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The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) is a nonprofit land trust headquartered in Palo Alto, California. [1] Mission and Work.
Which was part of why Herman and Mary Elena wanted to preserve the 1,315 acres (532 ha). In 1990 Mary Elena along with extended family began negotiating with the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) to acquire the land, which was valued at $30 million.
Bosworth serves as the vice chair on the board of directors for the Peninsula Open Space Trust. [16] [17] He is additionally involved in his local community by being recognized as the 2019 keynote speaker for the Burlingame/SFO Chamber of Commerce. [18]
The Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund has raised more than $255 million in taxes that went toward 1,500 projects in the last 25 years.
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has permanently preserved almost 63,500 acres (25,700 ha) of mountainous, foothill, and bayland open space, creating 26 open space preserves. [citation needed] Of the district's 26 preserves, 24 are open to the public free of charge, 365 days a year from dawn until one-half hour after sunset.
In addition to the county-operated parks, San Mateo County voters created the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District in 1972, administered by the Peninsula Open Space Trust, which owns several protected spaces within San Mateo County (as well as within Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties).
Since 2011 the land has been owned and managed by the Living Landscape Initiative, a consortium of local and national conservation groups, including the Peninsula Open Space Trust, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, The Nature Conservancy, the Save the Redwoods League and the Sempervirens Fund. [3]
The district joined the seized land with three adjacent properties to form the Mill Creek Redwood Preserve. [1] The park district trail boss Chris Reed worked with AmeriCorps volunteers and prison crews to build a 2.75 miles (4.43 km) trail from Palo Colorado Road to an overlook, which was completed over eight years.