Conservation Scoreboard

The Conservation History of the Mendocino Land Trust
The Land Trust has directly protected or facilitated the conservation of 11,096 acres of Mendocino County--an impressive achievement.
- 5.6 acres are owned and managed at Hare Creek Beach in Fort Bragg for habitat conservation and public access.
- 7,408 acres were acquired and conveyed to State Parks. 7,334 at Big River and 74 at Caspar Headlands.
- 55 acres are owned and managed at Navarro Point for botanical resources and public access.
75 acres are owned and managed at Caspar Beach and the Caspar South uplands, conserved with the assistance of the Trust for Public Land and the Caspar Community.
- 45 acres were conserved with California Coastal Conservancy support and in partnership--8 with the Westport Village Society and 37 at Glass Beach with many people in Fort Bragg.
- 2 acres of open space in Mendocino Village (Heider Field) was the first Land Trust project.
7 acres of coastal access easements are managed at Cantus Cove, Belinda Point and the Mendocino Bay Viewpoint.
- 33 acres of mature second-growth and old-growth redwood groves at Ridgewood Ranch were protected with Save-the-Redwoods League support in 2005.
1,689 acres of oak woodlands were protected in June 2007 along with 4.75 miles of fish-bearing streams and seven miles of tributary creeks, a "wet meadow" and a vernal pool at Ridgewood Ranch with support from the California Wildlife Conservation Board.
- 5.6 acres of beach, dunes, emergent wetlands, and riparian habitats were purchased at Hare Creek Beach in Fort Bragg in 2010 for habitat conservation and public access.
- Stewards eleven conservation easements covering 3,501 acres.
The Land Trust is actively pursuing conservation easements on over 7,000 additional acres.
To see a map of the land trust's projects, click here.





