Ielmorini Back Ranch, located between Nicasio and Novato, will be saved from development and preserved as agricultural land. (Photo courtesy of the County of Marin)

The Marin County Board of Supervisors on June 4 approved a grant agreement between the county and the Marin Agricultural Land Trust to preserve a 758-acre ranch in the hills between Novato and Nicasio.

The $1.5 million grant will be matched with private funds to purchase an easement over the Ielmorini Back Ranch, Marin County Parks officials said in a news release.

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