All together the four properties protect more than 800 acres of oak woodland along Racoon Creek and in the Bear River watershed. There are seven miles of existing trails. Before now, hiking at Big ...

sections of oak woodland, and California grasslands. So you really get a small microcosm of all the different biomes that the Bay Area has to offer.” The new trails are part of a $300 million ...

The 11-hectare gardens, which date back to the 1880s, also suffered the loss of their tallest tree, a coniferous pinus nigra ...