Upon arriving in late 2019 as the new Executive Director, several OVLC supporters exhorted me to focus on protecting more land in the Ojai Valley. At the time, I thought that seemed like obvious advice. After all, preserving, stewarding and restoring land and habitat is the core mission of any land trust.

As a land trust, Ojai Valley Land Conservancy is always looking to save land, and we’re thrilled to announce that we are in the process of saving 234 acres of new conservation land! Land conservation is arguably more important than ever, and to many remains the single most lasting and effective conservation strategy.

Wherever you grew up, whether in the Ojai Valley or elsewhere, how many of the surrounding street names besides your own did you know? If you’re like most people, probably not many. The streets are just fixtures of your community, so a detail as minor as the name is unimportant compared to the fact that your friend lives one street over and your school is at the end of another street five minutes away. Riverview Trailhead seems to be a similar fixture in this community.