Cotoni-Coast Dairies, which opened to the public on Aug.15, is a beacon of hope, writes Sara Barth, executive director of Sempervirens Fund. It’s proof of what communities can achieve when they work together.
Cotoni-Coast Dairies
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What to know before visiting the newly opened Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument
Here’s what you need to know about the 9 miles of trails that opened up at Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument, just north of Davenport.
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In the Public Interest: Behind Santa Cruz’s new national monument is a first-of-its-kind funding model that’s aiming to raise $2 million
Inside Santa Cruz County politics & policy with Lookout correspondent Christopher Neely.
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As Trump, Republicans toy with selling off public lands, is Santa Cruz’s own Cotoni-Coast Dairies national monument protected?
Nearly a decade after its designation, Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument is set to open next month — protected by deed restrictions even as threats to public lands loom in D.C.
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In the Public Interest: Santa Cruz’s national monument transitions into its post-politics phase
Around Santa Cruz County politics & policy with Christopher Neely.
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Hidden no more: Crews push to debut Santa Cruz County’s first national monument trail network this summer
Tucked behind Davenport’s agricultural fields along Highway 1, the federal government has been working with locals to design and carve out 17 miles of hiking trails as part of Santa Cruz County’s own Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument. Work is expected to wrap up in the summer, more than eight years after President Barack Obama designated the land for preservation. Once finished, the network, which crews have built entirely from scratch, will give the broader public access to what promises to be one of the county’s, and country’s, natural gems.
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The road not yet opened: On the backbreaking work of trail-building from scratch
Lookout correspondent Christopher Neely began his pitch for this story wondering what it might be like for the crew tasked with carving out trails for Santa Cruz County’s soon-to-open Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument. As he found out, it’s slow, steady and selfless toil, imbued with a larger sense of responsibility as the trails will determine how the public interacts with this national and local treasure for generations to come.
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Santa Cruz County’s own national monument might finally open to the public next year
Nearly eight years after its designation as part of the California Coastal National Monument, Cotoni-Coast Dairies is poised to open to the public, with trails likely opening as early as summer 2025. Federal approval of a trailhead and parking lot marks a breakthrough after a long struggle to balance public access, environmental protection and community concerns.
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Parking battle leaves Santa Cruz County’s lone national monument gated from the public
More than six years after President Barack Obama included the Cotoni-Coast Dairies area on Santa Cruz County’s northern coast in the California Coastal National Monument, a dispute over parking has pushed the likely opening date to late 2024.
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A monumental wait: Four years after Obama’s stamp, opening of Cotoni-Coast Dairies remains in limbo
Parking and public safety issues threaten to push back the opening of Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument. Can the latest bureaucratic hurdles be cleared in order to begin prepping trails and access points this fall in anticipation of a summer 2022 opening?