Decades in the Making

Daniel Hulst (Director), Melissa Baffa (Producer), Jason Hernandez (Videographer, Editor) | 2024 | 13 min.

2025 Official Selection

Managing a publicly-accessible nature preserve immediately adjacent to an urban region in coastal California presents unique challenges, including invasive species, a complex wildland-urban interface (WUI), damage from decades of cattle grazing, and active oil and gas infrastructure. Follow Ventura Land Trust as it works to open a new hillside preserve to the public, a project decades in the making.