Mitteldorf Preserve | Carmel Valley
Located in the Santa Lucia Mountains southeast of Carmel and home to Monterey County’s largest redwood tree, this amazing landscape was forever protected from logging when Harriet and Arthur Mitteldorf provided funds for BSLT to purchase the property in 1990. … Read More
Glen Deven Ranch | Big Sur
Glen Deven Ranch is an 860-acre property bequeathed to the Land Trust in 2001 by Dr. Seeley and Mrs. Virginia Mudd. With abundant woodlands, coastal river lands, grasslands and wildlife, Glen Deven is an icon of the Big Sur landscape. … Read More
Carr Lake | Salinas
Big Sur Land Trust owns 73 acres within the area known as Carr Lake in Salinas, California. The Carr Lake Basin is an approximately 480-acre seasonally dry lakebed in the heart of the city. For decades, the community has envisioned … Read More
Marks Ranch | Salinas
Marks Ranch was once a major egg production ranch, and home of Benjamin and Nisene Marks, who settled there in 1890. Big Sur Land Trust purchased the ranch in 2007, protecting important wildlife corridors. We continue to care for its … Read More
Arroyo Seco Ranch | Greenfield
Owned by BSLT since 2007, Arroyo Seco Ranch is a natural wonderland located just west of Greenfield — an ideal setting rigorous guided hikes and inspiring a passion for stewardship. It’s rolling 1,675 acres are linked to surrounding wilderness … Read More
Taking the long view…
Considered by many to be the father of the modern day “land ethic” in the United States, Aldo Leopold wrote of the importance of “thinking like a mountain”. In response to witnessing “a fierce green fire” in the eyes of … Read More