What types of wildflowers can be found at Harmon Canyon Preserve? After winter rains, wildflowers are beginning to grow and bloom into a spectacular tapestry throughout the preserve.

Join our educators on this 2 hour guided walk as we explore the accessible parts of the preserve and talk about unique adaptations these plants have that help them thrive.

Spots fill fast, so don't wait to register!

$15 for Ventura Land Trust members, $25 for non-members

Not sure if you are a VLT member? Contact us!

What types of wildflowers can be found at Harmon Canyon Preserve? After winter rains, wildflowers are beginning to grow and bloom into a spectacular tapestry throughout the preserve.

Join our educators on this 2 hour guided walk as we explore the accessible parts of the preserve and talk about unique adaptations these plants have that help them thrive.

Spots fill fast, so don't wait to register!

$15 for Ventura Land Trust members, $25 for non-members

Not sure if you are a VLT member? Contact us!

Join Ventura Land Trust on Saturday, April 8th for the second-ever Gear Garage Sale, a second-hand outdoor gear sale to benefit VLT. Be part of this annual benefit event, hosted by beer-and-gear partner Topa Topa Brewing Company, as a shopper and as a supporter by donating your used outdoor gear. 

Donate your gently-used and used gear to be included in the sale. Gear in your garage that you don't use? Gear and clothes that kids have outgrown? Drop off your gear to a VLT team member at the locations below, and at pop-up gear drop-off locations announced here. Your donation is tax-deductible.

Before drop-off, please ensure that your gear is in working condition and that all necessary parts are present.

Pop-Up Drop Off Dates & Locations

Topa Topa Brewing Company, 4880 Colt Street, Ventura

• Wednesday, March 22nd from 12-7:30 pm
  
  
• Wednesday, March 29th from 12-7:30 pm
  
  
• Wednesday, April 5th from 12-7:30 pm

Ventura County Credit Union, 6026 Telephone Road, Ventura

• Friday, March 31st from 3-6 pm

Daily Drop Off Locations

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Environmental Speaker Series: Embracing Change Through Ocean Exploration with Holly Lohuis. Lohuis works as a science communicator and naturalist for the Jean-Michele Cousteau Society, Island Packers, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, and others. She is currently spearheading an effort to get the Santa Barbara Channel designated as a Whale Heritage Site.

Lohuis will discuss what she has learned about research on whales and their influence on the ecology of oceans and the Santa Barbara Channel. By increasing public awareness of the challenges facing the health of whale populations, Lohuis hopes to help enhance humans’ connection to and relationship with whales and their ocean home.

See more of Holly's adventures and learn about her work at www.hollylohuis.com/

Ventura Land Trust’s Environmental Speaker Series is one of the many ways VLT works to educate the public about important environmental topics. These events are free to the public in partnership with the Museum of Ventura County. RSVP below to let us know you'll be there!

Dr. Andrea Huvard, California Lutheran University Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, has been conducting a long-term study of microfibers to examine the accumulation of microfibers in marine sediments, invertebrates, and fish. Dr. Huvard’s presentation on this research will tie in with the Museum of Ventura County's exhibition on laundry opening in late June 2023.

Learn more about Dr. Huvard's work at www.callutheran.edu  and here in this video.

Ventura Land Trust’s Environmental Speaker Series is one of the many ways VLT works to educate the public about important environmental topics. These events are free to the public in partnership with the Museum of Ventura County. RSVP below to let us know you'll be there!

The 2023 Wild & Scenic Film Festival is coming to you on Saturday, August 26th! 

Arborist Dave Muffly joins Ventura Land Trust at the Museum of Ventura County for a special OAKtober Environmental Speaker Series presentation.

Dave is a partner in Ventura Land Trust's coast live oak care and restoration in Harmon Canyon Preserve. For more than 30 years, he has been on the forefront of oak tree regeneration in California. With nearly 4,000 oaks established, oak regeneration at Stanford University and in the Bay area has been a resounding success, deeply founded in science. In this talk, Dave covers the details - techniques, lessons, and warnings - that have made this project a success, where so many others fail.

VLT's free, quarterly Environmental Speaker Series is one of the many ways VLT works to educate the public about important environmental topics. Although free to the public, a $10/person donation is suggested at the door. RSVPs are encouraged.

Speaker Dave Muffly

Dave Muffly has been planting and caring for trees in the Bay Area for 33 years. Dave earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, then branched into native oak plantings at Stanford, urban tree plantings, and fruit trees with the local group Magic. In 2007, Dave became a Board Certified Master Arborist, and designed the thousand-tree 101 Freeway Soundwall planting led by the non-profit Canopy. The Soundwall plantings became the proof of concept for the even more radically diverse plantings at Apple Park in Cupertino, where Dave spent 7 years as Apple's Senior Arborist.

Ventura Land Trust has been invited to attend several upcoming Earth Day celebrations in April. Unfortunately, it is impossible for VLT Staff to be everywhere all the time.  Since this is a common occurrence, VLT seeks to recruit a team of committed ambassadors who truly enjoy captivating and engaging the public.  

What does it take to become a Ventura Land Trust Ambassador?

1. LEARN about Ventura Land Trust and engage the community
2. TEACH people about our mission and programs
3. RECRUIT other members and volunteers.

Ambassadors will represent VLT while sharing the organization's mission and values at various community events.  For example, a VLT ambassador can introduce folks to the organization by sharing some of the 2022 accomplishments highlighted on the infographic below.  Additional training will be provided.  If interested, please RSVP at the bottom of this page.  If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected].