Our Projects
Conservation Easement: Bonterra
In 1998, the Mendocino Land Trust partnered with Bonterra to conserve 360 acres of vineyards and open space near Hopland.
Conservation Easement: Brush Creek
In 2015, MLT worked with the Edward Miller Trust to protect 2,018 acres of working forestland along Brush Creek. This…
Conservation Easement: Dark Horse Ranch
In 2013, the Mendocino Land Trust began working with the late Ukiah area farmer Paul Dolan and his family to…
Conservation Easement: Eel River and Lake Pillsbury
In June 2022 Mendocino Land Trust closed on our largest conservation easement to date. MLT has taken on responsibility for…
Conservation Easement: Feliz Creek
Feliz Creek Conservation Easement: 320 acres near Yorkville. Conserved in 2005.
Conservation Easement: Freriks
We hope you will enjoy the story behind a 25-acre conservation easement near Albion. It is told by Shirley Freriks,…
Conservation Easement: Gleason-Prescott
In 2012 the Mendocino Land Trust worked with a landowner near Willits to permanently protect 423 acres of wildlife habitat.…
Conservation Easement: Gobbi Street Vineyard
Gobbi Street: 53 acres near Ukiah conserved in 2013.
Conservation Easement: Hathaway Creek Forest
Thanks to the dedication and hard work of one visionary landowner and the generosity of numerous donors, MLT secured $40,000…
Conservation Easement: James Ranch
MLT is working to conserve the unique and picturesque James Ranch in Sherwood Valley near Willits. Since the 1800s the…
Conservation Easement: Linney-Dye
Linney-Dye: 72 acres outside Point Arena. Conserved in 2000.
Conservation Easement: Lovers Lane Vineyard
133-acres of agricultural land in Ukiah will remain devoted to agriculture in perpetuity.
Conservation Easement: Mendocino Pygmy Forest
In 2022, Mendocino Land Trust used funding from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to acquire this 93-acre…
Conservation Easement: Otto Smith
A conservation easement completed in 2017 protects 30 acres of forest near Leggett.
Conservation Easement: Phillips-Corning
40 acres southwest of Hopland. Conserved in 1992.
Conservation Easement: Popow Redwoods
This property was generously bequeathed to Mendocino Land Trust in 2025 by Sonya Popow, a locally renowned ceramic artist whose…
Conservation Easement: Potter Valley Mitigation Land
8 acres conserved as mitigation for a Dept. of Transportation project in 2014.
Conservation Easement: R&R Ranch
The R&R Ranch is a conservation easement that Mendocino Land Trust acquired in 2021. Located in eastern Mendocino County near…
Conservation Easement: Returned Pomo Lands (Trout and Alder Creek)
Mendocino Land Trust worked with the Pacific Forest & Watershed Lands Stewardship Council to protect 873 acres of land previously…
Conservation Easement: Ridgewood Ranch
Ridgewood Ranch near Willits is the final resting place of the famous racehorse Seabiscuit, and is home to two of…
Conservation Easement: Roundhouse Hills
In November 2023, Mendocino Land Trust received the donation of a new conservation easement that protects 120 acres of stunning…
Conservation Easement: ruth weiss
This 5 acre property on Albion ridge belonged to the famous Beat poet ruth weiss. She and her trustees bequeathed…
Conservation Easement: Salmon Creek & Big River Forests
In 2024, the Conservation Fund donated two separate conservation easements of forestland along Big River and Salmon Creek to MLT,…
OPEN IN GOOGLE MAPSConservation Easement: Salvation Army
Salvation Army: 112 acres conserved near Manchester in 2000.
Conservation Easement: Windy Hollow
Mendocino Land Trust acquired this conservation easement in July 2025. PG&E donated the conservation easement to MLT to protect a…
Conservation Easement: Yorkville Family Lands
Here's the story behind 746 acres of conserved family lands located near Yorkville as told by the landowner who sought…
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