Peninsula Open Space Trust in the news
Peruse recent news stories about POST’s exciting projects and accomplishments.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival comes to Foothill College
5/22/19 – Palo Alto Weekly
County purchases Tunitas Creek Beach
5/20/19 – Half Moon Bay Review
Santa Cruz redwoods property, former movie location, sold for open space preserve
May 13, 2019 – The Mercury News
Opinion: Make Coyote Valley a gift to future generations
April 12, 2019 – The Mercury News
Partnership conserves 937 acres of redwoods: San Mateo County includes 320 acres, will become part of Butano State Park
March 28, 2019 – The Daily Journal
Environmentalists, Lumber Company Hammer Out $11.7 Million Deal To Protect Coastal Redwoods
March 27, 2019 – KPIX 5 | CBS SF Bay Area
POST, Big Creek Lumber conserve redwoods
March 27, 2019 – Half Moon Bay Review
Nearly 1,000 acres of redwood forests in the Santa Cruz Mountains preserved in $11.7 million deal
March 26, 2019 – The Mercury News
Huge chunk of Northern California redwoods preserved in unusual deal
March 26, 2019 – SFGATE
Deal made to protect more than 900 acres of Santa Cruz Mountains redwood forest
March 26, 2019 – Santa Cruz Sentinel
Lumber company teams up with land trust to conserve Santa Cruz redwood forest
March 26, 2019 – Palo Alto Weekly
More open space preserved
November 28, 2018 – Gilroy Dispatch
New land deal links 31,000 acres of open space south of San Jose
November 27, 2018 – The Mercury News
Blue House Farm: Farmworker Housing Landshare
November 15, 2018 – Edible Silicon Valley
Farmworker housing opens in South
September 27, 2018 – Half Moon Bay Review
Farmworker housing unveiled
September 19, 2018 – The Daily Journal
Leaders celebrate state funds for Coastside beaches
June 29, 2018 – Half Moon Bay Review
San Mateo County Fights for Better Access to Beaches
June 29, 2018 – NBC Bay Area
California budgets $6 million to help San Mateo County protect 2 scenic beaches
June 29, 2018 – KRON 4 | Bay Area
Scenic beach in San Mateo County linked to singer Chris Isaak to get $5 million restoration
June 29, 2018 – The Mercury News
San Mateo’s Tunitas Creek Beach gets a makeover, Martins Beach could open to public
June 29, 2018 – ABC 7 News
Public-private partnership involving local agency secures Santa Cruz Mountains open space
June 20, 2018 – Los Altos Town Crier
Partnership helps make new homes
June 12, 2018 – San Mateo Daily Journal
Open space purchases in Santa Cruz Mountains will create new trail connections, wildlife corridor
June 8, 2018 – The Mercury News
POST, farms work together to build much-needed housing
June 6, 2018 – Half Moon Bay Review
Debate arises over Scarpa Ridge mountain peak name
May 2, 2018 – Half Moon Bay Review
New redwood park set to open in Silicon Valley
May 1, 2018 – KTVU Local |Fox 2
Silicon Valley has a new redwoods park
April 30, 2018 – The Mercury News
Opinion: Prop. 68 is an investment in California’s future
April 26, 2018 – The Mercury News
Environmentalists plan logging to restore redwood forests
April 17, 2018 – The Mercury News
High-speed rail could doom mountain lions, other wildlife in Santa Cruz Mountains, biologists say
March 8, 2018 – The Mercury News
HMB considers park acreage once more
January 31, 2018 – Half Moon Bay Review
Top Obama-Era Environmental Leader To Speak In Mtn. View
January 30, 2018 – Patch | Mountain View
$4 billion bond measure could bring relief to California state and local parks
January 21, 2018 – Richmond Confidential
2018 Conservation Action Local Hero: Walter Moore
January 18, 2018 – Bay Nature
News Archive
12/13/17 – Nonprofits acquire 26 acres in Half Moon Bay
12/1/17 – Largest part of La Honda preserve now open
11/29/17 – La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve Opens to the Public
11/22/17 – POST purchases Tunitas beach area
11/17/17 – Tunitas Creek steers toward restoration
11/16/17 – Popular Peninsula beach gets new management
11/16/17 – Peninsula Beach to Become Public Park
11/16/17 – Scenic San Mateo County beach to become new public park
9/14/17 – Redwood trunks lain across San Vicente Creek to restore coho salmon habitat
8/17/17 – Farm to Remain in Family Business
6/17/17 – POST continues its 40th-anniversary celebration with two coastside Rides
6/15/17 – New $80 Million Plan to Preserve Coyote Valley
3/15/17 – Kim Young works with POST to preserve and protect Peninsula lands
2/21/17 – Stewards collectively protect the Santa Cruz Mountains
2/7/17 – POST notes 40 years
10/15/16 – New Tunnels in Santa Cruz Mountains Will Provide Cougars Safe Passage, Mercury News
10/10/16 – Pillar Point Bluffs Preserved in Perpetuity, San Mateo Daily Journal
9/24/16 – Public Access Plan for Bear Creek Redwoods Announced, Mercury News
7/21/16 – Design Takes Shape for San Vicente Redwood Trails Near Davenport, Santa Cruz Sentinel
7/6/16 – Barn raising brings community together, Half Moon Bay Review
6/14/16 – Two women’s mission to hike entire California coast reaches Bay Area, Half Moon Bay Review