This fall, every SOAR Nonprofit newsletter comes with native milkweed seeds — the only plant Monarch caterpillars eat! 🌸 Planting milkweed helps these endangered butterflies thrive. Thanks to the SAMO Fund, we’re sharing seeds with thousands of our print subscribers. Sign up: soarvc.org/newsletters

An unforgettable evening celebrating 30 incredible years of SOAR! 🌅💫 Grateful for the friends, memories, and milestones shared at our beautiful sunset soirée by the sea. Here’s to the next 30! 🥂

✨ Throwback to 2016! ✨ When Thousand Oaks AAUW voted to endorse SOAR — We remain ever grateful for our advocates who shaped our legacy. 🌟
Pictured left to right: Sally Hibbitts, Linda Parks, Lori Kissinger, Joan Edwards, Janet Wall, and Merrill Berge.

☀️ SOAR’s Summer Newsletter is here!

This issue explores:
🔥 How SOAR-protected farmland protects communities from wildfire
🌿 The once-in-a-lifetime effort to save Rancho Cañada Larga
✊ How CAUSE is standing up for Ventura County farmworkers

📖 Read it online now: soarvc.org/newsletters

Ventura County’s SOAR-protected farmland isn’t just fruitful and beautiful — it helps protect us from wildfire too!

Moist soils and row crops can slow flames and affect the path of fire, keeping our cities safer.

Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/41wh5XV

☀️ Insightful, timely, and rooted in what makes Ventura County special.🌻

SOAR’s summer newsletter is almost here—perfect for beach days, weekend bags, or a quiet moment to catch up on efforts to protect open space and farmland.

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📬 The Spring 2025 SOAR Newsletter is out!

🌿 30 years of protecting farmland & open space

⚠️ New threats from developer-backed campaigns

🏡 Limoneira’s next move

📈 Data-driven view of VC's housing economics

Read it here → soarvc.org/newsletters

The Endangered Species Act and our national parks are under threat! Large swaths of Los Padres Forest may are under threat, and defunding targets Santa Monica Mountains & Channel Islands National Parks.

Protect wildlife and wild spaces:

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📷: National Park Service

This Earth Day, we’re celebrating 30 years of keeping Ventura County green.

Our Spring newsletter is filled with fresh updates, inspiring stories, and the latest on urban sprawl threats. Not subscribed yet? Sign up to get it in your mailbox: soarvc.org/newsletters

Mic Farris highlights how SOAR lets voters decide on the future growth of their communities. Read his great Letter to the Editor! bit.ly/4iUUbQV

Excellent piece by Gabe Teran & David Newman! They present unbiased research that debunks the anti-SOAR CERF group’s housing report. Turns out VC isn’t the economic anomaly CERF purports, though we do stand out for saving ag lands & the buffers between our cities, thanks to SOAR.
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Check out this pioneering study by @landtrustsbco and @eartheconomics showing the economic value of natural open space! At $2.96 billion, there’s a lot of green 💵 in that green 🏞️! @sbindependent article: bit.ly/3DzWaud
Report: bit.ly/3XuwV3a

Does more sprawl mean more affordability? This letter to the editor challenges the claim that SOAR drives high housing costs—while LA, OC & SD built nonstop, yet prices stayed high. Read why smart, infill housing is the real solution. bit.ly/41DlSan

With environmental challenges on the rise, it’s more important than ever to protect our open space, farmland, and future. Thankfully, Ventura County has SOAR, ensuring these landscapes remain for generations to come. Help keep SOAR strong with your donation!
soarvc.org/donate
📷: John Brooks