Agreement on Newhall Ranch Will Benefit Wildlife, Add Solar
Since Newhall Ranch was first proposed in the 1980s, Center Scientist Ileene Anderson and local allies have put thousands of hours into opposing this massive Southern California sprawl — and with the project fully permitted and the bulldozers revving up, they did manage to secure important protections for vulnerable wildlife and habitat, air quality and the Santa Clara River.
With the state and county authorities green-lighting the project, our agreement achieved key safeguards. These include protection of 11,000 acres of habitat, an enforceable commitment to "net zero" greenhouse gas emissions that's a first for a project this size, help for the endangered unarmored threespine stickleback fish, and 10,000 solar installations.
Read Ileene's op-ed about fighting for this remarkable landscape.