Green Foothills
| Formation | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Type | Social welfare organization |
| 94-6121854 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) organization |
| Purpose | To protect local nature and farmland to ensure a healthy environment for everyone in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties, California. |
| Headquarters | 3921 E. Bayshore Road |
| Location | |
Exec. Dir. | Julie Hutcheson |
| Website | www |
Green Foothills is an American environmental organization located in Palo Alto, California. The organization was founded in 1962, in Palo Alto, by a group of 27 conservationists calling themselves the Committee for Green Foothills. Notable among the founding members was American novelist, environmentalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner, who became the group's first president. [1] The organization changed its name to Green Foothills in 2020.
Overview
Green Foothills' stated mission is "To protect local nature and farmland to ensure a healthy environment for everyone." It does this through environmental advocacy, education, and grassroots action focused on San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties in California.[2]
Green Foothills has been instrumental in protecting a variety of landscapes on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the South Bay, such as protecting Skyline Blvd/CA-25 (1968)[3], the Devil's Slide Tunnel Initiative (1996) [4], protection of the Stanford Foothills (2000 and 2023) [5], protection of the Cargill Salt Ponds in Redwood City (2019) [6], and protection of Coyote Valley south of San Jose (2021) [7]. Green Foothills was also instrumental in passing the 1972 California ballot initiative that resulted in the creation of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. [8]
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References
- ↑ "Wallace Stegner Biography". Wallace Stegner Center.
- ↑ "About Us". Green Foothills.
- ↑ Softky, Marion (December 18, 2002). "Three conservation organizations helped change the future of the Peninsula, from 'Los Angeles North' to mostly open Bayfront, foothills, mountains, and coast". The Almanac.
- ↑ Sadiq, Sheraz (October 11, 2010). "The Turns and Twists of the Devil's Slide Tunnel". KQED.
- ↑ Dremann, Sue (December 28, 2022). "Green Foothills: Generations of advocacy". Palo Alto Online.
- ↑ Williams, Michael (October 5, 2020). "Redwood City salt ponds subject to environmental protections, judge rules". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ "About". Protect Coyote Valley Coalition.
- ↑ "Presenting Sponsor Green Foothills Celebrates 60 Years". Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.
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