Ojai Valley Land Conservancy

OVLC manages about 2,600 acres of open space in the Ojai Valley, including a spectacular network of trails populated by a diverse array of native species. In honor of these sacred lands the indigenous Chumash called The Valley of the Moon, and as a beneficiary of their protection and preservation, I wanted to pay their work forward. I proposed — and they accepted! — a series of summer-night hikes, each celebrating that month’s full moon and exposing hundreds of community members to OVLC’s mission and to my happy places. The series was also an opportunity to practice the environmental stewardship that is part of my mission as a Certified California Naturalist.

My Role: concept creation, event planning and organization, social media and web content creation (w/original photography), hike leader and naturalist