Space Daily September 06, 2026 • 13:52

Through her estate, poet Jane Mead donated the 1,318-acre Mead Ranch above Napa Valley, knitting a wildlife corridor beside the 2,300-acre Walt Ranch and the 1,380-acre Sutro Preserve - Space Daily

Through her estate, poet Jane Mead donated the 1,318-acre Mead Ranch above Napa Valley, knitting a wildlife corridor beside the 2,300-acre Walt Ranch and the 1,380-acre Sutro Preserve - Space Daily

A poet's final gift connects protected lands into a sprawling wildlife corridor, transforming fragmented hillsides into a landscape where animals can roam unbroken for miles.

A gift of land arrived in Napa County by way of an estate, which is to say it arrived slowly, through paperwork and patience and the wishes of someone who was no longer there to see it settled. The L… [+5664 chars]

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