Preservation: Last Ditch
Categories: Preservation: You Can Help
By: Mark Boardman 03/01/2008
Last Ditch
We know how it sounds—preserving a ditch.
But residents of Redlands, California, have good reason to save the Zanja—the irrigation ditch dates back to 1819! Buildings and cement currently cover a third of it.
The Redlands Conservancy is working with local government to buy and place easements on what is now private land. It’s not clear how much that would cost. If it can be done, plans call for an eight-mile-long park that would save the natural beauty and history of the place.
redlandsconservancy.org
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