News about open space

The PE reports here that the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority just purchased 2041 acres of open space in southwest RivCO which will help in its requirement to assemble 153,000 acres over the next two decades. The cost was a mere $72.5 million. The Riverside County Transportation Commission is obligated to provide $153 million in Measure A funding toward habitat conservation and already has contributed $125.8 million, including the money for these lands.