In 2000, California State Parks (CSP) spent just over $41 million acquiring 57 rolling acres for parkland after citizens of Culver City, California, had protested a planned residential development on the site. The land rises more than 400 feet above the L.A. basin — high enough that the roar of Interstate 405 begins to fade into the sound of wind howling through the hills. Turning the land into a vibrant state park would be a challenge: The previous owner had discarded construction materials on-site, cleared the area of vegetation, and flattened the ridgeline, allowing invasive grasses to overtake indigenous plants.
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