On October 8, a sold-out crowd of 150 guests gathered at The Station in Los Alamos, California, for Reunir with the Rangeland Trust, our signature Central Coast event celebrating the people, traditions, and landscapes that define the Western way of life.
Earlier this month, The Oak Group held its 40th anniversary exhibit, Abiding Legacy, opening at the Santa Barbara Library’s Faulkner Gallery. The show is a collection of 110 paintings and photographs of 10 Central Coast ranches conserved by the California Rangeland Trust. Through this collaboration, 27 plein air artists had the opportunity to experience these working landscapes firsthand and share them with the public through their art.
Today, Rancho Arbolado represents the next chapter in that story. By
permanently protecting their ranch through a conservation easement with
California Rangeland Trust, the Pedotti family will preserve not only their
agricultural heritage and way of life, but also critical wildlife habitat and open
space.
In the Cuyama Valley on September 12, 2026, community members, donors, landowner partners, and friends gathered with the Rangeland Trust and the Doiron family to celebrate the conservation of Spanish Ranch.
Nearly two centuries apart, two women made the same decision on the same piece of California ground—to hold on.
Because of these choices, the Spanish Ranch remains one of the last intact pieces of the 22,000-acre historic Rancho de Cuyama No. 1 and is now permanently protected through a conservation easement.
To honor our ranching partners, who represent both the organization’s history and its future, the Rangeland Trust hosted a Landowner Appreciation Dinner on Tuesday, June 2, in Esparto, CA.
The conservation of 100 ranches, a milestone years in the making, brought California’s ranching and conservation communities together to celebrate the growing impact of the California Rangeland Trust.
More often than not, conversations about land focus on what it provides: clean air, fresh water, local food, wildlife habitat, and more. These benefits are visible, measurable, and essential to the health and resilience of communities—a large part of why land conservation exists. Yet when ranchers are asked why they protect their land, their answers often go beyond environmental benefits.
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