Pismo Preserve featured in PBS docu-series ‘Walkin’ California’
The 880-acre Pismo Preserve was officially opened on January 25, 2020 following six years of fundraising, design, permitting and construction.
–The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County’s new Pismo Preserve has been featured in a PBS travel docuseries called “Walkin’ California,” and will air on the Sacramento station KVIE several times in April.
The 27-minute episode follows host Steve Weldon and Land Conservancy restoration ecologist Lindsey Roddick as they explore the Pismo Preserve’s 11 miles of trail and nearly 900 acres of mountainous oak woodland overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Children in The Land Conservancy’s Oak Ambassador program share the preserve’s flora and fauna and Steve discovers why acquiring this land was so critical to the survival of the area’s wildlife.
The episode will air on KVIE throughout April, and is also available to stream through the PBS app, or online at https://www.pbssocal.org/programs/viewfinder/walkin-california-pismo- preserve-rlf3wt/.
The preserve is temporarily closed to adhere to social distancing guidelines. The Land Conservancy expects to re-open once San Luis Obispo County’s “shelter at home” order is lifted. Details and updates can be found at www.lcslo.org/pismopreserve.
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To make a tax-deductible charitable donation to support the Pismo Preserve individuals and businesses can make an online donation on The Land Conservancy’s website at www.LCSLO.org or call Kaila Dettman, Executive Director, at 805-544-9096.
The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County is a community-supported local nonprofit land trust working to conserve and care for the diverse wildlands, farms, and ranches of the Central Coast, connecting people to the land and to each other. The land trust helps to protect drinking water sources, prevent poorly planned development, restore wildlife habitat, promote family farmlands and ranches in our region, and connect people of all ages and backgrounds to the land. The Land Conservancy leads collaborative efforts which have resulted in the permanent protection over 20,000 acres of land in San Luis Obispo County.
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