Santa Lucia Preserve#Sid Ormsbee Lookout

The land was first settled by the Rumsen Ohlone Native Americans. A Rumsen village known as Echilat was located within the present-day Santa Lucia Preserve. Four prehistoric resource sites were identified within the Preserve, including midden sites containing shell (mussel, chiton and barnacle); lithics (chert, andesite and quartz); fire-altered rock; animal bone; and dark soil. Dark patches in the soil indicate where they cooked acorn patties on hot coals.

The Spanish arrived in the 1770s and established the Presidio of Monterey and the Carmel Mission, creating Alta California.{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Charles P. |title=Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe |url=http://crc.nativeweb.org/history.html |website=CRC.NativeWeb.org |publisher=Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017093331/http://crc.nativeweb.org/history.html |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |url-status=live}} The Rumsen people were devastated by diseases they had no resistance to. The survivors were forcibly incorporated into the colony as neophytes and laborers. When the California Mission System was secularized by the Mexican government in August 1833, the former mission lands in the area of the present-day property were divided into two grants. Rancho Potrero de San Carlos was given to Fructuoso del Real, a Mission Indian. Rancho San Francisquito was granted in 1835 to Dona Catalina Manzanellide Muñras.{{cite web |title=History of Rancho San Carlos |url=https://slconservancy.org/inspire/history-of-the-rancho-san-carlos/ |website=Santa Lucia Conservancy.com |publisher=Santa Lucia Conservancy |access-date=4 February 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128123809/https://slconservancy.org/inspire/history-of-the-rancho-san-carlos/ |url-status=live }}

The ranchos were each bought and sold over the years. Businessman Bradley Sargent bought the two ranchos in 1876 and renamed them San Francisquito y San Carlos. During Sargent's ownership, author Robert Louis Stevenson fell ill while on a camping trip and was nursed back to health in a cabin on the property,{{cite web |title=Robert Louis Stevenson in California |url=http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/california/ |website=Robert-Louis-Stevenson.org |publisher=RLS Website |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515071932/http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/california/ |url-status=live }} the ruins of which remain today.{{cite news |last1=Pitnick |first1=Richard |title=No Place Like Home |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/archives/new/s/1998/jul/16/no-place-like-home/carmel-valley-historical-society-struggles-to-find-permanent-site-for-archive/article_69de9f5e-bff2-5af6-ae5b-3bba6279c2f8.html |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=Monterey County Weekly |date=July 16, 1998 |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213045325/https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/archives/new/s/1998/jul/16/no-place-like-home/carmel-valley-historical-society-struggles-to-find-permanent-site-for-archive/article_69de9f5e-bff2-5af6-ae5b-3bba6279c2f8.html |url-status=live }} Sargent's brother managed the land as a cattle ranch.

George Gordon Moore, born in Ontario, Canada in 1875, became a lawyer and later president of the Michigan United Traction Company. He also owned public utilities in Georgia, Nebraska, Canada and Brazil. He built a horsebreeding farm in St. Clair, Michigan and a game preserve in North Carolina.

Moore was a millionaire by the mid-1920s. While visiting Monterey he bought the land and renamed it Rancho San Carlos.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/18/archives/george-g-moore.html|title=GEORGE G. MOORE|work=The New York Times |date=May 18, 1971|via=NYTimes.com}} Moore spent more than one million dollars to build a 37-bedroom hacienda featuring a {{convert|75|ft}} long main room overlooking his custom polo grounds, a guest house, employee quarters, and to excavate an {{convert|18|acre}} lake and stock it with fish. He had nine Russian sows and three boars sent from his game preserve in North Carolina for sport hunting which have now spread to all but two of California's 58 counties.{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=George Gordon |title=The Origin of Wild Boar in Monterey County |url=http://mchsmuseum.com/boar.html |website=MCHSmuseum.com |publisher=Monterey County Historical Society |access-date=2 May 2022 |quote=The following is a [1963] letter from George Gordon Moore to Stuyvesant Fish explaining how wild boar came to be in Monterey County. There are many stories about the origins of the wild boar, but this appears to be the real story! |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018151856/http://mchsmuseum.com/boar.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Dowd |first1=Katie |title=One eccentric socialite is to blame for California's wild pig problem |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/One-eccentric-socialite-is-to-blame-for-14916088.php |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=December 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303064020/https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/One-eccentric-socialite-is-to-blame-for-14916088.php |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Scutro |first1=Andrew |title=Hog Heaven |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/local_news/how-the-wild-boar-is-destroying-california-and-why-it-cannot-be-killed/article_764b95b7-7cb8-5b43-9883-9b94f86cfc64.html |access-date=7 February 2021 |publisher=Monterey County Weekly |date=November 28, 2002 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503002639/https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/local_news/how-the-wild-boar-is-destroying-california-and-why-it-cannot-be-killed/article_764b95b7-7cb8-5b43-9883-9b94f86cfc64.html |url-status=live }}

