Temescal Ranch

Los Angeles County | California

What We’re Doing
For over a decade, we’ve helped protect one of the largest stretches of private land in L.A. County.

Our Goal
Safeguard the spaces that allow more people to get outside and help achieve California’s 30×30 climate goals.

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By the Numbers

Nearly 6,200

acres conserved

conservation opportunity of a lifetime

One of the Largest Conservation Projects in Los Angeles County History

Long a working ranch, Temescal Ranch was one of the largest stretches of private undeveloped land in Los Angeles County. The property’s wild acres of open meadows and rugged mountainous terrain are a haven for rare plants and wildlife like deer, bear, mountain lions, and the endangered California condor. This area also contains important coastal sage scrub and chaparral communities in a critical wildlife corridor, allowing for species adaptation to changing climate, and preventing development in a high fire severity zone.

While Temescal Ranch sat largely untouched, the rest of LA County rapidly urbanized and the threat of development became all too real. With new residential developments being built ever closer, Trust for Public Land and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority have worked relentlessly for a decade to permanently protect Temescal Ranch for everyone who loves to hike, mountain bike, and spot wildlife.

Now complete with nearly 6,200 acres permanently conserved for public use, it’s one of the largest stretches of land ever conserved in Los Angeles County. It sits just 45 minutes from downtown L.A. and future plans include a network of trailheads, parking, and restrooms, making it even easier to get out and enjoy this beautiful Californian landscape.

We are even closer to reaching Californian’s 30×30 plan to protect 30% of the state’s lands, inland waters, and oceans by 2030. Temescal Ranch’s protection also secures permanent access for local Indigenous tribes that hold this land sacred and have long been denied access to their ancestral homelands.

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Los Angeles Office

135 West Green Street
2nd Floor
Pasadena, CA, 91105
(323) 223-0441
losangeles@tpl.org

Sacramento Office

1107 9th Street
Suite 1050
Sacramento, CA, 95814
(916) 557-1673
sacramento@tpl.org

San Francisco Office

23 Geary Street
Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA, 94108
(415) 495-4014
sanfrancisco@tpl.org

Guillermo Rodriguez

Vice President Pacific Region, California State Director

415-800-5267
california@tpl.org