LOS ANGELES — The rugged Lost Coast is about to become less forbidding.
A conservation group on Thursday said it planned to purchase a scenic 5-mile stretch of the Northern California coastline from a lumber company to protect it from logging and eventually open it up to the public.
The Save the Redwoods League said it agreed to pay nearly $37 million for the DeVilbiss Ranch if it can raise the money by the end of the year.
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