From Oil Field to Wildlife Refuge: Chevron to Donate Coastal Land

From Oil Field to Wildlife Refuge: Chevron to Donate Coastal Land

Following years of work cleaning up an old oil field, Chevron plans to donate more than 2,700 acres of coastal dunes to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a move that would double the size of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge. The donation agreement, signed on Sept. 16, would expand the current 2,553-acre refuge in northwestern Santa Barbara County and southwestern San Luis Obispo County. The refuge will help protect habitats …