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## [Making Strides in Climate Policy](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/making-strides-in-climate-policy)

This yearwas historic for climate policy in the United States, namely with President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the country’s strongest climate policy to date.When addressing climate change, policy can either be a major barrier or an exceptional aid, and it looks like we are moving in the right direction. 

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/making-strides-in-climate-policy) October 05, 2022

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## [A New Year for Open Space](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/a-new-year-for-open-space)

Happy 2022!

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/a-new-year-for-open-space) January 04, 2022

[![Aerial view of Coyote Valley's open spaces and ag lands, looking north towards San Jose](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/hubfs/Coyote%20Valley%20-%202021-04%20-%203.jpg)](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/local-land-use-decisions-represent-bold-climate-actions)

## [Local Land Use Decisions Represent Bold Climate Actions](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/local-land-use-decisions-represent-bold-climate-actions)

*“We need to protect Coyote Valley from future development if we want to maintain our already diminishing wildlife habitat, protect our groundwater and agriculture and see our children grow up in a world that still has access to nature and its benefits.” – Assemblymember Ash Kalra* 

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/local-land-use-decisions-represent-bold-climate-actions) December 01, 2021

[![](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/hubfs/Culvert%2010%20West%20Coyote%201-19-2017%20adjusted-1.jpeg)](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/sb-720)

## [Celebrating SB-790 to Protect Wildlife Connectivity](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/sb-720)

The Open Space Authority is pleased to celebrate a recent victory that enhances wildlife corridors and highlights their value to the public across the state. On Friday, October 8, Governor Gavin Newsom signed [Senate Bill No. 790](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB790) (SB 790) which builds upon existing framework to ensure wildlife can access adequate habitat to promote healthy populations and build resiliency against the effects of climate change.

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/sb-720) October 13, 2021

[![](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/hubfs/Edith%20Morely%2006%20-%20Raymaker%20-%202004%20-crop.jpg)](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/integrating-planning-with-nature)

## [Cities of the Future: New Report Highlights Green Urban Planning](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/integrating-planning-with-nature)

The impacts of climate change are intensifying rapidly and as populations continue to grow, there is an increasing need to make our cities more adaptable to the needs of the future.

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/integrating-planning-with-nature) March 03, 2021

[![](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/hubfs/30x30-collage-2.jpg)](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/30-by-30)

## [California and U.S. Executive Orders Set 30 by 30 Climate Goals](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/30-by-30)

Last year was certainly challenging, in more ways than any of us could have anticipated. But, Governor Newsom’s recent [Executive Order N-82-20, now referred to as 30 by 30](https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/10.07.2020-EO-N-82-20-.pdf), is one reason to be optimistic about the future of our planet’s climate. 

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/30-by-30) March 03, 2021

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## [The Equity Lens - December 2020](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/equity-lens-1)

*In response to the intolerable acts of violence and racial injustices against people of color, and the ongoing COVID-19 global health and climate crises, we at the Open Space Authority made a [long-term commitment](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/in-society-as-in-nature-diversity-is-a-strength)to inclusion and equity in every facet of our work. To work towards our larger goal, we began an initiative to first look outward and listen to the community, and then inward, to reflect on our current practices in the structure and procedures of the organization, and to identify opportunities to improve upon them.*

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/equity-lens-1) December 02, 2020

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## [Inspiring Conservation: General Manager Andrea Mackenzie Named One of 2020’s “Women of Influence”](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/andrea-mackenzie-svbj)

Earlier this year, the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority’s General Manager, Andrea Mackenzie, was named as one of the top 2020 “Women of Influence” by the [Silicon Valley Business Journal](https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2020/05/22/woman-of-influence-andrea-mackenzie.html).

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/andrea-mackenzie-svbj) September 02, 2020

[![](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/hubfs/Tanyas%20Bio%20Picture.jpeg)](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/tanya-diamond)

## [Community Connections - Tanya Diamond](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/tanya-diamond)

*Community Connections highlights the many leaders, partners, and neighbors who make a difference in our community. This month we are featuring Tanya Diamond, wildlife ecologist and co-principal of Pathways for Wildlife, a research firm that specializes in identifying, monitoring, and implementing connectivity designs for wildlife movement within our communities.*

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/tanya-diamond) March 04, 2020

[![](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/hubfs/Coyote%20Valley%20herps.jpg)](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/coyote-valley-reptiles)

## [Helping Reptiles and Amphibians Move Through Coyote Valley](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/coyote-valley-reptiles)

To guide our efforts in restoring and conserving open space, the Open Space Authority regularly supports research to help understand local wildlife and how they live in and move across landscapes. There have been extensive efforts to understand mammal movement in one of the Authority’s priority conservation areas, Coyote Valley, but less attention has been paid to how other critical threatened species use and move through this landscape. Until now...

[Read More](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/coyote-valley-reptiles) March 04, 2020

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## Recent Posts

- [Celebrating Healthy Soils Week](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/healthysoils)
- [Coyote Valley Photo Contest: Meet the People's Choice Winner!](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/openhouseandpeopleschoice)
- [The Negative Impacts of Illegal Dumping](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/illegaldumping)
- [A Silent Spring?](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/earth-day-2024)
- [Staff Spotlight: Matt Freeman](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/matt-freeman)
- [Another Win for Agriculture in Santa Clara County](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/yiu-ace-2024)
- [Message from the General Manager](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/gm-update-2024)
- [Wildlife Grammy Awards](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/wildlife-grammys)
- [Honoring Dr. King's Environmental Legacy](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/dr-kings-environmental-legacy)
- [Wildlife Thesaurus: Top 10 Native Animals with Nicknames](https://news.openspaceauthority.org/blog/wildlife-thesaurus)

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