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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 \nJoin us for a working meeting as we revisit emerging policy topics and provide updates on issues the committee is actively tracking\, from light pollution and Dark Skies policy to major development proposals\, transportation projects\, water planning\, and other issues affecting communities and landscapes across Marin. \nRevisiting Draft “Dark Skies” Policy Position\nWe will revisit the topic of light pollution and discuss MCL’s draft “Dark Skies” policy position statement. We will also share a brief update on proposed lighting along Starkweather Path in San Rafael. \nLUTW Issues and Advocacy Updates \nLand Use\, Transportation & Water co-chairs and committee members will also provide updates on issues the committee is actively tracking\, including the Seminary property in Strawberry\, Kaiser Hospital redevelopment\, the McPhail School purchase in Santa Venetia\, the Novato Costco Gas Station proposal\, the Highway 101/580 interchange and Bellam Boulevard corridor\, Marin Water projects and planning\, and more. \nPlease register here to join us!
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-land-use-transportation-water-committee-meeting/
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
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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 \nThe June 11 meeting of MCL’s POSC will present two vastly contrasting open spaces in Marin\, one fully protected\, the other still a community’s dream of future protected land.   \n\nThe 2\,600-acre tidal and non-tidal wetland restoration project now known as “Novato Baylands Wetland Restoration Project\,” a multi-decade investment of hundreds of millions of dollars; and\nA 28-acre site at 70 Oxford Drive\, tucked into the Oxford Valley area of Santa Venetia and valued for its streams\, seasonal wetlands and native plants and wildlife. This story also features Marin Open Space Trust (MOST) and its success in working with neighbors and grassroots groups like those in Santa Venetia to facilitate the acquisition of special sites that are “For Sale” in their communities.\n\nNovato Baylands Wetland Restoration Project \nLinda Tong\, Deputy Regional Manager of The State Coastal Conservancy San Francisco Bay Program\, will report on how the restoration of Novato Baylands on Bel Marin Keys Unit V is preparing 1\,600 acres to expand the restored Hamilton airfield wetlands into an eventual 2\,600 acres of connected tidal and seasonal salt water\, fresh water\, and upland habitats. \nMuch of the history of this multi-decade project is well-known. Twelve years have passed since the Hamilton Wetland Restoration Project\, after years of preparation\, breeched the levees in 2014 to let the tides in\, creating 648 acres of tidal and seasonal marsh. The success of the effort is evident in the spread of 10\,000s of native plants\, grown for the project and introduced by volunteers\, and the teeming flocks of waterfowl\, shorebirds\, and other bird life that now frequent the site. Immediately to the north\, the so-called North Antenna Field (344 acres\, owned by State Lands Commission) was added to the project.  Currently\, The Coastal Conservancy is managing restoration of Bel Marin Keys V hayfields to eventually become 900 acres of tidal wetlands\, 680 acres of non-tidal/freshwater wetlands\, plus upland and subtidal habitats. \nAs an essential piece of the program\, the area will receive millions more yards of mud dredged from navigable sites around San Francisco Bay in order to raise the subsided land surface to an elevation high enough to support intertidal plant species.  When that elevation is achieved\, the levee will be breeched\, as it was at Hamilton\, bringing in tides that have been withheld from the land for 100 years. In addition\, by avoiding the need to transport dredged materials for disposal out in the Pacific Ocean\, this “beneficial reuse” of dredge material will be a major cost benefit of the project. \n70 Oxford Drive\, Santa Venetia \nViewed from one perspective as a prime opportunity for “thoughtful residential planning and infrastructure\,” and by another as a peaceful meadow and stream amidst surrounding ridges for neighbors to enjoy and wildlife to thrive\, this 28.7 acre site is tucked into the Oxford Valley area off North San Pedro Road.  A “For Sale” sign appeared recently on the property\, which is designated by San Rafael as a priority housing site\, just minutes from key transit routes and established neighborhoods. Neighbors envision a very different long-term outcome for the property as permanent open space. \nMary Hanley\, long-time resident of Santa Venetia\, and her neighbors will illustrate why the site is called out in the Santa Venetia Community Plan for its special environmental values and constraints to development and\, therefore\, why it should be acquired for the public. The Plan describes the main stream through the property as a unique wildlife corridor\, providing access to water for a variety of animal species. Neither stream nor seeps and seasonal wetlands on the property should be developed or fenced.  