Animals from both southern and northern California mix territories in this area.

[1] The preserve is in south-west Santa Barbara County, California, with 8 miles (13 km) of coastline along the Gaviota Coast and 24,000 inland acres (9,700 ha).

[2] The land touches the south and east sides of Jalama Beach County Park.

[3] The $165 million donation to The Nature Conservancy to secure the land was the largest the organization has ever received.

The training on how to safely conduct prescribed burns, seminars on local fire ecology, and tribal burning included Santa Barbara County Fire Department, employees of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, The Nature Conservancy, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vandenberg Space Force Base, scientists, ranchers, students, researchers, and land managers.