Natural History Wanderings

SF Gate reports

An environmental nonprofit recently purchased a 3,654-acre ranching property near San Jose with goal of converting it into a permanent nature preserve.

The Conservation Fund acquired Richmond Ranch, a large property southeast of San Jose, for $16 million, the organization announced in a Jan. 22 press release. The organization said the purchase will ensure that the land, which “allows wildlife to move and migrate between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range” and provides a point of linkage along the 410-mile Bay Area Ridge Trail, will remain permanently undeveloped.

Read more at  Huge Bay Area ranch to become the region’s newest nature preserve