California Rangeland Trust partners with Madera County rancher

The California Rangeland Trust announced the permanent conservation of the Rosasco Ranch in Madera County.

Through a dedicated partnership with the owner and manager of the ranch, Allan Rosasco, the 1,700-acre property was placed under a conservation easement to ensure that the land will remain a working cattle ranch forever.

California’s farm and ranch lands are being lost at an alarming rate. According to the American Farmland Trust, from 2001 to 2016, 465,900 acres of agricultural land in California were developed or repurposed. If current trends persist, the State stands to lose an additional 797,000 acres of productive land by 2040 — a loss exceeding the size of Yosemite National Park.