Who We Are :

Since 1991 Laguna Canyon Foundation has worked to preserve the land within and around Laguna Canyon. With the creation of Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, the Foundation has dedicated itself to protecting and enhancing existing parkland as well as to preserving additional wilderness. Through contributions, we provide financial support for the parks and preserves within the regional, 17,000-acre coastal canyon system. We encourage planned gifts to ensure future generations the joy of experiencing this wilderness.

Profile :

Laguna Canyon Foundation reflects a unique partnership between community and environmental activists, civic and municipal leaders, and private property owners and developers. The Foundation's success has shown that by working together we can keep it wild!

Accomplishments :

- The Foundation has raised $2.7 million from more than 7,000 private donors and helped obtain $7.8 million in state grants.
- The Foundation initiated a regional approach to the coastal park system and created the South Coast Wilderness brochure as a guide to the parks within the 17,000-acre park system.
- The Foundation successfully promoted park support from neighboring cities and the Leisure World Community.
- The Foundation and the County of Orange are joining forces to build Nix Nature Center at Laguna Coast Wilderness Park.
- The Foundation is funding the nature center's interpretive exhibit program to help visitors explore the park's cultural, scientific and artistic heritage.
- The Foundation created a series of artist-designed orientation signs for Laguna Coast Wilderness Park.
- The Foundation continues to promote the preservation of a wildlife corridor connecting the South Coast Wilderness parks with the Cleveland National Forest.
- Working with The Irvine Company over several years, the Foundation was instrumental in preserving the final Laguna Laurel parcel