By Brian Schmidt, Green Foothills Interim Legislative Advocate Measure T: Continuing Long-Term Funding For Environmental Protection The struggle to protect Coyote Valley has been a long one mainly featuring fighting destructive proposals to impose sprawl on this large open space area. In some cases, landowners and developers have realized that they can get very reasonable […]
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Welcoming the Newest Member of Protect Coyote Valley: the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe
By Megan Fluke, Executive Director of Green Foothills Launched in 2017, the Protect Coyote Valley initiative is bringing together the community who believes that the Coyote Valley region in south San Jose should be permanently protected and restored. Since, it has been this collective effort of its now 12 members that have brought our community […]
Help Us Pass Measure T!
By Alice Kaufman, Legislative Advocacy Director at Green Foothills Measure T, which will renew funding for the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority (OSA), will be on the ballot for most Santa Clara County voters this November. Volunteers are needed to help get the word out about this important ballot measure to protect and restore […]
High Speed Rail Endangers Wildlife in Coyote Valley
High Speed Rail Endangers Wildlife, Impacts Farmland in Coyote Valley Last month, we called on the California High Speed Rail Authority for better protections of wildlife connections through Coyote Valley and to ensure that farmland loss there be balanced with farmland protection within the same area. Our comments were in response to the Authority’s San […]
Tell California’s High Speed Rail Authority to Protect Wildlife and Avoid Farmland Destruction in Santa Clara County
This Tuesday, June 23, is the deadline to submit comments on the environmental analysis of running high speed rail from San Jose to Merced. Please email the California High Speed Rail Authority using the form below, asking it to protect wildlife movement through Coyote Valley and Pacheco Pass, and to avoid sprawl and the loss […]
Supervisors Uphold $5 Million Promise for Farmland Preservation
Last week, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors upheld their promise to fund nearly $5 million for farmland preservation. They unanimously approved a transfer of the funds to the County Planning Department budget and a memorandum of understanding with the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority that will allow for the purchase of agricultural […]
Ask Supervisors to Uphold $5 Million Promise for Farmland Preservation
On Tuesday, June 2, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will consider whether to fulfill their commitment to allocate nearly $5 million for farmland preservation. Some Coyote Valley agricultural property owners are interested in selling their land for preservation. If the Board of Supervisors does not take action now this opportunity could be lost. […]
Habitat Agency to Now Protect Over 2,500 Acres in Coyote Valley
Photo credit: HALL AND HALL REAL ESTATE By Julie Hutcheson The Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency is on a roll when it comes to acquiring land in the foothills of Coyote Valley. The Agency has signed a purchase and sale agreement for 1,861 acres of Tilton Ranch. Along with the purchase of the 604 acre […]
Another Purchase Caps Historic Year of Acquisition in Coyote Valley
Following on the heels of the historic 937 acre conservation acquisition in North Coyote Valley is the purchase of a 36 acre property on Tulare Hill. The Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency purchased the “Tulare Hill Wedge” from Hitech Enterprise at the end of November. Although a small site, the purchase closes an important conservation […]
What You Don’t Know About the Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve
If you have recently spent time in Coyote Valley chances are you’ve been to the Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve. Those who have used the multi-use trail in the Preserve can attest to the inspiring views it offers of Coyote Valley’s rural landscape as well as Coyote Ridge, Mount Hamilton, and Mount Umunhum. But […]