Mothers’ Nature: Meet the Women Who Fought To Keep the Bay Area Wild

Matt Dolkas - MALT

By Matt Dolkas, Senior Manager, Marketing

June 28, 2023

Imagine the Bay reduced to a trickle of water, Glen Canyon filled with ribbons of concrete highway, Mt. Davidson covered with private homes and closed to the public.  

It can be easy to take the awe-inducing natural beauty of the Bay Area for granted, presuming it will always be there: the sparkly waters of the Golden Gate, the views from jagged rock faces, the dramatic sweep of hilltop vistas. 

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