Conservancy and State Team Up to Save Critical Santa Cruz County Wilderness

Describes this rich land, its rare animals, plant diversity, the habitat of the primitive solitary bee, and 11 terrestrial ecosystems.

Creator: California Nature Conservancy Newsletter
News for Members of the Nature Conservancy in California

Date: Winter 1989

Type: Newsletter

Coverage: Bonny Doon

Physical Dimensions:

Identifier: MS-HUMMEL-BonnyDoonEnvironmentalProtectionGeneralCAandUSA-07

Collection

Marilyn Hummel: Bonny Doon History and Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve

Tags

"special concern"; barren sanstone pinnacle; black-tailed deer; bobcat; California mixed chaparral; California Natural Diversity Data Base; California tiger salamanders; Center for Plant Conservation; CNC; CNC Director of ProtectionChris Kelly; Colletes Kincaidii; Cooper's hawks; Donald Falk, executive director; Executive Director John Schmidt; golden eagles; gray fox; lagomorphis; long-eared owls; Mrs. Ella Alluissi, artist and conservationist; peregrine falcons; Ponderosa Pine forest; purple martins; Rattan's mimulus; redwood river forest; Robert Burns; rodents; Santa Cruz Cypress; Santa Cruz kangaroo rats; Santa Cruz wallflower; scientist Roxanne Bittman; Silver-leaved Manzanita; Teachers' Mangement Investment Company; willow thicket; Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon; zayante soil

California Nature Conservancy (CNC) and Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) announce the acquisition of 526 acres in Santa Cruz Mountains, area known as Bonny Doon

Citation

California, California Nature Conservancy Newsletter News for Members of the Nature Conservancy in. “Conservancy and State Team Up to Save Critical Santa Cruz County Wilderness.” Winter 1989. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/143239. Accessed 8 July 2026.