Ventura Land Trust has been awarded $7.2 million from the State of California to complete the acquisition and permanent conservation of the 1,645-acre Ventura hillsides property now known as Mariano Preserve.
Photo by Laim Pickhardt
Mariano Preserve is the iconic backdrop to historic downtown and midtown Ventura. It is also the original inspiration for our predecessor organization, the Ventura Hillsides Conservancy in 2003: to preserve and protect the undeveloped hills that define Ventura’s landscape.
Photo by Laim Pickhardt
This topographically extreme and biologically rich property is dominated by coastal sage scrub vegetation, including native species not yet found in similar habitats at our Harmon Canyon Preserve. VLT staff is working on developing the long-term restoration, biological monitoring, and public access management priorities for the property.
Videos of these meetings can be viewed by clicking on the link below
Ventura Land Trust has hosted five community meetings so far in which input has been sought from a broad cross-section of community members.
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Photo by Laim Pickhardt