Is Nature in Your Holiday Giving?

Double your impact! The John + Elizabeth Leonard Family Foundation is generously matching gifts of $100 or more – up to $50,000 – now through December 31, 2021.

This year, please give a gift to Nature. Your gift protects San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve.

YOU make wildfire habitat restoration efforts in the uplands of San Elijo Lagoon possible by improving indigenous plant diversity. This benefits all of us: plants + animals and migratory birds + you + future generations!

YOU help endangered species including the Least Bell’s Vireo—a delightful songbird that is losing habitat due to development, projected sea level rise, and our changing climate.

YOU help reduce fire hazards and increase water flow in the Escondido Creek watershed by reducing water loss associated with invasive species that out-compete plants indigenous to the Southern California ecosystem.

Will you help us continue this important work, sometimes in an emergency, by giving today?

Together we are making a difference in the lives of every person, plant and animal that need open space and a healthy place to call home. Our 1,000-acre wetland is your home away from home.

With gratitude for you and yours this Holiday Season!

Yes, I want to give a Matching Gift Today!

Photo Above: Great Egrets at Sunrise, by Nicollet Overby; Below: Toyon berries