The mission of the Chuck Haugen Conservation Fund is to appreciate and inspire volunteers and professionals who participate in the conservation of Monterey Bay’s ecosystems, both terrestrial and aquatic.
Chuck Haugen

A Short Biography of Chuck Haugen

Chuck Haugen, a marine biologist and self-taught botanist, was a consummate conservationist and volunteer. He was a longtime Monterey Dunes Natural History Association board member, co-editor of their newsletter, “Sandpiper", and the newsletter editor of the California Native Plant Society’s Monterey Bay chapter.

He dedicated thousands of hours over six years to native plant restoration work, especially for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at Fort Ord, and the Beach Garden Project performing such tasks as surveying for rare plants and noxious weeds, seed collecting, planting, and pulling noxious weeds. His commitment, work ethic, and enthusiasm for nature was an inspiration to those who had the good fortune of knowing him. Chuck Haugen died suddenly on July 18, 2002 "on the job" after a fatal allergic reaction to a few yellow jacket stings while engaging in his true love, volunteer plant restoration work on BLM lands at Fort Ord.

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Above R-J (Ruthjan) Haugen(left) and Ann Haugen Bernstein, both Chuck's sisters, standing at the Volunteer Spirit of Service Interpretive Plaque unveiled this day, July 18, 2004, by the Bureau of Land Management in honor of Chuck where he died July 18, 2002, on the north shore of Mudhen Lake, Fort Ord. Photo by Steve Moore.

Well Chuck, you continue to inspire us, and just today we were out at Fort Ord digging up French broom and bull thistle near Barloy Canyon Road and we saw a non-native grass called Crypsis in a dry pond and . . .



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