Moore spent lavishly to entertain his guests at extravagant parties attended by Hollywood starlets. He became a socialite and friend of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. He built a secret door to the wine cellar so it could be concealed from authorities during Prohibition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grahamcounty.net/hooperbald/ggmoore/ggmoore.htm|title=Hooper Bald|website=www.grahamcounty.net}} Moore entertained a who's who of Hollywood celebrities and the social elite, including W. Averell Harriman, Lady Alexandra Metcalfe, Tommy Hitchcock Jr., William Tevis, a colorful character who played polo for over sixty years,{{Cite web|url=http://www.winecountrypoloclub.com/richardm.html|title=Wine Country Polo Club - Richard Mansfield|website=www.winecountrypoloclub.com}} and Eric Leader Pedley.{{Cite web|url=https://loonhill.com/george-gordon-moore-barbecue-rancho-san-carlos-august-1927/|title=george gordon moore barbecue, rancho san carlos, aug 1927|date=November 6, 2018 }}

Financial losses suffered during the market crash and Great Depression eventually forced Moore into foreclosure in 1939.

Arthur C. Oppenheimer, a businessman from San Francisco who owned the Rosenberg Fruit Company and longed to become a rancher, bought the land. Under the management of his friend, George King, the property was returned once again to a working ranch, and for the next 45 years was well known for raising quality beef. After George King's departure, J.W. (Bill) Luttrell took the reins as manager from 1975 to 1990. When Pacific Union purchased the property, Luttrell retired. Because of Luttrell's vast knowledge of the ranch, Pacific Union kept him on retainer for two years. Although Oppenheimer longed to become a rancher, he and his family did not live there. Instead they used it as a family retreat for half a century.{{cite news |title=George Gordon Moore Loses San Carlos Ranch |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_002314/page/n0/mode/1up |access-date=2 March 2021 |publisher=The Carmel Pine Cone |date=February 2, 1940}}{{cite web |title=About the Santa Lucia Preserve: Our History & Preserve Design |url=https://www.santaluciapreserve.com/about |website=www.santaluciapreserve.com |access-date=28 April 2022 |archive-date=April 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406231548/https://www.santaluciapreserve.com/about |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Fruit Industry Leader Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25986876/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |access-date=8 March 2021 |publisher=The San Francisco Examiner |date=March 4, 1950 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183757/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25986876/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |url-status=live }}

In 1990 the property was purchased by the Rancho San Carlos Partnership (RSCP) from the Oppenheimer family for $70 million.{{cite news |last1=Beck |first1=Susan |title=Owners plan to preserve Rancho San Carlos' character |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_004957/page/n5/mode/2up |access-date=8 March 2021 |publisher=The Carmel Pine Cone |date=October 18, 1990 |pages=6–7}} The Partnership's two general partners were A Plus Co., Ltd., a Japanese finance company associated with Sanwa Bank, and Las Garzas Associates Limited Partnership, associated with Pacific Union Co, a San Francisco-based real estate development and management corporation.{{cite web |last1=Gfeller |first1=Anne |title=Planned development on the 20,000-acre Rancho San Carlos could make it worth $1 billion. Incredibly, owners say they can make their money and save the environment at the same time. |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover/planned-development-on-the-20-000-acre-rancho-san-carlos-could-make-it-worth-1/article_12ce274e-8b66-58e2-bad4-498b70db6c6b.html |website=Monterey County Weekly |date=December 10, 1992 |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503002644/https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover/planned-development-on-the-20-000-acre-rancho-san-carlos-could-make-it-worth-1/article_12ce274e-8b66-58e2-bad4-498b70db6c6b.html |url-status=live }} Co-founder Peter Stocker was killed in a helicopter crash on the property which left completion of the project to his business partner Tom Gray.{{cite news |title=Funeral services set for Peter Stocker |url=https://archive.org/details/ccarm_004935/page/n5/mode/2up |access-date=8 March 2021 |publisher=The Carmel Pine Cone |date=May 7, 1990}}

After purchasing the property for $70 million, RSCP engaged in a lengthy process of planning development. Their initial submitted plan set aside {{convert|2000|acres}} for 300 home sites, 50 employee housing units, a 150-room lodge, a golf course, equestrian center, sports club, tennis courts, and a village center with a general store, gas station, and post office. The RSCP sought and received approval to rezone approximately {{convert|1,135|acre}} of The Preserve for visitor accommodation and commercial development.{{cite web|url=https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/83965/637085452056430000 |title=PC 17-039 - Exhibit H - Potrero Subdivision SEIR - Monterey County |publisher=Montery County Planning Commission}}{{pd-notice}} This compares to an 11,000-unit development that the Oppenheimer family had considered and rejected in 1965.{{cite web |title=Santa Lucia Conservancy |url=https://slconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190116SLC_Booklet_2019.pdf |website=www.slconservancy.org |access-date=28 April 2022 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129103957/https://slconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190116SLC_Booklet_2019.pdf |url-status=live }}

