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Hathaway/Temescal Ranch property purchased by nonprofit Trust for Public Land and transferred to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority.

An environmental group will take control of a sprawling ranch near the LA-Ventura County border that is home to diverse animals and plants.

The largest undeveloped private property in L.A. County is now part of a protected ecological area that will preserve habitat and expand wildlife corridors between the San Gabriel, Sierra Madre, and Santa Susanna mountains.

State officials announced Thursday the acquisition of roughly 6,000 acres of the Hathaway/Temescal Ranch property in northern Los Angeles County, completing the protection of what has been called the largest undeveloped piece of private property in the county.

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 both the western unit of the Angeles National Forest and the Los Padres National Forest between Castaic and Lake Piru increases ...