Audubon Canyon Ranch has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Marin Community Foundation to provide community training and education to protect and restore native ecosystems throughout Marin County.
 
The grant will be used to provide comprehensive training of conservation staff, land managers and volunteers in ACR’s best practices in habitat restoration and early detection techniques to control non-native, invasive species. Grant funds will also enable ACR to collaborate with neighboring organizations to identify additional strategies for protecting Marin’s biologically diverse lands into the future.
 
“The conservation challenge of this new century is to manage and restore those ecosystems we have successfully saved,” said Daniel Gluesenkamp, Director of Habitat Protection & Restoration at Audubon Canyon Ranch. “With the help of MCF, local action on Audubon Canyon Ranch lands will protect these unique sanctuaries and also provide living laboratories for developing important innovations.”
 
ACR has made Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) a core strategy for management of its sanctuaries. By deploying its EDRR strategy, ACR biologists discover outbreaks of invasive species early and are able to respond before the infestation does harm. With grant funding, ACR can share its best practices and techniques with community participants in the program.
 
Audubon Canyon Ranch is grateful for this generous support from the Marin Community Foundation.