Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy - Some Examples

Some Examples

See also: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

The Conservancy was responsible for the 1990s acquisition of the 'Jordan Ranch' lands in the western Simi Hills near Thousand Oaks from entertainer Bob Hope, creating the Cheeseboro and Palo Commado Canyons Park section of the SMMNRA. The ranch was purchased by a developer and turned over the National Park Service as part of a land development deal, which then allowed their development of new housing and golf courses on the Ahmanson Ranch land adjacent to the east.

Late in 2003, the Conservancy secured state funds to purchase Ahmanson Ranch as well, creating the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, a huge green belt on the western edge of West Hills and Woodland Hills.

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy also acquired the Peter Strauss Ranch from the entertainer Peter Strauss in the central Santa Monica Mountains, which was also turned over to the National Park Service and opened to the public in the SMMNRA.

The Anthony C. Beilenson Visitor Center for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is located in Thousand Oaks, California.

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