When the initial development plan was revealed by RSCP, it encountered considerable suspicion. Some locals protested, petitioned, and sued in an effort to stop the project, with legal support from the Ventana Chapter of Sierra Club.{{cite news |last1=Sneider |first1=Daniel |title=Green Scam or Green Model? |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1996/0430/30012.html |access-date=10 February 2021 |publisher=The Christian Science Monitor |date=April 30, 1996 |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421061141/https://www.csmonitor.com/1996/0430/30012.html |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last1=Walton |first1=John |title=Storied Land: Community and Memory in Monterey |date=2003 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=0-520-22723-9 |pages=262–266 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bEwDwAAQBAJ&q=sierra+club+%22rancho+san+carlos%22&pg=PA265 |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709195331/https://books.google.com/books?id=0bEwDwAAQBAJ&q=sierra+club+%22rancho+san+carlos%22&pg=PA265 |url-status=live }} Besides concern that the development was a conservation project in name only—a marketing ploy known as green-washing—some of their specific concerns were that The Preserve would increase local traffic, strain scarce water resources, worsen air quality, and that developers were planning far more development than they were declaring publicly.

The Sierra Club lawsuit (Sierra Club, et al. v. County of Monterey, et al.) successfully placed Measure M on the November 5, 1996 Monterey County ballot.{{cite web |title=Vote Totals, Election Outcomes and Text for County Ballot Measures |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/county-city-school-district-election-results/county_report_1996.pdf |website=CA.gov |publisher=Center for California Studies and Institute for Social Research |access-date=11 February 2021 |page=18 |date=1996 |quote=Measure M: Shall Ordinance No. 03857 approving rezoning of portions of the Santa Lucia Preserve subdivision (also known as Rancho San Carlos) be approved? FAIL |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227104334/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/county-city-school-district-election-results/county_report_1996.pdf |url-status=live }} It barred RSCP from building the 150-room lodge and a larger shopping area on the property.{{cite book |last1=Wiley |first1=John |title=Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate |date=1998 |publisher=Wiley |location=New York |isbn=0471188786 |pages=204–206 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yuhmds7ChHoC | access-date=11 February 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191917/https://books.google.com/books?id=yuhmds7ChHoC&q=sierra+club+%22rancho+san+carlos%22&pg=PA205 |url-status=live }} Measure M was approved, overturning the County Planning Commission's zoning approval of the {{convert|1,135|acre}} of The Preserve intended for visitor accommodation and commercial use and removing three homesites from the plan.

The Big Sur Land Trust paid for an analysis of the company's plans. Andy Johnson, president of Conservation Advisors, commented that "They’re quite unusual... [Most] developers are out to max out the property. I think they [RSCP] have in their approach the understanding of the importance of maintaining the quality of the environment they’ve acquired. They are really doing more than their share to come up with a unique solution." The developers submitted a modified plan that was eventually supported by conservationists and local officials.{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Paul |title=Rancho San Carlos: Looking back after 20 years, with pride |url=http://www.pineconearchive.com/100326-5.htm |access-date=4 February 2021 |publisher=The Carmel Pine Cone |date=March 26, 2010 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407154033/http://www.pineconearchive.com/100326-5.htm |url-status=live }}

Thomas Gray, Managing Partner of Las Garzas Association, the development and achievement partner of RSCP and President of Pacific Union Properties, estimated that the final investment would be "on the order of $200 million." RSCP hired a former employee of the Monterey County Planning Department as a consultant to manage their development efforts with the county. They also hired Jeff Froke, a wildland ecologist who was previously associate director of Sanctuaries for the National Audubon Society, as their Natural Resource Manager.

Each of the about 300 homesites, ranging in size from {{convert|10|acre}} to {{convert|50|acre}}, were projected to sell from around $1 million and up to several million dollars. Sales have confirmed that price range. The acreage provides privacy and insulates neighbors from one another. {{as of|2022|April}}, an undeveloped {{convert|16.57|acre}} lot was listed for $950,000.{{cite web |title=1 Vista Cielo, Carmel, CA 93923 {{!}} MLS #ML81874554 |url=https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1-Vista-Cielo-Carmel-CA-93923/95741774_zpid/ |website=Zillow |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226181030/https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1-Vista-Cielo-Carmel-CA-93923/95741774_zpid/ |url-status=live }} Buyers must build a home in keeping with strict site-specific guidelines and other restrictions on size, location, and other factors. They may only alter the landscape within an approximately {{convert|2.5|acre}} "housing envelope" on their parcel. A completed {{convert|6424|sqft}} five bedroom, six bathroom home on {{convert|37|acres}} was listed at the same time for $6.9 million. HOA fees are more than $1,000 per month.{{cite web |title=46 Rancho San Carlos Rd, Carmel, CA 93923 {{!}} MLS #ML81876886 |url=https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/46-Rancho-San-Carlos-Rd-Carmel-CA-93923/70606093_zpid/ |website=Zillow |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428201556/https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/46-Rancho-San-Carlos-Rd-Carmel-CA-93923/70606093_zpid/ |url-status=live }} A report in the local Monterey County Weekly estimated that the entire property's value was in excess of $500 million. The main room of the 37-room Spanish Colonial Hacienda built by Moore was converted to a private inn for preserve members, families, and guests. The original polo stable was restored and a modern swimming pool with a two-story slide was built alongside it. The hay barn was converted to a social hall with a dance floor and antique bar.

