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The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County holds a conservation easement on El Capitan Ranch, a 200-acre property adjacent to El Capitan State Park and El Capitan Canyon Ranch and Campground. This scenic property has been used as a horse ranch in the past and was part of the historic El Capitan Ranch complex. In…
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Working with private ranches and the California Conservation Corps, the project stabilized 1,600-feet of river bank to reduce soil erosion that was damaging to downstream water quality and rearing habitat for native Southern steelhead. Restoring the riverside also involved the planting of 2,000 native trees and scattering native seed on the repaired banks. The trees…
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When it rains in winter, water can fill seven acres of re-created wetland habitat in the West Goleta Slough. With grant funding from the California Wildlife Conservation Board and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Land Trust worked to remove fill roads, berms and fill dirt from the site…
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The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County managed a project to remove over 87,000 square feet of Giant reed (Arundo donax) in Lower Refugio Creek with over $550,000 provided by the State Coastal Conservancy, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Caltrans and three area ranch owners. The Land Trust worked cooperatively with three private landowners, the…
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El Capitan Creek fish passage improvement was constructed during the fall of 2005 and was a cooperative effort between the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and the owner of the privately operated El Capitan Canyon Campground. California Department of Fish and Wildlife awarded the Land Trust a grant to remove a barrier to fish…
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With grants awarded by the Goleta Valley Land Trust, the John S. Kiewit Memorial Foundation and the UCSB Coastal Fund, our restoration efforts on the Gaviota Coast continue to flourish, providing habitat for wildlife, a sanctuary for nature lovers and invaluable experience for those who are learning while working at the Land Trust owned and…
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To the west, eucalyptus woodlands welcome migrating monarch butterflies at both the Land Trust’s Coronado Butterfly Preserve and the Goleta Butterfly Preserve at Ellwood Mesa, while intact coastal dunes to the south provide nesting grounds for the threatened snowy plover. Riparian habitat and willow woodlands spring up to the north and east. The UCSB North…
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Tucked into the Montecito neighborhood of Ennisbrook, this open space also known as the San Ysidro Oak Woodland, is an easy, shady trail with a charming stone bridge over San Ysidro Creek and a Monarch butterfly eucalyptus grove. When the Ennisbrook subdivision was proposed in Montecito, the community and the County knew mitigation would be…
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The Carpinteria Salt Marsh is one of the largest and most ecologically important coastal estuaries in California—and it is among the last. In 2008 the Land Trust completed a four-year restoration project to provide better wildlife habitat, opportunities for scientific research, and ways for the people to visit and learn about the coastal environment. A…
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With your support, the Land Trust has protected over 57,000 acres of local land—and our work is far from over. Make a 100% tax-deductible gift today and double your impact! All year-end donations will be matched dollar for dollar up to $60,000, thanks to our friends Jack and Sheri Overall. Every penny counts!
