The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County announced today that its nearly 24,000-acre portfolio of protected natural resources and agricultural countryside now includes the 100-acre Big Bend Ranch, donated by Judy and Jack Stapelmann. Located in the El Jaro Creek…

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…