VENTURA LAND TRUST PRESERVES

  • HARMON CANYON PRESERVE

    Ventura’s first landscape-scale publicly accessible nature preserve, protecting vibrant coastal sage scrub shrublands and live oak woodlands.

  • MARIANO PRESERVE

    Aiming for formally opening to the public in 2025, Mariano rises steeply above downtown Ventura, with dense coastal sage scrub shrublands and extraordinary vistas.

  • BIG ROCK PRESERVE

    A stunning section of the Ventura River with perennial surface water, riparian woodland, and dynamic aquatic habitats.

  • WILLOUGHBY PRESERVE

    Since 2012, VLT has been cleaning up this 9-acre property to maximize environmental and community benefits for the Ventura River estuary.

  • HAYDEN PRIVATE PRESERVE

    This small preserve straddles an ephemeral section of Canada Larga Creek and supports key VLT programs.

  • HOLSER PRIVATE PRESERVE

    Holser Private Preserve, acquired in December 2020, spans 80 acres of coastal sage scrub and riparian scrub habitat.

TIMELINE OF PRESERVES: FROM 2009 TO CURRENT