Northern Santa Lucia Range Inventory

From upland conifer forests and rolling, sunbaked grasslands to fog-shrouded redwood gulches and wave-beaten Pacific headlands, the northern Santa Lucia Mountains could be considered a “best of” compilation of California. The wide-variety of soil types, combined with elevations ranging from sea level to 5,862 feet, sustain a diverse mix of plant and animal communities. The goal of this project is to document biodiversity in the northern Santa Lucia Range. We hope to use these observations to inspire conservation and stewardship of our public lands, as well as guiding us in developing and implementing habitat restoration and stewardship projects.

This inventory is administered by the Ventana Wilderness Alliance (VWA), a 501c3 non-profit with a mission to protect, preserve and restore the wilderness qualities and biodiversity of the public lands within California’s northern Santa Lucia Mountains and Big Sur coast. We are particularly interested in recording rare and special-status species occurrences and monitoring the spread of invasive species in the Ventana and Silver Peak Wilderness.

Learn more about the VWA at www.ventanawild.org less ↑