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Protect Coyote Valley Project Updates

In January 2026, VTA announced the launch of the Coyote Valley Wildlife Crossing Project, a major step toward reducing wildlife deaths and reconnecting critical habitat in Coyote Valley.

Nature, the leading science journal, published an article about Coyote Valley’s unique landscape and natural flood protection powers. December 3, 2025.

Coyote Valley was recently highlighted on NBC Bay Area’s weekly program, Comunidad del Valle. December 7, 2025.

The massive Heritage Oaks Memorial Park would sprawl over more than 100 acres of Coyote Valley – an area larger than 77 football fields.

This comprehensive planning project will create a roadmap for the future use and restoration of Coyote Valley.

Coyote Valley is a lifeline for animals to move between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range.

In June 2025, the Open Space Authority partnered with Peninsula Open Space Trust, Alnus Ecological and Nature’s Engineers to build two beaver dam analogs in Coyote Valley.

Fisher Creek is a thread that helps tie together Coyote Valley’s ecological future. Here’s why.

A video series by the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority

Part 1: Overview
Part 2: Natural & working lands
Part 3: The Master Plan and getting involved

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