San Jose Spotlight
3 months agoSanta Clara County to buy hundreds of acres for conservation - San Jose Spotlight
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has voted to acquire a 1,500-acre portion of the Richmond Ranch for a massive park.
The land was purchased by the nonprofit Conservation Fund and will be held until local public agencies secure financing to purchase it.
The Richmond Ranch is one of the last unprotected ranches in Coyote Valley, which has been the subject of battles between development and conservation for years. [ more ]