While organizations like POST are buying up some of the area’s most significant undeveloped properties, other properties are already in the hands of developers and, as a result, more difficult to protect. One of these is Gateway Valley, located just … Read more
Category: Stewardship
The San Francisco Bay Area is bejeweled with hundreds of parks and open space preserves as well as a rich set of laws and policies meant to ensure the survival of vulnerable species and ecosystems. Real people made this happen through a dedicated call to stewardship.
Summer Issue 2001
Habitat Stewards Team
While much work still needs to be done to protect existing natural habitats, a growing number of environmental activists and natural scientists are looking at ways to restore habitat that has been degraded by human activities. If you’re an Alameda … Read more
Summer Issue 2001
POST’s $200 Million Saving the Endangered Coast Launched
The largest land protection initiative ever undertaken by a local land trust was announced here in April, and not a moment too soon. Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) estimates that more than half of the largest and undeveloped properties along … Read more
Spring Issue 2001
Leader of Blue Ridge Berryessa Group Wins BOASC Award
Raymond Krause, leader of the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area Conservation Partnership (BRBNA), has won the 2001 Bob Walker: Bay Area Open Space Conservation Award. Given by the Bay Area Open Space Council, the award honors an individual who brings … Read more
Spring Issue 2001
MALT Art Show
How can you bring the rolling hills of western Marin County into your living room while, at the same time, helping to protect them from development? By purchasing one of the landscape paintings at the Marin Agricultural Land Trust’s Art … Read more
Spring Issue 2001
Muir Heritage Land Trust
We know we’re not supposed to mix editorial content with advertising, but it’s difficult not to comment on the ad placed by the Muir Heritage Land Trust on page 37. Habitat loss is the number one cause of loss of … Read more
Winter Issue 2001
Go Greenbelt Bicycle Tour in Support of Greenbelt Alliance
If pedal power is your preferred mode of travel and you want to help protect the local greenbelt, shape up and sign up for this year’s Go Greenbelt bicycle tour. From April 22-28, up to 50 robust cyclists will cover … Read more
Winter Issue 2001
The Art of Restoration
The air over Cullinan Ranch is cool and moist. Only the faintest gray line marks the location, south across San Pablo Bay, of the East Bay hills. The wetlands here, just north of Route 37, bear imprints of human use. … Read more
