GOLDEN LANDS, GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

Ridges and farms, watersheds and forests in the San Francisco Bay Area provide vital public
benefits—but many are still unprotected. This report celebrates the region's "golden lands"
and calls for action to fully protect its greenbelt.

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"Preserving Bay Area open space is a natural first step to fight global warming and build better communities for us all."

– Mary Nichols, California Air Resources Board

 

www.greenbelt.org l www.bayareavision.org l www.openspacecouncil.org

 

"The level of regional collaboration that made this work possible will ensure that each dollar invested in the Bay Area's vital lands will provide maximum benefits—for our natural systems and our residents."

– Michael A. Mantell, Resources Law Group

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Golden Lands, Golden Opportunity is a collaboration of Greenbelt Alliance and the Bay Area Open Space Council with the Association of Bay Area Governments. Over 100 Bay Area organizations contributed to this effort:

Agricultural Advisory Committee
Agricultural-Natural Resources Trust of Contra Costa County
Alameda County Resource Conservation District
American Farmland Trust
Association of Bay Area Governments
Audubon California
Bay Area Open Space Council
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council
Blue Ridge/Berryessa Natural Area
Conservation Partnership
Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust
California Council of Land Trusts
California Department of Fish and Game
California Department of Parks and Recreation
California Native Plant Society
California Oak Foundation
California Rangeland Trust
California State Parks
Center for Whole Communities
Citizens for East Shore Parks
City and County of San Francisco
City of Fairfield
City of Novato
City of Rohnert Park
City of San Jose
City of San Rafael
City of Walnut Creek
Committee for Green Foothills
Conservation Corps North Bay (formerly the Marin Conservation
Corps)
County of Contra Costa
County of Napa
County of San Mateo
County of Santa Clara: Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department, County Planning Office
County of Solano
County of Sonoma
East Bay Municipal Utility District
East Bay Regional Park District
Environmental Action Committee
Friends of Napa River
Friends of Redwood City
Friends of the Urban Forest
Greenbelt Alliance
GreenInfo Network
Half Moon Bay Open Space Trust
Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation
Land Trust of Napa County
LandPaths
Livermore Area Recreation & Park District
Madrone Audubon Society
Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Marin Audubon Society
Marin Conservation League
Marin County Community Development Agency
Marin County Flood Control

Marin County Open Space District
Marin Municipal Water District
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Muir Heritage Land Trust
Napa County Farm Bureau
Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District
Natural Heritage Institute
Nature in the City
Neighborhood Parks Council
Nichols-Berman Environmental Planners
North Marin Water District
Oakland Food Policy Council
PRBO Conservation Science
Peninsula Open Space Trust
Point Reyes National Seashore
San Anselmo Open Space Committee
San Bruno Mountain Watch
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
San Francisco Bay Trail Project
San Francisco Beautiful
San Francisco Estuary Institute
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
San Francisco Weed Management Area
San Mateo County Parks Department
Santa Clara County Open Space Authority
Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
Santa Clara Valley Habitat Conservation Plan
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Save Mount Diablo
Save the Redwoods League
Sempervirens Fund
Sierra Club
Silicon Valley Land Conservancy
Solano Land Trust
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
Sonoma County Regional Parks
Sonoma Ecology Center
Sonoma Land Trust
Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District
State Coastal Conservancy: San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy Program
Suisun Resource Conservation District
Sustainable Agriculture Education
The Nature Conservancy
The Presidio Trust
Tri-Valley Conservancy
Trust for Public Land
University of California Cooperative Extension
University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Urban Creeks Council
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US National Park Service: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
US National Park Service: Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service