After nearly a decade of archeological, hydrological, ecological, and topological research, as well as extensive litigation, the RSCP established two organizations to care for the property: The Santa Lucia Preserve Company to manage real estate, club amenities, and infrastructure (dubbed “Homelands” and “Rancholands”), and the non-profit Santa Lucia Conservancy trust to manage the {{convert|18,000|acre}} of wild natural habitat (dubbed “Preserve Lands”). The property has over {{convert|100|mile}} of fence and is 1.4 times the size of Manhattan Island's land area (33.58 sq. mi. vs. 22.83 sq. mi.).

The logos and overall brands for both organizations were designed by American graphic designer Michael Patrick Cronan.{{cite web |title=Cronan Client List |url=http://www.cronan.com/client-list |website=Cronan.com |publisher=Cronan Design Firm |access-date=6 February 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182957/http://www.cronan.com/client-list |url-status=live }} The strict style guide for homes and the design of a golf clubhouse and numerous recreational facilities were created by architectural firm Hart Howerton.{{cite web |title=Santa Lucia Preserve Case Study |url=https://www.harthowerton.com/case-study/santa-lucia-preserve/ |website=HartHowerton.com |publisher=Hart Howerton |access-date=7 February 2021 |archive-date=March 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330035343/https://www.harthowerton.com/case-study/santa-lucia-preserve/ |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last1=Sarté |first1=S. Bry |title=Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design |date=2010 |publisher=Wiley |location=Hoboken, N.J. |isbn=9780470912942 |pages=50–52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOkxUHDgEmAC&dq=%22Santa+Lucia+Preserve%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA50 |access-date=1 March 2021 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503002638/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sustainable_Infrastructure/ZOkxUHDgEmAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Santa+Lucia+Preserve%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA50&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }} In 2018, an illustrated volume on the history of Rancho San Carlos was published in collaboration with historian Mark Hugh Miller.{{cite web |last1=Fischer |first1=Dr. Christy |title=Conservation Community |url=https://slconservancy.org/2019/12/05/conservation-community/ |website=SLConservancy.org |publisher=Santa Lucia Conservancy |access-date=26 February 2021 |date=December 5, 2019 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029143246/https://slconservancy.org/2019/12/05/conservation-community/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=History of Rancho San Carlos [1834-1990] Mark Hugh Miller |url=https://www.montereylibrary.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=425402 |website=montereylibrary.org |publisher=Monterey Public Library |access-date=9 August 2021 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809172729/https://www.montereylibrary.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=425402 |url-status=live }}

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Conservation at The Preserve is managed by the Santa Lucia Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) non-profit land trust,{{cite web |title=Santa Lucia Conservancy |url=https://www.calandtrusts.org/members/santa-lucia-conservancy/ |website=calandtrusts.org |publisher=California Council of Land Trusts |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301070916/https://www.calandtrusts.org/members/santa-lucia-conservancy/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Santa Lucia Conservancy |url=http://ccows.csumb.edu/wiki/index.php/Santa_Lucia_Conservancy |website=CCOWS.CSUMB.edu |publisher=California State University of Monterey Bay |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401130454/http://ccows.csumb.edu/wiki/index.php/Santa_Lucia_Conservancy |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Santa Lucia Conservancy |url=https://www.findalandtrust.org/land_trusts/129185 |website=FindALandTrust.org |publisher=Land Trust Alliance |access-date=26 February 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183424/https://www.findalandtrust.org/land_trusts/129185 |url-status=live }} established with oversight and legal input from the Trust for Public Land.{{cite book |last1=Rosen |first1=Martin J. |title="Trust for Public Land Founding Member and President, 1972-1997: the Ethics and Practice of Land Conservation," an oral history conducted in 1998 and 1999 by Carl Wilmsen |date=2000 |publisher=Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley |pages=361–366 |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt1199n4bs&brand=oac4&doc.view=entire_text |access-date=17 February 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182956/https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt1199n4bs&brand=oac4&doc.view=entire_text |url-status=live }} The Santa Lucia Conservancy has a two-part mission: to protect, enhance, and restore the lands of The Santa Lucia Preserve while promoting ecologically sustainable development. As such, it falls under the IUCN's Category V protected area designation.{{cite web |title=Protected Area Database: Santa Lucia Preserve |url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/11116150 |website=ProtectedPlanet.net |publisher=IUCN's Protected Planet Project |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302223441/https://www.protectedplanet.net/11116150 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Protected Areas Database of the United States: Santa Lucia Preserve |url=https://maps.usgs.gov/padus/#share=g-ea724d17039cdcf49b150794fc73cf12 |website=Maps.USGS.gov |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120165216/https://maps.usgs.gov/padus/#share=g-ea724d17039cdcf49b150794fc73cf12 |url-status=live }} Conducting adaptive land management across nearly {{convert|18,000|acre}} of The Preserve, the Conservancy's programs include conservation grazing,{{cite news |title=Goats clear the way for tiger salamander in Monterey County |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/10/09/goats-clear-the-way-for-tiger-salamander-in-monterey-county/ |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=The Mercury News |date=October 9, 2015 |archive-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209140657/https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/10/09/goats-clear-the-way-for-tiger-salamander-in-monterey-county/ |url-status=live }} controlled burns and maintenance of firebreaks to build wildfire resilience and adapt to a changing climate, scientific research and monitoring of threatened and endangered species, as well as an environmental education program to both Preserve members and the local community. In partnership with local universities, the Conservancy maintains an ongoing internship program for students looking for field experience in conservation land management and ecology.{{cite web |last1=Klotz |first1=Maxwell |title=Acclimating to the Santa Lucia Preserve |url=https://west.stanford.edu/news/acclimating-santa-lucia-preserve |website=West.Stanford.edu |date=July 11, 2019 |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021054457/https://west.stanford.edu/news/acclimating-santa-lucia-preserve |url-status=live }}