Other constraints to development include oak woodlands\, native purple needle grass and other sensitive biological resources\, including special status animal and plant species as reported from a survey commissioned by a community working group in 2020.  The site is also known for its high archaeological sensitivity\, and the steep slopes around the periphery exceed 40%. \nThis is not a new tension in competing land values\, especially where private land has remained undeveloped for long periods of time and been habitually trespassed\, giving the illusion of permanent open space. Bill Long\, Chairman of MOST\, and his colleagues recognized almost twenty years ago the need for a non-profit “agent” to assist local grassroots and neighborhood groups who had long targeted certain vacant lands for permanent open space. The list of MOST’s in-fee and easement aquisitions has grown over the years – twelve to date\, including the recent Wall Property in Fairfax and\, hot off the presses\, the crest of King Mountain in Larkspur\, after more than 40 years of local effort to break through an easement to the privately-owned top. \nBill will recount some of the experiences that have challenged MOST and why they have been so successful in bringing some of Marin’s treasured\, threatened landscapes into the fold of public open spaces.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-parks-and-open-space-committee-meeting/
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:20260617T100000
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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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nJune 17- Blue Carbon: Coastal Wetlands and Nature Based Carbon Capture \nConversations about carbon sequestration often focus on emerging technologies and large-scale engineered solutions. Increasingly\, researchers and policymakers are also recognizing the role natural systems can play. Coastal wetlands\, marshes\, and estuaries can capture and store carbon while also supporting habitat\, improving shoreline resilience\, and helping communities adapt to sea level rise. Scientists refer to this as “blue carbon\,” and it is becoming an increasingly important area of climate research and policy. \nTo explore what that could mean for California and the Bay Area\, MCL’s Climate Action Working Group will be joined on June 17 by Lydia Smith Vaughn\, PhD\, Senior Scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute. \nLydia co-leads ecosystem carbon and Delta landscape work at SFEI\, where she brings expertise in carbon cycling and greenhouse gas quantification to projects involving ecosystem restoration\, shoreline resilience\, watershed management\, wetland monitoring\, and multi-benefit landscape planning. Her work includes research on Delta Wetland Futures and Leveraging Wetlands for a Better Climate Future\, as well as efforts to integrate blue carbon into shoreline adaptation planning for San Francisco Bay. \nLydia will discuss: \n\nWhat blue carbon is and why wetlands matter\nHow coastal marshes and estuaries capture and store carbon\nStrategies for restoring and protecting wetlands\nNew research and emerging opportunities in blue carbon science\n\nAs California works toward ambitious climate goals while preparing for sea level rise and other climate impacts\, understanding the role natural systems can play is becoming increasingly important. Join us for a discussion on a growing area of research with implications extending well beyond carbon alone. \nPlease register here to join us.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
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SUMMARY:Mt. Tam: The Story of the Watershed That Defines Marin with Matt Cerkel | Environmental Business Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Most Marin residents know Mt. Tam. Few know its stories. \nJoin Marin Municipal Water District Senior Ranger Matt Cerkel for a fascinating journey through the history\, hidden places\, and conservation legacy of the mountain that defines Marin County. \nDrawing on decades of experience as a ranger\, historian\, and educator\, Matt will share little-known stories of the Mt. Tam watershed\, from the creation of California’s first municipal water district and the preservation of thousands of acres of open space to historic landmarks\, wildlife encounters\, dramatic rescues\, and forgotten chapters of Marin’s past. \nPart local history\, part conservation story\, and part insider’s guide to one of California’s most beloved landscapes\, this is a unique opportunity to see Mt. Tam through the eyes of someone who knows it better than almost anyone else. \nFriday\, June 19\, 2026 – 7:30-9:00AM\nClub Restaurant at McInnis Golf Center\n350 Smith Ranch Road\, San Rafael \nMembers: $25 | Non-Members: $30 \nIncludes Buffet Breakfast \nPlease select number of tickets below. If you prefer to pay by check\, please email us to reserve your spot. Be sure to include your name\, member/non-member status\, and the name of any guest attending with you.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/environmental-business-breakfast-featuring-mmwd-senior-ranger-matt-cerkel/
