Lennie Roberts
Lennie Roberts | |
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| Born | Lenore Lamb December 12, 1936 Orinda, California, U.S. |
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| Education | Stanford University (BA) |
| Period | 1954–1958 |
| Spouse | Mike Roberts |
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Lennie Roberts is an American environmentalist who has been influential in the conservation movement in the San Francisco Bay Area, especially on the San Mateo County coast. Roberts was born in Orinda, California in 1936 and attended Stanford University. She married Mike Roberts that same year, and she and Mike moved to Ladera in 1965, where Lennie became involved in conservation efforts. In 1968, she met Lois Hogle, a co-founder of the Committee for Green Foothills (today known as Green Foothills)[1], who inspired her to join the organization. She soon became an active member and was elected to Green Foothills’ board of directors. Lennie’s leadership shone through in 1969 when she played a key role in Green Foothills’ successful campaign for a scenic easement protecting the Crystal Springs Watershed from the construction of I-280, safeguarding 23,000 acres of open space and protecting the quality of the local water supply. One of her most notable achievements came in 1972 when she and other Green Foothills board members helped to found the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen), an independent special district dedicated to helping plants, animals, and people thrive throughout the greater Santa Cruz Mountains region. Over the years, Midpen has created a connected greenbelt of more than 70,000 acres of public open space. Lennie’s advocacy continued in the ensuing years as she successfully helped advocate to expand Midpen’s boundaries, first into Santa Clara County in 1976, and later to the San Mateo Coastside in 2004. She also spearheaded efforts to stop harmful sprawl development on lands that would later become iconic public open space preserves, such as Russian Ridge (1978), Purisima Creek Redwoods (1982), and Bear Creek Redwoods (1999). [2] [3] [4]
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References
- ↑ "Green Foothills". Green Foothills.
- ↑ Vollrath, Matthew (August 30, 2019). "A hero for the hills". The Almanac.
- ↑ Pratt, Rebecca (March 25, 2019). "2019 Citizens Hero Lennie Roberts Helped Keep the Peninsula Open". Bay Nature.
- ↑ "2016 Environmental Hero Lennie Roberts". Sierra Club.
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