Peninsula Open Space Trust


The Peninsula Open Space Trust is a nonprofit land trust headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Mission and Work

POST works to protect farms and open spaces. The organization has been involved in land acquisitions in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Half Moon Bay, Coyote Valley in Santa Clara County, and farmland conservation in San Mateo County.

History

POST was created in 1977 as a private 501 non-profit organization able to negotiate private land sales and protective easements with willing sellers in confidence. They were created 5 years after the formation of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District to protect land for open space.