LOCATION:McInnis Park Golf Center\, 350 Smith Ranch Rd\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260701T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260701T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th- California’s Climate Future: The Climate Center’s 2026 priorities \n \nAs California confronts worsening wildfire risk\, grid instability\, extreme heat\, and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions\, many of the decisions being made in Sacramento right now will shape how Californians power their homes\, charge their vehicles\, and manage land for decades. \nFew organizations have been more deeply involved in shaping those conversations than The Climate Center\, and few people have been more central to those efforts than Barry Vesser\, the organization’s Chief Program Officer. Barry has worked on California climate and clean energy policy for more than two decades and helped lead the Climate Center’s Community Energy Resilience initiative\, which secured $170 million in California Energy Commission investment in community-scale energy projects. \nAt the May 20 Climate Action Working Group meeting\, Barry will discuss several of The Climate Center’s major policy priorities for 2026. One of the most consequential is the future of California’s Cap-and-Invest program\, the carbon pricing system that generates billions annually for climate programs statewide. How that money gets raised\, allocated\, and spent is one of the central climate fights in Sacramento right now. \nBarry will also discuss efforts to use electric vehicles as backup power sources that could help stabilize the grid during heat waves and outages\, along with the growing movement to treat forests\, wetlands\, grasslands\, and working farmland as carbon infrastructure that can store carbon while reducing wildfire risk and protecting water supplies. \nHe will also touch on enhanced geothermal energy\, a promising source of around-the-clock clean power that could complement solar and wind. \nFor anyone trying to make sense of where California climate and energy policy is heading next\, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone helping shape it. \nPlease register here to join us.
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
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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/2026-08-05/
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:20260813T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260813T163000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260819T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260819T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th- California’s Climate Future: The Climate Center’s 2026 priorities \n \nAs California confronts worsening wildfire risk\, grid instability\, extreme heat\, and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions\, many of the decisions being made in Sacramento right now will shape how Californians power their homes\, charge their vehicles\, and manage land for decades. \nFew organizations have been more deeply involved in shaping those conversations than The Climate Center\, and few people have been more central to those efforts than Barry Vesser\, the organization’s Chief Program Officer. Barry has worked on California climate and clean energy policy for more than two decades and helped lead the Climate Center’s Community Energy Resilience initiative\, which secured $170 million in California Energy Commission investment in community-scale energy projects. \nAt the May 20 Climate Action Working Group meeting\, Barry will discuss several of The Climate Center’s major policy priorities for 2026. One of the most consequential is the future of California’s Cap-and-Invest program\, the carbon pricing system that generates billions annually for climate programs statewide. How that money gets raised\, allocated\, and spent is one of the central climate fights in Sacramento right now. \nBarry will also discuss efforts to use electric vehicles as backup power sources that could help stabilize the grid during heat waves and outages\, along with the growing movement to treat forests\, wetlands\, grasslands\, and working farmland as carbon infrastructure that can store carbon while reducing wildfire risk and protecting water supplies. \nHe will also touch on enhanced geothermal energy\, a promising source of around-the-clock clean power that could complement solar and wind. \nFor anyone trying to make sense of where California climate and energy policy is heading next\, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone helping shape it. \nPlease register here to join us.
