Lompoc Area Convening of Large Landowners

Owners and land managers of large ranches along the Hwy 1 corridor in the Lompoc Valley have expressed a need for prescribed burns, removal of highly flammable trees, and other landscape treatments including prescribed grazing and restoration to reduce fire risk and ensure productivity and health of their lands. Creating a mosaic of ranch and farmlands in the greater region that receive this type of treatment could provide multi-benefits for the entire region, such as increased productivity of working lands, reduced fire risk, financial loses from wildfire, and wildlife connectivity and habitat improvements. However, many of these mitigation efforts are expensive given the size and scope of the areas requiring treament and individial owners need grant assistance or opportunities to leverage resources with neighboring landowners to implement the work. Convening the key large land owners in the region will allow for sharing of information (what each landowner is already doing or planning to do to increase landscape resilience) and determine if their is interest in a collaborative approach. 

Scope: Convene landowners to discuss a collaborative strategy to identify and map areas and assemble partners to implement prescribed burns and vegetation mgmt. to reduce wildfire risk.

Status: Conceptual

Cost: Low cost

Potential Partners: Wildfire Resilience Collaborative, Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, Gaviota Coast Conservancy, White Buffalo Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy’s Dangermond Preserve, TREX Partners and large landowners in the region