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SUMMARY:MCL Annual Meeting and Board Election
DESCRIPTION:MCL Annual Meeting and Board Election\nJoin us for coffee\, pastries\, and light refreshments as we gather to vote for MCL’s new Board of Directors. Meet and mingle with Board members and candidates\, hear updates from our Executive Director\, and share your priorities for the year ahead. \nMCL members only. RSVP below\, or call (415) 485-6257  or email mcl@marinconservationleague.org with any question. \nThis year\, the Annual Meeting & Board Election will be held as a dedicated event\, with our awards and gala taking place separately in September. \nMCL Offices\n175 N. Redwood Drive\, San Rafael\, CA \nSaturday\, April 25 – 10-11:30am
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/annual-meeting-and-election/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:MCL Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260506T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260506T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
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SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
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SUMMARY:MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nParks and Open Space Committee\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nIn-person/Zoom hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmgrD4vG9XtnkUk-dxDuEZFSvAuGyhD \nNote changed time 2:30 – 4:30 \nCHINA CAMP STATE PARK – “A lot’s going on!”—– \n \nThat’s what Executive Director of Friends of China Camp (FOCC) Martin Lowenstein told me when I asked him to give an update to MCL’s Parks & Open Space Committee on current activities and programs on China Camp State Park – a lot going on\, but not without the daily challenges of full financial responsibility for keeping the park open 365 days of the year. \nIt will be 15 years this coming May that the park received notice it was on State Parks’ chopping block for closure in 2012\, along with 69 other parks that the state budget could no longer support.  The story of the park’s rescue by FOCC is a saga that is well known to most\, a testament to the power of grass roots volunteerism coupled with dogged persistence. \nThe persistence has never stopped\, nor the teams of volunteers who make possible the most varied and creative programs and activities of any state park in Marin. UnderMartin’s leadership\, a small staff and myriad volunteers continue to work miracles\, often against odds that would seem overwhelming. \nMartin Lowenstein brings his own distinctive qualifications to his unusual job.  Trained as civil engineer and armed with an MBA\, Martin has been able to address the practical tasks of managing and maintaining the complex infrastructure across the park\, at the same time he has built membership\, a sense of community\, and managed the multiple funding sources that are necessary to keep the park viable. \n \nJoining the discussion will be Matt Ferner\, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)\, which includes China Camp State Park. Matt is an environmental scientist and educator with a background in oceanography and aquatic sensory ecology\, and has worked with the Reserve since 2008. Based at San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, he will speak to the research and stewardship work underway at China Camp. \nMartin will recount the “lot that is going on” at China Camp\, with additional perspective from Matt on the science and stewardship supporting the park at the April 9 meeting.  Attend in person\, or tune in remotely at the unusual time of 2:30. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting-4-4-6-2/2026-05-14/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parks and Open Space
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
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SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2026-05-20/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260603T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260603T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
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SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ \nMAY 6: LEARN HOW GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS TAKING ON HOUSING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SOLUTION   \nJessie Rountree from Greenbelt Alliance will be our guest speaker. Jessie will share how Greenbelt Alliance is encouraging Climate SMART housing in the Bay Area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, increase our resilience to climate-related risks\, and avoid habitat disruption through sprawl. She will introduce us to their Endorsement Program which applies criteria and expert review to housing across the Bay Area. Together\, we will also explore ways to improve future projects like local ordinance requirements for addressing sea level rise and wildfire hazards\, as well as how to better integrate transportation and infrastructure improvements needed to support new housing. \nJessie Rountree is the Marin Resilience Manager at Greenbelt Alliance. Jessie works alongside partners and communities to create a shared vision for resilience\, one that brings together equity\, conservation\, and abundant climate-SMART housing. Jessie is a Marin County resident\, nature enthusiast\, and an active member of MCL. \nLIGHT POLLUTION – INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT “DARK SKIES” POLICY POSITION \nNighttime lighting can create damaging pollution from ambient light (glow) and excessive glare. Light pollution has many environmental consequences including direct impacts to bird movement and human quality of life. MCL has been studying this issue and has found that there are ways and means to minimize night lighting while maintaining needed safety. MCL has developed a draft policy position statement that advocates for “dark skies.” This draft policy statement will be introduced for discussion at this meeting.  Join us to learn more and to participate in this discussion. \nPlease register above to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2026-06-03/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
