Summer 2009
POST’s South County History
- Rancho San Vicente is the most recent evidence of POST’s ability to preserve the region’s greenbelt. Our commitment to protecting at-risk landscapes in south Santa Clara County goes back to 1980, and POST is still the organization best prepared to save land there. Some of POST’s major South County acquisitions include:
- •1980 – A gift of 142 acres on the shoulders of Mt. Umunhum. Later that year POST transferred the parcel to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD) for addition to their Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve.
- •1986 – A gift of stock in the Guadalupe Land Company led to POST’s purchasing 286 acres near Hicks Road. A generous gift from POST Board member Paul Newhagen and his wife, Antje, made possible this purchase, now named Newhagen Meadow in honor of Paul’s mother Mimi.
- •1995 – Assisting MROSD with a $1 million loan toward its purchase of 1,200-acre Rancho de Guadalupe, which was added to Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve.
- •1999 – Purchase of 2,427-acre Rancho Cañada del Oro, most of which was used to create the open space preserve of the same name in 2003.
- •2008 – Assisting with the purchase of 865-acre Blair Ranch in Morgan Hill by the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority. The land became another addition to Rancho Cañada del Oro.
- •2008 – Purchase of 408-acre Clark Canyon Ranch in Gilroy in anticipation of transferring it to a public agency partner for permanent protection.
- •2009 – Purchase of 966-acre Rancho San Vicente.
Rancho Corral de Tierra Funding
