Stories

With rainy season on the way, the annual migration of California and rough-skinned newts begins, including a perilous journey across Alma Bridge Road.

CAL FIRE’s vision of a 19-mile fuel break around La Honda is becoming a reality. The project, led by the San Mateo Resource Conservation District, requires partnering with 21 landowners.  

Midpen recently held an event to name of a future trail in Midpen’s Miramontes Ridge Open Space Preserve in honor of local conservation advocate, Lennie Roberts.  

What if a hike could teach you about endangered birds, climate change, and the power of restoration—all through a fast-paced game? At Ravenswood Preserve, nonprofit Saved By Nature turned play into purpose, reflection and a deeper bond between people and place.

Midpen is creating a plan to restore healthy, resilient and mature forests; improve watershed health; enhance wildlife habitat and carbon storage; and increase resilience to fire, disease and climate change in La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve.

Under a clear blue sky, 17 students from the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside combined smartphones and open space for a GPS-powered geocaching event hosted by Midpen at Los Trancos Open Space Preserve.

Tracking via GPS is everywhere these days, from providing driving directions to location sharing and trail navigation.

Many of the land purchases Midpen makes today in the highly populated and developed region tie back to the first phrase of our mission: Protecting and connecting a regional greenbelt. The recent purchase of a nearly 275-acre property a few miles west of Skyline Boulevard, in the hills above

The San Francisco garter snake can be found only in San Mateo County — and nowhere else on earth.