Local Land Managers and Trail Coordinating Organizations

Below is a directory of various land managing agencies and trail coordinating organizations in the area. Contact these people for more information on the parks and preserves under their jurisdictions.

Part of the process of maintaining access to the trails involves attending meetings held by these organizations which make decisions affecting our trail access. Public meetings for each group are highlighted in green.

Please help out by participating with these groups whenever possible.

Acterra (formerly Bay Area Action - Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation, or BAA-PCCF)

3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA, 94303
650-962-9876; 650-962-8234 (fax)
http://www.acterra.org
http://www.arastradero.org
http://www.participation.com/arastradero

Acterra manages Arastradero Preserve for the City of Palo Alto

Bay Area Ridge Trail Committee (BARTC)

http://www.ridgetrail.org/
Bob Power - South Bay Trail Director, 415-391-9300 or ridgebp@aol.com

San Mateo County Committee
Bill Smith - Chairperson, 650-873-0415

Meetings: First Wednesday of each month, 9:30 AM - 12 PM at Coyote Point Museum (odd months) and other locations (even months). Call Bill Smith for details.

Santa Clara County Committee
Mary Lou Fitzpatrick - Chairperson, MaryLou.Fitzpatrick@ceo.CO.Santa-Clara.CA.US

Meetings: Fourth Wednesday of each month from 7 PM - 9 PM at the United Way building, 1922 The Alameda, Santa Clara (this location may change -- call before attending).

California Recreational Trails Committee

PO Box 942896, Sacramento CA 94296-0001, 916-653-8803
Charlie Willard -- Trails Coordinator, 916-322-8599

Castle Rock State Park

Bob Culbertson, 408-429-2869
Dave Keck, 916-322-2997

Henry W. Coe State Park

P.O. Box 148, Morgan Hill 95038-0148
Administrative Office: 5750 Obata Way, Suite A, Gilroy, CA 95020
http://www.coepark.org/ (general)
http://www.coepark.org/biking.htm (biking)
Kay Robinson -- Park Superintendent, 408-848-40081
Barry Brecklin -- Unit Ranger, 408-779-2728
Joe Harcastle -- District Superintendent, 209-826-1197

East Bay Regional Park District

2950 Peralta Oaks Court, P.O. Box 5381, Oakland, CA 94605-0381, 415-531-9300
http://www.ebparks.org/index.htm

The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

Mike Rominger -- South Sector Parks and Recreation
201 Sunset Beach Rd., Watsonville, CA 95076, 831-763-7064
Call 831-429-2850 for more info about the General Plan for this park.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Fort Mason, Bldg. 201, San Francisco CA 94123, 415-556-0111
Bryan O'Neill -- Superintendent

Los Gatos Trails Committee

Meetings: Second Thursday of each month from 6 to 7 PM at 41 Miles Avenue, Los Gatos.

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD)

330 Distel Circle, Los Altos CA 94022, 650-691-1200
http://www.openspace.org/
mrosd@openspace.org

MROSD oversees open space preserves throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties -- over 41,000 acres located on or near the ridgeline of the Santa Cruz Mountains along Skyline Blvd. MROSD's stated policy is to provide proper care of open space land, allowing public access appropriate to the nature of the land and consistent with ecological values.

Meetings: Board of director's meetings are open to the public on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 7:30 PM in the district offices at 330 Distel Circle (off El Camino Real north of Rengstorff), Los Altos. MROSD also holds Trail Policy Committee meetings which deal with development and implementation of trail use policy.

Mt. Diablo State Park District Office

4180 Treat Blvd., Suite D, Concord CA 94521, 510-673-2891
Larry Ferri -- Park Superintendent
Felix Arteaga -- District Superintendent

City of Palo Alto Recreation, Open Space and Sciences Division

650-329-2423

San Mateo County Bikeways Advisory Committee

Reports to the City/County Association of Government (C/CAG) of San Mateo County.

Meetings: Every fourth Thursday at the San Mateo City Hall, 330 West 20th, San Mateo. Call Brad Smith at 650-343-0828 for more information.

San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Department

590 Hamilton Avenue, 4th Floor, Redwood City CA 94063, 415-363-4020

Meetings: The San Mateo County Trails Advisory Committee performs an advisory function to the Parks and Recreation Commission. It meets every second Tuesday at the County Office Building, Room 101, 590 Hamilton Avenue, Redwood City at 4:00 PM. Call Berry Stevens (ROMP member) at 650-364-6785 for more information.

Santa Clara County Open Space Authority

6146 Camino Verde Drive, Ste. P, San Jose, CA 95119
(408) 224-7476
(408) 224-7548 Fax
http://www.openspaceauthority.org/
info@openspaceauthority.org

Meetings: The Citizen's Advisory Committee meets on the 4th Monday of each month at 55 West Younger Street, Room 134, in San Jose (See map).

Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department

298 Garden Hill Drive, Los Gatos CA 95030
fax 408-358-3245
http://claraweb.co.santa-clara.ca.us/parks/
Mark Frederick -- Capital Projects Manager, 408-358-3741 x143, mark.frederick@mail.prk.co.santa-clara.ca.us
John Heenan -- Park Volunteer Coordinator, 408-846-5761

Meetings: For general activities, the volunteer coordinating council meets the second Tuesday of each month at Hellyer Park. Public meetings are also held in conjunction with park master planning processes, which take place at regular intervals for each park. Call the capital projects manager above for more information. The Santa Clara Trails Master Plan Advisory Committee meets the third Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM at the Franklin McKinley School District offices at 645 Wool Creek, San Jose.

Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

70 W. Hedding, San Jose CA 95110, 408-299-2323

California State Parks, Santa Cruz District and Santa Cruz Mountain Sector Offices

600 Ocean St., Santa Cruz CA 95060, 831-429-2850
George Cook -- Supervisor
David Vincent -- District Superintendent

Soquel Demonstration State Forest

4750 Old San Jose Rd., Soquel CA 95073, 831-475-8643
soquel_State_Forest@fire.ca.gov

The Trail Center

3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303
650-968-7065
info@trailcenter.org
www.trailcenter.org

The Trail Center is a non-profit volunteer organization formed to provide and promote quality non-motorized trail opportunities for all people in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Alameda and San Francisco counties.