Help Protect the Carpinteria Bluffs

An out-of-town developer has proposed building a large-scale luxury resort on the Carpinteria Bluffs. This proposal is incompatible with the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve, Harbor Seal Rookery and Quality of Life for the Community of Carpinteria.

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Carpinteria Bluffs Restoration Day

Come help restore the Bluffs to its native habitat
April 6, May 4, & May 18, 2024
9 AM to 12 noon

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[Sponsored by the City of Carpinteria & CivicSpark]

We are grateful for Julie Tumamait-Stenslie once again having conducted our annual Sunrise Ceremony at the Mishopshno Meadow at the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve to welcome in the Spring. Please take the spirit of that gathering and continue to spread awareness about the importance of protecting our special coastal open spaces. And please join us, if you can, in this Spring’s restoration days at the Bluffs!

Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs Mission Statement

The goal of the Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs is to preserve forever the Carpinteria Bluffs as open space.

We use educational and promotional activities to raise public knowledge and appreciation of the Bluffs and its natural features. We aim to ensure that the Bluffs remain an area for active and passive recreation.

As Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs, we assert that the Bluffs property is a symbol larger than itself, a legacy we should bestow to future generations, and a treasure crucial to the quality of the coastline that is worth preserving for all.

Current Landholding

The 51.8 acres of the Bluffs property, originally zoned as Planned Unit Development, was saved in 1998 from development through the efforts of Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs in partnership with the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County.

Open Space Benefits

The Bluffs provide unlimited public access to open space and to our coastal wonders for the citizens of the City of Carpinteria, the Carpinteria Valley and the greater South Coast area.

Help Us Conserve

The direct benefit to a community from public open space acquisition is often difficult to quantify. Your gifts help us preserve an extraordinary space for all to enjoy!

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Help Us Conserve the Carpinteria Bluffs!

All gifts made payable to Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Citizens for the Bluffs is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. You will receive a written acknowledgement of your donation. You can send checks to: Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs, P. O. Box 700, Carpinteria, CA. 93014