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Yosemite National Park is expanding:
Yosemite National Park in California is to gain a 400-acre addition, its largest expansion in nearly 70 years. Ackerson Meadow features wetlands and rolling hills that are home to endangered wildlife, park officials quoted by AP news agency said. The land, on Yosemite's western boundary, was bought for the park by conservation group the Trust for Public Land for $2.3m (£1.7m).
Yosemite National Park covers about 1,200 sq miles of mountainous scenery. It attracts millions of visitors every year and celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2015. The new addition, which was traditionally used for logging and grazing cattle, will be preserved as habitat for wildlife including the endangered great grey owl, the largest owl in North America, the officials said.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 09 2016, @01:44PM
This is actually a demonstration of altruistic capitalism working at its best. A nonprofit was funded by citizens to purchase land for its own protection. The land was purchased, from individuals and companies, fair and square. For another example of this type of altruistic capitalism, check out the Southeastern Cave Conservancy.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday September 09 2016, @05:33PM
But if I can't get my cows to graze for free on this formerly-private-now-governmental land, I'm sure as hell gonna start SW2 (Secession War, the revenge).