About this episode

The episode features a discussion on the Santa Cruz Mountains and the stewardship efforts in the region with Dylan Skybrook.

The Santa Cruz Mountains cover more than 1,000 square miles of the Central California Coast, running from just south of San Francisco all the way down to the Salinas Valley. The region has been actively stewarded for thousands of years by indigenous people and is a place of significant cultural, biological, and environmental diversity which supports many native plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth. Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation about the mountains and the network with Dylan Skybrook, Manager of the Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network, a collaboration of twenty-six organizations engaged in land stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains, whose mission is to help cultivate a resilient, vibrant region where human and natural systems can thrive for generations to come.

People in this episode

Host: Ronnie Lipschutz

Guest: Dylan Skybrook

Topics covered

• stewardship
• biodiversity
• indigenous culture
• land management
• environmental conservation

Keywords

• Santa Cruz Mountains
• stewardship
• biodiversity
• indigenous people
• environmental diversity
• land management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network

Places: Santa Cruz Mountains, Central California Coast, Salinas Valley, San Francisco

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