versus government officials and the public, some of whom view Ranch policies as exclusivist and disingenuous. In 2004, the National Park Service abandoned a proposal to designate parts of the Gaviota Coast, including the seashore in front of Hollister Ranch, as a national seashore. Local landowners, especially those in Hollister Ranch, mounted a lobbying campaign to oppose the study. In addition to others in Santa Barbara County who, after learning of the proposed designation, hired advocates to oppose the National Seashore, the Hollister Ranch Owners' Association assessed its members to hire a former congressman to lobby against the National Seashore proposal. For over twenty years Santa Barbara-area grade school children have been encouraged to participate (at no cost to the schools) in the Hollister Ranch Conservancy's "Tidepool Classroom" that preserves intertidal life forms not found elsewhere along the coast. See also List of beaches in California References External links Hollister Ranch Owner's Association History of surfing at the ranch Photos of the Hollister Ranch coastline from the California Coastal Records Project Scott McIntyre - The Living Stories Collective Beaches of Santa Barbara County, California History of Santa Barbara County, California Ranches in California Santa Ynez Mountains Surfing locations in California