Walking in John Muir’s Footsteps at Alhambra Hills Open Space
Once slated for homes, now open to hikers
Tag: open space
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State Lawmakers Axe Longstanding Habitat Conservation Fund [Update: It’s Back]
Here’s a look at what these state conservation dollars have helped fund in the Bay Area.
At Coyote Hills, 300 Acres of Farmland are Transforming
More than 100 different species of birds—from American bitterns to marsh wrens—have visited the native salt grass and sprawling, stubby pickleweed in the newly constructed seasonal wetland.
Can Rooftop Solar Save California’s Open Space?
This spring, Alameda County approved of the Aramis Renewable Energy Project, dividing East Bay environmentalists who disagree about whether the undeveloped North Livermore Valley should remain open ranchland and wildlife...
Organizing for Resilience
Climate change is an urgent call for changing how we steward the land and connect people to it.
On the Future of the Bay Area Open Space Council
The longtime regional conservation planning group stalled in 2018. Now we need to work together to build the future, writes its interim executive director Annie Burke.
Parks Are Our Shared Spaces, and It’s Easy to Take Them for Granted
So much of the good stuff in life happens in natural places, and it all depends on parks functioning properly in ways we can too easily take for granted.
Bay Nature Co-Founders Honored at CGF Gala
On October 4, 2015, the Committee for Green Foothills honored Bay Nature co-founders David Loeb and Malcolm Margolin (publisher of Heyday Books) for their significant contributions to the Bay Area...
Open Space Council Co-Founder Larry Orman on Mapping the Bay Area’s Wild Places
Guiding people through the wilderness - and empowering them with the tools to protect it - comes naturally to GreenInfo Network Executive Director and Bay Nature board chair emeritus Larry...
Imagining the Future of Regional Open Space
After four decades of preserving open space in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD) is undertaking a vision planning process, that will guide...
