Marin Open Space Trust Local Land Trust and 501c (3) Non-Profit

MOST Arts Featured Artist
Laura Culver is our current featured artist. Laura is a Marin landscape painter in the colorist tradition.

Marin Open Space Trust, a local non-profit land trust

Marin Open Space Trust, a local 501c (3) non-profit land trust, was created to protect open spaces in Marin County, California. A volunteer-based organization, we partner with local communities and lead initiatives to identify and protect critical open space areas in Marin and raise private funds for key land purchases which are then added to the network of community-based and county areas protected as open space in Marin.

Our Commitment to Marin

Marin Open Space Trust (MOST) is devoted to helping save more than 15,000 acres of critical open space area in Marin. Many parts of Marin are protected only by regulatory control, which can change over time. Many key parcels are in private hands but become available for purchase from time to time. Although land development has slowed recently, plans are still moving for subdivision of some of these properties and the potential exists for all of them to be developed.

Marin has valuable open lands under threat of development that provides such benefits as biological diversity, habitat protection, trail …

MOST Information
Learn About Marin Open Space Trust (MOST)

Marin Open Space Trust: Our Commitment to Marin

Mission Statement: Marin Open Space Trust (MOST)

Marin Open Space Trust’s Board of Directors

MOST Advisory Council

Like-Minded Organizations Working to Preserve Marin

Gallery of Marin’s Open Space

Awards

News and Updates from MOST

Celebrate!
San Rafael's New Greenwood Open Space
Opening Celebration Saturday, January 14, 2017

Sausalito Highlands

Now part of Open Space Sausalito–For over twenty years there has been a debate in Sausalito over a 2-acre parcel of land that is now part of Open Space Sausalito. This was the largest parcel of zoned residential, undeveloped property in the city.

Makin Grade Purchase

The Makin Grade Purchase in San Rafael was made by Marin Open Space Trust, with the support of generous neighbors for San Rafael’s public open space, Oakwood Open Space.

Sky Ranch Transferred to Open Space

Following a broadly supported and successful $1.2 million fundraising effort, MOST purchased the 16-acre Sky Ranch next to Bald Hill Open Space Preserve in Fairfax and San Anselmo.

Click-To-Play Sky Ranch Video
Pacheco Valle Meadow News

Thank You!
The PPVMC partnered with the Marin Open Space Trust (MOST), a non-profit organization, to acquire three properties in Pacheco Valle Meadow with voter approval.