Mitteldorf Preserve

Mitteldorf Preserve
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Location	Santa Lucia Mountains, Monterey County, USA
Nearest city	Carmel, California
Coordinates	36°22′07″N 121°50′18.9″W
Area	1,043 acres (4.22 km^2)
Established	February, 1990
Governing body	Big Sur Land Trust

The 1,043 acres (422 ha) Mitteldorf Preserve in Big Sur, California, is owned by to the Big Sur Land Trust. It is located between Joshua Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve to the south, Palo Corona Regional Park on the north, and Santa Lucia Preserve to the east.^[1][2] It is only accessible through the Santa Lucia Preserve, a private, gated, community of about 300 homes on 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) in Carmel Valley, California.

Arthur Mitteldorf, an inventor and former president and chief executive of Spex Industries^[3] and his wife Harriet searched for property containing a pristine stand of Redwood trees and donated the funds to purchase the property to the trust in 1990.^[4] Mitteldorf conserves the largest Redwood trees in Monterey County. It also protects madrone, oak woodland, coastal chaparral, and grassland habitats. Williams Canyon Road through the preserve provides emergency access first responders. The road is an essential road for the California Department of Forestry Palo Corona Fuels Reduction Project. The trust began developing infrastructure for a nature camp and research program when the Soberanes Fire destroyed the barn and burned much of the habitat.^[5][6] Public access is allowed by reservation only.^[4]

References

1. "Where We Work | Big Sur Land Trust". Big Sur Land Trust. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
2. "BIOS Viewer by CDFW". apps.wildlife.ca.gov. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
3. "HONORING ARTHUR MITTELDORF" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
4. "Mitteldorf Preserve". bigsurlandtrust.org. Carmel, California: Big Sur Land Trust. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
5. Anderson, Mark C. (June 5, 2008). "Big Sur Land Trust welcomes the public to a private paradise to celebrate National Trails Day". Monterey County Weekly. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
6. (State), California. "California. Court of Appeal (6th Appellate District). Records and Briefs: H006607, Reply to Answer to Petition for Writ". Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.