Koopmann Ranch Tour to Demonstrate Importance of Private Land Conservation

A tour of the San Francisco Bay-area Koopmann Ranch will demonstrate how ranchers on the urban edge promote clean water, open space, healthy wildlife and quality food. The California Farm Bureau Federation, Sustainable Conservation and the Wisconsin-based Sand County Foundation are hosting an environmental stewardship tour to demonstrate how vital America's farmers and ranchers are to the health of natural resources. --Tour one of the Bay Area's last remaining ranches, located between Freemont and Pleasanton, to explore the important conservation efforts Bay Area ranchers undertake to protect the environment and Bay Area communities. --Learn how sound stewardship of Bay Area ranchlands is helping improve water quality in the Alameda Creek watershed and San Francisco Bay to benefit people and wildlife. --Meet one of California's leading ranchers and conservationists, Tim Koopmann, recipient of the 2011 California Leopold Conservation Award...Press Release