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SUMMARY:MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nParks and Open Space Committee\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nIn-person/Zoom hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmgrD4vG9XtnkUk-dxDuEZFSvAuGyhD \nNote changed time 2:30 – 4:30 \nCHINA CAMP STATE PARK – “A lot’s going on!”—– \n \nThat’s what Executive Director of Friends of China Camp (FOCC) Martin Lowenstein told me when I asked him to give an update to MCL’s Parks & Open Space Committee on current activities and programs on China Camp State Park – a lot going on\, but not without the daily challenges of full financial responsibility for keeping the park open 365 days of the year. \nIt will be 15 years this coming May that the park received notice it was on State Parks’ chopping block for closure in 2012\, along with 69 other parks that the state budget could no longer support.  The story of the park’s rescue by FOCC is a saga that is well known to most\, a testament to the power of grass roots volunteerism coupled with dogged persistence. \nThe persistence has never stopped\, nor the teams of volunteers who make possible the most varied and creative programs and activities of any state park in Marin. UnderMartin’s leadership\, a small staff and myriad volunteers continue to work miracles\, often against odds that would seem overwhelming. \nMartin Lowenstein brings his own distinctive qualifications to his unusual job.  Trained as civil engineer and armed with an MBA\, Martin has been able to address the practical tasks of managing and maintaining the complex infrastructure across the park\, at the same time he has built membership\, a sense of community\, and managed the multiple funding sources that are necessary to keep the park viable. \n \nJoining the discussion will be Matt Ferner\, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)\, which includes China Camp State Park. Matt is an environmental scientist and educator with a background in oceanography and aquatic sensory ecology\, and has worked with the Reserve since 2008. Based at San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, he will speak to the research and stewardship work underway at China Camp. \nMartin will recount the “lot that is going on” at China Camp\, with additional perspective from Matt on the science and stewardship supporting the park at the April 9 meeting.  Attend in person\, or tune in remotely at the unusual time of 2:30. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting-4-4-6-2/2026-06-11/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parks and Open Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
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SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2026-06-17/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260701T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260701T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
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SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ \nMAY 6: LEARN HOW GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS TAKING ON HOUSING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SOLUTION   \nJessie Rountree from Greenbelt Alliance will be our guest speaker. Jessie will share how Greenbelt Alliance is encouraging Climate SMART housing in the Bay Area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, increase our resilience to climate-related risks\, and avoid habitat disruption through sprawl. She will introduce us to their Endorsement Program which applies criteria and expert review to housing across the Bay Area. Together\, we will also explore ways to improve future projects like local ordinance requirements for addressing sea level rise and wildfire hazards\, as well as how to better integrate transportation and infrastructure improvements needed to support new housing. \nJessie Rountree is the Marin Resilience Manager at Greenbelt Alliance. Jessie works alongside partners and communities to create a shared vision for resilience\, one that brings together equity\, conservation\, and abundant climate-SMART housing. Jessie is a Marin County resident\, nature enthusiast\, and an active member of MCL. \nLIGHT POLLUTION – INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT “DARK SKIES” POLICY POSITION \nNighttime lighting can create damaging pollution from ambient light (glow) and excessive glare. Light pollution has many environmental consequences including direct impacts to bird movement and human quality of life. MCL has been studying this issue and has found that there are ways and means to minimize night lighting while maintaining needed safety. MCL has developed a draft policy position statement that advocates for “dark skies.” This draft policy statement will be introduced for discussion at this meeting.  Join us to learn more and to participate in this discussion. \nPlease register above to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2026-07-01/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
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SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2026-07-15/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Martha-Co-WH14B-scaled-1.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260805T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260805T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
UID:10002560-1785924000-1785931200@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ \nMAY 6: LEARN HOW GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS TAKING ON HOUSING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SOLUTION   \nJessie Rountree from Greenbelt Alliance will be our guest speaker. Jessie will share how Greenbelt Alliance is encouraging Climate SMART housing in the Bay Area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, increase our resilience to climate-related risks\, and avoid habitat disruption through sprawl. She will introduce us to their Endorsement Program which applies criteria and expert review to housing across the Bay Area. Together\, we will also explore ways to improve future projects like local ordinance requirements for addressing sea level rise and wildfire hazards\, as well as how to better integrate transportation and infrastructure improvements needed to support new housing. \nJessie Rountree is the Marin Resilience Manager at Greenbelt Alliance. Jessie works alongside partners and communities to create a shared vision for resilience\, one that brings together equity\, conservation\, and abundant climate-SMART housing. Jessie is a Marin County resident\, nature enthusiast\, and an active member of MCL. \nLIGHT POLLUTION – INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT “DARK SKIES” POLICY POSITION \nNighttime lighting can create damaging pollution from ambient light (glow) and excessive glare. Light pollution has many environmental consequences including direct impacts to bird movement and human quality of life. MCL has been studying this issue and has found that there are ways and means to minimize night lighting while maintaining needed safety. MCL has developed a draft policy position statement that advocates for “dark skies.” This draft policy statement will be introduced for discussion at this meeting.  