In 2018, the Conservancy partnered with the Trust for Public Land and regional conservation organizations to acquire {{convert|140|acre}} of the Carmel River watershed. A large portion of this land was incorporated into Palo Corona Regional Park, while the Conservancy acquired {{convert|5|acre}} to use for offices and operations.{{cite news |last1=Mayberry |first1=Carly |title=Land Deal Could Close Rancho Cañada Golf Club |url=https://www.montereyherald.com/2016/04/26/land-deal-could-close-rancho-caada-golf-club-140-acres-to-go-to-park-district/ |access-date=26 February 2021 |publisher=The Monterey Herald |date=April 26, 2016 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190703/https://www.montereyherald.com/2016/04/26/land-deal-could-close-rancho-caada-golf-club-140-acres-to-go-to-park-district/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Carmel River land & water poised to be protected for Monterey residents |url=https://www.tpl.org/media-room/carmel-river-land-water-poised-be-protected-monterey-residents |website=TPL.org |publisher=The Trust for Public Land |access-date=11 February 2021 |location=Carmel, California |date=April 26, 2016 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185340/https://www.tpl.org/media-room/carmel-river-land-water-poised-be-protected-monterey-residents |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Rancho Cañada |url=https://www.tpl.org/our-work/rancho-cañada |website=TPL.org |publisher=The Trust for Public Land |access-date=17 February 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709192916/https://www.tpl.org/our-work/rancho-ca%C3%B1ada |url-status=live }}

The Santa Lucia Preserve contributes water to the Carmel Valley Alluvial Aquifer which is the major source of Monterey Peninsula's potable water. Four major streams flow through The Preserve and into the Carmel River: Lower Las Garzas, Portero, San Jose, and San Clemente Creek. All provide habitat for threatened species. Land use and other human influences within The Preserve may affect water quality and quantity in the region.{{cite web |title=Carmel Valley Groundwater Basin |url=http://www.water.ca.gov/pubs/groundwater/bulletin_118/basindescriptions/3-7.pdf |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215190721/http://www.water.ca.gov/pubs/groundwater/bulletin_118/basindescriptions/3-7.pdf |url-status=live }} To satisfy monitoring requirements set by the California Environmental Quality Act, the Santa Lucia Conservancy hired The Watershed Institute at California State University Monterey Bay to monitor the river and water quality.{{cite web |title=Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions |url=http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/reports/CCoWS_SLC_2015_Baseflow_151104.pdf |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119130557/http://ccows.csumb.edu/pubs/reports/CCoWS_SLC_2015_Baseflow_151104.pdf |url-status=live }}

The Conservancy is required to monitor the wildlife found on lands it protects. This included conducting bird and nest counts, locating threatened species such as the California red-legged frog, detecting invasive plants and weeds, and assessing overall grassland health.{{cite web |title=Santa Lucia Website - Conservation Projects |url=http://www.slconservancy.org/projects.html |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=March 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326070327/http://www.slconservancy.org/projects.html |url-status=live }}

To control unwanted species and promote native plant growth, the Conservancy practices conservation grazing. In 2015 the Conservancy hired 1,400 goats that were used to reduce overgrown grasslands that had during prior decades been grazed by native deer and domestic cattle. As a result, the number of threatened California tiger salamander increased.{{cite web |title=Monterey County Herald |date=October 8, 2015 |url=http://www.montereyherald.com/environment-and-nature/20151008/goats-clear-the-way-for-tiger-salamander-in-carmel |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127121623/http://www.montereyherald.com/environment-and-nature/20151008/goats-clear-the-way-for-tiger-salamander-in-carmel |url-status=live }}

The Conservancy has sought and received federal funding to pay California State University Monterey Bay graduate students as interns who have conducted research on environmental issues. These projects have focused on surface flow of the Carmel River{{cite web|title=CSUMB Professional Science Master's project list|url=https://csumb.edu/amws/professional-science-masters-psm-track|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=November 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103165319/https://csumb.edu/amws/professional-science-masters-psm-track|url-status=live}} as well as conservation grazing and avian nest boxes.{{cite web |title=Land Management of the Santa Lucia Conservancy |url=https://wri.csusb.edu/documents/AllisonNunes_FinalReport_21Jan2014.pdf |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411153748/http://wri.csusb.edu/documents/AllisonNunes_FinalReport_21Jan2014.pdf |url-status=live }}

