Briggs Memorial Easement, Lompoc

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Harold & Dorothy Briggs donated a parcel of land along the Santa Ynez River to the Land Trust in 1989, and their estate donated an adjacent parcel in 1995. The Land Trust then sold the ranch to a private buyer, retaining an agricultural easement to keep the property open for ranching and farming and to protect the river frontage as wildlife habitat. The land is now a sustainable farmed 40-acre organic vineyard for a boutique wine operation. The easement safeguards the Tom Briggs Memorial, a meadow overlooking the river dedicated to the Briggs’ son who was killed in Vietnam.

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