San Lucas Ranch
Santa Barbara
County
Santa Barbara County Historic Ranch Conserved Forever
The San Lucas Ranch, located in Santa Barbara County, will forever remain a working
cattle ranch as the result of a conservation easement agreement placed on December 27, 2007,
between the owners of the ranch and the California Rangeland Trust. Originally
part of the historic Spanish land grant, Rancho La Canada de Los Pinos, the
owners purchased San Lucas Ranch in 1924. This donated easement on 1,534 acres
of their working ranch preserves a piece of California’s western heritage, tremendous
habitat resources and spectacular viewsheds in perpetuity. The remarkable
vistas of this rangeland can be seen by the public from State Highways 246 and
154, as well as from Armour Ranch
Road. It is part of a much larger unified
ecological landscape which includes scenic mountain and riparian views of the
Santa Ynez Valley and the surrounding mountain ranges. A primary value of this
property is the exceptional Valley Oak savannah and grasslands that once
covered most of the valley. Additionally, the current management practices and
stewardship of this working landscape provide notable benefit to adjacent
riparian corridors and wild habitats, while also serving to help maintain the
natural function of these nearby landscapes. This conservation easement was a
donated transaction which demonstrates the owner’s commitment to conservation
and is a tremendous way to establish a legacy of good land stewardship.
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