Land Stewardship Program

The land is managed according to a set of desired conditions which sustain natural beauty and model coexistence with nature as a way of life living simply in place.

Our Land Stewardship program seeks to:

  • Sustain open, scenic wildlife habitat supporting healthy meadows, functional riparian corridor and mature trees.  

  • Preserve the land’s peace and tranquility through balanced, sustainable use.  

  • Retain and reflect a simple, low impact, and historic aesthetic mirroring Jan’s way of living with the land in all infrastructure.  

  • Enhance fire resilience across property and structures.

  • Model small-scale, light-impact farm and landscape management on an inhabited landscape.


I am so very content with simplicity as long as I’m in nature. I cannot get enough of the beloved land and the spirits who are there . . . But a simple life is for me far richer than all the riches a city might have to offer. There is such wholeness living with the rhythm of the natural world and each moment is experienced and treasured.
— Jan Simis
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