The Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority acquired a 20-acre property in Temecula that will serve as a protected habitat for mountain lions. Valley News/Pexels.com photo
The Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority and the Multi Species Habitat Conservation Plan end-of-year report details that it received $27 million in various state and federal grants this year, allowing for the purchase of more conservation land in the county.The funding from from the California Wildlife Conservation Board and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service allowed RCA to acquire and protect more than 900 acres of sensitive habitat in western Riverside County. One such parcel of land, the  20-acre Barth property in Temecula, is located near other habitat reserve lands and serves as a critical linkage for MSHCP-covered species such as the mountain lion.Late in 2023, the RCA acquired the 240-arce Walker Canyon property in Lake Elsinore’s Walker Canyon,