Join us to learn more and to participate in this discussion. \nPlease register above to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2026-08-05/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parks-and-Open-Space-Committee-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260813T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260813T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
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SUMMARY:MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nParks and Open Space Committee\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nIn-person/Zoom hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmgrD4vG9XtnkUk-dxDuEZFSvAuGyhD \nNote changed time 2:30 – 4:30 \nCHINA CAMP STATE PARK – “A lot’s going on!”—– \n \nThat’s what Executive Director of Friends of China Camp (FOCC) Martin Lowenstein told me when I asked him to give an update to MCL’s Parks & Open Space Committee on current activities and programs on China Camp State Park – a lot going on\, but not without the daily challenges of full financial responsibility for keeping the park open 365 days of the year. \nIt will be 15 years this coming May that the park received notice it was on State Parks’ chopping block for closure in 2012\, along with 69 other parks that the state budget could no longer support.  The story of the park’s rescue by FOCC is a saga that is well known to most\, a testament to the power of grass roots volunteerism coupled with dogged persistence. \nThe persistence has never stopped\, nor the teams of volunteers who make possible the most varied and creative programs and activities of any state park in Marin. UnderMartin’s leadership\, a small staff and myriad volunteers continue to work miracles\, often against odds that would seem overwhelming. \nMartin Lowenstein brings his own distinctive qualifications to his unusual job.  Trained as civil engineer and armed with an MBA\, Martin has been able to address the practical tasks of managing and maintaining the complex infrastructure across the park\, at the same time he has built membership\, a sense of community\, and managed the multiple funding sources that are necessary to keep the park viable. \n \nJoining the discussion will be Matt Ferner\, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)\, which includes China Camp State Park. Matt is an environmental scientist and educator with a background in oceanography and aquatic sensory ecology\, and has worked with the Reserve since 2008. Based at San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, he will speak to the research and stewardship work underway at China Camp. \nMartin will recount the “lot that is going on” at China Camp\, with additional perspective from Matt on the science and stewardship supporting the park at the April 9 meeting.  Attend in person\, or tune in remotely at the unusual time of 2:30. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting-4-4-6-2/2026-08-13/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parks and Open Space
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parks-and-Open-Space-Committee.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260819T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260819T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
UID:10002515-1787133600-1787140800@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2026-08-19/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Martha-Co-WH14B-scaled-1.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260902T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260902T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
UID:10002561-1788343200-1788350400@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ \nMAY 6: LEARN HOW GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS TAKING ON HOUSING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SOLUTION   \nJessie Rountree from Greenbelt Alliance will be our guest speaker. Jessie will share how Greenbelt Alliance is encouraging Climate SMART housing in the Bay Area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, increase our resilience to climate-related risks\, and avoid habitat disruption through sprawl. She will introduce us to their Endorsement Program which applies criteria and expert review to housing across the Bay Area. Together\, we will also explore ways to improve future projects like local ordinance requirements for addressing sea level rise and wildfire hazards\, as well as how to better integrate transportation and infrastructure improvements needed to support new housing. \nJessie Rountree is the Marin Resilience Manager at Greenbelt Alliance. Jessie works alongside partners and communities to create a shared vision for resilience\, one that brings together equity\, conservation\, and abundant climate-SMART housing. Jessie is a Marin County resident\, nature enthusiast\, and an active member of MCL. \nLIGHT POLLUTION – INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT “DARK SKIES” POLICY POSITION \nNighttime lighting can create damaging pollution from ambient light (glow) and excessive glare. Light pollution has many environmental consequences including direct impacts to bird movement and human quality of life. MCL has been studying this issue and has found that there are ways and means to minimize night lighting while maintaining needed safety. MCL has developed a draft policy position statement that advocates for “dark skies.” This draft policy statement will be introduced for discussion at this meeting.  Join us to learn more and to participate in this discussion. \nPlease register above to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2026-09-02/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parks-and-Open-Space-Committee-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
