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Garden-Based Education Supports Whole Child Learning and Wellness
At Starlight Elementary School in Watsonville, where every student from TK through 5th grade has the opportunity to work in the garden or kitchen each week, students are learning and thriving by connecting with nature.
Continue ReadingAt the 2023 Ag Day luncheon, Sarah Newkirk, Land Trust of Santa Cruz County Executive Director, shared the ways the Land Trust is partnering with the agricultural community.
Continue ReadingWith its 2023-2027 Conservation Roadmap, the Land Trust has outlined the key priorities, initiatives, and projects that will define their projects over the next five years as they approach their 50th anniversary. These priorities align with the organization’s vision of a future in which the fantastic diversity of lands that define and connect people to the Santa Cruz County region—the wild and working forests, globally unique wildlife habitats, coastal landscape, and rich farming and ranching heritage—are cared for and preserved far into the future.
Continue ReadingIn this recent article in Lookout, Land Trust of Santa Cruz County Executive Director Sarah Newkirk talks about the need to accelerate our response to climate change, protect communities from its impacts, and fix the systems that led to the displacement of our neighbors in Pajaro.
Continue ReadingWhen erosion induced sedimentation travels downstream it can cause problems—reducing the capacity of rivers, causing pollution by carrying chemical runoff, and decreasing the quality of water by changing the chemical content and reducing oxygen levels. There are several restoration techniques that can be used to control the movement of water over the soil surface.
Continue ReadingIn this article, Chris Wilmers discusses the effects of development on wildlife and the need for more wildlife crossings like the recently completed one at Laurel Curve.
Continue ReadingNBC Bay Area shared video of a bobcat using the wildlife crossing at Laurel Curve, captured less than an hour after the camera was installed at the crossing.
Continue ReadingOur new Five Year Conservation Roadmap, which will guide our work into our 50th Anniversary in 2028, will debut at our Five-to-50 Launch later this month.
Continue ReadingOn January 30th, Land Trust staff were joined by Caltrans traffic engineers and biologists, the Wildlife Conservation Network, and Pathways for Wildlife to examine the new wildlife undercrossing at Laurel Curve.
Continue ReadingThe Land Trust is excited and humbled to share that we’ve reached our goal of raising $21 million through our Nature Connection Campaign, a three-year effort aimed at funding wildlife connectivity, new trails, and farmland protection. This is a celebration of an incredible community coming together to support mission-driven work.
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