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11/25/2024
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More than 60 people, some who traveled all the way to Los Altos from San Martin and Woodside, piled into a packed meeting, decked out in multi-colored plaid, cowboy hats and boots. They anxiously wrung their hands and wiped away tears as they advocated to save Bear Creek Stables from the threat of closure. For now, they've done it.

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11/21/2024
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The long-anticipated Highway 17 Wildlife and Trail Crossing Project reached a significant milestone with completion of the environmental review by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. This is a significant step forward for this project that will enhance both wildlife health and safety and recreational access across the heavily used Highway 17 in an area that is a known roadkill hotspot.

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11/13/2024
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In Dec. 2022, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District agreed to a $100,000+ deal with Nomad Ecology of Martinez, Calif., to study the population of the “critically imperiled Santa Cruz Kangaroo Rat,” which had just reappeared on the Santa Clara County side of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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10/31/2024
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On Friday, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District celebrated the opening of four additional miles of trail at the 1,400-acre Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve—which adds on to the six miles previously opened to the public.

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06/11/2024
Image for display with article titled Midpen Reopens Alpine Road Trail After Major Upgrades

The 2.5-mile multi-use trail improvements, funded in part by Measure AA bond money, restore watershed health, improve habitat, and create a safe route to Skyline Boulevard.

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06/10/2024
Image for display with article titled Peninsula Open Space Trust Transfers 644 Acres of Johnston Ranch to Open Space District

The preservation action fulfills a long-term vision to protect agriculture and build climate resiliency on the coast.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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02/23/2022
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The largest preserve in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District just got a little bigger, with the purchase of 42 acres in the Mount Umunhum area of the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, district officials said Feb. 9. The property, purchased for $168,000, is located on slopes above Soda Spring Canyon and is surrounded by [...]

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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