|
ORGANIZATION
The
Del Monte Forest Foundation acquires and manages lands dedicated to
open space and greenbelt within the Del Monte Forest. Some of those
lands are also managed for recreation, if that is consistent with the
resources and constraints of individual properties. Today, Del Monte
Forest Foundation, Inc. (DMFF) administers about 700 acres of open
space, which is about 14% of the Del Monte Forest.
DMFF is a non-profit 501.C (3) conservation organization that is
designated in Monterey County’s Local Coastal Program and its Del
Monte Forest Land Use Plan (LUP) as the recipient of open space and
scenic easements and fee interests in open space properties in the Del
Monte Forest. DMFF is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors that
meets quarterly. Ten of the twelve directors must be resident
property owners within the Del Monte Forest, and the remaining two are
representatives of the Pebble Beach Company.
To
protect and maintain open space, DMFF follows the policies and
guidelines contained in the LUP, which contains property specific
categories of land use and resources. Chapter Seven of the LUP is the
“Open Space Advisory Committee (OSAC) Management Plan”, which
prescribes Forest Maintenance Standards developed by the botanists and
ecologists of OSAC on a parcel-by-parcel basis. For the last 10
years, DMFF has contracted with Staub Forestry and Environmental
Consulting to fulfill its open space maintenance and monitoring
responsibilities. This firm has nearly 30 years experience with
Monterey pine forest management and research. DMFF also retains
independent legal counsel to advise and represent it as necessary.
DMFF maintains an office at the Pebble Beach Community Services
District and utilizes the District’s facilities and services under
contractual arrangements.
CONTACT US TODAY
WITH ANY QUESTIONS
YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING
THE DEL MONTE FOREST FOUNDATION
Email
info@delmonteforestfoundation.org |
|
|
Officers 2008 |
|
President - Dr. Dan Wilkes
Vice President - James J. Hill
Treasurer - John Bailey
Secretary - June Stock |
|
Board of Directors
|
John Bailey
Bill Conners
Jeff Craig
Marie France deSibert
June Duran Stock
Jeffrey Froke, Ph.D.
James J. Hill |
John
Sanders
Jim Sullivan, Ph.D.
Dr. Dan Wilkes
H. Lawrence Wilsey, Ph.D.
Cindy Zoller-Silver
|
|
Forester - Stephen Staub
Legal Counsel - Paul D. Gullion, Esq.
|
|
Honorary
Members |
Ed Brown
Ann & William R. Gianelli
Sydney Harrison
Mary D. Howden
John L. Love |
William C.
Penick
Larry Seeman
Jane Steel
Hampton Stewart, III
Paul Woudenberg
|
|
RESOURCES |
| Shawn Casey
|
Mark J.
Verbonich |
|
OFFICE CONTACT - Laura Dadiw |
|
OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (OSAC)
The
Open Space Advisory Committee (OSAC) was established in
1979 to provide knowledgeable local evaluation of the
extent, character and management needs of open space
areas in the Del Monte Forest. OSAC is composed of four
naturalists and two representatives from each of three
involved entities: Del Monte Forest Property Owners, Del
Monte Forest Foundation, and the Pebble Beach Company.
OSAC meets quarterly to review current trends and
management issues affecting plants and animals in the
forest and prepares an Annual Report of Maintenance and
Conditions of Del Monte Forest Open Space Properties.
Guided
by its four founding naturalists, OSAC recommended in
early 1980 that all open space areas in the forest be
consolidated under the ownership or control of a single
entity, the Del Monte Forest Foundation, in order to
simplify and streamline their administration and
management. Naturalists Rudd Crawford, a Director of the
Forest Committee and Monterey Peninsula Regional Park
District, Jim Griffin, Phd and Research Ecologist at
Hastings Natural History Reservation, Bruce Cowan of the
Monterey Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant
Society, and Vern Yadon, Director of the Pacific Grove
Museum of Natural History worked with Larry Seeman of
LSA to prepare the OSAC Management Plan with Maintenance
Standards detailed for individual open space properties.
The OSAC Management Plan was completed in June of 1980
and adopted by Monterey County as Chapter Seven of its
Del Monte Forest Area Land Use Plan. The OSAC Management
Plan was revised in 1983 and adopted by the California
Coastal Commission in 1984 as part of Monterey County’s
Local Coastal Program. Updated Maintenance Standards for
Huckleberry Hill Natural Reserve were prepared and
adopted by OSAC in 1990. |
|