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
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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/2026-09-02/
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:20260910T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T163000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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-4-4-6-2/2026-09-10/
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260916T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T192006Z
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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th- California’s Climate Future: The Climate Center’s 2026 priorities \n \nAs California confronts worsening wildfire risk\, grid instability\, extreme heat\, and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions\, many of the decisions being made in Sacramento right now will shape how Californians power their homes\, charge their vehicles\, and manage land for decades. \nFew organizations have been more deeply involved in shaping those conversations than The Climate Center\, and few people have been more central to those efforts than Barry Vesser\, the organization’s Chief Program Officer. Barry has worked on California climate and clean energy policy for more than two decades and helped lead the Climate Center’s Community Energy Resilience initiative\, which secured $170 million in California Energy Commission investment in community-scale energy projects. \nAt the May 20 Climate Action Working Group meeting\, Barry will discuss several of The Climate Center’s major policy priorities for 2026. One of the most consequential is the future of California’s Cap-and-Invest program\, the carbon pricing system that generates billions annually for climate programs statewide. How that money gets raised\, allocated\, and spent is one of the central climate fights in Sacramento right now. \nBarry will also discuss efforts to use electric vehicles as backup power sources that could help stabilize the grid during heat waves and outages\, along with the growing movement to treat forests\, wetlands\, grasslands\, and working farmland as carbon infrastructure that can store carbon while reducing wildfire risk and protecting water supplies. \nHe will also touch on enhanced geothermal energy\, a promising source of around-the-clock clean power that could complement solar and wind. \nFor anyone trying to make sense of where California climate and energy policy is heading next\, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone helping shape it. \nPlease register here to join us.
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261007T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261007T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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/2026-10-07/
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:20261008T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261008T163000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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-4-4-6-2/2026-10-08/
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:20260623T084256
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T192006Z
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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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th- California’s Climate Future: The Climate Center’s 2026 priorities \n \nAs California confronts worsening wildfire risk\, grid instability\, extreme heat\, and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions\, many of the decisions being made in Sacramento right now will shape how Californians power their homes\, charge their vehicles\, and manage land for decades. \nFew organizations have been more deeply involved in shaping those conversations than The Climate Center\, and few people have been more central to those efforts than Barry Vesser\, the organization’s Chief Program Officer. Barry has worked on California climate and clean energy policy for more than two decades and helped lead the Climate Center’s Community Energy Resilience initiative\, which secured $170 million in California Energy Commission investment in community-scale energy projects. \nAt the May 20 Climate Action Working Group meeting\, Barry will discuss several of The Climate Center’s major policy priorities for 2026. One of the most consequential is the future of California’s Cap-and-Invest program\, the carbon pricing system that generates billions annually for climate programs statewide. How that money gets raised\, allocated\, and spent is one of the central climate fights in Sacramento right now. \nBarry will also discuss efforts to use electric vehicles as backup power sources that could help stabilize the grid during heat waves and outages\, along with the growing movement to treat forests\, wetlands\, grasslands\, and working farmland as carbon infrastructure that can store carbon while reducing wildfire risk and protecting water supplies. \nHe will also touch on enhanced geothermal energy\, a promising source of around-the-clock clean power that could complement solar and wind. \nFor anyone trying to make sense of where California climate and energy policy is heading next\, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone helping shape it. \nPlease register here to join us.
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261104T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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/2026-11-04/
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:20261112T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261112T163000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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-4-4-6-2/2026-11-12/
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:20260623T084256
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T192006Z
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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th- California’s Climate Future: The Climate Center’s 2026 priorities \n \nAs California confronts worsening wildfire risk\, grid instability\, extreme heat\, and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions\, many of the decisions being made in Sacramento right now will shape how Californians power their homes\, charge their vehicles\, and manage land for decades. \nFew organizations have been more deeply involved in shaping those conversations than The Climate Center\, and few people have been more central to those efforts than Barry Vesser\, the organization’s Chief Program Officer. Barry has worked on California climate and clean energy policy for more than two decades and helped lead the Climate Center’s Community Energy Resilience initiative\, which secured $170 million in California Energy Commission investment in community-scale energy projects. \nAt the May 20 Climate Action Working Group meeting\, Barry will discuss several of The Climate Center’s major policy priorities for 2026. One of the most consequential is the future of California’s Cap-and-Invest program\, the carbon pricing system that generates billions annually for climate programs statewide. How that money gets raised\, allocated\, and spent is one of the central climate fights in Sacramento right now. \nBarry will also discuss efforts to use electric vehicles as backup power sources that could help stabilize the grid during heat waves and outages\, along with the growing movement to treat forests\, wetlands\, grasslands\, and working farmland as carbon infrastructure that can store carbon while reducing wildfire risk and protecting water supplies. \nHe will also touch on enhanced geothermal energy\, a promising source of around-the-clock clean power that could complement solar and wind. \nFor anyone trying to make sense of where California climate and energy policy is heading next\, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone helping shape it. \nPlease register here to join us.
