The Peninsula Open Space Trust now owns over 6,000 acres of the 6,500-acre property known as Juristac, or Sargent Ranch. The ...

Next time you’re winding through the forest along I-80 on the way to North Tahoe, keep an eye out for a pretty blue lake to the right near Emigrant Gap. Nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills, that ...

Santa Clara County’s Sargent Ranch has been saved from being turned into a controversial sand and gravel quarry. The Palo Alto-based Peninsula Open Space Trust purchased 2,284 a ...

Each year, more than 10,000 students and families participate in hands-on outdoor science learning at Sierra Nevada Journeys ...

Good news for the California desert. The largest intact ecosystem left in the contiguous United States received a ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (October 16, 2025) — The California Rangeland Trust honored two remarkable leaders in land stewardship ...

Flee Kieselhorst, an LGBTQ professional photographer and single mother, and her child Pickle in the home they purchased through Artists Space Trust. (Photo by C. Wagner Photography) This is your first ...