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CTOnews.com, June 20 (Xinhua) Apple co-founder Mike Markkula has sold his 14100-acre ranch to the wasteland Conservation Society (The Wildlands Conservancy), a charity that has made the land a public reserve that will be open to the public for free in the future.

Makura is Apple's third employee and one of the company's co-founders. With his fortune at Apple, he bought the 9000-acre ranch in Monterey County, Calif., for $8 million in 1992 and has since expanded its area. The ranch, called Rana Creek Ranch, is rich in natural resources and wildlife, such as black bears and Pumas. There are also some buildings and facilities on the ranch, such as a half-mile airstrip and a cattle farm. Makula has tried to sell the land several times since 2013, but without success.

It wasn't until recently that he struck a deal with the wasteland conservation society to sell the land to the non-profit conservation group for $35 million. The wasteland conservation society plans to use the land as a public reserve, open to the public free of charge, so that people can go hiking, biking, horse riding and other activities. Fraser Haney, executive director of the group, says the land is the size and grandeur of many California state parks and is a wonderful place full of oak trees and flowers.

In addition to protecting the natural environment, the wasteland conservation society is also concerned about the cultural value of the land. It is reported that this land was once the site of the village of the Esselen tribe, and was later moved to a missionary by the Spaniards. The wasteland conservation society has sold 1800 acres of land to the Esselan tribe, whose members will be involved in maintaining the land and plan to rebuild the original village of Cappany. Tom Bear Nathan, chairman of the Esselan tribe, said: "We were taken from these lands, taken to missionaries, and now we can come back." many members of our tribe are direct descendants of this land. "

Founded in 1995, the wasteland conservation society has acquired 200000 acres of land as a public reserve. It operates 22 other reserves in California and one in Oregon. It's not the first time Makura has funded nature conservation and other non-profit organizations. He has donated to the Nature Conservancy, the Alaska Raptor Center, the Heritage Foundation, the Museum of computer History and other organizations.

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