Slideshow of images on the construction of Franklin Trail

The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, Conservation Land Group, and Rancho Purisima, LLC announced today that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the US Fish and Wildlife Service have formally approved the 853-acre La Purisima Conservation Bank in northern Santa Barbara County.

Projected trail opening is Labor Day. Please help us receive every penny of the $25,000 matching grant so that we may complete Phase One.

Check out the latest article in the Carpinteria Coastal View News regarding progress of the project. The First Phase of Franklin Trail is scheduled to open in late summer. Until then, please respect private property.

After a four-year effort to raise $7 million in federal, state and local funds to buy the property, the Trust for Public Land acquired 63.9 acres of the Ocean Meadows Golf Club. The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, the Trust for Public Land and UC Santa Barbara will work together to restore the area...

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