Bluffs III recently received a $450,000 windfall from the California Transportation Commission in the form of an Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program grant. The grant nearly completes fundraising for the 21-acre bluff top property located on the east end of Carpinteria, a project overseen by the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County. “We are very...

The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County has moved $450,000 closer to paying off its purchase of 21 undeveloped oceanfront acres in Carpinteria that had long been eyeballed by hotel and resort developers. With a $3 million down payment last June, the Land Trust picked up the Carp Bluffs III property, located just east of...

  We can save one more stretch of open coastline in Carpinteria! Now through December 31, 2016, your donation of $10 or more will be matched by $100! Click here to learn more and donate now! Click here for press release distributed June 15, 2016. For more than 50 years, the residents of the South Coast have...

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Tina and Paul McEnroe worked closely with the Land Trust in the early 2000s to complete an agricultural easement for their 1,007-acre Rancho La Purisma, located in the Purisima Hills north of Buellton. Both Paul and Tina had direct experience with land conservation and knew the importance of conserving this special place. Many things make Rancho...

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