History

In 1998, a group of citizens formed the Land Trust for Santa Clara County, a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation that changed its name to the Silicon Valley Land Conservancy in 2005 and finally to the Land Trust of Santa Clara Valley (LTSCV) in 2017. LTSCV has acquired, maintained, and preserved over 1,400 acres of natural habitat and agricultural land in Santa Clara County thanks to frequent collaboration with our partners at local conservation agencies and organizations.
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Conservation Programs

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Agricultural areas​ along the Pajaro River south of Gilroy, where approximately 1,165 acres have been preserved​ through agricultural easements.
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The Coyote Valley Greenbelt, an agricultural and watershed buffer between San Jose and Morgan Hill.
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 Habitat for threatened and endangered plants and wildlife, including the Bay checkerspot butterfly, California tiger salamander, California red-legged frog, burrowing owl, Metcalf Canyon jewelflower, Coyote ceanothus, Santa Clara Valley dudleya, and Tiburon Indian paintbrush, and many others. LTSCV owns over 200 acres of serpentine grasslands where these native species thrive.
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Hillsides and oak woodlands that provide valuable watersheds throughout the Santa Clara Valley.