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Open Space District buys threatened frog habitat

Original post made on Mar 19, 2012

A population of federally threatened red-legged frogs now has a protected home, after the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District purchased the 564-acre Madonna Creek Ranch near Half Moon Bay, the district announced Friday, March 16.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, March 17, 2012, 9:11 PM

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Posted by Jeff Segall
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 19, 2012 at 7:19 pm

Three cheers for the MROSD and POST! Agriculture on the land is able to continue, a couple of endangered species get a patch of land to call home and the taxpayers get a good deal on the land. Win-win-win!


Posted by harvardmom
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 19, 2012 at 9:34 pm

It's good to see such wonderful things happening for the environment in our own backyard. A recent trip to four Hawaiian islands makes the concept of open space and the wonder of species conservation even more precious and important. Thank you MROSD and POST!


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