Once threatened by golf courses, timber harvesting, and luxury homes, the near 1,500 acre Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve is now permanently protected and will be open to the public starting June 2019. After years of advocacy by Committee for Green Foothills and others, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) and the Peninsula...
By Ron Erskine, Board President All of us at Committee for Green Foothills are extremely excited about this year’s Nature’s Inspiration celebration on September 24; and with good reason. Number one, of course, is that we will be honoring Joan Baez, a truly remarkable and influential woman. But we are also pleased to be hosting...
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...
Last November, I asked you to speak up for protection of old-growth redwoods and wildlife trees on the 40-acre Stoddard Trust property. 572 people emailed CALFIRE and asked that these venerable trees be protected. CALFIRE has now approved the Timber Harvest Permit and we are pleased that no old-growth or wildlife trees are proposed for...
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