The Mountain Recreation and Conservation Authority was recently awarded $1.2 million in order to protect Urban Parkland in Northeast Los Angeles County. The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) announced that it had been awarded $1.2 Million in funding from the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division to restore three of its parks that have been heavily impacted ...
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Expansion Proposed For San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
California lawmakers have proposed an expansion for the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, adding over 109,000 acres of open space to the protected area. Monday, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, D-CA, and Congresswoman Judy Chu, D-Monterey Park, called on President Joe Biden to use the Antiquities Act and expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by 109,000 acres of public lands ...
Read More »Newly Renovated Placerita Nature Center Opens
The ribbon was cut Saturday for the new and improved nature center at Placerita Canyon in Santa Clarita. Local and state representatives were in attendance Saturday at the grand opening of the renovated nature center at Placerita Canyon, a place where park officials state 130,000 people visit each year. The center is a state park and administered by L.A. County ...
Read More »Garcia Supports ‘Rim Of The Valley Corridor Preservation Plan,’ Land Protection Legislation
On Monday, Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, released a statement in support of the ‘Rim of the Valley Preservation’ plan to add around 200,000 acres of land to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. This week, a statement was made by Congressman Garcia in support of the ‘Rim of the Valley Preservation’ plan to add acres of land to ...
Read More »Garcia Votes For Rim Of The Valley Protection
Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, recently voted in support of an act in the House of Representatives to further protect Santa Clarita’s Rim of the Valley. On Feb. 26, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act (PAW), an act that is an accumulation of bills from California, Washington, Colorado, and Arizona aimed at incorporating ...
Read More »Over 1,000 Acres Of Land Near Castaic Acquired For Wildlife Habitat, Open Space
The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA), in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, announced Wednesday the acquisition of over 1,000 acres near Castaic for open space and a wildlife habitat preserve. The 1,171 acres of the ecologically diverse and historic Hathaway Ranch, also known as Temescal Ranch at the eastern edge of the Sierra Madre Mountains, adjacent to ...
Read More »Over 100 Acres Of Open Space To Be Acquired By City Of Santa Clarita
Over 100 acres of open space is set to be acquired by the City of Santa Clarita during the City Council meeting Tuesday, adding to the greenbelt around the Santa Clarita Valley. The three parcels of land, northeast of Santa Clarita near Spring Canyon Road next to the 14 Freeway, total about 102 acres with a purchase price of about ...
Read More »Newest Santa Clarita Hike Taylor Trailhead To Open With Ribbon Cutting Celebration
The Taylor Trailhead, Santa Clarita’s newest hiking location, is celebrating the official grand opening this month with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The City of Santa Clarita is set to host an event on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 11 a.m. to celebrate the new Taylor Trailhead at Rivendale ...
Read More »Santa Clarita To Buy 52 Acres Of Open Space For $15K
Santa Clarita officials are expected to approve a new addition to its open spaces parcel at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The city is looking at 52 acres in the Golden Valley area, adjacent to property it already owns, in order to add to the Open Space ...
Read More »Santa Clarita To Spend $1.5M On Open Space Purchases
Santa Clarita is expected to approve another $1.5 million in land buys to add to it’s Open Space Preservation District, or OSPD, a “greenbelt” of nature and wildlife that surrounds city limits. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The most recent planned purchases would add 319 acres, according to the City Council ...
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