“Baja” Moraga Gets 600+ Wild Acres In Carr Ranch Preservation Agreement

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Pioneering Moragans may be applauding today’s ceremony marking the preservation of the old Carr Ranch property south of town – acreage near and dear to the hearts of those who have hiked its hills.

As we first reported when we first got wind of this agreement, interested parties hashed out a deal to keep the ranch’s 604 acres together and undeveloped, with the John Muir Land Trust and East Bay Municipal Utility District coming to terms with the Carr family in a deal to preserve the land in perpetuity.

EBMUD will hold the title for the property, with John Muir Land Trust providing public access and recreational opportunities. The sizable chunk of wildness (as close to early California as you can come with native creatures and landscape) is currently scheduled to open for public use in Fall of this year.

 

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11 Comments

  1. david on Mar 15, 2017 at 6:38 pm

    Happy Trails to You

  2. Chris Carver on Mar 15, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    Nice

  3. Sarah Tyler on Mar 15, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    Let us know when they open the gates! Family picnic!!!

  4. Mel on Mar 15, 2017 at 7:29 pm

    Great news for Moraga and nature lovers!

    • NEWS24-680 on Mar 15, 2017 at 7:32 pm

      @Mel – It is, isn’t it? Pretty up there…

  5. Henry Keyes on Mar 15, 2017 at 8:41 pm

    Great news!

  6. Chris Carver on Mar 15, 2017 at 8:53 pm

    Good news!!!!

  7. Marybeth on Mar 15, 2017 at 8:54 pm

    We’re going to take this as a win for the good guys. So nice to see!

  8. Tim Davis on Mar 15, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    Yes!

  9. Brendan Cartigan on Mar 16, 2017 at 6:09 pm

    Are you sure you wouldn’t rather cram another thousand houses in there? That way we’d really bung up traffic in town and we would have to get to know one another because no one would be able to go anywhere!

  10. Matthew Hannafin on Mar 16, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    Let me know when they open it up. Looks great…..

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