The Mendocino Land Trust announced this month that it is in the process of buying a large parcel overlooking the Pacific Ocean along the Mendocino Coast.
Known as Bell Point, the property is 157 acres located just south of Westport on the northern Mendocino Coast, and the MLT explains in a press release that “protecting this remarkable property is made possible with a $2.505 million grant from the State Coastal Conservancy.”
In addition, the MLT reports, it was awarded “an additional $95,000 Project Advancement Grant” from the California Council of Land Trusts for the project, “which will also include planning a new portion of the California Coastal Trail.”
The MLT describes the property as “approximately 50 acres of open coastal headlands, coastal meadows, riparian wetland, and a bishop pine forest. Across Highway 1, an additional 100 acres of mixed conifer redwood-fir forest, meadowland, and ocean view ridgelines will also be preserved. The headlands offer a jaw-dropping 180-degree view of our rocky and dramatic Mendocino coastline.”
“The property will be protected forever, opened to public access for the first time, and returned to local Native American tribes for long-term ownership and management,” MLT Director of Land Protection Emily Griffen is quoted as saying in the release, which explains that the project will “return the property to Kai Poma, a nonprofit representing three local Native American tribes, who will soon also own nearby Blues Beach to the south.
“The project has the strong support of the Westport Village Society, State Senator Mike McGuire, Assemblyman Jim Wood, and MLT’s project partner, Kai Poma,” the release continues, noting that the MLT “is honored to work with Kai Poma to facilitate the return of this land to three Native American tribes — Sherwood Valley Pomo Band of Indians, Round Valley Indian Tribes, and the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians — as a vital step towards restoration and reparation.”
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