Land
CONSERVATION
One of our primary goals is to preserve land by purchasing it from willing sellers and adding it to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park through land transfers. When the Park was formed in the early 1930s, it was a checkerboard of thousands of acres of private land holdings — one estimate is as high as 67,000 acres, which is 10% of the current Park!
ABF has conserved more than 55,000 acres of property since 1967 to add to the Park. This land has been important for the Park’s ecosystem, especially lands located in sensitive areas like Borrego Palm Canyon, Coyote Canyon, and the Borrego Badlands. We are committed to continuing these efforts to preserve wilderness areas for future generations.
Currently, we are working on a land transfer to the Park that includes 86 parcels for a total of 3,156 acres.