[E. Pluribus Unum]

It would be so much better blanketed in wind turbines, solar panels and EVs.

[Organic Panic]

A great place to have homeless camps.

[Libloather]

Good spot for Hussein’s flak tower and massage parlor.

[TexasFreeper2009]

and this is why housing is so expensive. They wont let people build more and instead lock more land away from developement

[Mariner]

Santa Clara county is the richest in the nation.

Median home prices are $1.9 million.

And you won’t see solar or windmills there either.

[kawhill]

With its rolling hills and native grasslands dotted by oak trees and steep ravines, Sargent Ranch “hosts a scenic natural beauty that is distinctly Californian,” the trust wrote. Not only does it provide corridors for species ranging from mountain lions and badgers to bald eagles and hawks, allowing them to move more easily between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range through the Upper Pajaro Valley, but it also protects local watersheds. The streams within the property are also home to California red-legged frogs, California tiger salamanders, northwest pond turtles and steelhead trout.

Good for them some things aren’t for sale.

[Carry_Okie]

The great real estate racket continues.
Environmentally, the ranch is preferable to unused “open space.”

[Cen-Tejas]

As a full time developer for 50 years, i KNOW how Liberals “buy” land. Basically they “steal” it via regulation. Austin liberals stole a lot of land via “impervious” cover laws. Tracts the Libs really wanted to steal got slapped high impervious cover requirements which meant/means an owner could only build ANYTHING on 20% of the ground. Another trick was go out and find a bug that nobody ever heard of. I could go on and on. By the time the Liberals got through regulating, many tracts are worthless and then they buy them from the owner for pennies.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Pinging Nick.

[nickcarraway]

I saw the Mercury article. It doesn't say what they plan to do with it. POST sometimes donates to one of the Open Space districts. I went to Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve the day it opened and did 10 miles, which was the loop about 2.5 times. I would say that property is probably within 5 miles of this Sargent Ranch. But POST and the Open Space have lots of land that isn't open to the public. They need more pressure to move it along. They already have the property to make a trail connecting Almaden Quicksilver County Park, and Calero County Park, which abuts Rancho Canada Del Oro Open Space. The Open Space Authority also owns Blair Ranch connecting that property, which they let people hike for a day 15 years ago, but still isn't open to the public. They could connect that with Uvas Canyon County Park, and you could hike all the way up, over to The Forrest of Nisene Marks State Park to the ocean.

Some people hike Uvas Canyon to the beach. It definitely is steep and far. If they added these connectors, you could start out at Lexington Resevoir, hike through Almaden Quicksilver, to Calero, to Rancho Canada to Uvas, to Nisene Marks to the beach. It would be a tough hike, but I bet it could be done in a day.

[nickcarraway]

I stand corrected. They may have opened the trail between Almaden Quicksilver and Calero County Park. My apologies.

Bay Area Ridge Trail Dedication at Calero County Park and Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve

Anybody want to do a full run? We could park a car at Rancho Canada Del Oro, then drive to the Lexington trailhead, and nike through Sierra Azul to Almaden Quicksilver to Calero to Rancho Canada. Need to get an early starts I am guessing about 2O miles or more. The first section is incredibly steep.