• Monthly Park Clean-up | November 15

    Ensen Community Park 99 La Posada Drive, Salinas, CA

    Let's come together once a month to clean up our local park and make our community a better place for everyone! Monthly Park Clean-up Join Big Sur Land Trust and Friends of Ensen Community Park Volunteers for our Monthly Park Clean-up at ... Read More

  • Big Sur Land Trust Volunteer Orientation | December 4

    Online

    A virtual orientation to learn more about Big Sur Land Trust and our volunteer opportunities. Through this orientation, you will become more familiar with Big Sur Land Trust’s mission, history, programs, organizational structure, and volunteer opportunities so that you are more ... Read More

  • Monarch Butterfly Habitat Restoration | January 9

    Marks Ranch 117th Drive, Salinas, CA, United States

    Join us to plant milkweed plants and install fencing to benefit Monarch butterflies and improve habitat for native pollinators! With the guidence and oversite from BSLT staff, help us enhance our monarch butterfly habitat restoration project at Marks Ranch! We ... Read More

  • Monarch Butterfly Habitat Restoration | January 10

    Marks Ranch 117th Drive, Salinas, CA, United States

    Join us to plant milkweed plants and install fencing to benefit Monarch butterflies and improve habitat for native pollinators! With the guidence and oversite from BSLT staff, help us enhance our monarch butterfly habitat restoration project at Marks Ranch! We ... Read More

  • Trail Work at Mitteldorf Preserve | January 28

    Palo Corona Regional Park 4860 Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel, CA, United States

    Join BSLT to clear trails and remove invasive plants at Mitteldorf Preserve. 1,100 acre Mitteldorf Preserve is always in need of a little love! We will walk the lower sections of the preserve, clearing the trails of debris and pulling any invasive ... Read More

  • Let’s Go Outdoors! Carmel River FREE tour | March 20 (9am-11:30am)

    Palo Corona Regional Park 4860 Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel, CA, United States

    Enjoy a 3.5-mile round-trip hike of the CR FREE project site, led by Big Sur Land Trust's Vice President of Conservation, Rachel Saunders. Big Sur Land Trust's Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement (CR FREE) project is one of the most ... Read More

  • Let’s Go Outdoors! Carmel River FREE tour | March 20 (10am-12:30pm)

    Palo Corona Regional Park 4860 Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel, CA, United States

    Enjoy a 3.5-mile round-trip hike of the CR FREE project site, led by Big Sur Land Trust's Vice President of Conservation, Rachel Saunders. Big Sur Land Trust's Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement (CR FREE) project is one of the most ... Read More

  • Race for Open Space 2026 | May 9

    Palo Corona Regional Park 4860 Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel, CA, United States

    Each spring, people of all ages and fitness levels join Big Sur Land Trust’s Race for Open Space—our largest annual community event. In 2025, over 300 runners, hikers, and walkers joined us to raise funds for the lands we all love ... Read More