In 2016, the Soberanes Fire burned along The Preserve's southwest border. The property was a critical access point and staging area for firefighters.{{cite news |last1=Coury |first1=Nic |title=A photo timeline of the Soberanes Fire |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/photo_blog/a-photo-timeline-of-the-soberanes-fire/article_8b184da0-a167-11e6-9fd5-c37abc21feb5.html |access-date=8 March 2021 |publisher=Monterey County Weekly |date=November 3, 2016 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184651/https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/photo_blog/a-photo-timeline-of-the-soberanes-fire/article_8b184da0-a167-11e6-9fd5-c37abc21feb5.html |url-status=live }} The fire-fighting efforts were the costliest in US history up to that time.{{cite web|url=http://www.hcn.org/articles/the-10-most-expensive-wildfires-in-the-wests-history|title=The Most Expensive Wildfires in US History|publisher=High Country News|first1=Lyndsey|last1=Gilpin|date=October 5, 2016|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=August 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810143507/https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-10-most-expensive-wildfires-in-the-wests-history|url-status=live}}

In 2020, the Conservancy was awarded $2 million in state and federal grants to improve local fire resiliency.{{cite news |last1=Loxton |first1=Michelle |title=Local Preserve Wants To Change The Way We Fight Wildfires In California |url=https://www.kazu.org/post/local-preserve-wants-change-way-we-fight-wildfires-california#stream/0 |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=NPR for Monterey County |date=July 14, 2020 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128125410/https://www.kazu.org/post/local-preserve-wants-change-way-we-fight-wildfires-california#stream/0 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Los Padres Strategic Community Fuelbreak Collaborative Project |url=https://www.rcdmonterey.org/los-padres-strategic-community-fuelbreak-collaborative-project |website=RCDMonterey.org |publisher=Resource Conservation District of Monterey County |access-date=26 February 2021 |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307054918/https://rcdmonterey.org/los-padres-strategic-community-fuelbreak-collaborative-project |url-status=live }} In 2021, The Santa Lucia Preserve achieved Firewise Community certification, after extensive efforts between the Santa Lucia Conservancy, Santa Lucia Preserve's Community Services District, and homeowners.{{cite web |title=Firewise USA Sites |url=https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Firewise-USA |website=National Fire Protection Association |access-date=8 December 2021 |archive-date=December 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208183603/https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Firewise-USA |url-status=live }} Firewise certification (administered by the NFPA, USDA Forest Service, and National Association of State Foresters) recognizes communities that have systematically instituted fuel management plans, use of fire-resistant building materials, strategic placement of structures, and implementation of careful landscaping with ignition-resistant plants.{{cite web |title=Firewise USA® Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Firewise-USA/Become-a-Firewise-USA-site/Frequently-asked-questions |website=National Fire Protection Association |access-date=8 December 2021 |archive-date=December 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208183600/https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Firewise-USA/Become-a-Firewise-USA-site/Frequently-asked-questions |url-status=live }}

Anyone can purchase memberships in The Preserve Golf Club. A separate recreational "Ranch Club" – providing access to an equestrian center, sports center, and trail system – is available only to Preserve residents and golf club members.{{cite web |title=Santa Lucia Preserve Membership Guide |url=https://issuu.com/thesantaluciapreserve/docs/2021_slp_membership_guide |website=Issuu.com |publisher=Santa Lucia Preserve |access-date=30 December 2022}} The golf club features a private {{convert|365|acre}} Tom Fazio-designed golf course{{cite web |title=Santa Lucia Preserve |url=http://luxurycountryclubs.com/santa-lucia-preserve/ |website=LuxuryCountryClubs.com |publisher=Luxury Country Clubs |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228184314/http://luxurycountryclubs.com/santa-lucia-preserve/ |url-status=usurped }} which has been ranked among the top 100 U.S. courses.{{cite web |title=The Preserve Golf Club |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-preserve-golf-club |website=GolfDigest.com |publisher=Golf Digest |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119130721/https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-preserve-golf-club |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Golfweek's Best 2019: Top 200 Residential Golf Courses |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2019/06/11/golfweek-best-2019-top-200-residential-golf-courses/ |website=Golfweek.com |date=June 11, 2019 |publisher=Golfweek |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125131743/https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2019/06/11/golfweek-best-2019-top-200-residential-golf-courses/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Passov |first1=Joe |title=The 25 Best Golf Communities in North America |url=https://golf.com/news/the-25-best-golf-communities-in-north-america/ |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=GOLF Magazine |date=January 29, 2016 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419024039/https://golf.com/news/the-25-best-golf-communities-in-north-america/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Gould |first1=David |title=America's Top 100 Golf Communities |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/golf-vacations/golf-americas-top-100-golf-communities-2009 |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=Travel & Leisure |date=September 10, 2014 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125204840/https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/golf-vacations/golf-americas-top-100-golf-communities-2009 |url-status=live }} An annual invitational tournament is held in honor of the late Preserve co-founder, Peter Stocker, who died on the property in the early days of the development.{{cite web |title=Stocker Cup History |url=https://stockercup.com/history/ |website=StockerCup.com |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416002348/https://stockercup.com/history/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Stocker Cup 2021 Invitational |url=https://www.amateurgolf.com/amateur-golf-tournaments/9550/Stocker-Cup-2021-Invitational |website=AmateurGolf.com |access-date=18 March 2021 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224232601/https://www.amateurgolf.com/amateur-golf-tournaments/9550/Stocker-Cup-2021-Invitational |url-status=live }}

