The Tejon Ranch Conservancy is an independent, non-profit organization that will work with Tejon Ranch Company to oversee all the conserved lands on Tejon Ranch. It is governed by a 12-member board, consisting of four members appointed by Tejon Ranch Co., four members appointed collectively by the country’s most respected environmental resource organizations and four independent members jointly appointed. Graham Chisholm, Conservation Director of Audubon California, is serving as chair.

Permanent employees with expertise in land trust administration, conservation biology and open space land management will staff the Conservancy. The Conservancy’s mission is “to preserve, enhance and restore the native biodiversity and ecosystem values of Tejon Ranch and the Tehachapi Range for the benefit of California’s future generations.”

Tejon Ranch Company will provide the initial funding for the Conservancy, but long-term funding will come from transfer fees on the sale of homes with Tejon Mountain Village and Centennial. In that way, conservation and the Conservancy will benefit as the Ranch’s environmentally sensitive communities achieve success.