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The Walnut Creek Open Space Foundation is a nonprofit organization tasked with restoring and maintaining the open space land. Projects have included planting native oak trees and native grasses, and restoring California quail habitat. [8]
Walnut Creek owns more open space per capita than any other community in the state of California. In 1974, Walnut Creek voters approved a $6.7 million bond measure to acquire and protect open space: the city purchased 1,800 acres (730 ha) of undeveloped hillsides, ridge lines, and park sites. Walnut Creek owns parts of Lime Ridge Open Space ...
The Old Borges Ranch is a 1,035 acres (419 ha) historic district in the Mt. Diablo foothills within the 2,600-acre (1,100 ha) Walnut Creek Open Space in Contra Costa County, California. A former cattle ranch, Old Borges Ranch includes multiple historic buildings, a ranger station, farm animals, and access to trails.
English: Old Borges Ranch in Walnut Creek Open Space, approaching from the southeast via the Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail in the Diablo Foothills, April 24, 2016 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
The closest city is Walnut Creek. Diablo Foothills Regional Park is bordered by: Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area on the east, and Shell Ridge Open Space to the north. Together, these three parks provide 18,000 acres (73 km 2) of parkland for visitors to enjoy.
While the mainstem Walnut Creek flows through densely urbanized areas, the upper watersheds of its tributaries generally remain undeveloped open space. Las Trampas Creek drains 27 square miles (70 km 2 ) of Lafayette , Orinda , Moraga , and unincorporated lands in the western Walnut Creek watershed.
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According to Sciacca's article, EBRPD had already purchased 640 acres (260 ha) adjacent to the Grove tract with funding from Altamont County (Altamont Landfill Open Space Landfill Fund, the City of Livermore, East Bay Community Foundation and Measure WW The price was $6.4 million.