In 2021, The Preserve Golf Club served as a local qualifying location for the US Open in May,{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Julie |title=Another step toward normalcy: USGA announces 2021 U.S. Open local qualifying sites |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/01/27/2021-us-open-local-qualifying-sites-usga/ |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=Golfweek |date=January 27, 2021 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204175632/https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/01/27/2021-us-open-local-qualifying-sites-usga/ |url-status=live }} and hosted the California State Amateur Championship in June.{{cite web |title=110th California Amateur Championship |url=http://www.scga.org/tournaments/california-amateur-championship |website=SCGA.org |publisher=Southern California Golf Association |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614194649/http://www.scga.org/tournaments/california-amateur-championship |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=CALIFORNIA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP |url=https://www.amateurgolf.com/amateur-golf-tournaments/1338/California-Amateur-Championship |website=AmateurGolf.com |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614194649/https://www.amateurgolf.com/amateur-golf-tournaments/1338/California-Amateur-Championship |url-status=live }} In 2022, floating solar and evaporation control panels allowed reduction of the golf course's power load on the local grid by 80%, the first of its kind in Monterey County.{{cite news |last1=Neely |first1=Christopher |title=A floating 1,178-panel solar project at the Santa Lucia Preserve sets a new industry standard. |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/local_news/a-floating-1-178-panel-solar-project-at-the-santa-lucia-preserve-sets-a-new/article_f37f3912-8465-11ec-9758-a32a1ffa05f1.html |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=Monterey County Weekly |date=February 3, 2022 |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304190806/https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/local_news/a-floating-1-178-panel-solar-project-at-the-santa-lucia-preserve-sets-a-new/article_f37f3912-8465-11ec-9758-a32a1ffa05f1.html |url-status=live }}

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File:Historic_photo_of_Sid_Ormsbee_Fire_Lookout_Tower_atop_Peñon_Peak.jpg

Located within The Santa Lucia Preserve, the Sid Ormsbee Lookout is a {{convert|30|ft}} tall former fire tower resting atop Peñon Peak (also known as Pinyon, Penyon, and Pinion Peak), constructed in 1948 by the California State Division of Forestry, precursor to today's Cal Fire.{{cite journal |last1=Barratt |first1=Elizabeth |title=Sid Ormsbee Fire Lookout on Pinyon Peak |journal=Carmel Valley Historian |date=June 2016 |pages=1, 4 |url=https://carmelvalleyhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2016-June.pdf |access-date=2 September 2021 |publisher=Carmel Valley Historical Society |archive-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902181219/https://carmelvalleyhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2016-June.pdf |url-status=live }} The tower is visible throughout The Preserve and Carmel Valley. On a clear day, rangers had views stretching from Blue Rock Ridge in the south, to Mount Toro in the north, and Carmel Hill to the west.

File:Sid Ormsbee Fire Lookout 2009.jpg

It was named for a Sid Ormsbee, a State Forest Ranger who served in World War II and was killed in Italy.{{cite news |last1=Schmalz |first1=David |title=The history of Carmel Valley's long-retired fire lookout tower tells a World War II story. |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/people/831/the-history-of-carmel-valley-s-long-retired-fire-lookout-tower-tells-a-world-war/article_9fdeb950-6f78-11e8-b11e-cb085779ed95.html |access-date=2 September 2021 |publisher=Monterey County Weekly |date=June 14, 2018 |archive-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902181219/https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/people/831/the-history-of-carmel-valley-s-long-retired-fire-lookout-tower-tells-a-world-war/article_9fdeb950-6f78-11e8-b11e-cb085779ed95.html |url-status=live }}

The tower, topped by a 16'x16' octagonal cab, was staffed by alternating seasonal rangers (sometimes with their families) until the 1980s when it was decommissioned. Since 2012 it has served as a radio relay and cell tower for The Preserve, Cal Fire, Monterey County Regional Fire District, and Monterey County Sheriff's Department.{{cite web |title=Monterey County Planning Commission, Project #REF100041 |url=https://www2.co.monterey.ca.us/planning/cca/pc/2012/02-29-12/REF100041PC1.pdf |website=monterey.ca.us |access-date=2 September 2021 |pages=14–21 |date=February 29, 2012 |archive-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902181219/https://www2.co.monterey.ca.us/planning/cca/pc/2012/02-29-12/REF100041PC1.pdf |url-status=live }} It was added to the National Historic Lookout Register in 2010.{{cite web |title=Sid Ormsbee Lookout |url=http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ca/sid-ormsbee-lookout/ |website=nhlr.org |publisher=National Historic Lookout Register |access-date=2 September 2021 |archive-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902175300/http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/ca/sid-ormsbee-lookout/ |url-status=live }} A plaque commemorating its namesake is positioned at the base. The lookout is not accessible to the public.

