Golden Lands
Collaborative Regional Visioning leads to partnerships and a new resource!
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Golden Lands, Golden Opportunity
The Bay Area's watersheds, forests, farms, parks, and ridges provide benefits to our communities-- but many are still unprotected. This report identifies the region's "golden lands" and the key actions needed to ensure that these lands are protected and benefit all Californians.
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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 Boar |
Golden Lands, Golden Opportunity is a collaboration of the Bay Area Open Space Council, Greenbelt Alliance, and the Association of Bay Area Governments, with the support of the State Coastal Conservancy and other funders. Over 100 Bay Area organizations contributed to this effort.
What people are saying:
"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
“The case for a regional approach to land use has rarely been spelled out so eloquently as in a new report, ‘Golden Lands, Golden Opportunity.’”
Editorial: The Bay Area as an ecosystem, San Francisco Chronicle, February 8
“...when it comes to going green, there's no more fundamental consideration than what we do with our land.”
Editorial: "Golden Lands" report should shape policies on open space, Mercury News, February 9
“Decision-makers at all levels should take notice.”
Editorial: Vital Lands, Press Democrat, February 4
"...the first comprehensive list of woodlands, trails, orchards, watersheds and parks that more than 100 land-use experts decided should be part of a regionwide green corridor with space for wildlife, human recreation and agriculture."
Report urges preserving Bay Area outdoors, San Francisco Chronicle, February 4
"Even here in Marin, our work is not done. Lands we take for granted are not protected. We know that once they're gone, they're gone forever—so let's not miss this golden opportunity."
Opinion: We Need to Invest in Open Space, Marin Independent Journal, February 24
