Conservation through Land Acquisition

A fundamental function of Greenspace – The Cambria Land Trust is to acquire, restore and protect environmentally important properties that are threatened by overdevelopment or neglect. To date, Greenspace has saved 20 properties, permanently withdrawing most from development. These serve as wild areas, pocket parks, and cultural resources. The largest of these is Strawberry Canyon, a 21-acre wooded area with a walking trail and benches for enjoying the sights and sounds of the forest.

Greenspace accepts gifts of environmentally critical land from owners who would like to protect it from development. We also purchase properties with the help of donors, landowners, government agencies and other conservancies.

In both gift and purchase agreements, we include a requirement for a permanent maintenance endowment for the land. We restore our properties as grant and community funding allows, with the removal of non-native plant species and a certain percentage of dead trees, leaving snags for wildlife habitat, and planting healthy seedlings and native plants. Please contact our office at (805) 927-2866 or info@greenspacecambria.org for any inquiries into donating or selling land to Greenspace.

Properties

Strawberry Canyon

Open to the public. 22 acres at Kay Street & Burton

Greenspace worked with 70 neighbors and donors to fund the purchase of pine and oak woodland in three parcels. Endowed by Greenspace and local property owners. Includes a great hiking loop and is open to the public daily.

Fitzwater Canyon

Strawberry Canyon

Closed to the public. 5 acres at Pickwick & London Lane

Donated by Harold Fitzwater & Margaret Randall

Creekside Reserve

Open to the public. 1.7 acres at Center St. & Hesperian in downtown Cambria.

The scenic Creekside Reserve in the historic east village of Cambria lies along Santa Rosa Creek. The reserve harbors a fully restored Chinese Temple, part of a larger cultural center and gathering place for Chinese immigrants who worked harvesting seaweed and abalone for export to China or in the mercury mines in the Santa Lucia foothills.

Historic Chinese Temple at Creekside Reserve

Sterling Forest

Creekside Reserve

Open to the public. 1 acre on Pineridge Drive.

Donated in part by Walt & Kate Sterling, purchased in part from B

Pocahontas Native Plant Garden

Open to the public. 1/3 acre at Wilton & Burton. Donated by Allen and Jeanne Peters and endowed by the Land Ethic Action Foundation.

To learn more about the Native Garden, click the link below!

Native Garden

Wales Triangle

Open to the public. 1/4 acre at Wales &

St. James

Donated by Greenspace, Lillian Gleischer, the Knight Family and The Archaeological Conservancy (TAC)

Windsor

Wales Triangle

Open to the public. 1/4 acre at Windsor & Atwell

Donated & endowed by The Greenberg Family

Quail Hill

Wales Triangle

Quail Hill

Open to the public. 1/5 acre at Pineridge & Ellis

Donated by Top of The World Neighbors

Sheffield

Quail Hill

Closed to the public. 8500 square feet at Sheffield & Cornwell

Donated by The Yamamoto Family

Emerson

Sheffield

Hillcrest

Open to the public. 6375 square feet at Emerson North of Ardath

Donated by The Marshall Family

Hillcrest

Sheffield

Hillcrest

Closed to the public. 4725 square feet at Hillcrest & Sunbury

Donated by The Yamamoto Family

Dorking

Marjorie

Open to the public. 3750 square feet at
Dorking & Rodman

Donated & endowed by The Green Family

Marjorie

Open to the public. 3500 sq ft at Marjorie & Wallace

Margate

Marjorie

Margate

Open to the public. 2500 square feet at Margate & Burton Circle

Donated by The Gearhart Family

Pierce

Open to the public. 3500 sq ft at Pierce & Merlyn

Iger

Pierce

Open to the public. 1635 Burton Dr.

Donated by Milissa Iger

Warren

Greenberg / Atwell

Open to the public. 1619 Burton Dr.

Established with Greenspace funds

Greenberg / Atwell

Atwell St. and Windsor Blvd.

Donated and endowed by the Greenberg Family

How to Donate or Sell Property to Greenspace

Leave a Legacy

Legacy gifts commemorate your connection to Cambria's green spaces, enhance ourbeautiful parks and pocket-parks by donating a legacy gift. For information about land trusts, tax benefits, to discuss a property donation or acquisition transaction, please contact the office at 805.927.2866 or info@greenspacecambria.org

More About Legacy Gifts

Greenspace - The Cambria Land Trust

PO Box 1505, Cambria, CA 93428
805 - 927 - 2866 | info@greenspacecambria.org