Selling 5000 Mountain Trees as Gravestones
05/26/2021
Making Mountain Forest a New Kind of 'Cemetery'? Read release
Veterans Day Ceremony Slated for Arrowhead Ridge
11/11/2017
Veterans Day is this Saturday, November 11. This day is set aside to honor all those who have honorably served in the military protecting the United States of America. A ceremony will be held on Saturday at the new Veteran's Monument, built recently as an Eagle Scout project, at Arrowhead Ridge on Grass Valley Road, in Lake Arrowhead, at 11 a.m. Many local groups, non-profits and volunteer organizations are pulling together to coordinate this special ceremony, to honor America's best, under the direction of VFW Post 9624 and American Legion Post 360, with the support of the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust. Read release
500 Attend Veterans Monument Dedication
11/18/2016
American Legion Post 360 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9624 united to honor all veterans during the dedication of Liam Gavigan's Veteran's Monument Eagle Scout project at Arrowhead Ridge on last Friday's Veteran's Day. Over 500 community members and dignitaries came out to support Gavigan in the completion of his six-year journey and to honor veterans on their special day. Read release
A Place For Reflection
11/11/2016
The annual Veterans Day ceremony was made extra special this year with the dedication of the veterans monument designed and created by Boy Scout Liam Gavigan as his Eagle Scout project.
"I dedicate this monument to all veterans, past, present and future," Gavigan said.
After the color guard posted the colors-with representatives of each branch Gavigan led the crowd of about 500 people in the Pledge of Allegiance. Read release
Veterans Monument to be Dedicated
11/04/2016
The long awaited official dedication of Lake Arrowhead's Veterans Monument will take place at 11 a.m. this Veterans Day, Friday, November 11 at Eagle Ridge (Formerly Arrowhead Ridge) located at 352 Grass Valley Road, across from the Lake Arrowhead Country Club. Read release
Veterans Honored With Monument
04/07/2016
Liam Gavigan! Honoring the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy are flags and granite benches engraved with the service emblem for each branch. In the center are the United States, California and POW/MIA flags. A plaque commemorates veterans past, present and future.
The flags and benches are arranged around and upon a concrete slab in the shape of a pentagon. The finished monument far exceeds any expectations based upon the initial design and model.
The monument stands proudly at the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust (SBMLT) wildland nature preserve. Read release
Thrift Shop Celebrates 35 Year
01/29/2015
The Mountain Thrift Shop in Blue Jay, the largest nonprofit thrift store in the San Bernardino Mountains, was incorporated in 1991 and moved to its current location in 1992. The store is run by volunteers from nine organizations to whom money is distributed twice a year. In 2014 the mountain community distribution was over $165,000, the largest amount since the store opened. Read release
Land Trust Purchases Inch Forward
09/10/2014
If the motto of the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust were "saving the mountains one lot at a time," the nonprofit organization devoted to preserving the mountains' open space and protecting its wildlife would have proved true to its word once again on Aug. 19.
County supervisors voted unanimously to sell three tax-defaulted, substandard Arrowbear lots, totaling about 9,000 square feet, to the trust for $9,800, a little more than a dollar a square foot. Read release
Support for the Land Trust
08/13/2014
Mountain Jewish Community Support for the San Bernardino Land Trust Work at Arrowhead Ridge Read release
National Resources Matter
08/07/2014
Laird is widely recognized for his knowledge and leadership on California's water system and has been dedicated to conserving California's natural resources for more than 30 years. Read release
Chili Cook-Off To Benefit Arrowhead Ridge Restoration July 19
07/17/2014
Lake Arrowhead, CA - Buy a bowl of chili during the Saturday, July 19, Arrowhead Ridge Chili Cook-Off and you can help restore the ridge! You get to keep the bowl and are helping at the same time. The event begins at 12 noon and is expected to last until 5 p.m. at 201 Grass Valley Road in Lake Arrowhead. Read release
On the Way to Creating a Wildlands Park
10/31/2013
180 guests dined at the Lake Arrowhead Autumn Dinner Party and Auction raising close to $27,000 to help restore Arrowhead Ridge. Read release
Sculptor Transforms Boulder into Entryway Art
10/17/2013
Visitors to Arrowhead Ridge-the area on Grass Valley Road in Lake Arrowhead where a nature park is being planned-are greeted by an impressive stone sculpture carved by renowned Marcel Machler.
Visitors to Arrowhead Ridge-the area on Grass Valley Road in Lake Arrowhead where a wildland nature park is being planned-are greeted by an impressive stone sculpture.