UID:10002292-1789050600-1789057800@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nParks and Open Space Committee\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nIn-person/Zoom hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmgrD4vG9XtnkUk-dxDuEZFSvAuGyhD \nNote changed time 2:30 – 4:30 \nCHINA CAMP STATE PARK – “A lot’s going on!”—– \n \nThat’s what Executive Director of Friends of China Camp (FOCC) Martin Lowenstein told me when I asked him to give an update to MCL’s Parks & Open Space Committee on current activities and programs on China Camp State Park – a lot going on\, but not without the daily challenges of full financial responsibility for keeping the park open 365 days of the year. \nIt will be 15 years this coming May that the park received notice it was on State Parks’ chopping block for closure in 2012\, along with 69 other parks that the state budget could no longer support.  The story of the park’s rescue by FOCC is a saga that is well known to most\, a testament to the power of grass roots volunteerism coupled with dogged persistence. \nThe persistence has never stopped\, nor the teams of volunteers who make possible the most varied and creative programs and activities of any state park in Marin. UnderMartin’s leadership\, a small staff and myriad volunteers continue to work miracles\, often against odds that would seem overwhelming. \nMartin Lowenstein brings his own distinctive qualifications to his unusual job.  Trained as civil engineer and armed with an MBA\, Martin has been able to address the practical tasks of managing and maintaining the complex infrastructure across the park\, at the same time he has built membership\, a sense of community\, and managed the multiple funding sources that are necessary to keep the park viable. \n \nJoining the discussion will be Matt Ferner\, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)\, which includes China Camp State Park. Matt is an environmental scientist and educator with a background in oceanography and aquatic sensory ecology\, and has worked with the Reserve since 2008. Based at San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, he will speak to the research and stewardship work underway at China Camp. \nMartin will recount the “lot that is going on” at China Camp\, with additional perspective from Matt on the science and stewardship supporting the park at the April 9 meeting.  Attend in person\, or tune in remotely at the unusual time of 2:30. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting-4-4-6-2/2026-09-10/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parks and Open Space
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parks-and-Open-Space-Committee.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
UID:10002516-1789552800-1789560000@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2026-09-16/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Martha-Co-WH14B-scaled-1.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261007T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261007T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
UID:10002562-1791367200-1791374400@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ \nMAY 6: LEARN HOW GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS TAKING ON HOUSING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SOLUTION   \nJessie Rountree from Greenbelt Alliance will be our guest speaker. Jessie will share how Greenbelt Alliance is encouraging Climate SMART housing in the Bay Area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, increase our resilience to climate-related risks\, and avoid habitat disruption through sprawl. She will introduce us to their Endorsement Program which applies criteria and expert review to housing across the Bay Area. Together\, we will also explore ways to improve future projects like local ordinance requirements for addressing sea level rise and wildfire hazards\, as well as how to better integrate transportation and infrastructure improvements needed to support new housing. \nJessie Rountree is the Marin Resilience Manager at Greenbelt Alliance. Jessie works alongside partners and communities to create a shared vision for resilience\, one that brings together equity\, conservation\, and abundant climate-SMART housing. Jessie is a Marin County resident\, nature enthusiast\, and an active member of MCL. \nLIGHT POLLUTION – INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT “DARK SKIES” POLICY POSITION \nNighttime lighting can create damaging pollution from ambient light (glow) and excessive glare. Light pollution has many environmental consequences including direct impacts to bird movement and human quality of life. MCL has been studying this issue and has found that there are ways and means to minimize night lighting while maintaining needed safety. MCL has developed a draft policy position statement that advocates for “dark skies.” This draft policy statement will be introduced for discussion at this meeting.  Join us to learn more and to participate in this discussion. \nPlease register above to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2026-10-07/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parks-and-Open-Space-Committee-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261008T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261008T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
