ACTOR HELPS SAVE SANTA BARBARA BLUFF.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer The last undeveloped coastal bluff in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. will be preserved with help from actor Michael Douglas, officials said Saturday. Douglas, an environmentalist environmentalist a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment. and Santa Barbara resident, donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. the final $600,000 to a fund-raising campaign Noun 1. fund-raising campaign - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported which enabled the Trust for Public Land to acquire the property, which had been slated for development. ``I am pleased to have been part of this tremendous community effort to preserve this special place,'' said Douglas in a written statement. The San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land plans to donate the 70-acre coastal bluff to Santa Barbara for a preserve in the next several weeks. ``Without the Douglas family's generous support, this acquisition would not have been possible,'' said Margaret Eadington, the Trust for Public Land's project manager. The property will be renamed the Douglas Family Preserve The Douglas Family Preserve is a public park in Santa Barbara, California. The Preserve, formerly known as the Wilcox Property, is located on the mesa above Arroyo Burro Beach. The property spans 70 acres of undeveloped ocean-front land. in honor of the actor and his family. For more than 20 years, many Santa Barbara residents have sought protection for the coastal bluff, but two bond measures to purchase the property failed to win voter approval. In 1995, the Trust for Public Land secured an option to buy the property for about $3.5 million if the funds were raised or pledged by a deadline earlier this year. Six thousand checks and pledges were received and were combined with a $1 million County Coastal Resources Enhancement Fund grant to make the acquisition. Douglas donated the final amount needed for the $3.5 million goal in honor of the 80th birthday of his father, Kirk Douglas. The Small Wilderness Area Broadly, a wilderness area is a region where the land is left in a state where human modifications are minimal; that is, as a wilderness. It might also be called a wild or natural area. (Very low or immaterial human impact or "footprint. Preserve group's president, Owen Dell, praised the donation. ``Just as the (bluff) will now be preserved forever, so will the memory of the Douglas family's open-hearted love for land and community that motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo this donation,'' Dell said. A dedication to celebrate the completion of the protection effort is planned for early March. |
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