GLENDALE : $9-Million Plan to Develop Wilderness Park Approved

The Glendale City Council has approved a $9-million master plan to restore historic buildings and preserve most of the rustic terrain at the 702-acre Deukmejian Wilderness Park at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains.

Formerly called the Inter-Valley Ranch, the city-owned park was purchased for $5.2 million in 1989 as the largest remaining undeveloped parcel in Glendale. The land includes parts of the rustic Cook and Dunsmuir canyons and provides key access to federal and state wilderness trails.

Development will include renovation and conversion of an old barn into a learning and historic center, and construction for meeting rooms, an outdoor classroom, picnic area, trails, parking facilities and an equestrian center, said parks director Nello Iacono.