Westport Village Society secures grant to conserve 26-acre DeHaven Creek Headlands

WESTPORT, CA, 9/23/22 — The California Coastal Conservancy unanimously approved an $845,000 grant for the Westport Village Society (WVS) at a meeting in Fort Bragg Friday morning, giving the nonprofit the necessary funds to acquire the 26-acre DeHaven Creek Headlands property and preserve public access to critical coastal lands. 

Though small in numbers, this community is a fierce guardian of its natural and cultural resources; Westport was home to an estimated 229 residents in 2022, but in its 30-year tenure the WVS had previously received three grants from the Coastal Conservancy to manage oceanfront land.