Committee for Green Foothills - Definition and Overview

The Committee for Green Foothills is a local-level environmental organization working for open space and natural resource protection in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

In Santa Clara County, CGF works to protect areas outside of cities from being developed as subdivisions, emphasizing instead that growth should concentrate developed city areas. CGF also works to protect the remaining farmland within city limits, especially in San Jose, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy.

In San Mateo County, CGF has done extensive work on protecting the coast from sprawl, emphasizing bayside protection, and helping protect open space in the Santa Cruz mountains.

CGF was founded by alumni and staff at Stanford University to oppose the university's plans for widespread development over working ranchlands and valuable habitat. CGF continues to monitor Stanford development in order to protect open space.

External link

Committee for Green Foothills website (http://www.greenfoothills.org/index.shtml)