Explore the remnants of Schilling Spice Company founder's grand summer estate in Midpen's Thornewood Open Space Preserve, guided by new interpretive signs
Midpen has announced the winners of our annual photo contest across six categories. See the images taken throughout Midpen preserves and learn the stories behind them from the photographers themselves.
The fossilized molar of an extinct mastodon was found in a Midpen preserve during a habitat improvement project. This glimpse into our local ecological past highlights the work of caring for wildlife and their habitats today.
Motion-sensor cameras reveal new information about how five different species of local bats are utlizing the iconic red barn in Midpen's La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve.
Midpen scientists regularly survey preserves to detect anything out of the ordinary that may pose a threat to the area’s ecology before it becomes a landscape-level challenge. During routine monitoring in 2021, staff spotted something unusual.
Midpen recently awarded $313,983 in grant funding to support academic and nonprofit institutions in sustaining and growing the conservation field through research, education, stewardship and connection.
A Midpen Ranger was the first to notice and report the smoke. The fire burned approximately one-third of an acre before being put out by a multi-agency effort.
