But activists argue that 300 acres of development is still too much.

The permits are good through 2057, resort officials said, and linking them would require another 300 acres of Forest Service land between the two.

In the 1950s, another terminal disease called quick decline — also known as la tristeza, or “the sadness” — prompted farmers to bulldoze thousands of acres of orchards to make way for tract housing.

Baldy Village, destroying 20 homes and burning more than 50,000 acres on surrounding hillsides, the U.S.

The blaze had scorched more than 4,000 acres and was 78% contained as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.