Laguna Greenbelt

Aquiring and preserving open space: wildlife corridor our campaign to complete the wildlife corridor linking our coastal wilderness parks with inland/mountain parks and open spaces in orange county addresses the portion of our mission to acquire and preserve open space, particularly that space adjacent to our park. Organization officers and our contracted project consultant met regularly with the wildlife corridor working group; met with the southern region of the state's 30 x 30 project; and represented us at statewide planning meetings; sought and received external funding for research and development of the corridor sought out and supervised interns, meeting regularly produced monthly digital newsletters and updates of websites and social media to promote the project and report our progress in these same media.our volunteer board members made presentations about our work to government agencies, to various civic groups, and to our supporters through our organization's newsletter and through frequent, timelyvisits to various councils' hearings and on-site meetings. We also continue to seek funded camera studies of corridor to be paid for by outside corporations.

Financial support to other 501(c)3 organizations aligned with Laguna Greenbelt mission to preserve open space.

Education: in accordance with our bylaws, we furthered education through:1. A scholarship to four graduating high school students based on their demonstrated interest and commitment to open space preservation. 2. Mini-grants to Laguna beach faculty to travel to the parks and to initiate environmentalprojects at their schools . 3. Presentation to local irvine high school's "make a difference" day programs, with maps and materials for student exploration or options for corridor placement. 4. Sought and received funding from the city of Laguna beach and private donors for creation of "living with wildlife brochure, and identified editorial process.