Stories

Midpen has begun a carefully timed project, in partnership with contractors and some Midpen conservation grazing tenants, to mow approximately 375 acres in coastal preserves where brush is encroaching into grasslands.

Visitors to Midpen’s Monte Bello Open Space Preserve may notice several new smoke-detecting devices that have recently been installed along the Bella Vista and Indian Creek trails.

The iconic red barn in Midpen’s La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve is the only known pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) maternity roost on the Peninsula, meaning pregnant females gather here to give birth and tend their young from April through August.  

Announcing the winners of our 14th Annual Photo Contest!

Identifying and visiting trails with shade cover is an excellent way to explore nature while staying cool.

Midpen staff identified a patrol road in a remote region of Sierra Azul Preserve as a priority area to reduce roadside vegetation and create and maintain a fuel break.

Recently, Midpen added 60 acres to its La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve with the help of Measure AA funding, a bond approved by local voters in 2014 to support Midpen’s Vision Plan projects.

In an effort to assist with visitor wayfinding and support emergency response, Midpen has completed a new trail-junction numbering system throughout the nearly 3,000-acre El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve.

New trails will soon be open at Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve.

Armed with an array of clippers, shears and rakes, a group of determined high school students set off along the South Leaf Trail at El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve clearing the path of overgrown shrubs and tree branches under the guidance of Midpen field staff.