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Peruse recent news stories about POST’s exciting projects and accomplishments.
Famed musician’s former beach property to become a Bay Area park
March 13, 2020 — SFGATE
Stunning beach on San Mateo County coast set to become new public park
March 10, 2020 — The Mercury News
Farmland Futures: San Mateo Coastal Farms Set Down Sustainable Roots with Help from Peninsula Open Space Trust
March 1, 2020 — Edible Silicon Valley
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How did the coyote and the badger cross the road? Together.
February 8, 2020 — The Washington Post
A touching animal friendship
February 7, 2020 — BBC
Witness a Coyote and Badger Become Best Buddies Thanks to This Gift of a Video
February 7, 2020 — TIME
Recognize this view on the San Mateo County Coast? It was just bought for $13.5 million
February 6, 2020 — The Mercury News
Video captures a coyote and a badger hunting together under cover of night
February 5, 2020 — CBS News
An unlikely friendship between a coyote and badger was caught in this adorable video
February 5, 2020 — CNN
Property transfer improves hiking trails, coastal access
December 30, 2019 — San Mateo Daily Journal
Tunitas Creek Beach restoration and access project progresses
December 28, 2019 — San Mateo Daily Journal
POST transfers Wavecrest land to Coastside trust
December 20, 2019 — Half Moon Bay Review
Artists, open space advocates celebrate Coyote Valley preservation
December 20, 2019 — The Mercury News
Right-of-Play: The Rails-to-Trails Junction
December 1, 2019 — Bay Area Monitor
POST: Tax break will keep farm affordable
November 13, 2019 — Half Moon Bay Review
In Fight Against Urban Sprawl, San Jose Passes $93 Million Deal to Preserve Coyote Valley
November 6, 2019 — The Mercury News
San Jose City Leaders Approve Purchase, Protection of Coyote Valley Land
November 6, 2019 — NBC Bay Area
Coyote Valley Gets Preserved in Historic San Jose City Council Vote
November 6, 2019 — Biz Journals
In a Historic Vote, San Jose Approves $93M Deal to Preserve Coyote Valley
November 6, 2019 — San Jose Spotlight
The Last Big Save
November 5, 2019 — Bay Nature
Historic $93 million deal reached to preserve San Jose’s Coyote Valley
November 5, 2019 — The Mercury News
New effort in the works to build trail from Bay to ocean
August 21, 2019 — The Almanac
New redwood park opening 15 miles from downtown San Jose
June 7, 2019 — The Mercury News
Nonprofits partner to assemble Andreotti farm
June 4, 2019 — Half Moon Bay Review
Farm aid: More than 170 acres protected on two coastside farms
June 3, 2019 — San Mateo Daily Journal
Wild & Scenic Film Festival comes to Foothill College
May 22, 2019 — Palo Alto Weekly
County purchases Tunitas Creek Beach
May 20, 2019 — 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
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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
December 13, 2017 — Nonprofits acquire 26 acres in Half Moon Bay
December 1, 2017 — Largest part of La Honda preserve now open
November 29, 2017 — La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve Opens to the Public
November 22, 2017 — POST purchases Tunitas beach area
November 17, 2017 — Tunitas Creek steers toward restoration
November 16, 2017 — Popular Peninsula beach gets new management
November 16, 2017 — Peninsula Beach to Become Public Park
November 6, 2017 — Scenic San Mateo County beach to become new public park
September 14, 2017 — Redwood trunks lain across San Vicente Creek to restore coho salmon habitat
August 17, 2017 — Farm to Remain in Family Business
August 2, 2017 — Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Breaks Ground On Public Access At Lower La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve
June 17, 2017 — POST continues its 40th-anniversary celebration with two coastside Rides
June 15, 2017 — New $80 Million Plan to Preserve Coyote Valley
March 15, 2017 — Kim Young works with POST to preserve and protect Peninsula lands
February 21, 2017 — Stewards collectively protect the Santa Cruz Mountains
February 7, 2017 — POST notes 40 years
October 15, 2016 — New Tunnels in Santa Cruz Mountains Will Provide Cougars Safe Passage, Mercury News
October 10, 2016 — Pillar Point Bluffs Preserved in Perpetuity, San Mateo Daily Journal
September 24, 2016 — Public Access Plan for Bear Creek Redwoods Announced, Mercury News
July 21, 2016 — Design Takes Shape for San Vicente Redwood Trails Near Davenport, Santa Cruz Sentinel
July 6, 2016 — Barn raising brings community together, Half Moon Bay Review
June 14, 2016 — Two women’s mission to hike entire California coast reaches Bay Area, Half Moon Bay Review