Allied Waste promises to donate 400 acres as an open space preserve.

Allied Waste (the parent company of waste giant Browning-Ferris Industries or BFI) has agreed to donate 400 acres of Elsmere Canyon to the Mountains and Recreation Conservation Authority for use as an open space preserve, ending a lengthy battle to stop expansion of landfills into that area.

Elsmere Canyon is a picturesque area of the San Gabriel mountains southeast of Interstate 5 and the Antelope Valley Freeway junction featuring wildlife, riparian habitats, coastal sage and oak woodlands. The area provides a wildlife corridor from the Santa Susana Mountains to the San Gabriel range.

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