Ventura River/Rancho El Nido Preserve Scenes and Wildflowers

The Ventura River/Rancho El Nido Preserve is owned by the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, purchased from the Intell Corp., a development company, with funds from public donations and the California State Coastal Conservancy.   The Preserve is 1,566 acres, consisting of over a mile of the Ventura River floodplain between State Route 150 north to the Robles Diversion Dam, and the foothills of the eastern end of the Santa Ynez Mountains, containing Rice and Wills Canyon, and intervening east-west trending ridges.

Wills Canyon is the largest canyon on the Preserve, and is dominated by nearly pristine Coast Live Oak Woodland, with an intermittent stream flowing through it.   A hike through Wills Canyon is pleasent even during the hottest days of summer, with the abundant shade provided by the mature oak trees.

All photos copyrighted by David L. Magney 2002-2005

Landscape Scenes of the the Ventura River at Preserve