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Our office will be closed December 23-January 3. Open space preserves remain open!

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Land Stewards restoring habitat underneath the entry sign at Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve

December 18, 2024 - Morgan Hill Times

Volunteer for Nature in 2025

Openings available for Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority's volunteer cohort.

Click here to read the full article.

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November 14, 2024 - The Mercury News

Coyote Valley: 376 acres once planned for offices and parking lots to become public open space preserve

Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority takes ownership of former corporate campus site

Read the full article by Paul Rogers here.

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November 2, 2024 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Monarch butterfly conservation efforts highlighted during Día de los Muertos

The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, a conservation group that aims to protect land and wildlife in the South Bay, is creating monarch habitats in an attempt to protect the species during the journey.

Read the full article by Sarah McGrew here.

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October 25, 2024 - El Observador

Protecting Monarch Butterflies

Despite recent population declines of this meaningful Mexican cultural figure, new research is giving hope that the species will fight the risk of extinction

Read the full article written by Avery Cruz in El Observador in English here y en español aquí.

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October 20, 2024 - The Mercury News

San Jose resident’s image a double winner in Coyote Valley photo contest

‘Cattle’s Best Friend’ takes people’s choice, agriculture categories

Read the article by Anne Gelhaus here.

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Open Space Authority Preserves First Redwood Property

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Open Space Authority Preserves First Redwood Property, Gifted by the McPhee Family San Jose, CA – February 26, 2018: The Julian McPhee family donated a 112-acre property adjacent to Uvas Canyon County Park in the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority.
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POST Purchases Key Property in mid-Coyote Valley

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October 24, 2017 - (Palo Alto, Calif.) Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) announced today the purchase of a 63-acre property at the intersection of Santa Teresa Boulevard and Richmond Avenue in the mid-Coyote Valley, near the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority’s Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve. This acquisition marks the second project that POST has completed in the Valley over the past 6 months.
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Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Publishes Landmark Vision for Coyote Valley

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June 15, 2017, San Jose CA: The Coyote Valley Landscape Linkage report articulates a vision to protect and restore areas within Coyote Valley that are critical to ensure ecological connectivity, health, and resilience to climate change. This landmark report, released by the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, outlines recommendations to create a landscape linkage for wildlife, connecting and protecting the biodiversity between the Santa Cruz and Diablo Mountain Ranges.