MRT's Annual Fundraiser with Guest Speaker Dr. Jared Diamond
Mountains Restoration Trust (MRT) staff and volunteers are busily preparing for a fall fundraising program to support the acquisition of 78 acres of ecologically sensitive land to be added to the Cold Creek Preserve. The recent fires served as an urgent reminder of the timely and significant mission of the Trust to preserve and enhance the natural values of the Santa Monica Mountains.
The fundraising event gets underway at 6:00 p.m. with a silent auction, and no-host bar cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres that will allow participants to catch up with MRT staff on current programs and learn more about the significance of the 78-acre Sisson acquisition before the main program with featured speaker, internationally acclaimed scientist, Jared Diamond, Ph.D.
Dr. Diamond is Professor of Geography at UCLA and the author of 8 books; among them, “Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies,” which garnered him a Pulitzer Prize, and was made into a multi-part series on PBS (see http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel). His most recent book, “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail,” was a New York Times Notable Book. Dr. Diamond holds a B.A. from Harvard and a PhD from Cambridge and has received numerous awards including the National Medal of Science and the Japanese International Cosmos Prize.
Attending the fundraiser supports MRT’s acquisition of the 78-acre property as well as its on-going work to acquire other properties in the Cold Creek watershed which together will create a nature preserve that includes a year-round stream and core habitat for wildlife, while adding a scenic trail for human enjoyment. The trail corridor is a 1.6-mile link in the 17-mile Calabasas/Cold Creek Trail and will offer another venue for passive recreation through a scenic corridor.
After the land is acquired, visitors will be able to enjoy a riparian forest with a waterfall, dense chaparral with sandstone outcrops and hillsides of coastal sage scrub, and be a witness to why the Cold Creek watershed is recognized for its biological diversity. This 78-acre upland habitat with two small perennial streams that are vital to the health of the riparian downstream ecosystem that supports the perennial waters of Cold Creek. Additionally, this east-to-west wildlife corridor links state and national park lands and will be protected in perpetuity.
We hope you’ll join us on November 12th for what promises to be a rewarding and thought-provoking evening.
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