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October 11, 2008

Showdown at Tejon

Edward Humes shifts gears from the evolution wars to the climate-change war, as he explores plans for a new city and luxury resort north of Los Angeles, carved out of a unique and mostly untouched California wildlands.

An epic battle over property rights, conservation and global warming is unfolding now on the Tejon Ranch, one of the world’ biodiversity “hotspots.” The sprawling ranch is twelve times the size of Manhattan, home to a long list of endangered species, and the single largest piece of private property in the state, where irreplaceable habitats and wildlife corridors are being weighed against billions in potential profits.

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Posted by Donna Wares, July 18th, 2007 | Permalink
File under: Green, Southern California
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