The plan to preserve Banning Ranch a current oil production area in to a huge public park and reserve has gotten a boost from US Fish & Wildlife that has donated money to the plan. The US Fish & Wildlife has donated $11 million towards the $97 million goal which now means the total sits […]
Banning Ranch the 401 acres of fenced off oil production area near the mouth of the Santa Ana River future has long been discussed in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. The land apart from oil wells and equipment also has wetlands, coastal uplands as well as vernal pools. The land stretches from Pacific Coast Highway […]