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
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261202T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261210T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261210T163000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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
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:20261216T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261216T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T192006Z
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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th- California’s Climate Future: The Climate Center’s 2026 priorities \n \nAs California confronts worsening wildfire risk\, grid instability\, extreme heat\, and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions\, many of the decisions being made in Sacramento right now will shape how Californians power their homes\, charge their vehicles\, and manage land for decades. \nFew organizations have been more deeply involved in shaping those conversations than The Climate Center\, and few people have been more central to those efforts than Barry Vesser\, the organization’s Chief Program Officer. Barry has worked on California climate and clean energy policy for more than two decades and helped lead the Climate Center’s Community Energy Resilience initiative\, which secured $170 million in California Energy Commission investment in community-scale energy projects. \nAt the May 20 Climate Action Working Group meeting\, Barry will discuss several of The Climate Center’s major policy priorities for 2026. One of the most consequential is the future of California’s Cap-and-Invest program\, the carbon pricing system that generates billions annually for climate programs statewide. How that money gets raised\, allocated\, and spent is one of the central climate fights in Sacramento right now. \nBarry will also discuss efforts to use electric vehicles as backup power sources that could help stabilize the grid during heat waves and outages\, along with the growing movement to treat forests\, wetlands\, grasslands\, and working farmland as carbon infrastructure that can store carbon while reducing wildfire risk and protecting water supplies. \nHe will also touch on enhanced geothermal energy\, a promising source of around-the-clock clean power that could complement solar and wind. \nFor anyone trying to make sense of where California climate and energy policy is heading next\, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone helping shape it. \nPlease register here to join us.
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
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:20270106T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270106T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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
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:20270114T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270114T163000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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
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:20270120T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270120T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T192006Z
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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th- California’s Climate Future: The Climate Center’s 2026 priorities \n \nAs California confronts worsening wildfire risk\, grid instability\, extreme heat\, and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions\, many of the decisions being made in Sacramento right now will shape how Californians power their homes\, charge their vehicles\, and manage land for decades. \nFew organizations have been more deeply involved in shaping those conversations than The Climate Center\, and few people have been more central to those efforts than Barry Vesser\, the organization’s Chief Program Officer. Barry has worked on California climate and clean energy policy for more than two decades and helped lead the Climate Center’s Community Energy Resilience initiative\, which secured $170 million in California Energy Commission investment in community-scale energy projects. \nAt the May 20 Climate Action Working Group meeting\, Barry will discuss several of The Climate Center’s major policy priorities for 2026. One of the most consequential is the future of California’s Cap-and-Invest program\, the carbon pricing system that generates billions annually for climate programs statewide. How that money gets raised\, allocated\, and spent is one of the central climate fights in Sacramento right now. \nBarry will also discuss efforts to use electric vehicles as backup power sources that could help stabilize the grid during heat waves and outages\, along with the growing movement to treat forests\, wetlands\, grasslands\, and working farmland as carbon infrastructure that can store carbon while reducing wildfire risk and protecting water supplies. \nHe will also touch on enhanced geothermal energy\, a promising source of around-the-clock clean power that could complement solar and wind. \nFor anyone trying to make sense of where California climate and energy policy is heading next\, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone helping shape it. \nPlease register here to join us.
