Forest Service Announces Land Purchase for New District Office

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST — Forest Service officials announced late last week they have selected and purchased a building site for the new office of the Santa Clara Mojave Rivers Ranger District in Acton.

The 5-acre site is located off of California State Route 14, midway between Santa Clarita and Palmdale, and central to the portion of the Angeles National Forest administered by the district office.

The new office compound will include a 6,000-square-foot office building, a 6,000-square-foot warehouse, a shop, and storage shed. Construction is planned to start later this year.

“This new facility will enable us to better serve the public while also allowing us to become a valued member of the Acton community. We look forward to working with our new neighbors,” ANF Supervisor Jody Noiron said in a prepared statement issued Feb. 2.

Noiron also expressed her thanks to the Trust for the Public Lands (TPL), who facilitated the transfer of the property from private to public ownership. “The opportunity to purchase this property at this time would have been lost without their help,” she said.