Peninsula Open Space Trust

Land acquisition and transfer:in fiscal year 2019, post continued to address urgent conservation needs by completing eight (8) land transactions, bringing our total protected acres to 77,531 acres.in august 2018, post transferred the approximately 10-acre property, known as vida verde, located in san mateo county, to the non-profit vida verde nature education. The two houses located on the property will serve as support staff housing for the non-profit whose mission is "to promote educational equity by providing free, overnight environmental learning experiences for students who don't otherwise get the opportunity." The property contains a segment of san gregorio creek which is protected by a riparian conservation easement held by mrosd. In november 2018, post partnered with the santa clara valley Open Space authority (osa) and assisted in the protection of approximately 159 acres of Open Space, known as the geiger punch bowl, in the county of santa clara. Post entered ...

Community outreach and education:to further our community growth and engagement efforts, in fiscal year 2019 the organization continued our content marketing programs and community engagement programs in order to grow our community and engage prospective donors. Between new pieces, and revisions to existing content, we circulated over 40+ informational pieces including guides, blog posts, and press releases. In this way, we attracted over 33,000 new community members to our email list.additionally, we implemented two all-digital donor conversion campaigns using our new salesforce and pardot marketing automation platform. Our august 2019 all digital 100 donor challenge campaign was targeted at 42,000 names in our database and delivered a .55% donor conversion rate nearly double the rate we saw in fy 18. The campaign generated 233 gifts. A small digital campaign was included in our fiscal year end match campaign which contributed 9 new donors and $1,635 in gifts.community members and donors ...

Land management:post currently holds 19,429 acres in fee ownership and holds conservation easements and deed restrictions on 14,458 acres.the organization has an established stewardship program for the lands it owns that includes resource conservation planning and management, along with active uses of land for conservation grazing and agriculture, sustainable forest management and restoration where appropriate, and development of compatible recreational opportunities. Post works to protect and manage lands in its possession through site-specific stewardship plans for the natural resources on each property. Post staff and volunteers actively monitor the acreage on which post holds easements or restrictions. Volunteers also assist with stewardship projects on post-owned land. In total, post stewardship volunteers contributed an impressive 1,314 hours of work time in 2019 monitoring post-owned lands, participating in highway clean-ups, and mapping and treating invasive plants that degrade natural systems throughout our working area.other land management accomplishments across programs include the following:- ...