Partners in Preservation
In May 2006, we received a generous donation from the Riverside Land Conservancy to help preserve Chino Canyon and Snow Creek alluvial fans as open space. Since that day, we have benefited greatly, not just from the donation, but from the relationship with this highly successful organization. Our partnership with Pete Dangermond of the RLC brings us a wealth of knowledge in acquiring and preserving irreplaceable land, along with endangered and threatened wildlife. Pete's voice is familiar and highly respected in Sacramento, and will open doors to congressional lobbying for state funding, as well as private funding. This relationship is invaluable as we strive to preserve our beautiful mountain canyons, sustain wildlife and foster Palm Springs as an important historical and eco-tourism destination.
Riverside Land Conservancy
Riverside Land Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust that works with landowners who would like to see their lands preserved. By facilitating the transfer of land from willing private landowners to public ownership, RLC helps to ensure that natural lands, wildlife habitat and working farm lands are preserved for future generations.
Meet Pete
Pete Dangermond is president of The Dangermond Group, which he founded in 1983. He brings to his consulting practice a life-long professional career devoted to parks and recreation and allied fields of wildlife conservation and open space preservation. He utilizes both his professional training as a landscape architect and his 22 years of experience in government in pursuing innovative and pragmatic approaches to planning on projects. His work is distinctive in emphasizing the development of partnerships among the right combination of public and private entities. This approach has been successful in unifying diverse interests in identifying and attaining common goals, visualizing the broadest possible range of opportunities and constraints affecting the project, and providing effective leadership and coordination among teams of specialists.
Prior to establishing The Dangermond Group, Pete was Director of the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation. Prior to joining the State Parks Department, he worked as parks director for the Counties of Monterey and San Bernardino. Pete is the Executive Director of the Riverside Land Conservancy and is on the Board of Save-the-Redwoods League. He also completed a term on the National Park Service Advisory Board to which he was appointed by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. He also holds a Bachelor in Landscape Architecture from California Polytechnic University Pomona.
All photos credit: Tom Brewster Photography unless otherwise specified. Pete photo credit: April Hildner.
