Preserving a regional greenbelt is hard work, and Midpen can’t do it alone. When a developer wanted to build a golf course and luxury homes here in the 1990s, organizations like Green Foothills supported creating a preserve instead.
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Before the creation of the preserve, developers made plans to construct luxury homes, a golf course and a clubhouse.
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Green Foothills (then known as Committee for Green Foothills) were instrumental in advocating for the preservation of Bear Creek Redwoods.
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The purchase and preservation of Bear Creek Redwoods was made possible by Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST).
Advocates sent letters, made phone calls and spoke at public meetings, voicing their concerns about environmental damage from the proposed development. Meanwhile, Midpen and POST worked together to buy the property so it could be protected in perpetuity. In 1999, thanks to state grants and generous private donations, Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve was created at last.