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Who We Are
Preserve Calavera is a grass-roots, tax-exempt organization of residents and users of the natural open space in coastal north county. We started ten years ago with a focus on the Calavera open space in northeastern Carlsbad. But we soon realized that natural lands do not exist as an island, and in order to protect this area we needed to consider the entire watershed, and the wildlife movement corridors that connect this area to the rest of the natural lands in coastal north county. We therefore expanded our focus area to include all of coastal north county. While our members are primarily from the surrounding cities of Oceanside, Carlsbad and Vista we have some scattered throughout southern California and even from other states- all of whom care about preserving our priceless local natural lands. . We confer with other environmental organizations with respect to habitat preservation and watershed protection issues and other parties of interest such as the adjoining Dawson Reserve.
Goals
This year we held our first long range planning meeting and identified the following three items as our top priorities for the next ten years:
- Acquisition of natural open space that will be focused on Calavera core areas and the Buena Vista watershed, with other strategically located areas to benefit watersheds and wildlife movement corridors. Planning for an interconnected trail system will be incorporated into acquisition and land management planning.
- Hardline preserved natural lands will be managed in an integrated way that supports a healthy ecosystem including plants and wildlife. Such management will have stopped the degradation of natural lands through effective monitoring and enforcement. Residents will be involved in protecting the natural lands in their neighborhoods.
- Functional wildlife corridors will be in place with such structural changes as are needed to support healthy sustainable populations and minimum roadkill.
Organization
Preserve Calavera is a public benefit non-profit corporation. There are nine members of the Board of Directors. They include : Diane Nygaard, President; Michael Lichtman, Treasurer; Karen Merrill , Secretary; Kasey Cinciarelli, Paige DeCino, Joan Jackson, Jerry Rockwell and Mary Anne Viney. Meetings are held bi-monthly and will be posted on the
Activities Page when they are scheduled. Meetings are open to subscribers and interested persons, but call first to confirm your attendance. Neighborhood organizers, sub-committee, and general meetings are scheduled on an as-needed basis.
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