The Santa Lucia Preserve

One of the largest private land holdings in coastal California, the Santa Lucia Preserve is one and one-half times the area of Manhattan Island. Man-made elements comprise just 2,000 acres, or 10 percent, of the Preserve, none of which compromises its ecological vitality. The Santa Lucia Conservancy protects and manages the remaining 18,000 acres for wildlife habitat, recreation, grazing, and environmental research.

The Santa Lucia Preserve offers 350 families a rural way-of-life. As in the rural past, the houses are located on suitable residential sites, individually selected to preserve valuable and scenic natural resources and located within a vast, protected open space.