OIL WELLS THAT END WELL PLAN OK'D TO CLEAR WHITNEY CANYON PARK LAND.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A $155,000 improvement plan for the new Whitney Canyon Park - one that includes removing old oil rigs - was approved Tuesday in a contract that will continue to open up acreage for public access. The Santa Clarita Watershed Recreation and Conservation Authority approved a contract with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority to continue its proposed park improvement plan, including adding a portable restroom enclosure, picnic tables, fencing, a kiosk, a large interpretive display, a park entrance and trail signs. About 250 oak trees will be planted in the lower portion of the canyon, and an irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. system will be installed. The most immediate plan is to abandon up to three oil wells within the park to California Department of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources standards. The agreement ``continues the city's partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is an agency of the state of California in the United States founded in 1979 and dedicated to the acquisition of land in the Santa Susana and Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills, north and west of Los Angeles, for preservation as open in protecting the open-space land in Santa Clarita, and it really does what the authority was set out to do,'' said Rick Gould, vice chairman of the authority and Santa Clarita's parks director. Also approved as part of the resolution is the completion of a Conceptual Area Protection Plan, or CAPP, to protect the habitat across the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. between the San Gabriel and Sierra Pelona ranges that also includes the open space purchased by Santa Clarita along the proposed Cemex quarry. The area enclosed within the boundaries of the CAPP includes more than 700 parcels of land. Once completed, the CAPP will be submitted to be eligible for funding from the State Wildlife Conservation Board. Whitney Canyon, a total of 545 acres, lies east of the Antelope Valley Freeway at the southern end of San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . Two years ago, the city and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy bought 442 acres of the canyon as part of its plan to encircle en·cir·cle tr.v. en·cir·cled, en·cir·cling, en·cir·cles 1. To form a circle around; surround. See Synonyms at surround. 2. To move or go around completely; make a circuit of. Santa Clarita with a buffer zone of wilderness. The canyon features hundreds of oak trees as well as rare plants and animals Plants and Animals are a Canadian indie-rock band from Montreal, comprised of guitarist-vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque, and drummer-vocalist Matthew Woodley.[1] They are signed to Secret City Records. . Susan Abram, (661) 257-5257 susan.abram(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): map Map: New parkland |
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