Preservation: Last Ditch
Categories: Preservation: You Can Help
By: Mark Boardman 03/01/2008
Share the Land
About one-third of the City of Scottsdale is slated to become public open space.
Deer, bobcats and javelina intermingle with local residents in a wildlife and vegetatian sanctuary that allows both to enjoy its natural surroundings—the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.
It just got a little bigger.
An unnamed donor gave a conservation easement of 10 acres of upland Sonoran Desert to the Preserve in December. Estimated value of the land: $1.6 million.
The Preserve is overseen by the City of Scottsdale and the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, which was formed back in 1990. The ultimate goal: more than 36,000 acres, or about 57 square miles of natural, public open space. By preserving one-third of its city, Scottsdale is starting to live up to its claim as the “West’s Most Western Town.”
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