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OT CONN COSTIq COvHTY
In the Matter of WFsoCuticm 9Vo. 9 6/3 5 6
CongratulatingArthur Bonweff and
Dr. Wary Bowerman, Wcipients of the
Chevron/Times-Mirror Conservation Award
WI&T ,A S, on May 15, 1996, Arthur Bonweff and Or, Mary Bowerman Co-Founders of Save
Mount Diablo, received the ChevronlTzmes-Xirror Conservation Award, the oldest and mostprestigious
NationnCConservationAward,•and
Z(Ji&RTAS, Mr. Bonweff and(Dr. Bowerman were among 17 winners in the Vnited States and
Canada, and were seCectedfor their efforts since founding Save Mount Dia 616 in 1971,and
'L4,'JLtE 6W, in 1971, Mr. Bonwea an electrical engineer at DuPont, and a member of the Sierra
Club with botanist Or. Bowerman, author of The Ffowerin6 Plants and Eerns of Mount Diablo, CaCi ornia
spearheaded the formation of Save Mount{Diablo to acquire landand to educate the public;
Bonweff provided the leadership necessary to esta6Cuh the organization-from
assembling representative groups, to representing Save Mount Diablo at public hearings and at meetings with
officials, to designing the groups first stationary;and
'G4Y&PEAS, Bowerman is considered the expert on Mount{Diablo s resources. She has headed up the
group's land acquisition efforts throughout its history and helped establish ambitious goats to protect an area
many times larger than the State Park then included. By 1995, 24 years after Save Mount Diablo was
organizedandCarge because of Bonweff andBowerman's leadership, the State Parkhas e7andedfrom 6,800
to 19,000 acres,
WJftE WS, Save Mt. Diablo is a Contra Costa land trust which has been preserving lands on
Mount Diablo and educating the pu6lc about the mountain's natural values since 1971. Save Mount Diablo
has 5500 members and is operated by 15 volunteer board members and three staff members. Save Mount
Diablo educates the pubt c, acquires land, monitors land use planning on private lands, restores habitat and
reintroduces rare species, 6udds trails andsupports recreational opportunities, andworks to insure that park
maintenance needs are met.
.NDW,, qE4 TOW, BE MMS'OLVEDD, that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
does hereby congratulate Arthur BonweCC and Or. Mary Bowerman on receiving the prestigious
ChevronlTtmes-Mirror Conservation Award and commends them for their outstanding and dedicated work to
preserve our 6eaut fd94t. Dia6Co, Contra Costa County's valuable naturaCresource.
T,4, ED)by unanimous vote of the BoardMem6ers present on this 13th Day of-August, 1996.
I here6y certj&that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order entered on the minutes of said
BoardofSupervisors on the date aforesaid
'Witness my JfandandSealof the
Board of Supervisors affixed on
this 13th Day ofAugust, 1996..
PHIL BA?(YELOPu Clerkof
the BoardandCou tyAdminu rator
By:
(Deputy
1 6�
Introduced 6y:
Supervisor Tom Torfakson District V