A Wildnerness Preserve Next To L.A.?

A conservancy group is 'rewilding' a vast preserve just 50 miles north of the nation's second-largest city.

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April 6, 2003, 11:00 AM PDT

A wildlife preserve the size of a small national park, replenished with animals that roamed this part of California 100 years ago, is taking shape in the canyons and foothills of the San Emigdio Mountains, about an hour's drive north of metropolitan Los Angeles... The Wildlands Conservancy, based in Oak Glen near Yucaipa, had been acquiring and preserving remote desert tract when the opportunity arose to buy Wind Wolves for $140 an acre..."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

Read the full story: Restoring the Wilderness of 100 Years Ago

Sunday, April 6, 2003 in The Los Angeles Times

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