UID:10002177-1791469800-1791477000@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nParks and Open Space Committee\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nIn-person/Zoom hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmgrD4vG9XtnkUk-dxDuEZFSvAuGyhD \nNote changed time 2:30 – 4:30 \nCHINA CAMP STATE PARK – “A lot’s going on!”—– \n \nThat’s what Executive Director of Friends of China Camp (FOCC) Martin Lowenstein told me when I asked him to give an update to MCL’s Parks & Open Space Committee on current activities and programs on China Camp State Park – a lot going on\, but not without the daily challenges of full financial responsibility for keeping the park open 365 days of the year. \nIt will be 15 years this coming May that the park received notice it was on State Parks’ chopping block for closure in 2012\, along with 69 other parks that the state budget could no longer support.  The story of the park’s rescue by FOCC is a saga that is well known to most\, a testament to the power of grass roots volunteerism coupled with dogged persistence. \nThe persistence has never stopped\, nor the teams of volunteers who make possible the most varied and creative programs and activities of any state park in Marin. UnderMartin’s leadership\, a small staff and myriad volunteers continue to work miracles\, often against odds that would seem overwhelming. \nMartin Lowenstein brings his own distinctive qualifications to his unusual job.  Trained as civil engineer and armed with an MBA\, Martin has been able to address the practical tasks of managing and maintaining the complex infrastructure across the park\, at the same time he has built membership\, a sense of community\, and managed the multiple funding sources that are necessary to keep the park viable. \n \nJoining the discussion will be Matt Ferner\, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)\, which includes China Camp State Park. Matt is an environmental scientist and educator with a background in oceanography and aquatic sensory ecology\, and has worked with the Reserve since 2008. Based at San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, he will speak to the research and stewardship work underway at China Camp. \nMartin will recount the “lot that is going on” at China Camp\, with additional perspective from Matt on the science and stewardship supporting the park at the April 9 meeting.  Attend in person\, or tune in remotely at the unusual time of 2:30. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting-4-4-6-2/2026-10-08/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parks and Open Space
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parks-and-Open-Space-Committee.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261021T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
UID:10002517-1792576800-1792584000@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2026-10-21/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Martha-Co-WH14B-scaled-1.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261104T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
UID:10002563-1793786400-1793793600@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ \nMAY 6: LEARN HOW GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS TAKING ON HOUSING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SOLUTION   \nJessie Rountree from Greenbelt Alliance will be our guest speaker. Jessie will share how Greenbelt Alliance is encouraging Climate SMART housing in the Bay Area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, increase our resilience to climate-related risks\, and avoid habitat disruption through sprawl. She will introduce us to their Endorsement Program which applies criteria and expert review to housing across the Bay Area. Together\, we will also explore ways to improve future projects like local ordinance requirements for addressing sea level rise and wildfire hazards\, as well as how to better integrate transportation and infrastructure improvements needed to support new housing. \nJessie Rountree is the Marin Resilience Manager at Greenbelt Alliance. Jessie works alongside partners and communities to create a shared vision for resilience\, one that brings together equity\, conservation\, and abundant climate-SMART housing. Jessie is a Marin County resident\, nature enthusiast\, and an active member of MCL. \nLIGHT POLLUTION – INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT “DARK SKIES” POLICY POSITION \nNighttime lighting can create damaging pollution from ambient light (glow) and excessive glare. Light pollution has many environmental consequences including direct impacts to bird movement and human quality of life. MCL has been studying this issue and has found that there are ways and means to minimize night lighting while maintaining needed safety. MCL has developed a draft policy position statement that advocates for “dark skies.” This draft policy statement will be introduced for discussion at this meeting.  Join us to learn more and to participate in this discussion. \nPlease register above to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2026-11-04/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parks-and-Open-Space-Committee-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261112T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261112T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
UID:10002293-1794493800-1794501000@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nParks and Open Space Committee\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nIn-person/Zoom hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmgrD4vG9XtnkUk-dxDuEZFSvAuGyhD \nNote changed time 2:30 – 4:30 \nCHINA CAMP STATE PARK – “A lot’s going on!”—– \n \nThat’s what Executive Director of Friends of China Camp (FOCC) Martin Lowenstein told me when I asked him to give an update to MCL’s Parks & Open Space Committee on current activities and programs on China Camp State Park – a lot going on\, but not without the daily challenges of full financial responsibility for keeping the park open 365 days of the year. \nIt will be 15 years this coming May that the park received notice it was on State Parks’ chopping block for closure in 2012\, along with 69 other parks that the state budget could no longer support.  The story of the park’s rescue by FOCC is a saga that is well known to most\, a testament to the power of grass roots volunteerism coupled with dogged persistence. \nThe persistence has never stopped\, nor the teams of volunteers who make possible the most varied and creative programs and activities of any state park in Marin. UnderMartin’s leadership\, a small staff and myriad volunteers continue to work miracles\, often against odds that would seem overwhelming. \nMartin Lowenstein brings his own distinctive qualifications to his unusual job.  Trained as civil engineer and armed with an MBA\, Martin has been able to address the practical tasks of managing and maintaining the complex infrastructure across the park\, at the same time he has built membership\, a sense of community\, and managed the multiple funding sources that are necessary to keep the park viable. \n \nJoining the discussion will be Matt Ferner\, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)\, which includes China Camp State Park. Matt is an environmental scientist and educator with a background in oceanography and aquatic sensory ecology\, and has worked with the Reserve since 2008. Based at San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, he will speak to the research and stewardship work underway at China Camp. \nMartin will recount the “lot that is going on” at China Camp\, with additional perspective from Matt on the science and stewardship supporting the park at the April 9 meeting.  Attend in person\, or tune in remotely at the unusual time of 2:30. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting-4-4-6-2/2026-11-12/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parks and Open Space
