A six-point buck and a doe feed in the Goss Canyon area near the 2400 block of W. Shields St. in La Crescenta on Friday, September 23, 2011. (Raul Roa/Pasadena Sun)
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Pasadena Sun
Altadena's Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy is trying to build community support for the purchase of a 7.75-acre property in La Crescenta to preserve as open space for wildlife and outdoor recreation activities.
The parcel is located at the top of Rosemont Avenue at the mouth of Goss Canyon, a 250-acre area that is largely privately owned.
The Conservancy has an exclusive, right-to-buy agreement in place through December, giving it three months to pull together the $450,000 needed to secure the property, Executive Director John Howell told members of the Crescenta Valley Town Council last week.
“If we are not able to acquire it, [the owners] will be forced to put it on the market and that would mean in all likelihood that land builders would be looking to acquire it,” Howell said.
