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I have just reverted the following edits by 67.121.47.3 from August 18, and subsequent minor edits, because:

It looks like a press release.
The anonymous user removed all text regarding the controversy, without explanation.
A WHOIS lookup on the IP reveals ... you've probably already guessed!

--AT2663 09:37, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

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Over the last few years, Tejon Ranch has outlined a comprehensive plan for the future of it's 270,000 acres. The company refers to this plan as its "Ranch Vision":

Conservation: Tejon Ranch contains a massive share of California's unique and critically endangered assemblage of flora and fauna. Under the guidance of Ranch management and with an understanding of the importance of the valuable asset they hold, Tejon Ranch Company formed a partnership with the Trust for Public Land to study the entire Ranch and determine the location of the most biologically important lands. Announced in May 2005, the 100,000 acre Tejon Ranch Preserve forever protects the most significant lands on Tejon Ranch. These 100,000 acres include an area of 37,000 acres Tejon Ranch has dedicated as a California Condor HCP - the Condor, a rare and magnificent bird is highly endangered, contributing to the desire of Ranch management to protect 37,000 acres of Condor foraging areas, although there are very few of the birds left (anywhere from 10 - 50 depending on the source). Although HCP negotiations are ongoing, Tejon Ranch has gone beyond any normal effort to ensure that the beautiful and diverse natural landscape and animals that inhabit it are cared for properly for years to come.

Ranching & Farming: VP of Corporate Communications claims that "Tejon Ranch will continue its historic farming" with about 6,500 acres currently dedicated to agriculture. Grazing leases are active on about 250,000 acres of the ranch.

Planned Development: Tejon Ranch outlined a plan to develop 5% of the 270,000 acre ranch over the next 25 years. This master-planned development will come in three forms:

Tejon Industrial Complex: The premise is that Tejon Industrial Complex will capture existing truck traffic on the I-5 corridor at the Grapevine. When completed Tejon Industrial Complex will include 1,450 acres of development and 1,167 acres of open space. The complex will provide for 6,000 direct jobs, 17,000 direct jobs and will provide more than $6 million dollars in annual tax revenue to Kern County.

Tejon Mountain Village: Recently filed with Kern County, Tejon Mountain Village will be a 28,000 acre community with 23,000 acres of permanently set aside natural open space, more than 80%. The remaining 5,000 acres of the site will contain a resort community with boutique hotels, spas, shopping and recreational experiences.

Centennial: Planned in partnership with some of California's largest homebuilders, Centennial will be a new community of 23,000 homes in northern LA County. The 12,000 acre community will contain about 6,000 acres of open space and will ease the housing crush already occurring (and only expected to worsen) in LA.

Environmental groups were pleased to hear Tejon Ranch's vision and have welcomed the proposed 100,000 acre Tejon Ranch Preserve. However, many hold reservations about the company's proposed developments. Tejon Ranch management has said in the past "We've worked with advisors from the environmental community from the beginning and we will continue to do so." CEO Bob Stine has said that he realizes that "Most people care about the environment, but working at Tejon Ranch, we have an opportunity to care for the environment." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hello Wikipedia -

Great resource, great idea!!

I am Wade Biery, President of the <http://www.tcwdogs.org>Tri-County Watchdogs, and I have a problem that I need to work on with you.

Here's my problem - in our area of California (the Grapevine /Frazier Park area app. 60 miles north of Los Angeles on the Interstate 5 corridor) we have a problem with a local corporation and their planned development projects.

This in itself is not a Wikipedia problem, but here's what is.....

Over the past 6-8 months, representatives of the <http://www.tejonranch.com/>Tejon Ranch Corporation have been editing the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejon_Ranch>Tejon Ranch Wikipedia entry to reflect their point of view on the proposed developments on the ranch, while simultaneously deleting other entries, website links and opinions that do not reflect their corporate philosophy and propaganda that they would like the public to see. (<http://www.telstra.net/cgi-bin/trace?67.121.47.3>Traceroutes run on the editing IP confirm the edits are coming from Tejon Ranch IP's.)

While of course everyone has a right to put their point of view out there, we feel strongly that Tejon Ranch representatives do NOT have the right to <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=67.121.47.3>delete opposing viewpoints and research links, which could be used by an outside party to do related research and make up their own mind based on the available information, and not simply one side's pure propaganda. We do not believe that is the function nor the intention of the Wikipedia.

We have no problem with opposing viewpoints being represented, in fact we welcome it, but we feel it is an improper and unethical use of the Wikipedia to use it solely as a extension of a Tejon Ranch brochure, while at the same time deleting other entity's information and links.

I have just today (Tuesday April 25th) returned the entry to a previous version, but this version mainly reflects our point of view, and will not be acceptable to the Tejon Ranch Corporation.

We are willing to share the entry with the Tejon Ranch Corporation, but we cannot continue to allow their unethical editing to continue unchallenged, and we hope that editors at the Wikipedia will intercede and allow other viewpoints and facts to see the light of day in your excellent resource.

Thank you for your attention, please get in touch with any thoughts, questions or information you feel would be useful!

-- Wade Biery Tri-County Watchdogs President P.O. Box 2458 Frazier Park, CA 93225 http://www.tcwdogs.org president@tcwdogs.org