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parks-and-Open-Space-Committee.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261118T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
UID:10002518-1794996000-1795003200@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2026-11-18/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Martha-Co-WH14B-scaled-1.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261202T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053141
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
UID:10002564-1796205600-1796212800@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ \nMAY 6: LEARN HOW GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS TAKING ON HOUSING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SOLUTION   \nJessie Rountree from Greenbelt Alliance will be our guest speaker. Jessie will share how Greenbelt Alliance is encouraging Climate SMART housing in the Bay Area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, increase our resilience to climate-related risks\, and avoid habitat disruption through sprawl. She will introduce us to their Endorsement Program which applies criteria and expert review to housing across the Bay Area. Together\, we will also explore ways to improve future projects like local ordinance requirements for addressing sea level rise and wildfire hazards\, as well as how to better integrate transportation and infrastructure improvements needed to support new housing. \nJessie Rountree is the Marin Resilience Manager at Greenbelt Alliance. Jessie works alongside partners and communities to create a shared vision for resilience\, one that brings together equity\, conservation\, and abundant climate-SMART housing. Jessie is a Marin County resident\, nature enthusiast\, and an active member of MCL. \nLIGHT POLLUTION – INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT “DARK SKIES” POLICY POSITION \nNighttime lighting can create damaging pollution from ambient light (glow) and excessive glare. Light pollution has many environmental consequences including direct impacts to bird movement and human quality of life. MCL has been studying this issue and has found that there are ways and means to minimize night lighting while maintaining needed safety. MCL has developed a draft policy position statement that advocates for “dark skies.” This draft policy statement will be introduced for discussion at this meeting.  Join us to learn more and to participate in this discussion. \nPlease register above to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2026-12-02/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parks-and-Open-Space-Committee-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261210T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261210T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053142
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
UID:10002179-1796913000-1796920200@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nParks and Open Space Committee\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nIn-person/Zoom hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmgrD4vG9XtnkUk-dxDuEZFSvAuGyhD \nNote changed time 2:30 – 4:30 \nCHINA CAMP STATE PARK – “A lot’s going on!”—– \n \nThat’s what Executive Director of Friends of China Camp (FOCC) Martin Lowenstein told me when I asked him to give an update to MCL’s Parks & Open Space Committee on current activities and programs on China Camp State Park – a lot going on\, but not without the daily challenges of full financial responsibility for keeping the park open 365 days of the year. \nIt will be 15 years this coming May that the park received notice it was on State Parks’ chopping block for closure in 2012\, along with 69 other parks that the state budget could no longer support.  The story of the park’s rescue by FOCC is a saga that is well known to most\, a testament to the power of grass roots volunteerism coupled with dogged persistence. \nThe persistence has never stopped\, nor the teams of volunteers who make possible the most varied and creative programs and activities of any state park in Marin. UnderMartin’s leadership\, a small staff and myriad volunteers continue to work miracles\, often against odds that would seem overwhelming. \nMartin Lowenstein brings his own distinctive qualifications to his unusual job.  Trained as civil engineer and armed with an MBA\, Martin has been able to address the practical tasks of managing and maintaining the complex infrastructure across the park\, at the same time he has built membership\, a sense of community\, and managed the multiple funding sources that are necessary to keep the park viable. \n \nJoining the discussion will be Matt Ferner\, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)\, which includes China Camp State Park. Matt is an environmental scientist and educator with a background in oceanography and aquatic sensory ecology\, and has worked with the Reserve since 2008. Based at San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, he will speak to the research and stewardship work underway at China Camp. \nMartin will recount the “lot that is going on” at China Camp\, with additional perspective from Matt on the science and stewardship supporting the park at the April 9 meeting.  Attend in person\, or tune in remotely at the unusual time of 2:30. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting-4-4-6-2/2026-12-10/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parks and Open Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261216T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261216T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053142