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
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:20270203T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270203T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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
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:20270211T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
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
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:20270217T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270217T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T192006Z
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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th- California’s Climate Future: The Climate Center’s 2026 priorities \n \nAs California confronts worsening wildfire risk\, grid instability\, extreme heat\, and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions\, many of the decisions being made in Sacramento right now will shape how Californians power their homes\, charge their vehicles\, and manage land for decades. \nFew organizations have been more deeply involved in shaping those conversations than The Climate Center\, and few people have been more central to those efforts than Barry Vesser\, the organization’s Chief Program Officer. Barry has worked on California climate and clean energy policy for more than two decades and helped lead the Climate Center’s Community Energy Resilience initiative\, which secured $170 million in California Energy Commission investment in community-scale energy projects. \nAt the May 20 Climate Action Working Group meeting\, Barry will discuss several of The Climate Center’s major policy priorities for 2026. One of the most consequential is the future of California’s Cap-and-Invest program\, the carbon pricing system that generates billions annually for climate programs statewide. How that money gets raised\, allocated\, and spent is one of the central climate fights in Sacramento right now. \nBarry will also discuss efforts to use electric vehicles as backup power sources that could help stabilize the grid during heat waves and outages\, along with the growing movement to treat forests\, wetlands\, grasslands\, and working farmland as carbon infrastructure that can store carbon while reducing wildfire risk and protecting water supplies. \nHe will also touch on enhanced geothermal energy\, a promising source of around-the-clock clean power that could complement solar and wind. \nFor anyone trying to make sense of where California climate and energy policy is heading next\, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone helping shape it. \nPlease register here to join us.
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
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:20270303T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270303T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
CREATED:20260402T224412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T200013Z
UID:10002567-1804068000-1804075200@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/2027-03-03/
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:20270311T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270311T163000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
CREATED:20260401T222230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T013719Z
UID:10002295-1804775400-1804782600@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-4-4-6-2/2027-03-11/
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:20270317T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270317T120000
DTSTAMP:20260623T084256
CREATED:20260325T001219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T192006Z
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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\nIn-person/ Zoom Hybrid \nRegister: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoduysrDMsGt16JMYC3r6_mA1R0EYqLgKn \nMay 20th- California’s Climate Future: The Climate Center’s 2026 priorities \n \nAs California confronts worsening wildfire risk\, grid instability\, extreme heat\, and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions\, many of the decisions being made in Sacramento right now will shape how Californians power their homes\, charge their vehicles\, and manage land for decades. \nFew organizations have been more deeply involved in shaping those conversations than The Climate Center\, and few people have been more central to those efforts than Barry Vesser\, the organization’s Chief Program Officer. Barry has worked on California climate and clean energy policy for more than two decades and helped lead the Climate Center’s Community Energy Resilience initiative\, which secured $170 million in California Energy Commission investment in community-scale energy projects. \nAt the May 20 Climate Action Working Group meeting\, Barry will discuss several of The Climate Center’s major policy priorities for 2026. One of the most consequential is the future of California’s Cap-and-Invest program\, the carbon pricing system that generates billions annually for climate programs statewide. How that money gets raised\, allocated\, and spent is one of the central climate fights in Sacramento right now. \nBarry will also discuss efforts to use electric vehicles as backup power sources that could help stabilize the grid during heat waves and outages\, along with the growing movement to treat forests\, wetlands\, grasslands\, and working farmland as carbon infrastructure that can store carbon while reducing wildfire risk and protecting water supplies. \nHe will also touch on enhanced geothermal energy\, a promising source of around-the-clock clean power that could complement solar and wind. \nFor anyone trying to make sense of where California climate and energy policy is heading next\, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from someone helping shape it. \nPlease register here to join us.
URL:https://www.marinconservationleague.org/event/mcl-climate-action-working-group-meeting-4-9/2027-03-17/
LOCATION:Marin Conservation League\, 175 N. Redwood Dr\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Action Working Group
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