Hibbit Ranch Conservation Easement
For Land Trust for Santa Barbara County

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In 2010, the Hind Foundation granted $50,000 to the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County to help fund the Hibbits Ranch conservation easement. The Hibbits Ranch is the largest single land holding within a block of scenic and highly productive farmland framed by the City of Lompoc, the Santa Ynez River and Santa Rosa Hills, and La Purisima Mission State Park. The Land Trust was recently granted funds for a conservation easement on the Hibbits Ranch by the USDA Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program. A matching grant is pending from the California Farmland Conservancy Program and the Land Trust will need to raise an additional $150,000 in local funds to complete the transaction.
Noteworthy Outcomes
• Easement Returns
The easement will benefit the community by keeping land with highly productive soils viable for agriculture, maintaining a farming history that began in 1897, and preserving the rural landscape that is the gateway to Lompoc and the scenic backdrop to Mission La Purisima State Historic Park.
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Area of Funding: Land Conservation |
Type of Funding: Standard Grant |
Amount Funded: $50,000 |
Year Funded: 2011 |
Year Completed: 2000 |
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About the Organization |
Land Trust for Santa Barbara County |
P.O. Box 91830 |
Santa Barbara, CA 93190 |
(805) 966-4520 |
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www.sblandtrust.org |
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County protects natural resources, agricultural land and open spaces for the benefit of present and future generations. |
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