Marin Agricultural Land Trust Grant

Organization - Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Grant Amount - $750,000
Foundation - Moore Foundation
Grant Purpose - This grant to the Marin Agricultural Land Trust supports permanent protection of 761 acres of the Poncia Ranch in Marin County through an agricultural conservation easement. The Ranch, which contains areas of coastal prairie, riparian woodland and scrub, shrubland, and evergreen woodland, provides habitat for many of the species found in the Tomales Bay watershed.


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