Grover Beach

The Wildlands Conservancy secures $42 million to preserve Diablo Canyon land

Big news for our stretch of the coast: the Wildlands Conservancy just landed $42 million from the California State Coastal Conservancy to help preserve the land around Diablo Canyon, including Wild Cherry Canyon. If you've ever driven down that way and wondered at those wide-open coastal hills, this is why it matters — that view could stay wild instead of turning into something else. As New Times SLO (Grover Beach) reported, this has been a long time coming for local conservation folks. For those of us in Grover Beach and the 805, keeping this open space means more than pretty scenery — it's habitat, it's history, and it's part of what makes living here feel different from anywhere else. Nothing's final yet, but this is a huge step. Worth keeping an eye on as the details unfold.