Stewardship: n. management of entrusted resources; from Old English stigweard, “keeper of the hall”

Stewardship on the Mountain: Since March 2001

Winter 2003 & Spring 2003

Number of volunteers: 213
Hours donated January-March: 375
Conveys of California Quail sighted: 7
Brush rabbits seen: 12
Salamanders, banana slugs, and snakes seen: 25

Summer 2002

Number of volunteers: 631
Hours donated March-December: 1886
Number of volunteers on Earth Day: 105
Hours donated on Earth Day: 262
Weed removed: 16 cubic yards

Spring 2002

Number of volunteers: 429
Hours donated, March-December: 1,404
Regular volunteers: 10
Positive comments per workday: 5
Negative comments per workday: 0

Winter 2002

Number of volunteers: 374
Hours donated, March-December: 1,245
Wattles installed, in linear feet: 400
Plants propagated for winter: 1,500
Eucalyptus leaves raked: thousands

Fall 2001

Number of volunteers: 330
Hours donated, March-August: 1100
Cape ivy removed, in sq. feet: 14,500
Cape ivy removed, in dumptruck loads: 11