State Coastal Conservancy land deals for May to October,
2012
Summary:
4178 acres purchased in full
370 acres of development rights purchased (land stays
private but cannot be converted into urban sprawl)
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May 24, 2012 meeting:
disburse up to $300,000 to the Endangered Habitats
Conservancy in order to complete the conceptual design
of a floodplain restoration project on the Russian River, Sonoma County
on 357 acres owned by Hanson Aggregates mining firm, which the firm plans to
donate to EHC.
disburse up to $210,000 to the Salt River Watershed Council to
acquire the 23-acre Toste parcel near Ferndale,
Humboldt County.
disburse an amount not to exceed $1,371,450 to the Brentwood
Agricultural Land Trust to acquire an agricultural conservation easement over
each of the four parcels that constitute the 166-acre Stenzel
property near Brentwood in Contra
Costa County.
disburse up to $500,000 to The Nature Conservancy for
acquisition of the 1,155-acre Nolan
Ranch near San Jose in unincorporated Santa Clara County.
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August 2, 2012 meeting:
No purchases
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October 18, 2012 meeting:
NORTH
COAST
an additional disbursement of up to $1,574,000 in funds,
received by the Conservancy from the California Department of Transportation,
to the Marin Agricultural Land Trust for the acquisition of a conservation
easement over 204 acres of the 1,194-acre Barboni Ranch;
disburse up to $1,362,000 to the City of Fort Bragg for the
construction of the Ka Kahleh coastal trail and associated facilities on Noyo
Headlands Park, the former Georgia Pacific Mill Site, for natural resource
enhancement on a portion of the site, and for the acquisition of the 4-acre
Johnson Property, anticipated to be the location of a portion of the trail,
Mendocino County.
SAN FRANCISCO
BAY
disburse up to $750,000 to the East Bay Regional Park
District for the acquisition of approximately 1,367 acres of property to expand
the Pleasanton Ridge
Regional Park
in Alameda County.
disburse up to $500,000 to the East Bay Regional Park
District for acquisition of up to 51 acres of the 148-acre Pacific Custom
Materials Property in order to expand and improve Carquinez Strait Regional
Shoreline between Martinez and Port Costa in
unincorporated Contra
Costa County.
disburse up to $750,000 to the Peninsula Open Space Trust
for acquisition of the 490-acre Mount Madonna County Park Area property in Santa Clara County.
disburse up to $250,000 to the Peninsula Open Space Trust
for acquisition of the 358-acre Uvas Reservoir County Park Area property near
the City of Morgan Hill in unincorporated Santa Clara County.
CENTRAL
COAST
disburse up to $1,000,000 to the Monterey Peninsula Regional
Park District to acquire the 317-acre Whisler Wilson Ranch near Point Lobos,
for natural resource protection and public access, Monterey County.
SOUTH
COAST
disburse up to $1,506,000 to the City of Laguna
Beach for acquisition of the 56-acre McGehee property adjacent to
the Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness
Park, Orange County.
8/6/2012--The
Truckee Donner Land Trust and The Trust for Public Land have reached an
agreement to purchase the 3,000-acre Royal Gorge property at Donner
Summit after a proposed 950-home development at the site went into
foreclosure. The Land Trust has been looking forward to this day for the
last 20 years. We now have our best shot in a generation to protect all
of Royal Gorge’s remarkable meadows, peaks, forests, streams, and
lakes. We now face a Dec. 20, 2012 deadline to raise $13.5 million to
complete the project. With your help, we can do this! Please donate now
and help us protect this remarkable property.
