Ventura Land Trust Mariana Ranch
In late 2019, the Ventura Land Trust had an opportunity to purchase Mariana Rancho, an iconic hillside property overlooking the city of Ventura. LegacyWorks helped the Land Trust develop a short-term finance strategy and a longer-term fundraising plan.
White Buffalo Land Trust Jalama Canyon Ranch
LegacyWorks supported White Buffalo Land Trust’s campaign to acquire the Jalama Canyon Ranch. Together we worked to understand and articulate the vision, purpose, principles and goals of the White Buffalo Jalama Ranch Project.
Landowner Carbon Farm Plans
In partnership with the Cachuma Resources Conservation District, LegacyWorks helps owners of working lands to plan and implement regenerative agricultural and grazing management practices to increase the rate at which carbon is captured and reduce the rate at which it is lost or emitted.
Santa Barbara County Regional Priority Plan for Wildfire Resilience
The Cachuma Resource Conservation District (CRCD) is conducting a planning, mapping and assessment phase for a Regional Priority Plan (RPP) to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest and habitat health on public and private land in the urban/wildland interfaces.
SBC Conservation Blueprint Facilitation and Project Design
In 2015, LegacyWorks was engaged by the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and its partners to develop a strategy for creating a report on the community’s natural resources and an online mapping portal to enable us to proactively conserve natural resources.
CEC Resilience Roundtables
Together with the Community Environmental Council (CEC) and a robust steering committee, LegacyWorks co-designed and facilitated a series of multi-stakeholder Resilience Roundtables.
Montecito Community Wildfire Protection Plan
LegacyWorks engaged with the Montecito Fire Protection District to support the amendment process for their Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade Strategic Expansion
Through consultation, facilitation, and guided networking, LegacyWorks helped the Bucket Brigade evolve from pop-up nonprofit to established community institution leading local resilience efforts.
Montecito Disaster Recovery
In the wake of the Thomas Fire and 1/9/2018 Debris Flow, LegacyWorks worked cross-sector to create systems maps that capture the full range of activity in the key arenas within disaster recovery and resilience work.