Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

Banana slugs belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda. The word gastropod comes from the Greek words for stomach and foot! #CreatureFeature

The Mill Creek Dam in San Vicente Redwoods is set to be removed this summer. The demolition will greatly benefit steelhead and Coho salmon populations. We are thrilled to be a part of the effort to conserve SVR in partnership with Sempervirens Fund, Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), and Save the Redwoods League!

Trivia Tuesday: Did you know the Santa Cruz Sandhills are home to seven species of plants and animals found nowhere else on earth, including the Mt. Hermon June beetle, Zayante band-winged grasshopper, Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, Ben Lomond spineflower, Santa Cruz wallflower, Silverleaf manzanita and Ben Lomond buckwheat.

Last week, over a dozen talented botanists showed up to help identify plants at Rocks Ranch. While no special status plant species have yet to be found, we continue to be amazed by the healthy, intact native plant communities at the ranch. We’ll continue to assess the property through the Summer before making our management plan that will guide how we steward the property into the future.

Happy Earth Day! What are you doing to help protect the Earth and Santa Cruz County today? Here are a few ideas: Volunteer: At the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, we rely on dedicated volunteers to help with ongoing stewardship and monitoring work, or to lend a hand at our annual broom pull events. Visit: Take your family or friends to Antonelli Pond, Byrne-Milliron Forest, Davenport Bluffs or the Glenwood Open Space Preserve - the more people who know and love these pr...operties the better. Donate: Your gift today will support the protection of 4,000 acres of wildlands, the building of one wildlife crossing (under Highway 17), and protecting land for a second wildlife crossing (under Highway 101). https://landtrustsantacruz.givingfuel.com/donate

Land Trust of Santa Cruz County thanks Rep. Jimmy Panetta for supporting private land conservation to provide #Land4All in California. Your support helps land trusts leverage more funding to create and save preserves, trails and farms in our communities. #30x30 landtrustalliance.org/30x30

This letter to the editor really says it all!

We are moving from the planning phase into the permitting phase for the ADA trail at Antonelli Pond! The permitting process is a little more complex because the property is in the Coastal Zone and the pond is a great natural resource. We are optimistic that we'll break ground this Fall!

Please welcome Traci Filous to the Land Trust team! We are ecstatic that Traci has chosen to join our staff as the new Stewardship Assistant! To learn more about Traci, and the rest of our incredible staff, click here: https://www.landtrustsantacruz.org/who-we-are/staff/

These recent reports of sickly lions in Santa Cruz County are heartbreaking to read. We hope the department of Fish and Wildlife will get to the bottom of this quickly. Remember, a desperate cat is a dangerous cat.

Riding into 2021 like... For more information about Equestrian Access at Glenwood East visit our website: https://www.landtrustsantacruz.org/glenwood-open-space-pre/

Love and Work are two of the most common words we read in our donor comments. We are so humbled and honored to know that our supporters love the work that we do. Thank you for choosing to support Land Trust of Santa Cruz County in 2020! Pictured: Donor thank you letters in the outgoing mail!