The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County relies heavily on volunteers to keep our preserves open to the public and the ecosystems healthy. The following is a listing of volunteer opportunities. We’d love for you to join one of our teams!

Arroyo Hondo Preserve

Habitat Restoration: Volunteers are needed to pull out invasive non-native weeds that threaten the sensitive habitats of the canyon and replant with native plants. Habitat Restoration Work Days are held on the 1st Sunday of the month from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Trail Maintenance: We’re letting most of the ranch roads naturally convert to hiking trails, and hope to create a new loop trail through the backcountry. We then intend to connect these trails with the Los Padres National Forest. Trail Work Days are held on the 3rd Sunday of the month from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Docent Training Program: Docents are needed to lead individuals, school and community groups on interpretive hikes.

Docent training for Fall 2003 begins at the Preserve on Monday, September 8 and continues for 8 Mondays from 1:30-4:30. Trained docents are asked to commit to 1 or 2 tours per month for one year.

  

To volunteer at the Arroyo Hondo Preserve, become a docent or for more information, contact Volunteer Coordinator Jane Murray at (805) 684-4405 or email us at ltvolunteer@yahoo.com.


Coronado Butterfly Preserve

  

Volunteers are needed throughout the year to remove non-native plants, plant native plants and maintain the trails and outdoor classroom at the Coronado Butterfly Preserve.

For more information, contact the Land Trust at (805) 966-4520.


Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park


The Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park (run by the City of Carpinteria) needs volunteers to maintain the native habitats and for docents to lead individuals, school and community groups on interpretive walks. Contact Andrea Adams-Morden at (805) 684-8077 for more information.


Sedgwick Reserve


The Sedgwick Reserve needs docents to lead school and community groups on interpretive walks. Contact the Reserve at (805) 686-1941 for more information.


Carpinteria Bluffs


Volunteers are needed for a variety of projects, including keeping the park clean and maintaining trails and the native habitats. Contact the City of Carpinteria, Parks & Recreation Department at (805) 684-5405.

Note: These preserves are natural areas with hazards such as uneven trails, flowing creeks, ticks, rattlesnakes, poison oak and potential wildfires. Visitors are advised that the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County assumes no responsibility or liability for exposure to or harm from natural hazards.