Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Contributes $6 Million to Sonoma Land Trust

"This is no time to pull back," says Ralph Benson, executive director, Sonoma Land Trust. "Redwoods to the Bay will enable us to continue and even ramp up our efforts to protect the landscapes we love that define Sonoma County."

Only 15 percent of Sonoma County is permanently protected, compared to 59 percent of Marin and 38 percent of San Mateo Counties. By 2040, Sonoma County's population is expected to rise from 450,000 to 700,000 and the impacts of climate change are unknown. A prudent course of action is to protect land, letting open spaces perform their ecological services and provide species with a buffer to adapt to the changing environment.

About Sonoma Land Trust
Sonoma Land Trust preserves scenic, natural, agricultural and open land for future generations. Since 1976, Sonoma Land Trust has protected nearly 20,000 acres of beautiful, productive and environmentally significant land. For more information about Sonoma Land Trust, please visit www.sonomalandtrust.org.