Lennie Roberts has been an advocate with Committee for Green Foothills for more than 40 years. Here she shares her secrets! Here are ten common sense tips that I point to when people have asked me, “how do you do it?” 1. Learn everything you can about your issue. Knowledge is power! 2. Research the...
When Green Foothills was formed in 1962, land speculators, Chambers of Commerce, and eager elected officials had already set their sights squarely on the San Mateo coast. Spurred by California’s post-World War II building boom, and in keeping with the commonly held notion that development was inevitable, San Mateo County planners had created a Master...
Fifty years ago, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District was merely a gleam in the eye of conservationists on the Peninsula who had to repeatedly fight off proposals for sprawling development in cherished open space land. Today, the District has successfully acquired and permanently protected more than 63,000 acres of land in the Santa Cruz...
To those of you who didn’t make a year-end gift to Committee for Green Foothills, there’s still time! Please join me and Committee for Green Foothills by making a gift in January, and I’ll match it (up to $3,000). Some folks might call me a broken record, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t say...
In June 1973 the last seven miles of Interstate 280 opened with great fanfare. Stretching from Raymundo Drive in Woodside to the Eugene Doran Memorial Bridge that crosses the canyon of San Mateo Creek, this final link completed some 50 miles of highway that was designed to blend with nature (as much as a six-lane...
As you may have heard, new coastal marine sanctuaries and monuments (designated or expanded in the past 10 years) are currently under review by the federal government in an effort to expand offshore oil and gas drilling. Please join me in speaking up for our coast by August 14. What You Can Do 1. Tell...
Last November, I asked you to speak up for protection of old-growth redwoods and wildlife trees on the 40-acre Stoddard Trust property. 572 people emailed CALFIRE and asked that these venerable trees be protected. CALFIRE has now approved the Timber Harvest Permit and we are pleased that no old-growth or wildlife trees are proposed for...
I’ve been an advocate with Committee for Green Foothills since 1978. I know the work we do matters. Each of the victories I have been part of over the past 40 years was possible because of our community of members. Join me as a member of Committee for Green Foothills by making a donation today...
By Lennie Roberts, Legislative Advocate As part of its “Line 109 Gas Pipeline Replacement Project,” Pacific Gas & Electric is proposing to install a new 24-inch diameter gas transmission pipeline along 4.7 miles in the San Francisco Watershed. The proposal includes three segments generally between Edgewood Road and Black Mountain Road. Its purpose is to...
A Timber Harvest Plan (THP 1-16-080 SMO (Stoddard)) that proposes logging of up to 64 old-growth coast redwoods and valuable wildlife trees off Highway 9 in San Mateo County is under review by CAL FIRE. If this plan is approved, all but 13 out of 87 old-growth and wildlife trees on this 40-acre parcel will...
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