Press Releases

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District board of directors is recognizing Assemblymember Marc Berman for the largest state budget allocation Midpen has ever received for a single project: $8 million for the proposed purchase of a portion of the open space and agricultural land called Clover

Midpen, POST and City of Half Moon Bay partner to protect open space and farmland.  

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors reinforced protection of our local hillsides and habitat with a 5-0 vote to approve a Memorandum of Agreement between Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and the County of Santa Clara. County Supervisors Joe Simitian (District Five)

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is pleased to announce that $250,000 in funding is available through its 2022 Grantmaking Program funding round.

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has been awarded two grants totaling $1.97 million to help fund vegetation management projects under its new Wildland Fire Resiliency Program, which proactively expands Midpen’s ongoing wildland fire prevention, preparat

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District announced today that it has expanded El Sereno Open Space Preserve by closing escrow on the purchase of 182.15 acres of open space land that includes northern slopes and ridgeline of Mount El Sereno.

On June 9, 2021 the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District board of directors adopted a $89.6 million budget to support 117 projects for the fiscal year running from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District approves pursuit of shared enforcement rights to protect viewsheds and habitat bordering Lehigh Cement Plant & Quarry.

A major milestone was reached this week in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s efforts to proactively expand its ongoing wildland fire prevention, preparation and response work.