Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve

PRESERVATION
Goal 1 Actively enforce the conservation easement in support of the FFRP Mission and Vision Statement.
Goal 2 Plan and execute conservation and restoration programs that enhance the Ranch’s natural values.

EDUCATION & ACCESS
Goal 3 Plan and execute education and access programs that enhance the Ranch’s value to the public.

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Goal 4 Coordinate with and support the CCSD Ranch Manager to fulfill the Ranch Management Plan.
Goal 5 Establish brand (role) clarity and increased awareness through a focused public relations plan with a small set of Core Messages.

ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY
Goal 6 Cultivate participation of members and volunteers to increase program and project effectiveness.
Goal 7 Secure FFRP’s long-term financial stability and growth.

Devote financial resources and volunteer labor to conserve and restore coastal biodiversity and ecosystems.
Take significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species, including the Monterey pine and monarch butterfly.
Promote the implementation of sustainable management of Monterey pine forest (a Red Listed species), restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation on the preserve.
Significantly reduce the impact of invasive alien species on preserve ecosystems and control or eradicate priority species on the preserve.

Donations and memberships are used to support protection, conservation, and restoration of coastal biodiversity and ecosystems.
A dedicated corps of volunteers reduce the impact of invasive species through manual control.

FFRP protects 437-acres of coastal habitat in the community of Cambria, including rare Monterey pine forest that is an overwintering site for monarch butterflies. Our volunteers have been controlling invasive species for 20 years, converting weed-covered dunes back to coastal sage scrub. We have expanded the extent of the forest by 25% through replanting from locally-sourced seed.