Press Releases
2017
Octagon Barn Site Groundbreaking – September 2017
Hind Foundation Awards $389K to Octagon Barn – June 2017
Pismo Preserve Discovery Days – May 2017
LATO Graduation – April 2017
2016
Pismo Preserve Update – August 2016
Eleven Miles of Trails Built in 3 Months at Pismo Preserve – April 2016
Miossi Trust Awards $250K to Octagon Barn– January 2016
2015
Conservation Growing in Los Osos Valley – February 2015
2014
Pismo Preserve is Officially Conserved – September 2014
SLO County Land Conservancy Earns National Recognition – September 2014
Land Conservancy Seals the Deal on Pismo Preserve – August 2014
Miossi Trust Awards $100K to Pismo Preserve – July 2014
Pismo Preserve Closes in on $2.4 Million – June 2014
Pismo Preserve Awarded $4 Million from State Coastal Conservancy – May 2014
The Spirit of Giving Spurs Locals to Match $55K for Pismo Preserve – April 2014
Local Philanthropist to Match $10K in Donations to Pismo Preserve Effort – February 2014
Pismo Preserve Opportunity Announced As Kick-off to $15K-acre Conservation Vision – January 2014
2013
Land Conservancy’s Octagon Barn Earns National Historic Registration – December 2013
Octagon Barn Center Awarded $263K – November 2013
Gray Skies and Drizzle Don’t Stop 600 Trash Pickers – September 2013
Blakeslee and Wineman Bring New Skills to The Land Conservancy Board – July 2013
New Conservation Liability Insurance Protects 14,000 Acres in San Luis Obispo County – May 2013
Conservationists Remain Hopeful Despite Wild Cherry Canyon Fallout – April 2013
Wandering the Central Coast with Sandi Heller’s Pastel Paintings – February 2013
Grant Awarded to Provide Free Access to Proposed Conservation Park – January 2013
In the News
“Land Conservancy deal will protect Los Osos Valley Road farm,” San Luis Obispo Tribune – March 2015
“Pismo Preserve project to get money from Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach,” San Luis Obispo Tribune – June 2014
“Program teaches Santa Margarita kids all about the oaks,” San Luis Obispo Tribune – June 2014
“Teens work for Pismo land preserve,” Times Press Recorder – March 2014
“Locals open their wallets to support Pismo Preserve plan,” San Luis Obispo Tribune – March 2014
“Time is running out on preserve fundraising challenge,” Tolosa Press – March 2014
“Pismo, Preserved? 868 scenic acres overlooking Pismo Beach could soon be a nature preserve,” New Times – February 2014
“Land Conservancy looking to preserve 900 acres in Pismo Beach for public use,” San Luis Obispo Tribune – January 2014
“Octagon Barn in SLO now listed on National Register of Historic Places,” San Luis Obispo Tribune – December 2013
“Octagon Barn just south of San Luis Obispo to get major improvements,” San Luis Obispo Tribune – November 2013
“Defense Department Becomes Wildlife Protector” Los Angeles Times – April 2013
TV/Radio Broadcasts
Kaila Dettman on Charter California Edition from Charter – June 2014
Update on the Pismo Preserve from the Dave Congalton Show – June 4, 2014
The Land Conservancy raising money to preserve Pismo Beach land from KSBY – May 2014
Hikers could have new home in Pismo from KSBY – March 20, 2014
Issues and Ideas from KCBX radio – March 19, 2014
Kaila Dettman describes an ambitious new project involving The Land Conservancy from the Dave Congalton Show – February 25, 2014
