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Environmental stewarship is an important part of the Ventana Wilderness Alliance's mission. Current VWA Stewardship projects focus on environmental restoration of illegal marijuana grow sites, as well as trail restoration projects. The  VWA recently launched the Youth in Wilderness program (YIW) to foster conservation values in younger members of the local community.

The stewardship program of the Ventana Wilderness Alliance connects people directly with the public lands of the northern Santa Lucia Mountains and Big Sur coast through on-the-ground projects that protect, maintain, and restore biological diversity, ecological integrity, cultural/historic resources and wilderness quality while enhancing human interaction with wild places.

 

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Youth in Wilderness Program

The Ventana Wilderness Alliance has launched a Youth in Wilderness program (YIW) to encourage burgeoning conservationists.

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We need your help!

Nearly 75% of the 15 mile Cone Peak Loop has been rebuilt. To complete the remaining 25%, we need your help. We are applying for a matching grant from the National Forest Foundation to support professional crew work to complete the last section of Stone Ridge Trail from Trail Springs Camp to the Apex. If we can raise $8000 from our membership, VWA will be able to apply for a tripling of your funding from the National Forest Foundation. Securing a path around Cone Peak is more than worth it. To support Mike and the Cone Peak Trails project, please click join and write "Cone Peak Project" in the comment field. 100% of the funds raised for Cone Peak will be spent on this ambitious project.