Marin provides $1.3 million to help protect ranch

Marin Independent Journal

December 14, 2017

Article about the planned Furlong Ranch easement. Mentions each past Measure A easement by name. Measure A and MALT contributions are put into simple terms. Establishes urgency in rising land values and landowner succession issues. Jamison Watts and Jeff Stump are quoted.

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Metallica’s Hetfield offers more Lucas Valley land; building plans uncertain

Marin Independent Journal

November 11, 2017

“Metallica co-founder James Hetfield and his wife Francesca are offering to dedicate another 240 acres of their Lucas Valley property for an agricultural conservation easement, increasing the amount of land they have dedicated to 1,000 acres. It is unclear exactly what if any effect these dedications might have on the Hetfields’ previously stated interest in…

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Marin kicks off climate change campaign

Marin Independent Journal

October 3, 2017

The fourth of five strategies mentioned to raise awareness of climate change “involves local food and carbon sequestration” and mentions Marin RCD and Marin Carbon Project.

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