POST

Stewardship Crew

The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) currently owns over 15,000 acres of land in more than two dozen properties located in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. Though POST aims to transfer most of its lands to parks agencies, circumstances often require POST ownership for several years. Under POST’s ownership, most of these properties are not open to the general public, although many will eventually become public parks and preserves.

In order to be good stewards of this land, POST undertakes site restoration on some properties while they are under our ownership. Volunteers assist with many aspects of these projects, which have included:

• Eradicating invasive pampas grass on our Cloverdale Coastal Ranch in Pescadero (so far, over 1 million pampas grass plants have been treated!).


• Removing other invasive plants from various properties.


• Reseeding or revegetating with native plants.


• Installing erosion-control measures around trails, roads and gullies.

Qualifications

As a Stewardship Volunteer, you should be willing and able to do moderate to strenuous physical labor, and be willing to get your hands dirty! You should be available to participate in at least two half- to full-day workdays per year.

Responsibilities

At the beginning of the work season, you will be notified about planned workday opportunities. A total of 40 work days have been identified for 2011. You sign up for any workdays you want to attend and show up at the designated time and place. No experience is necessary. POST will provide training for any special equipment or techniques that are required.