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10/03/2023
Inspired by community concerns about the lack of safe passage for animals crossing Highway 17, Los Altos-based Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has launched a multi-year project to build a wildlife undercrossing and a recreational trail overcrossing.

12/27/2022
Four organizations that have hit milestones this year take on a new threat—climate change—that threatens to damage the environments they worked so hard to save.

08/15/2022
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Board of Directors could have a morale problem among its rangers if a retirement benefits dispute continues with the district’s 28 peace officers. Midpen’s refusal to negotiate on public safety benefits has forced 21 out of 28 of the rangers “to consider leaving.”

02/17/2022
Hiking, biking and riding trails run through the foothills, mountains and marshlands of the San Francisco Peninsula. And much of this access to nature is thanks to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.

08/24/2021
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a memorandum of agreement between the county and the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. One joint goal: thwarting Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.’s efforts to disturb the ridgeline as part of its expansion efforts.

06/22/2021
The Los Altos-based Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District will partner with Santa Clara County in negotiations with the Lehigh Southwest Cement Co. and Hanson Permanente regarding the quarry-owners’ plans to lower a ridgeline.

06/15/2021
Responding to residents’ requests, the Los Altos City Council has pledged to take a more active role in monitoring expansion plans for the Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.

05/04/2021
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District staff will move forward with investigating strategies to ease parking demand at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve.

05/01/2021
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is three years into an ambitious 15-year plan to upgrade its 26 preserves in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.