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In March of 2000, Peter and Anna Dobbins recorded a conservation easement on six acres of their property outside Point Arena, California. This became the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy's first conservation easement (CE). The Dobbins chose to work with RCLC because "RCLC was their local land trust."
Peter Dobbins: "We all need to make some room for the wildlife. The (CE) procedure is relatively painless and the good lasts a long time." RCLC would welcome questions from others who may be thinking about a conservation easement for their own property. Other
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Dobbins have had a long-term interest in the environment and wished
to preserve their property's open space and wildlife habitat along
Hathaway Creek. This creek is an important part of the coastal ecosystem
providing for a wide variety of birds, mammals and plants. In particular,
the property possesses coastal scrub and riparian vegetation, prime
habitat for the Point Arena Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra),
a federally listed endangered species. The Point Arena Mountain Beaver
Recovery Plan (1998) has identified populations of Mountain Beaver
on land immediately adjacent to the conserved property. In addition, characteristic
beaver burrow activity has been noted on the easement property. The Recovery Plan has
identified conservation easements as a mechanism for protecting the
species, habitat reservoirs and corridors between populations.