World-renowned sculptor Marcel Machler created the work out of a 12,000-pound boulder t Read release
Auction To Support Wildland Restoration
10/10/2013
The goal of the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust is to restore the Arrowhead Ridge property-located on Grass Valley Road in Lake Arrowhead-to its natural state and create a wildland nature park. To that end, the group is hosting a autumn dinner party and auction on Sunday, October 20, to help raise the necessary funds. Read release
Thank You to the Walk the Ridge Volunteers
07/25/2013
The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust is most grateful for the extraordinary show of community support by the over 250 attendees at the recent Walk the Ridge event. Read release
Visting Arrowhead Ridge
07/25/2013
300 hundred members of the mountain communities visited Arrowhead Ridge. The Land Trust held the event last weekend on the property, an event intended to introduce the land to community members.
Despite the surprise showers that fell, about 300 people turned out for the event. In addition to visiting the upper reaches of the property, they were treated to vocal and piano music, as well as to excerpts from several Shakespeare's plays. Landscape architect Scott Peterson was present with conceptual drawings.
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Walk the Ridge Festival
07/11/2013
Arrowhead Ridge-the tallest crest in Lake Arrowhead-will be open to the public in a mini-festival and open house hosted by San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust on Saturday July 20. Read release
SBMLT hosts Walk-the-Ridge event at Arrowhead Ridge
07/08/2013
The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust is pleased to announce a mini-festival and open house style gathering at Arrowhead Ridge on Saturday July 20 between 2:00-4:00 PM. The purpose of the event is to host an enjoyable afternoon, while also encouraging fundraising support for important restoration projects at this landmark site. Read release
Land Trust Acquires Coyote Rock Property
04/18/2013
The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust announces the purchase of approximately 150 acres of the Coyote Rock property adjacent to the National Children's Forest at Keller Peak and to the Rimwood area of Running Springs. Read release
Returning Land To The Forest
02/07/2013
Jorris defines a land trust as "a nonprofit organization with the express purpose of protecting natural landscapes." Living as we do, he noted, in the most urbanized national forest in the U.S., it's critical to conserve "wildlife habitat, public recreation areas, and places that enrich and restore the human spirit- now and for future generations." (www.sbmlt.net) Read release
Paying Homage To Their Own
11/01/2012
San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust Named Organization of the Year by Running Springs Area Chamber of Commerce Read release
Land Trust Named Organization of the Year by Running Springs Chamber
10/20/2012
The San Bernardino Land Trust named as outstanding organization of the year by the Running Springs Area Chamber of Commerce in 2012. Read release
Nature Park on the Drawing Board
07/12/2012
[Mountain News] The dreams of turning a portion of the failed Eagle Ridge development on Grass Valley Road into a nature park drew one step closer to fruition with the drawing up of a conceptual plan. Read release
Board Mulls Nature Park
05/03/2012
[Mountain News] The 78 acres on Grass Valley Road the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust acquired in April 2011 are one step closer to becoming a wildland nature park. Read release
Thinning Slated for Eagle Ridge
10/27/2011
Thinning Slated for Eagle Ridge
Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:38 am
One reason the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust entered into a conservation purchase of an 80-acre portion of the Eagle Ridge property in Lake Arrowhead was the outstanding vigor and beauty of the forest found on the property. Read release
Land Trust Annouces Sale of 110-acre Sugar Pine Property to Local Forest Service
10/24/2011
A 110-acre parcel on Sugar Pine Ridge was recently added to the U.S. Forest Service in a sale by the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust. The longtime privately-owned property was formerly surrounded by public National Forest. It is located on the scenic western fringe of the San Bernardino Mountains on Forest Service Road 2N49. Read release
Eagle Ridge Facelift Underway
07/21/2011
Eagle Ridge Facelift Underway
Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:12 am
Ten volunteers, including officials of the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust, donned gloves and boots last Thursday at 8 a.m. to begin abating an eyesore along the old Eagle Ridge Estates property on Grass Valley Road in Lake Arrowhead Read release
A Solution Worth Pursuing
04/21/2011
A Solution Worth Pursuing
Thursday, April 21, 2011
A highly welcome pronouncement issued from the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust last week. Read release
Land Trust Announces Purchase of 80-acre Eagle Ridge Property
04/14/2011
An 80-acre portion of the Eagle Ridge property in Lake Arrowhead, which went into default in October 2008, was purchased Wednesday afternoon by the SBMLT FOREST LAND LLC, a subsidiary of the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust Read release
Royal Rangers
03/17/2011
ROYAL RANGERS
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Royal Rangers are to be commended for their sensitivity to the community's environmental and safety concerns. Eventually their piece of property which was sold to the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust will be part of our National Forest. How appropriate as the United Nations has declared this the International Year of the Forest Read release
Royal Rangers Land
03/10/2011
ROYAL RANGERS LAND
Thursday, March 10, 2011
The article about the Royal Rangers selling their land was welcome news.
The article about the Royal Rangers selling their land was welcome news. Read release
Land Trust Buys Royal Rangers
03/03/2011
Land Trust Buys Royal Rangers Property
The nearly 11-year contentious battle over 50 acres of property along Highway 189 in Twin Peaks has come to an end with the property's acquisition by the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust.
