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Save the Date! Carneros Barn Tour! Sunday, August 29, 2010

CARNEROS LAND STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATION WELCOMES CARNEROS BARN TOUR TO REGION

Annual Barn Tour hosted by Preservation Napa Valley in partnership with Napa County Farm Bureau, to feature four historic Carneros Barns on Sunday, August 29

Carneros, CA (March 22, 2010): The Carneros Land Stewardship Foundation welcomes the Second Annual Barn Tour – hosted by Preservation Napa Valley, in partnership with the Napa County Farm Bureau, on Sunday, August 29, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Up to four historic barns on the Napa side of the Carneros appellation will be featured including the Adastra Barn, Vine Village, the Stewart Ranch and the Henry Ranch. Adastra Vineyards will serve as the hub for the day’s activities, including Brunch in a Barn, with a make-your-own garden fresh tomato juice station, acoustic bluegrass, and a farm/rural-focused art show.

Tickets, at $45/per person, will include the self-guided site visits, map/guide, Brunch in a Barn, music and fine wines. For information please contact: info@preservationnapavalley.org, 707-258-9286....

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Huichica Creek Vineyard Integrating Agriculture and Wildlife Habitat

"Grassland and wetland habitat
Planting native grasses and trees within the vineyard produces habitat for many types of wildlife: nesting birds, reptiles, amphibians, small mammals, and insects.

Riparian habitat
Stabilizing the creek banks and planting native trees and shrubs has created a diverse and shaded
habitat for aquatic life and has reduced the amount of sediment input into the creek.

The Carneros Land Stewardship Foundation funded the doubling in area of native perennial grasses in the wetland. Students from the Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship (SLEWS) program planted Creeping wildrye, Leymus triticoides...."

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Foundation protects Carneros ecosystem

By Emily Charrier, Index-Tribune staff writer

"Winery owners and residents in Carneros are pulling together in an effort to protect the unique marshlands of the Napa/Sonoma border.

The newly formed Carneros Land Stewaerdship Foundation was designed to fund small projects aimed at protecting the environemental landscape of the region..."

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Carneros Land Stewardship Foundation Established

"A new charitable foundation has been formed to fund small scale resource management projects in the Carneros region. The first such effort will be undertaken with the California Department of Fish & Game (DFG) and will focus on the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area, the state-owned and managed part of the marsh within the Carneros region.

"The establishment of the Carneros Land Stewardship Foundation will aid in projects to improve the ecosystem that supports a broad range of fish, wildlife and plant species within the Carneros region and encourage sustainable growing practices," said Steve Sangiacomo, a founding board member of the foundation and chair of the Carneros Wine Alliance..."

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Carneros Land Stewardship Foundation established to fund small-scale resource management projects within the Los Carneros region.

New organization focused on California Department of Fish & Game projects and other conservation projects within the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area

"CARNEROS, CA (January 23, 2008): The Carneros Land Stewardship Foundation announces its formation as a charitable foundation dedicated to funding small-scale resource management projects within the Carneros region.
The new organization will focus initially on conservation and resource management projects. The first such effort will be undertaken with the California Department of Fish & Game (DFG) and will focus on the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area, the state-owned and managed part of the marsh within the Los Carneros region..."

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