Santa Rosa Island, California
Santa Rosa Island is the second largest of the Channel Islands of California and part of Channel Islands National Park. It is located about 26 miles (42 km) off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.
A variety of the Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana var. insularis) grows exclusively on the island. If it were considered as a separate species, it could have once been one of the rarest pine in the world. However, the population has grown from about 100 trees in the early 20th century to over 2000 trees today.
Its previous owner, Vail & Vickers of Santa Barbara, had owned the island since 1902 and sold it for $30 million to the federal government in 1986. The company retained the right to lease the island until 2011, for ranching and game hunting operations. The last domestic cattle were shipped off the island in 1998 but Kaibab Mule Deer and Roosevelt Elk remain.
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