nancy PetersonJohn & Peggy RussellAlan & Carol SaltzmanJudy Brown SchwochoCharley & Sandy SleddHoward Smith &Lauren SimoneBrian & Amy StarkAl Stroberg &Betsy PattersonDavid & Mary TrudeauTom & Esther WachtellRoger & KathrynWachtellChristine & Bud WhiteTerry & Cindy WrightRobert & Katy Zappala

Benefactor $500+Tucker & Phil AdamsLucila E. ArangoGeorge Ball & Amanda

McBroom Ball Banky-LaRocqueFoundationRandy Banchik & Jannell Greene-BanchikJerry & Linda BruckheimerEdward & MichelleBuchmanWildland Fire SpecialistsKay & Jack ChatowskiSusan & Peter CheneyMartha ChurchyardRobert & Liz DautchMarilyn EssickKaren & Bill EvendenMaggie GarrettRichard & Ellen GillelandPatsy & Harold GlennNancy & Bill HammondGerben & Jill HoeksmaAllan & Janet JacobsJoan KemperDorothy LoeblMeiners Oaks AceHardwareAnne & Mike MorrisOso RanchDouglas & Angela ParkerAlan & Jan Rains (Rains)Rogers, Sheffield, & Campbell LLP(Phil Moncharsh)Alice & Steve SoutherlandBarbara SunderlandTony & Dorothy VoogdClaudia Wunderlich

FRIENDS OF THE OJAI VALLEY $1,000+Susan BeeJan & Mary BlaksleeDan & Victoria BreenJohn Davis &Lorraine BrownSandy BuechleySue Ellen Case &Susan FosterChannel Islands SportfishingJean ColonomosJames & Dorothy CombsEuterpe FarmsFrank & Linda GranatMichael & Hannelore GresserDavid & Sally HackelConnie Eaton & William HartWinifred W. HirschJim & Susan JacksonLaw Office ofThomas E. MalleyThe Oaks at OjaiTed OppenheimerRonald & Linda PhillipsErnest & Julie RischarRiverview Ranch

Val SchorreShanbrom, Casey &AssociatesTerry & Cricket TwichellDoug & Liz VernandWaite, Jacobs & Atkin-son Attorneys at LawNathan & Rebecca WallaceDeric & BarbaraWashburnJane & Richard WeirickHuora L. WilliamsGinger & John Wilson

President’s Circle $2,000+AnonymousJohn & KathyBroesamleYvon & Malinda ChouinardRobert J. GeresWyatt & Claudia HarrisJerry Jones(So Hum Foundation)Larry Rose &Lisa LarramendyStuart Meiklejohn &Mary Ann O’ConnorRabobankVintage Production California LLCOliver Wilson &Kaarina Tienhaara

Heritage Donors $5,000+AnonymousAnonymousGeorge E. Berg & Gail ToppingMary BergenCarol BishopRoger & Pat EssickMargot GriswoldPete Muller (Dancing Tides Foundation)Michael Newkirk &Olivia GarfieldBruce & Marilyn Wallace Foundation

Names in red were formal participants in the OVLC business sponsor program during this time frame.

Have you ever noticed a tree standing naked against the sky, how beautiful it is? All its branches are outlined, and in its nakedness there is a poem, there is a song. Every leaf is gone and it is wait-ing for the spring. When the spring comes it again fills the tree with the music of many leaves, which in due season fall and are blown away. And that is the way of life.

J. Krishnamurti

PO Box 1092 Ojai, CA 93024 info@ovlc.org * www.ovlc.org * (805) 649-6852

Karen Palm &Michael McLenaghanCharles W. Millard, IIIGeraldine & Dean MinerJim & Susan MoodySandra MooreBill & Maggie MorsKurt NeherKenley Neufeld &Leslie DavisStuart NiebelKenneth Niessen &Susan GuyBruce & Linda NofreyPeter NooneSonia NordensonAngela & Anthony OconeMichael & Kathy OgdenOjai Valley Family Medicine GroupJeff & Elisabeth OtterbeinGail & Erick PetersonMarty & Barbara PopsBarry & Donna RabeKelly & Rena RandallSylvia & Shlomo RazDon & Sue ReedMarti & Dan ReidJoan RobertsDonald RodriguesFred & Ila RothenbergWanda & Kurtis SakaiTeddy & Dick SchneiderAmy & Sara SchneiderIngo & Leslie SchreiberSespe Farm ManagementMarilyn & Larry ShamesPeter ShoreHarry SimsRon Singer & Elisa NevilleCarol Smith & Larry YuvaPaula SpellmanWilliam SpellmanDaniel Moses & Charlene SpretnakRon StarkBruce & JulieTumamait-StenslieAllison Stillman &Michael ReidingerErik Beukenkamp &Magui SuñerBob Tallyn &Betsy BachmanAl & Jeanne TemplemanTony & Anne ThacherJohn & Caroline ThacherJessica ThompsonHelene & John VachetEve VenturiTim VierraJakob & Marianne VosBill & Marcia WakeleeMarvin Werber & Barbara ThornburgAllan & Joyce WestTodd WilsonElyn Zimmerman