The decade-long fight to protect Juristac has finally ended in victory: the Peninsula Open Space Trust announced the acquisition of an additional 2,284 acres of the historic Sargent Ranch property to permanently protect the land—a sacred and ecologically vital site in Santa Clara County—from harmful development threats. This landscape was threatened by an open-pit sand-and-gravel mine proposal that would cause irreparable damage to the sacred and biodiverse landscape.
Greenbelt Alliance was proud to stand alongside the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, Green Foothills, and many other allies as part of the Protect Juristac coalition to advocate for the preservation of this extraordinary site. Read more.