[2] Since 2011 the land has been owned and managed by the Living Landscape Initiative, a consortium of local and national conservation groups, including the Peninsula Open Space Trust, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, The Nature Conservancy, the Save the Redwoods League and the Sempervirens Fund.

The San Vicente Redwoods land is home to several species of wild animals threatened by the destruction of old-growth forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Native animals of particular interest include the California red-legged frog, a federally listed threatened species, and the endangered Marbled murrelet, as well as mountain lions, peregrine falcons and coho salmon.

[8] A revised public access plan[9] was accepted by the managing partners in April 2018 with a predicted opening date for the space in 2019.

[11] [12] The new owners of the land plan to log a portion of second-growth forest order to fund the restoration and management the areas designated for recreation.