Since at least the 1960s, the property has served as a shooting location for film, television, and commercials, including a 2020 film shot entirely within a Preserve home, notable for being the first to be written and produced entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic while abiding by local safety guidelines and with approval from the Screen Actors Guild.{{cite news |last1=Zack |first1=Jessica |title=Co-starring in 'Malcolm & Marie,' the stunning Monterey County home where the movie is set |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/co-starring-in-malcolm-marie-the-stunning-monterey-county-home-where-the-movie-is-set |access-date=5 February 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205173651/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/co-starring-in-malcolm-marie-the-stunning-monterey-county-home-where-the-movie-is-set |url-status=live }}

Modern claims that George Gordon Moore inspired the literary character of Jay Gatsby are unproven.{{cite web |last1=Ingram |first1=Mike |title=George Gordon Moore |url=https://grahamcounty.net/hooperbald/ggmoore/ggmoore.htm |website=grahamcounty.net |publisher=Graham County, NC |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701134628/http://grahamcounty.net/hooperbald/ggmoore/ggmoore.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Anne |title=Golf Courses That Play Well and Save Water |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/golf-courses-that-play-we_b_8235132 |access-date=18 February 2021 |publisher=Huffington Post |date=October 2, 2015 |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418190813/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/golf-courses-that-play-we_b_8235132 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last1=Manley |first1=Jeffrey A. |title=Mrs. Stitch in the First World War |journal=Evelyn Waugh Studies |date=2015 |volume=46 |issue=1 |page=37 |url=https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16445coll12/id/2007 |access-date=26 February 2021 |publisher=University of Leicester |quote=[Moore] is said to have met Scott Fitzgerald in the post-war period, and Bailey joins in with earlier speculation that Fitzgerald used him as the model for Jay Gatsby in his 1925 novel... But Sarah Churchwell, in a recent study of Gatsby, gives no credit to George Gordon Moore as a contributor to Gatsby's character (Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of 'The Great Gatsby'. |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184740/https://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16445coll12/id/2007 |url-status=live }} Moore assembled a San Carlos Cardinals polo team which featured polo star Tommy Hitchcock Jr.,{{cite news |title=Brilliant Throng Sees Opening of Polo Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31057220/fae-polo-season-29/ |access-date=18 February 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Examiner |date=February 10, 1929 |page=66 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184536/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31057220/fae-polo-season-29/ |url-status=live }} who inspired the character of Tom Buchanan.{{cite book |last1=Churchwell |first1=Sarah Bartlett |title=Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby |date=2013 |location=London |isbn=978-0748129294 |pages=36–37 |quote=When Scott Fitzgerald mused over the origins of The Great Gatsby twenty years later, beginning his outline in Man's Hope with the 'Glamor of Rumseys and Hitchcocks,' these were the people he was remembering.}}{{cite news |last1=O'Neill |first1=Natalie |title=Son claims his LI dad was 'Great Gatsby' inspiration – and someone stole his $750G book |url=https://nypost.com/2013/03/08/son-claims-his-li-dad-was-great-gatsby-inspiration-and-someone-stole-his-750g-book/ |access-date=18 February 2021 |publisher=New York Post |date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416145906/https://nypost.com/2013/03/08/son-claims-his-li-dad-was-great-gatsby-inspiration-and-someone-stole-his-750g-book/ |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last1=Aldrich |first1=Nelson W. |title=American Hero: The True Story of Tommy Hitchcock |date=2016 |location=Guildford, Connecticut |isbn=9781493022885 |pages=XXIV–XXVII |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bDT3DAAAQBAJ |access-date=1 March 2021 |quote=In those years Hitchcock himself was going to a good many parties. He and two friends lived in a brownstone on East 52nd Street with a man who might have sat for the portrait of Jay Gatsby. His name was George Gordon Moore, and the parties that he gave were filled with music, lovely girls, handsome men, good food and wine, frequent laughter, and tears. One could never tell whom one might meet at a George Moore party […] At these parties—the same sort of parties that Fitzgerald went to, of course—Tommy Hitchcock stood out. In the first representation that the novelist made of him, as Tom Buchanan, the resemblance to the man is distorted. |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503002708/https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Hero/bDT3DAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |url-status=live }}

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• [http://www.santaluciapreserve.com/ Santa Lucia Preserve website]
• [http://www.slconservancy.org/ Santa Lucia Conservancy website]
• [https://www.santaluciacsd.org/ Santa Lucia Community Services District website]
• [https://slconservancy.org/explore-and-discover/maps/ Maps of The Preserve ]
• [https://stockercup.com/ The Stocker Cup website]
• [https://santa-lucia-preserve-tigeo.hub.arcgis.com/apps/TiGEO::real-estate-app/explore The Santa Lucia Preserve Real Estate Map]{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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