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The Rangeland Trust claims to be the largest land trust in California, having conserved over 371,000 acres (1,500 km 2) of rangeland on 90 ranches across 26 counties. [1] [better source needed] The Rangeland Trust remains focused on the quality standards of professional practices and is a Land Trust Alliance accredited organization.
Ecker Ranch is a 1,080-acre (4.4 km 2) ranch in Madera County, California near Yosemite National Park. In 2009 it was listed as one of about 30 historic ranches in California that have been preserved under the auspices of the California Rangeland Trust. It was a homesteaded ranch that has stayed in the same family since the 19th century.
Continue reading → The post Trust Tax Rates and Exemptions for 2022 appeared first on SmartAsset Blog. A trust is a legal entity that holds money and assets for future distribution or management ...
Walter Lennox Vail (May 13, 1852 – December 2, 1906) was an American businessman, cattle dealer, and politician. He is known for his Empire Land & Cattle Company (later the Vail Company), which spanned over one million acres throughout five states. [1] Vail has been called "a pivotal figure in early California and Arizona ranching." [2]
The Hearst Ranch is composed of two cattle ranches in central California. The best known is the original Hearst Ranch, which surrounds Hearst Castle and comprises about 80,000 acres (320 km 2 ). George Hearst (1820–1891) bought over 30,000 acres (120 km 2 ) of Rancho Piedra Blanca , an 1840 Mexican land grant, in the late 19th century.
After she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2013, she sought to place the 230-acre Varian Ranch into a conservation easement to protect the land from development, and in 2015 announced that the California Rangeland Trust would partner with her to purchase the development rights and to allow her long-time ranch manager, Angela Alvarez, to ...
José Antonio Chávez came to California in 1833 with Governor José Figueroa. He was a tax collector at Monterey in 1843, and one of the prime movers in the movement against Manuel Micheltorena 1844. Chávez was the grantee of the eleven square league Rancho Cienega del Gabilán 1843 [4] and the three square league Rancho Pleyto in 1845.
The South Fork Eel River Wilderness is a 12,868-acre (5,207 ha) [2] wilderness area located in Mendocino County, California.The wilderness was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System when the United States Congress passed the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act in 2006 (Public Law 109-362).