If you haven’t yet heard, there was some exciting Coyote Valley news last week. The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) announced its acquisition of the 30-acre property where the Panattoni company was planning to build a massive warehouse/distribution center (New $80 million plan to preserve San Jose’s Coyote Valley). POST deserves a huge...
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Thank You for A Year of Epic Wins
2014 has been another eventful year for Committee for Green Foothills. We have celebrated many wins for the protection of local open space and nature. Thanks to the support of our members, in 2014 we: Helped pass not one, but two critical ballot measures providing needed funding to our local open space districts. We were...
GOTV It’s Election Day
Happy Election Day from all of us at Committee for Green Foothills! We know the importance of flexing our civic muscles, and can all say proudly that we never miss a chance to vote on issues that matter to us. This Election Day is especially important to those of us living in San Jose and...
Tell Santa Clara: Don’t put Soccer Fields on Ulistac
Tomorrow, May 20, the City of Santa Clara’s Parks Commission will consider whether to recommend development of artificial turf soccer fields at Ulistac Natural Area. Ulistac is an environmental treasure, the last significant piece of native habitat in the Santa Clara area and the proud result of thousands of hours of volunteer restoration effort. Please...
Join us and visit Western Pond Turtles
Event Alert You are invited to join us for a hike and picnic at Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve on Saturday, March 29, from 9:30am – 2:30pm. This hike is a special treat as we will be going into a section of the preserve not open to the public. And, here we will hopefully get a...