Stories

Did you know that the largest and most consistent population of western purple martins (Progne subis arboricola) in Santa Clara County is on Midpen lands?

Under the warm sun of the first day of June, a diverse group of 23 hikers - families, friends and strangers - gathered at the picturesque Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve for Saved by Nature’s second community hike.

Midpen reached a major milestone in the Highway 17 Wildlife and Trail Crossing Project.

Recently, as bicyclists rode the Alpine Road Trail through Coal Creek Open Space Preserve for the first time since major improvements to it were completed, they thanked Midpen staff who had worked on the project as they pedaled by. 

Help us identify, tag and sort images from wildlife cameras at Midpen preserves, join a brand new team of volunteers that will support our community outreach events, building networks and sharing information about Midpen's work or engage in community science during the annual Sudden Oak Death bli

Although serpentine soils only make up about 1% of California’s land surface, where they do occur, “serpentine syndrome” makes a striking impact on the landscape.

Midpen, University of California, Berkeley and several local conservation organizations are teaming up for the annual SOD Blitz from May 18-21.

Midpen is helping transform an old vineyard at Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve from a barren hilltop flatland to a climate-resilient and biodiverse oak woodland.

Recently, Midpen ecologists took to a hill in Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve in hopes of finding endangered bay checkerspot butterflies (Euphydryas editha bayensis), an endemic species that can only be found in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.  

To help illuminate the disparities in a digestible manner, Midpen’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team created two interactive dashboards to explore demographics and disadvantaged communities in California to help illuminate disparities and meaningful trends on a census tract level.