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The Tejon Ranch Company has proposed the Tejon Mountain Village development, an upscale resort and sprawl development project in southern California that would seriously threaten the recovery of the California condor. TRC has proposed converting over 28,000 acres of oak-studded mesas and canyons on the west side of Tejon Ranch, near Bakersfield, into an exclusive residential resort and golf course development. Tejon Ranch harbors wildlands essential to the survival and recovery of the endangered California condor.

The development is proposed for the western side of Tejon Ranch near Lebec. Tejon Ranch, which lies in the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, is an important ecological corridor connecting the southern Sierra Nevada to the Transverse Ranges of the coastal mountains. TRC wants to build 3,450 residential units, 750 hotel units, four golf courses and 160,000 square feet of commercial space on 28,250 acres, including areas designated as critical habitat for the California condor.

For more information about the project, the Center’s efforts to protect Tejon Ranch and the importance of the ranch to condors, visit the Center's Tejon Ranch web page.