Four guiding principles underlie the Goals and Policies of the Stewardship section:

1. Manage scenic and natural resources in a manner that harnesses the self-sustaining processes of the land.
2. Support these self-sustaining processes without placing unreasonable burdens or costs on adjacent or downstream users and landowners.
3. Share this valuable property with the public in ways that are consistent with long-term protection of the property’s scenic and natural resources.
4. Using at all times the best science available, restore and sustain the property’s natural resources.

We believe that current problems on the property can be resolved—for example, water pollution from cattle, degradation of riparian habitats, erosion, and sedimentation—to encourage a self-sustaining system.

Our vision for the property is illustrated through a series of goals. Within each goal, policies are then provided as the building blocks of the Plan. Stewardship goals and policies are organized within these areas:

Ecosystem and Resource Management

1. General Resources
2. Ecosystem and Restoration
3. Watershed and Water Resources
4. Resource Inventory and Monitoring

Public Activities and Research

1. Public Access
2. Education
3. Research

Administrative Organization

1. Administration
2. Facilities and Maintenance

These goals and policies begin a discussion of how to preserve, enhance, and use this property for the public benefit. Specific actions to advance these goals will be developed once the community acquires the property and establishes a management structure. Implementation of any set or sub-set of goals and policies, and formulation of actions, will occur as funding opportunities arise.

Meanwhile, lapses in management over the years have allowed several serious problems to develop, which will require remedy soon after acquisition. Map 8, Priority Actions, sets forth these more urgent actions.

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