The nonprofit conservation group Trust for Public Land announced that it had purchased the property with the intention of transferring it to the adjacent Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area — its greatest growth spurt ever.
The scene from the privately owned ridgelines just northwest of Malibu is of untrammeled coastline where natural forces continue to unfold: Fog lifts off steep slopes scented with coastal sage that haven’t changed since Chumash Indians roamed them centuries ago.
The combatants included would-be developer Harry Mansdorf, now deceased, whose family had purchased the property over four decades ago with proceeds from their aircraft business. Their most famous plane was the Pregnant Guppy, a bulbous cargo carrier that ferried moon rocket parts from the West Coast for NASA in the 1960s.
Guillermo Rodriguez, left, California director of the Trust for Public Land, and Jody Lyle, acting superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, stroll along an area that has been acquired by the Trust.
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