Wilbur Hot Springs: Restoring the Land

Wilbur Hot Springs sits on sacred 1,800-acre land, home to the Patwin and Pomo tribes for thousands of years. Once a thriving healing destination, the site endured a century of mining devastation before its 1970s revival. Today, this hotel and spa operates as a conservation leader, reinvesting all profits into land stewardship and a 1,560-acre nature preserve.

Restoring What Was Lost

In partnership with Tuleyome and Swiftwater Design, Wilbur is undertaking the Sulphur Creek Easement Project—a watershed restoration initiative that serves as a model for regional conservation. Their multi-faceted approach includes:

Watershed restoration through beaver dam analogs and road improvements that slow destructive runoff
Invasive species removal using sheep grazing, controlled burns, and strategic removal
Indigenous collaboration to restore ancestral land management and cultural gathering traditions
Biodiversity monitoring to measure ecological recovery

Creating Real Impact

Your support funds hands-on labor, expert consultants, and complimentary access for indigenous communities. The results? Reduced sediment and mercury runoff, improved groundwater levels, increased native species resilience, enhanced soil health, and wildfire risk reduction—all while honoring the land's ancestral guardians.

Wilbur Hot Springs isn't just preserving history. It's regenerating it.