TOURS

Spotlight Stewardship

2025

Spotlight Stewardship is a course offered by the Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network that brings community leaders out on to the land to learn first-hand about the diverse and complex issues that are involved in caring for the lands of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

In 2025, Spotlight Stewardship includes tours of Butano State Park,the Pescadero Watershed, Quiroste Valley, Rocks Ranch, the Bolsa Fish Passage Project Highway 17 Wildlife Crossing, Scott Creek, Swanton Pacific Ranch, Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument,and  Nisene Marks State Park. You will hear directly from land managers as we explore issues of forest and fire management, recreation, water quality, native stewardship, habitat restoration, endangered species, connectivity, fish passage, the importance of fire roads, and much more.

The 2025 tour days are May 2nd, June 13th, August 22nd, September 19th, and October 3rd.

To apply to Spotlight Stewardship for the 2025 course, please fill out the application here, and send it to dylan@scmsn.net.

There is a course fee of $300.

To be on the mail list for future Spotlight Stewardship courses, please use the contact form to give us your name and email address.