Sempervirens Fund protects two South Coast properties http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20092572 Camp Butano Creek, a Girl Scouts property near Pescadero, will be permanently protected from development under an agreement announced this week by the Sempervirens Fund, which paid $2.86 million for conservation easements on the 142-acre parcel and nearby Skylark Ranch, a 270-acre property just west of Big …
Category Archive: Land Management
Mar 02
March 7th,6:30 pm.Calero Reservoir Co Park Trails for Mt Bike Riders
Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting March 7, 2012, starting at 6:30 pm. County Government Center 70 West Hedding Street, San Jose Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium. Please consider attending this strategic meeting. If unable to attend upcoming mtng, please consider penning a short note to Elish Ryan Elish.Ryan@prk.sccgov.org Here is a short+direct suggestion for how SCCo …
Mar 02
Support Calero November 2nd draft – at 3/7th meeting!
(from Paul Nam) I went to the November 2011 meeting and spoke out in favor of multi-use trails and approved of the Nov 2 preferred draft alternative as it was a true compromise. A central feature of the Nov 2 draft was the core of no bikes accessible trails for the enjoyment of equestrians. This …
Feb 18
Calero Trails Master Plan New Revisions, Bad News for Mt Cyclists
The Southern most trail in Calero Reservoir County Park between McKean and Rancho Canada has been changed to exclude bicyclist in the latest preferred plan . This change is setting up the same type of problem that currently exists at Rancho where bicyclist are forced to an out and back option rather than a (preferred) …
Feb 01
Curt Riffle is Elected Board President of MROSD
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District elected Curt Riffle its president during the board’s first meeting of 2012. Jed Cyr, who represents Sunnyvale in Ward 3 was voted vice-president, Peter Siemens, who represents Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga and Monte Sereno for Ward 1, was elected treasurer. Yoriko Kishimoto, who represents parts of Cupertino, Los Altos, …
Dec 12
RCdT Transfer’s to NPS- 4000 acres of Coastal Lands
http://www.hmbreview.com/news/ggnra-finalized-rancho-transfer/article_9d9f5154-251a-11e1-8dbc-0019bb2963f4.html Mt Bikers Welcome on These Coastal Acres The Midcoast is now officially home to a national park. Nearly a year later than expected, late last week Golden Gate National Recreation Area announced the transfer of Rancho Corral de Tierra, the 4,262-acre Midcoast land previously managed by Peninsula Open Space Trust. “We are pleased that …
Nov 12
Parkland Acquisition Plan for the County of Santa Clara
I went to the �Parkland Acquisition Plan for the County of Santa Clara� public meeting 11/8/2011. It was actually quite cool, though the subject is largely urban park planning right now. Excuse any misrepresentations of what anyone expressed. Everyone needs to go to http://www.parkhere.org/portal/site/parks/ and complete the Acquisition Plan survey under �Quick Clicks�, ninth (9th) …
