North America’s most underrated road trip

Peter Fugazzotto - MALT

By Peter Fugazzotto, Director, Communications

March 2, 2020

While much of the Bay Area has been developed for business and residence, Marin County has remained relatively undeveloped because of the land protections of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), founded by rancher Ellen Straus and biologist Phyllis Faber in 1980.

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