News Archive

Change Your Scenery with Virtual Backgrounds

We know you are missing spending more time in all the special outdoor spaces that make Santa Barbara County feel like home. Bring the outdoors in with our virtual backgrounds for your Zoom meetings, desktop wallpaper, or iPad. All photos are courtesy of Bruce Reitherman and are for personal use only. Enjoy!       ...

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Rincon Bluffs Transfer Featured in the News

The City of Carpinteria, the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, the Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs and members of the Bluffs Advisory Board celebrated the transfer of the Rincon Bluffs Preserve to the City on March 27th, 2020, with the story featured in Coastal View, the Independent, and Noozhawk. With a conservation easement, the...

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Land Trust Alliance Features Land Trust for SB County in Conservation News Magazine!

Read about our recent Tri-County Land Trust Meetup on page 7!

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Fall 2019 Newsletter

Inside this issue: Conservation helping the climate, how the Arroyo Hondo Preserve serves Santa Barbara County's youth, a meeting of neighboring Land Trust minds, new and outgoing faces on the staff and board, and more.

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Fall 2019 County Tour

On Friday, August 23rd, Land Trust Conservation Circle members enjoyed a tour of special properties around Carpinteria. We stopped first above the debris basin and orchards at Rancho Monte Alegre to learn about how agriculture and open space can act as a crucial buffer to protect residential areas from mudslides and fires. Other stops included...

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OAK Group Selects Land Trust as Beneficiary

OAK Group Selects Land Trust to Benefit from Exhibit: Icons of Preservation, 2019    For over thirty years, the OAK GROUP artists have contributed to the conservation of local lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming by donating a portion of the art sales to the conservation of those lands. They express the beauty of...

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Betteravia Farms easement clears way for agriculture, protects salamander habitat

Santa Maria Times article

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Land Trust Partners with Betteravia Farms

The Land Trust Partners with Betteravia Farms in a win-win for agriculture and endangered species.

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Spring 2019 Newsletter

Inside this issue: anticipating the Strategic Plan, a tribute to two special women, a fresh face on the Board of Trustees, and a new conservation easement at Betteravia Farms! Check out the Spring newsletter to stay current with the Land Trust.

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Groundbreaking: Innovative Pacts Help Save Farmland, Ease Succession

The March issue of Farm & Ranch includes an article on conservation easements for farmers. Long-time Land Trust supporter Art Hibbits and Hibbits Ranch is featured—along with quotes from Land Trust Executive Director Chet Work.

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