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
UID:10002519-1797415200-1797422400@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2026-12-16/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270106T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270106T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053142
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
UID:10002565-1799229600-1799236800@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ \nMAY 6: LEARN HOW GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS TAKING ON HOUSING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SOLUTION   \nJessie Rountree from Greenbelt Alliance will be our guest speaker. Jessie will share how Greenbelt Alliance is encouraging Climate SMART housing in the Bay Area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, increase our resilience to climate-related risks\, and avoid habitat disruption through sprawl. She will introduce us to their Endorsement Program which applies criteria and expert review to housing across the Bay Area. Together\, we will also explore ways to improve future projects like local ordinance requirements for addressing sea level rise and wildfire hazards\, as well as how to better integrate transportation and infrastructure improvements needed to support new housing. \nJessie Rountree is the Marin Resilience Manager at Greenbelt Alliance. Jessie works alongside partners and communities to create a shared vision for resilience\, one that brings together equity\, conservation\, and abundant climate-SMART housing. Jessie is a Marin County resident\, nature enthusiast\, and an active member of MCL. \nLIGHT POLLUTION – INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT “DARK SKIES” POLICY POSITION \nNighttime lighting can create damaging pollution from ambient light (glow) and excessive glare. Light pollution has many environmental consequences including direct impacts to bird movement and human quality of life. MCL has been studying this issue and has found that there are ways and means to minimize night lighting while maintaining needed safety. MCL has developed a draft policy position statement that advocates for “dark skies.” This draft policy statement will be introduced for discussion at this meeting.  Join us to learn more and to participate in this discussion. \nPlease register above to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2027-01-06/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270114T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270114T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053142
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
UID:10002294-1799937000-1799944200@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nParks and Open Space Committee\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nIn-person/Zoom hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmgrD4vG9XtnkUk-dxDuEZFSvAuGyhD \nNote changed time 2:30 – 4:30 \nCHINA CAMP STATE PARK – “A lot’s going on!”—– \n \nThat’s what Executive Director of Friends of China Camp (FOCC) Martin Lowenstein told me when I asked him to give an update to MCL’s Parks & Open Space Committee on current activities and programs on China Camp State Park – a lot going on\, but not without the daily challenges of full financial responsibility for keeping the park open 365 days of the year. \nIt will be 15 years this coming May that the park received notice it was on State Parks’ chopping block for closure in 2012\, along with 69 other parks that the state budget could no longer support.  The story of the park’s rescue by FOCC is a saga that is well known to most\, a testament to the power of grass roots volunteerism coupled with dogged persistence. \nThe persistence has never stopped\, nor the teams of volunteers who make possible the most varied and creative programs and activities of any state park in Marin. UnderMartin’s leadership\, a small staff and myriad volunteers continue to work miracles\, often against odds that would seem overwhelming. \nMartin Lowenstein brings his own distinctive qualifications to his unusual job.  Trained as civil engineer and armed with an MBA\, Martin has been able to address the practical tasks of managing and maintaining the complex infrastructure across the park\, at the same time he has built membership\, a sense of community\, and managed the multiple funding sources that are necessary to keep the park viable. \n \nJoining the discussion will be Matt Ferner\, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)\, which includes China Camp State Park. Matt is an environmental scientist and educator with a background in oceanography and aquatic sensory ecology\, and has worked with the Reserve since 2008. Based at San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, he will speak to the research and stewardship work underway at China Camp. \nMartin will recount the “lot that is going on” at China Camp\, with additional perspective from Matt on the science and stewardship supporting the park at the April 9 meeting.  Attend in person\, or tune in remotely at the unusual time of 2:30. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting-4-4-6-2/2027-01-14/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parks and Open Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270120T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270120T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053142
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
UID:10002520-1800439200-1800446400@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2027-01-20/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270203T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270203T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053142
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
