A Walkabout on the Coast, Part 2

By Megan Hansen, Communications Associate

Part 2 — Wavecrest

After picking up a sandwich at San Benito House in downtown Half Moon Bay, I head to Wavecrest. There are men tending the ball fields and a group of birders with their cameras and binoculars. With my own binoculars, I can easily see the dome of the Pillar Point Air Force Station to the north, and I imagine the Coastal Trail winding along Wavecrest’s curves, back to where my journey began.

Red-tailed Hawk (c) Peter LaTourrette

White-tailed Kite (c) Peter LaTourrette

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A Walkabout on the Coast, Part 1

By Megan Hansen, Communications Associate

I took a walk across POST’s coastside lands this past August, exploring both the California Coastal Trail’s current connections and future possibilities. Here’s what I found and what one day you too will be able to experience by following in my footsteps.

Pillar Point Bluff (c) Karl Kroeber

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Celebrating Bill Lane

On November 7th, Bill Lane celebrated his 90th birthday. Bill and Jean Lane have been generous donors to POST for many years and and have sponsored POST’s Wallace Stegner Lecture series since its founding in 1993. Bill is a conservation pioneer and longtime philanthropist, and has served as the publisher of Sunset Magazine and ambassador to both Australia and Japan.

We took the opportunity of this special day to thank Bill with a bench dedicated to his lifetime of inspiring work.

Bill and Jean Lane

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