Updates

December 2014. Ellwood Mesa Coastal Trail and Habitat Restoration Project will be partially financed by the County of Santa Barbara’s Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF), a partial mitigation of impacts […]

January 2014. Ellwood Mesa Coastal Trail and Habitat Restoration Project will be partially financed by a $9220 UCSB Associated Students’ Coastal Fund Grant. The funds will provide bridge funding to […]

February 2013. The Coastal Fund at UCSB provided Trails Council with $8,000 to partially fund Gaviota Coastal Trail and Access Study. The objectives of the Gaviota Coastal Trail and Access […]

January 2013. Goleta Valley Land Trust provides $15,000 grant for review of the environmental analysis documentation the Baron Ridge Trail. The review will be conducted by US Forest Service Staff. […]

March 2012. Goleta Valley Land Trust provides $50,000 grant for the planning and permitting of the Ellwood Mesa Coastal Trail and Habitat Restoration Project.

July 2012. The project will prepare design, engineering, environmental compliance and permit application documents for the construction of accessway improvements and a blufftop segment of the California Coastal Trail for […]

[2020 UPDATE: 1800-acre Las Varas Ranch purchased for $70 million and donated to UCSB] [2015 UPDATE: This project was denied by the Board of Supervisors. Thank you for your support.] […]

Phase III | Los Padres National Forest Segment Taking the Franklin Trail to the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains (Phase III) will add 2.7 miles of trail infrastructure to one […]

Twenty hardworking volunteers just finished replacing 100 posts and over 1000 feet of manila rope that cordoned off the viewing galleries in the Goleta Butterfly Grove. If you have not […]

[UPDATE: In 2019, Charles Munger acquired and then donated Las Varas Ranch to the University of California, Santa Barbara. “This is much more than just a gift of land, but […]