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engage in our efforts connecting people, preservation, and policy. You are receiving this email because you are a current or past MCL member or attended a past event.
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Events:
Annual California State Parks Week kicks off at Samuel P. Taylor State Park, June 11. MCL will see you there!
Marin Conservation League Business-Environment Breakfast Friday, June 20 at McInnis Park Club Restaurant
Meetings:
6/04/2025: LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, AND WATER: Marin Housing Developments Update
6/12/2025: PARKS AND OPEN SPACE: Buck Gulch Falls trail improvements, Ebike Settlement
6/18/2025: CLIMATE ACTION WORKING GROUP: Update on EV Costs & EV Charging
Community News & Happenings:
Ecologically Sound Practices Partnership Plans and Progress Report June 10
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Celebrate State Parks at Samuel P. Taylor State Park
on Wednesday, June 11
California State Parks, along with its partners, will kick off an exciting week-long celebration of California’s parks at Samuel P. Taylor on June 11. Under the tagline “This is where you live,” State Parks’ fourth such annual celebratory week is offering more than 170 in-person and virtual events and experiences across the state, highlighting what makes California’s 280 state parks truly unique. After several official “kick-off” speeches, Samuel P Taylor will be open to the public at 11:00 a.m. with guided walks and special activities.
For MCL, the kick-off coincides with a fitting opportunity to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Marin Conservation League’s successful campaign to persuade the California Parks Commission to acquire historic “Camp Taylor” on Papermill Creek. After a five-year tireless effort by MCL co-founders Caroline Livermore, Helen Van Pelt, and Verna Dunshee, with Sepha Evers leading the way, Camp Taylor became a State Park in 1945. In honor of her diligent efforts, an interpretive center, that MCL helped to finance, was dedicated to Sepha Evers. A bronze plaque bearing her name and mounted on granite now stands at the park’s main entrance.
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THERE’S A PIECE MISSING FROM MOST HISTORIES OF SAMUEL P. TAYLOR STATE PARK.
Camp Taylor did become a State Park in 1945, but how did it happen? What was MCL’s part in this history? The story, adapted from Barry Spitz’s unpublished manuscript, 2009, follows.
READ MORE
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SAVE THE DATE!
Marin Conservation League
BUSINESS-ENVIRONMENT BREAKFAST
Friday, June 20, 2025, 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
McInnis Park Club Restaurant
WHY ARE CHINA CAMP TIDAL MARSHES SO CRITICAL IN SAN FRANSCISO BAY?
Join MCL members and friends to hear Christina Toms, P.E., Ecological Engineer with the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board, describe the evolution and significance of the 100+ acres of tidal marshes surrounding the tip of San Pedro Pt. at China Camp State Park.
There’s much to learn from this stretch of Bay shoreline, which contains all the ecological elements of a “perfect” transitional tidal wetland. Learn why it is an important reference site for research into nature-based adaptive responses to rising bays.
If you haven’t heard Christina speak about lagoons, bays, shorelines, and sea level rise—her favorite topics—you are in for a treat!
| | Tidal salt marsh at China Camp State Park | | Land Use, Transportation, and Water | | |
Wednesday,
June 4, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
In-person / Zoom hybrid
Join Us In-Person!
Please consider joining us at the meeting at MCL offices. More opportunity to interact!
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Carmela Davis,
MEHC Housing Specialist
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Housing Development in Marin – Report on the Location, Scope, and Status of Current Housing Projects
Carmela Davis, Housing Specialist for the Marin Environmental Housing Collaboration (MEHC), has been closely tracking the many housing development projects that have surfaced throughout Marin County. Carmela maintains and actively updates the MEHC website “The Housing Hub,” which is Marin County’s best source for current information on housing development, as well as current activities and actions related to countywide housing policies and regulations. Carmela will report on the location, scope, and status of current housing development projects underway in Marin.
Following the report, please join us in a discussion of the current housing projects. We are interested in your thoughts and the information you have to share.
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930 Irwin Street, San Rafael
Proposal for 195 residential units
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Wednesday,
June 12, 2025
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
In-person / Zoom hybrid
Join Us In-Person!
Please consider joining us at the meeting at MCL offices. MCL Conference Room, 175 N. Redwood Drive.
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Final agenda with attachments will be sent in early June.
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Mark your calendar:
MCL POS Committee to resume on June 12!
Preliminary agenda includes:
- Buck Gulch Falls trail improvements, Ignacio Valley Open Space Preserve, Jon Campo, Marin County Open Space District
- Review and next steps: Settlement Agreement of Marin Water Class 1 Ebike and Trail Sharing Pilot Programs lawsuit.
- Begin updating the MCL Road and Trail Policy for Marin Public Lands and Open Space, which was last revised in 2019.
Nona Dennis will serve as Interim Chair.
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(Photo: Marin County Parks)
Buck Gulch Falls,
Ignacio Valley Open Space Preserve
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Wednesday,
June 18, 2025
10:00 pm – 12:00 pm
In-person / Zoom hybrid
Join Us In-Person!
Please consider joining us at the meeting at MCL offices. MCL Conference Room, 175 N. Redwood Drive.
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UPDATE on EV COSTS
and EV CHARGING
Our program on the 20th will focus on:
- What are the range and price for new and used EV’s and plug in hybrids;
- What are the options and actual costs of charging both at home and using public charging in the Bay Area;
- How the costs of charging at current electric rates compare with the price of gas per mile;
- How the build-out of EV fast charging is coming along and is public charging improving its reliability;
We will also learn about new programs from CCAs that are succeeding in installing charging in multi-family properties.
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June 10, 2025, 2-4 pm
Zoom Link
Presentation: The San Rafael - San Anselmo Fuel Reduction Zone Project.
Presenter: Kate Anderson, Wildfire Prevention Program Manager, San Rafael Fire Department. We will learn about current plans. progress, what went especially well over the years, obstacles, remaining challenges, including thoughts about biomass disposition.
Background
The San Rafael - San Anselmo Fuel Reduction Zone Project (formerly called the Ridgewood Shaded Fuel Break Project) is a joint project of the San Rafael and Central Marin Member Agencies and includes collaboration among several partners. The project activities of this multi-year project were phased and included thinning nonnative invasive eucalyptus trees and restoration with native species, with the purpose of reducing wildfire risk and intensity in a strategically important location.
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Marin Conservation League
175 N. Redwood Drive, Suite 135
San Rafael, CA 94903
415-485-6257
www.marinconservationleague.org
| | The Marin Conservation League was founded in 1934 to preserve, protect and enhance the natural assets of Marin County. Marin Conservation League is a membership-driven 501C3 non-profit organization. Membership dues and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. | | | | |
