Eastern Sacramento County's rolling hills and grasslands are home to dozens of wildlife species, but more and more, their habitat is under threat by urban development.

Roughly 265 acres of green rolling hills in the area are the newest piece of property being set aside as part of a new multi-million-dollar effort to protect the land and its wildlife.

Steve Schweigerdt is with the Sacramento Valley Conservancy, a nonprofit trust that preserves land for conservation. The organization is using $2.7 million in state and federal grants to purchase an easement on the property known as the "Tudesko Ranch, which covers 265 acres and is currently used for cattle grazing.

"We're super excited about it because it's a large property that's right on the edge of the urban growth boundary," Schweigerd

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