The Ridgway’s Rail Society

About the Ridgway’s Rail Society Fund

The BVAS Ridgway’s Rail Society Fund (RRSF) was established in 2014 to raise funds to acquire two properties for conservation and for their eventual restoration and management. By 2017, BVAS had purchased the two properties—the Andy Mauro Nature Preserve and the BVAS Wetlands Reserve. Funding for the Mauro Preserve is covered by the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, through their Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) program.  And in 2022 and 2023, BVAS was awarded grants from the Dorrance Family Foundation and Preserve Calavera's Oceanside Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Fund to begin restoration of the Wetlands Reserve through 65% design, permitting, and CEQA. With these original goals of the RRSF completed, the RRSF now will be used to help augment restoration and management needs of the Wetlands Reserve and to advocate for responsible land use in North County.