UID:10002566-1801648800-1801656000@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Land Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nLand Use\, Transportation\, & Water Committee\n10:00 am-12:00 pm\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdeuprjgqH9XMXRT0ZVWwTUjD-JW0QNlJ \nMAY 6: LEARN HOW GREENBELT ALLIANCE IS TAKING ON HOUSING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE SOLUTION   \nJessie Rountree from Greenbelt Alliance will be our guest speaker. Jessie will share how Greenbelt Alliance is encouraging Climate SMART housing in the Bay Area to reduce greenhouse gas emissions\, increase our resilience to climate-related risks\, and avoid habitat disruption through sprawl. She will introduce us to their Endorsement Program which applies criteria and expert review to housing across the Bay Area. Together\, we will also explore ways to improve future projects like local ordinance requirements for addressing sea level rise and wildfire hazards\, as well as how to better integrate transportation and infrastructure improvements needed to support new housing. \nJessie Rountree is the Marin Resilience Manager at Greenbelt Alliance. Jessie works alongside partners and communities to create a shared vision for resilience\, one that brings together equity\, conservation\, and abundant climate-SMART housing. Jessie is a Marin County resident\, nature enthusiast\, and an active member of MCL. \nLIGHT POLLUTION – INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT “DARK SKIES” POLICY POSITION \nNighttime lighting can create damaging pollution from ambient light (glow) and excessive glare. Light pollution has many environmental consequences including direct impacts to bird movement and human quality of life. MCL has been studying this issue and has found that there are ways and means to minimize night lighting while maintaining needed safety. MCL has developed a draft policy position statement that advocates for “dark skies.” This draft policy statement will be introduced for discussion at this meeting.  Join us to learn more and to participate in this discussion. \nPlease register above to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-and-water-committee-meeting/2027-02-03/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Land Use, Water and Transportation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270211T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053142
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
UID:10002181-1802356200-1802363400@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Parks and Open Space Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nParks and Open Space Committee\n2:30 – 4:30 pm\nIn-person/Zoom hybrid\nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmgrD4vG9XtnkUk-dxDuEZFSvAuGyhD \nNote changed time 2:30 – 4:30 \nCHINA CAMP STATE PARK – “A lot’s going on!”—– \n \nThat’s what Executive Director of Friends of China Camp (FOCC) Martin Lowenstein told me when I asked him to give an update to MCL’s Parks & Open Space Committee on current activities and programs on China Camp State Park – a lot going on\, but not without the daily challenges of full financial responsibility for keeping the park open 365 days of the year. \nIt will be 15 years this coming May that the park received notice it was on State Parks’ chopping block for closure in 2012\, along with 69 other parks that the state budget could no longer support.  The story of the park’s rescue by FOCC is a saga that is well known to most\, a testament to the power of grass roots volunteerism coupled with dogged persistence. \nThe persistence has never stopped\, nor the teams of volunteers who make possible the most varied and creative programs and activities of any state park in Marin. UnderMartin’s leadership\, a small staff and myriad volunteers continue to work miracles\, often against odds that would seem overwhelming. \nMartin Lowenstein brings his own distinctive qualifications to his unusual job.  Trained as civil engineer and armed with an MBA\, Martin has been able to address the practical tasks of managing and maintaining the complex infrastructure across the park\, at the same time he has built membership\, a sense of community\, and managed the multiple funding sources that are necessary to keep the park viable. \n \nJoining the discussion will be Matt Ferner\, Director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)\, which includes China Camp State Park. Matt is an environmental scientist and educator with a background in oceanography and aquatic sensory ecology\, and has worked with the Reserve since 2008. Based at San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center in Tiburon\, he will speak to the research and stewardship work underway at China Camp. \nMartin will recount the “lot that is going on” at China Camp\, with additional perspective from Matt on the science and stewardship supporting the park at the April 9 meeting.  Attend in person\, or tune in remotely at the unusual time of 2:30. We look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting-4-4-6-2/2027-02-11/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parks and Open Space
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270217T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270217T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T053142
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T204049Z
UID:10002521-1802858400-1802865600@www.marinconservationleague.org
SUMMARY:MCL Climate Action Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Marin Conservation League\nClimate Action Working Group Meeting\nWednesday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nZoom Meeting \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th-The Climate Center: 2026 priorities and Sacramento in action \nBarry Vesser\, Chief Program Officer at The Climate Center\, will share the organization’s 2026 policy priorities and highlights from their April Policy Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento. Barry has been with The Climate Center since 2005 and now leads its program and policy teams. He is also the force behind the organization’s Community Energy Resilience project\, which led to a new $170 million investment program by the California Energy Commission in 2022. \nBarry will update us on the organization’s 2026 Policy Priorities. These include: \n\nCarbon Drawdown focused on nature based solutions (AB 2184)\nCommunity Decarbonization focused on Vehicle to Grid (SB 1282) and allowing distributed energy resources to qualify for Resource Adequacy (SB 913)\nRule changes to the Cap and Invest program and use of Greenhouse Gas Reduction funds\nEnhanced Geothermal\nHighlights of their April Policy Summit.\n\nPlease register above to join us for updates from local climate groups\, along with policy decisions shaping Marin.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2027-02-17/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
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END:VCALENDAR