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Connie Rutherford/USFWS
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Public Domain
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Recognizing the ecological value of Ahmanson Ranch, the land was purchased by the state of California, and as a result, is today the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, a permanently protected open space that provides habitat not only for San Fernando Valley spineflower, but an array of wildlife, and city-dwellers looking for an outdoors retreat from hiking to horse riding.