Our Impact
Our Impact since 1962
Local. Vocal. Effective.
We are always keeping a vigilant eye on emerging and ongoing local land use issues involving open space. Our expertise and reputation commands influence with decision makers and, most importantly, we routinely deliver real environmental victories.
The Ultimate Outcome of Our Advocacy: The Permanent Protection of Natural Landscapes
As a result of our advocacy, land management agencies and organizations are better able to permanently protect natural areas at risk of development. These lands – to date over 183,000 acres of open space in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties – serve as a regional greenbelt providing places to recreate and connect with nature, habitat for threatened wildlife, and enhanced resilience to drought, wildfire, and flooding.
Impact Numbers
2019 Big Moments
2019
January 15 2019
Big Turnout for Dunes Beach
150+ people joined us at a Half Moon Bay City Council meeting as we submitted 4,680 signatures opposing a luxury hotel and RV park adjacent to Dunes Beach
January 22 2019
Rally for Coyote Valley
200+ people participated at our Rally for Coyote Valley at San Jose City Hall
March 31 2019
Lennie Receives Bay Nature’s 2019 Citizen Hero Award
Our advocate Lennie Roberts met a standing ovation as she accepted Bay Nature’s 2019 Citizen Hero Award.
June 2 2019
6th Cohort of Community Advocates Leadership Academy Graduates
We graduated our 6th cohort of the Community Advocates Leadership Academy with keynote speaker Assemblymember Ash Kalra
June 8 2019
Bear Creek Redwoods OSP Opened to the Public
Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve opened to the public. In the 1990s, we stopped development proposals from destroying this 1,500 acre landscape, POST and MidPen went on to buy
June 20 2019
Wildlife-Friendly Fence Ordinance Approved
Los Gatos Town Council approved a first of- its-kind wildlife-friendly fence ordinance after 2 years of our advocacy work with community members
June 21 2019
Devil’s Slide Panel Unveiled
We unveiled an interpretive panel at Devil’s Slide in honor of Lennie Robert’s decades of work to protect the coast
September 7 2019
Walk for Juristac
Advocacy Director Alice Kaufman walked with 400+ others as part of the Amah Mutsun Tribe’s Walk to Protect Juristac
September 22 2019
Nature’s Inspiration 2019
300+ supporters joined us as we presented our Nature’s Inspiration award to Joe Cotchett. Officially launched Lennie Roberts Advocacy Fund, raising $380,000 thus far.
September 24 2019
We Sued the Trump Admin
With Save the Bay, Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge, and Bay Keeper, we sued the Trump Administration in response to giving up Clean Water Act jurisdiction over the Cargill salt ponds in Redwood City
October 24 2019
Burlingame Shoreline Park Approved
After our extensive effort to garner public support that included gathering 2,000+ petition signatures, the State Lands Commission approved the Burlingame Shoreline Park
November 6 2019
937 Acres Protected in Coyote Valley
After 40 years of advocacy, we celebrated the permanent protection of 937 acres of land in Coyote Valley
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