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Land Trust Buys Royal Rangers 50-Acre Property
02/28/2011
The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust announced the purchase of a 50.31-acre property adjacent to Strawberry Peak in the Twin Peaks area of the San Bernardino National Forest. The sale, which had been in escrow since December 17, will close today.
The land was purchased from theAssemblies of God Church, after the church decided to withdraw plans to construct a Royal Rangers Adventure Camp at the site.
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Right Solution, Wrong Source
01/06/2011
Right Solution, Wrong Source
Thursday, January 6, 2011 12:00 am
Mercifully, the Royal Rangers saga has finally come to an end. After years of frustration, our community, which by a large margin opposed the development of a 50-acre adventure camp in Twin Peaks, at last got what it wanted.
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Royal Rangers Land Being Sold
12/29/2010
Royal Rangers Land Being Sold
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The 50.31-acre proposed Royal Rangers property in Twin Peaks that has stirred such bitter community opposition for nearly a decade is about to be sold, ending the chance it could be extensively graded to become an adventure camp.
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Land Trust Acquires 260 Acres on Cajon Ridge
12/01/2010
December 2010 the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust (SBMLT) completed an acquisition of two adjacent properties totaling 260 acres on Cajon Ridge in the San Bernardino National Forest. Read release
Land Trust Transfer 826 Acres to Cleveland National Forest
12/09/2009
The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust announced today the transfer of two parcels of private land, totaling 826 acres, to Cleveland National Forest.
The transfer was completed due to the work of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who secured a $3 million appropriation from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a 45-year-old federal program which assists the National Forest Service and other government agencies in acquiring land and easements.
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Enough Water For Eagle Ridge
03/09/2006
Enough Water for Eagle Ridge?
Thursday, March 9, 2006
During the March 3 Crestline-Lake Arrowhead Water Agency board of directors meeting, General Manager Roxanne Holmes told board members Eagle Ridge at Arrowhead developer Rob Roy had requested construction water for his project on Grass Valley Road. Holmes said when Roy applied to the county for his project in 1998, he listed Alpine Water District and/or CLAWA as water service providers for the project. However, she said, when she asked Roy why he didn't approach Alpine for the water, he told her he was told by Alpine officials they didn't have sufficient water. His property does lie within CLAWA's district boundaries. Read release
General Plan Focuses on Open Space
09/30/2004
General Plan Focuses on Open Space
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Members of the Mountain Community Plan Committee met on Monday night, Sept. 20 at the Twin Peaks Senior Center. Meeting organizer Bob Spoeneman had three speakers lined up to discuss a variety of land use issues. Read release
'Coordinated Front' Sought at Second Mountain Summit
08/21/2003
'Coordinated Front' Sought at Second Mountain Summit
Thursday, August 21, 2003
Ideas for developing healthy forests - especially those located in San Bernardino and Riverside counties - was the focus of a meeting on August 17 at the University of Redlands. This event, a follow-up to an earlier 'Mountain Summit' held in June, was attended by 175 participants. Read release
Mountain Summit: FOREST meeting Delivers More Questions Than Answers
07/03/2003
Mountain Summit: FOREST meeting Delivers More Questions Than Answers
Thursday, July 3, 2003
In a major meeting of the various public and government agencies tasked to provide and implement solutions for the devastation occuring in the local forests caused by bark beetle infestation, and exacerbated by a nearly five year long drought, a summit held at the University of Redlands last weekend in the Orton Conference Center attracted a concerned and outspoken crowd in search of answers to some long-asked questions. Read release
Mountain Splendor Photo Contest Announced
03/13/2003
Mountain Splendor Photo Contest Announced
Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:00 am
A photography contest entitled Mountain Splendor is the focus of an interesting fundraiser for the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust. Open to all mountain residents and visitors of all ages, all entries must reflect the splendor of the great outdoors in the San Bernardino mountains. Read release
Land Trust Endeavors to Preserve Mountain Landscape
01/31/2002
The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the forest in the San Bernardino Mountains, had its inception in 1995 as an offshoot of the Deep Creek Open Space Coalition. developed. Read release
Land Trust To Ensure Local Forest Preservation
05/17/2001
Do you like to hike on mountain trails or take walks in the woods? Do you enjoy driving around looking at the beautiful trees and forest landscapes, rippling creeks, lakes, and in the fall gazing across the hills with the red and gold leaves sprinkled among the pines? If you treasure mountain living then you need to know about the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust. Read release
Reforesting With Penny Pines
03/22/2001
On behalf of reforestation efforts following the vast Willow Fire of 1999, the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust used the venerable Penny Pines Program to raise $1,000 to buy seedling trees for the burn area. Read release
San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust
San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust Executive Director Peter Jorris (center) was photographed with California Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird (left) and SBMLT President James Asher at a 2014 reception. Read release
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