Universal Ramblings

Santa Cruz Island is one of largest among all the eight channel islands of California and it is located at a distance of twenty five miles from the mainland coast of southern California. It would take only one hour of time to travel form the Ventura Harbor to the East Santa Cruz Island Scorpion Anchorage using a swift catamarans and it takes only one hour and twenty minutes to travel to Mid Santa Cruz Island Prisoners Harbor.

There are large number of species which numbers to about 1000 plants and animals in the high peaks of Santa Cruz Island, deep canyons, pastoral valleys and dramatic coastline which cover an area of about 77 miles. On the event ecological collapse, this island provides the visitors a look of hundreds years old of southern California.

Santa Cruz Island has been introduced as one of leading instances of a successful restoration and innovative conservation of island after a tireless work for about thirty years. At present, both the conservancy and the partners of the Santa Cruz Island show their interest towards the preservation of the unique plants and animals of the island and they also involve themselves in sharing the lessons that they have learnt during the restoration process of island to the conservation projects of other islands in and around the world.

Santa Cruz Island being a largest of all Channel Islands is also featured with many geological characteristics such as two mountain ranges, much number of canyons and a rugged shoreline. Apart from large number plants and animals it also includes about 120 species of birds which includes endemic island scrub jay. There are also vast areas available for exploring by either land or sea.

When most of this Santa Cruz Island was bought in 1978 by the nature conservancy, it was under crisis. About ten species of plants and animals faced their extinction which also includes the top most predator of the island called Santa Cruz Island Fox.