Santa Barbara County Regional Priority Plan for Wildfire Resilience
The Cachuma Resource Conservation District (CRCD) is conducting a planning, mapping and assessment phase for a Regional Priority Plan (RPP) to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest and habitat health on public and private land in the urban/wildland interfaces.
Cachuma Resource Conservation District Capacity Support
LegacyWorks provides technical services and capacity support to CRCD including business systems, communications and conservation planning.
SBC Conservation Blueprint Facilitation and Project Design
In 2015, LegacyWorks was engaged by the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and its partners to develop a strategy for creating a report on the community’s natural resources and an online mapping portal to enable us to proactively conserve natural resources.
Crises and Opportunities
When we launched LegacyWorks Group, we set out to become the best possible partner to help communities collaborate on important projects to achieve far greater impact. These kinds of collaborative projects are challenging and out of the reach of any single organization or agency.
It’s Time to Invest in Local Resilience
The COVID-19 global pandemic. The economic recession. The climate crisis. The drumbeat of police brutality. The abuse of power and disregard of truth by elected leaders. We are facing a suite of existential threats to our health and well being.
Glen Phillips Plays Live for LegacyWorks
Singer, songwriter and Toad the Wet Sprocket lead singer Glen Phillips is holding a concert for us this Wednesday, June 24 at 6 pm (PDT). Please join us live at Facebook.com/GlenPhillipsMusic. Enjoy Glen's heartful music, and help us raise funds to build community resilience.
Add it to your calendar, spread the word and we'll see you there!
Solidarity
We stand in solidarity with the Black community and all those who are protesting and working to end institutional and cultural racism in our country and around the world.
CEC Resilience Roundtables
Together with the Community Environmental Council (CEC) and a robust steering committee, LegacyWorks co-designed and facilitated a series of multi-stakeholder Resilience Roundtables.
Upper Snake Collaborative Initiatives
Friends of the Teton River, Henry’s Fork Foundation, The Nature Conservancy of Idaho, and Trout Unlimited are partnering with agricultural producers to devise and enact local strategies that are consistent with and beneficial to ESPA CAMP goals, enhance economic returns for farms, and reduce demand for water in the region.
Responding Locally to a Global Crisis
Two years ago a debris flow swept through my hometown of Santa Barbara and changed everything. The loss of life, property and security were hard to fathom.
Our Collaborative Impact Model
Over the past five years LegacyWorks Group has been applying and refining our collaborative impact mission and model. Progress has been encouraging, with demand and momentum growing steadily.
Our Principles - How we Work
Our work is built upon a set of core principles that guide how we come together as a team, how we build and lead collaborations, and how we engage our communities.
Santa Barbara 2019 Report
Our 2019 Annual Report is a summary of our current projects and finances.
2019 Baja Impact Expedition
Check out the Expedition Log that summarizes the good work accomplished during our November 2019 Baja Impact Expedition.
Cool California Santa Barbara Cool Block Initiative
LegacyWorks, in partnership with The Empowerment Institute, is working to bring the Cool Block program to Santa Barbara County, beginning with its 2018 deployment in Isla Vista in partnership with UCSB.
Montecito Community Wildfire Protection Plan
LegacyWorks engaged with the Montecito Fire Protection District to support the amendment process for their Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
Teton Creek Corridor Project
Our flagship project is transforming a degraded stream corridor into a vibrant community asset. Once slated for development into hundreds of subdivision lots, with a streambed so degraded it put the City of Driggs at risk of flooding, the corridor is now returning to its thriving natural state.
Isla Vista Community Engagement
In 2018, LegacyWorks Group facilitated a community engagement project focused on infrastructure in Isla Vista.
Partnership for Resilient Communities
Immediately after the disastrous mudslide of 1/9/2018, a group of Montecito residents created a public private partnership with the County of Santa Barbara to bring in experts experienced with major disasters, emergency management, hazard mitigation, and FEMA cost recovery.
Bates Teton River Public Access
In 2016, the most popular public access point for the Teton River came up for sale. We mobilized a collaborative of conservation partners to protect it for public use forever.
Archived Projects
Learn about projects that have come to a close or graduated from our network of support.