A conservation easement will now preserve more than 9,000 acres on an active cattle ranch in the Gabilan mountain range outside Salinas. The rangeland on the 9,418 acre Silacci Ranch, which is almost 2/3rds the size of the city of Salinas, will now be preserved as rangeland….while retaining many private property rights of the landowner. The conservation easement means that the land cannot be subdivided, developed, or converted for intensive agriculture.
