Featured Property: Van Dyke Ranch
In partnership with the City of Gilroy, LTSCV acquired a 108-acre conservation easement on the Van Dyke Ranch. Van Dyke Ranch is located in a scenic agricultural area that supports orchards, pasture, and rowcrops. The majority of the property’s soils have been classified as prime, and features organic apricot, persimmon, and grape orchards. This easement contains two productive wells along with a protected riparian creek habitat.
​Carnadero Preserve
The Carnadero property is 480 acres of prime agricultural land and riparian habitat in the very southern tip of Santa Clara County just east of Highway 101 and adjacent to the Pajaro River and Carnadero Creek. This land acquisition was a joint effort between LTSCV, the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, The Nature Conservancy, the American Farmland Trust, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the State of California Department of Conservation and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.  As part of this transaction, the Santa Clara Valley Water District purchased 275 acres for stream mitigation.  It is currently planted mostly in leaf lettuce. This land will remain as farmland in perpetuity.  
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Locally grown produce for Santa Clara County
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Cool climate is perfect for lettuce

​Mission Organics Farm
LTSCV acquired a 170-acre conservation easement on the Mission Organics Farm in the southern portion of Santa Clara County.
The easement was a joint project between LTSCV, the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, the California Department of Conservation, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service. It is currently planted with organic leaf lettuce and other organic vegetables and will be preserved forever as farmland.   
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​Taylor Farm
This property (operated by Taylor Farms) includes 510 acres of prime agricultural land adjacent to the Carnadero and Mission Organics properties to create a total preserve of 1,155 acres at the southern tip of Santa Clara County. Located at the junction of the Pajaro River and Carnadero and Llagas creeks, this property also contributes to flood protection along the Pajaro River watershed. Click here for an article about this project from the Gilroy Dispatch. 
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Prime agriculture protected forever
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Pasture surrounded by oak woodland



Cooper Farm
The Cooper family donated a conservation easement to LTSCV in order to preserve the agricultural viability of their 40-acre farm.  The property abuts Little Arthur Creek, a known habitat for the federally-listed and threatened steelhead.