Environment Web Directory - Land Conservation:States:California

California Planning and Conservation League - A non-profit environmental group protecting California's natural resources through direct political and legislative action.
Homepage of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy - Dedicated to the preservation of natural open space on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California.
The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County - A land trust on California's Central Coast. Preserving open space, wetlands, and threatened species habitat.
Marin Agricultural Land Trust - Preserves agricultural land in western Marin County; educates public about agriculture and need to preserve it
Midpensinsula Regional Open Space District - MROSD maintains 41,000 acres of Bay Area preserves with 200 miles of ow-intensity recreational trails, e.g. hiking.
Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy - Preserving open space on California's Palos Verdes Peninsula
San Gorgonio Volunteer Association - A non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the San Gorgonio Wilderness & San Bernardino National Forest in Southern California
Wildlands Restoration Team - Volunteer group doing habitat restoration in the SantaCruz mountains

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.