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  2. Protected areas of California - Wikipedia

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    Obtaining an accurate total of all protected land in California and elsewhere is a complex task. Many parcels have inholdings, private lands within the protected areas, which may or may not be accounted for when calculating total area. Also, occasionally one parcel of land is included in two or more inventories.

  3. Land recycling - Wikipedia

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    Remediation process in Marlbrook at a former landfill site. Land recycling is the reuse of abandoned, vacant, or underused properties for redevelopment or repurposing. [1]Land recycling aims to ensure the reuse of developed land as part of: new developments; cleaning up contaminated properties; reuse and/or making use of used land surrounded by development or nearby infrastructure.

  4. List of ghost towns in California - Wikipedia

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    Abandoned Abandoned after not enough silver was found in the region Bend City: Inyo: 1863 After 1872 Abandoned the 1872 Owens Valley Earthquake caused the Owens River to flow away from the town, driving the last remaining residents out Bestville: Siskiyou

  5. Ranchos of Los Angeles County - Wikipedia

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    The ranchos of Los Angeles County were large-scale land grants made by the governments of Spain and Mexico between 1784 and July 7, 1846, to private individuals within the current boundary lines (last adjusted in 1919) of Los Angeles County in California, United States.

  6. With 25% of state land protected, California nears its ... - AOL

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    California has now conserved 25.2% of its lands and 16.2% of its coastal waters with a little more than five years left to conserve 30% of each, officials say. With 25% of state land protected ...

  7. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    The claimed homestead could include the same land which they had previously filed a preemption claim (on up to 160 acres at $1.25 per acre, or up to 80 acres of subdivided and surveyed land at $2.50 per acre), and they could expand their current ownership to contiguous adjacent land up to 160 acres total.

  8. 'It's a disaster.' Drought dramatically shrinking California ...

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    A third year of severe drought forced California farmers to leave an estimated 752,000 acres of farmland idle this year, according to a new report.

  9. Rancho Los Tularcitos - Wikipedia

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    Rancho Los Tularcitos was a 4,394-acre (17.78 km 2) Spanish land concession in present day Santa Clara County, California given in 1821 to José Loreto Higuera by the last Spanish governor of Alta California, Pablo Vicente de Solá. The land grant was confirmed by Mexican Governor Juan Alvarado in 1839. [1]