Nestled in the Woodside Highlands, the careful observer can find this year’s venue for Nature’s Inspiration, The Mountain Terrace. Inside its country-style lodge, you will find an antique wood bar, exposed beam ceilings, and a grand stone fireplace adding to the rustic charm of the setting. The lodge opens onto a spacious bi-level redwood deck […]
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Thank you to all those who submitted comments to the Board of Trustees. The form to do so is now closed. Thanks to advocacy and public outcry, the Gavilan Board of Trustees made some major modification to the bond measure language, and we are continuing to monitor the situation as it develops. On Tuesday, July […]
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The San Jose City Council has taken a first step towards making Coyote Valley a safe passage for wildlife. In June the Council voted to fund wildlife crossing signs on Monterey Road, a roadkill hot spot in Coyote Valley. Through our Protect Coyote Valley, San Jose campaign, Committee for Green Foothills and its partners have […]
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By Megan Medeiros Executive Director, Committee for Green Foothills Chair, No on B, Yes on C Campaign Committee Minutes before the first election results were released on June 5, 2018, Brian Schmidt of Greenbelt Alliance reminded me, “We did everything we could.” He was right. For months, we had poured all our spare time, energy, […]
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It’s a good day to be an environmentalist in the Bay Area. Proving that people power can beat a well-financed opponent, we defeated the developer-backed Measure B and passed Measure C in San Jose. Measure B would have approved a gated development of luxury homes on 200 acres of open space in the Evergreen hillsides, […]
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By Chris Sturken The mission of Protect Coyote Valley is to protect and restore key ecological resources in the Valley that support regional biodiversity and improve groundwater storage and recharge for Silicon Valley. These resources include northern Coyote Valley’s wildlife corridor between the Santa Cruz Mountains and Diablo Mountain Range. They also include over 2,500 acres […]
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As I mentioned in a blog on May 15, we have entered into a new period for Committee for Green Foothills. We are changing how we do our work. Taking a more proactive approach on critical advocacy issues is part of that change. To move definitively in this new direction, we restructured our organization. In 2017, we […]
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As the June election draws near, Committee for Green Foothills is determined to get the word out to voters about the severe drawbacks of Measure B in San Jose and the benefits of Measure C. Our Legislative Advocacy Director, Alice Kaufman, wrote an op-ed with Sergio Jimenez and Mike Flaugher recently published in the San Jose […]
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The June election is right around the corner and we’ve got you covered. Please join us in voting for the environment and our community on June 5. Here’s what you need to know: Vote YES on Prop 68 This is your chance to address some of California’s most important water, park, and natural resource needs. […]
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In 1964, in the shade of the foothills he hoped to protect, Wallace Stegner addressed the State Highway Commission and urged that agency not to build the Willow Road Freeway. It was 7 years before he would write his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Angle of Repose, and if Stegner’s words sounded far more eloquent than […]
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