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What does SWAP do?

  • Helps care for the Elfin Forest
  • Gives Third Saturday and other narrated nature walks
  • Conduct First Saturday work parties
  • Promotes Community Outreach

SWAP (Small Wilderness Area Preservation) is a non-profit public benefit corporation formed in 1971 to protect small but significant natural area from the adverse impacts of increasing urbanization.

Current Board of Directors

Jim Weldon         Chairman
Bob McDougle       Treasurer
Yolanda Waddell  Secretary
Pete Sarafian        Conservation
Pat Sarafian         Property &  Records

SWAP's first Board of Directors included Ansel Adams, Margaret Owings, Emily Polk and Edgar Wayburn.

SWAP membership is available to support the preservation projects that SWAP is involved in.

Member $12        Steward     $25             Protector $50
Defender $100    Champion $250           Guardian $500
                       Life Member $1000

SWAP items for sale

Mural Shirts - a black shirt with a mural by artist Barbara Rosenthal featuring the Elfin Forest pygmy oaks on both front and back sides of shirts.

Boardwalk T-Shirts - T-Shirt material is a light sand color with a large graphic picture of the boardwalk on the back and a pocket size print on the front.

Pocket Guide - A 24 page guide listing plants and animals of the Elfin Forest.

Mural Prints - Local artist Barbara Rosenthal created  a mural of the Elfin Forest on the east wall of the Los Osos Rexall Drug store on Los Osos Valley Road.
Signed 5 1/2" x 17" prints of the mural are available for purchase.

Contact SWAP at P.O. Box 6442, Los Osos, CA 93412
or leave voicemail at 805 528-0392

 
 
 

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