Through Ralph Nobles, a long-time Board member of CCCR and friend from Redwood City who I met during the campaign to save Bair Island from development in the early 1980's. When he was getting ready to "retire", he asked me to attend meetings with him.
Friends of Redwood City and Redwood City Neighbors United.
Before I retired, I served as the Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer for San Mateo County. In that position, I became familiar with the responsibilities and environmental regulations of many government agencies, local land use planning and CEQA. My educational background includes a B.A. and M.A. in Ecology and Systematics from San Francisco State University.
Long-billed curlew, a large and beautiful migratory shorebird that really likes the tidal mudflats on Inner Bair Island.
Working with other environmental groups and Redwood City residents to stop the Cargill/DMB Saltworks development proposal. The massive project included building a new city of 12,000 houses and a million square feet of commercial space on 1400 acres of former salt ponds, an area within the Refuge expansion boundary. The Saltworks proposal faced fierce community opposition and was withdrawn in 2012, but these ponds, which could be restored back to tidal marsh, are still at risk of being developed.