How you can help:
Be Aware: The Hillside to the Hollow area is all private land. Private land owners could develop or sell their property at any time. There are no access agreements, trail designations or public easements. Visit the Hillside to the Hollow area, experience it, and know that without your help it may soon be lost forever.
Be Involved: Write or Email letters to the editor of the newspaper, the Mayor, the City Council, and the ADA County Open Space Advisory Task Force urging all to help preserve this area. Contact your Neighborhood Association and urge them to pledge their support.
Contact Information:
Click here to submit a letter to the Idaho Statesman
Click here to submit a letter to the Boise Weekly
Click here for Mayor and City Council Contact Information
Click here for the ADA County Open Space Advisory Task Force
Click here for the list of Boise Neighborhood Associations & contacts.
City Council E‐mail list
Elaine Clegg
eclegg@cityofboise.org
Bio: http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/CityCouncil/page1017.aspx
David Eberle
deberle@cityofboise.org
Bio: http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/CityCouncil/page1012.aspx
Vern Bisterfeldt
citycouncil@cityofboise.org
Bio: http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/CityCouncil/page1014.aspx
Maryanne Jordan (Council President)
mjordan@cityofboise.org
Bio: http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/CityCouncil/page1016.aspx
Alan Shealy (Council Pro Tem)
citycouncil@cityofboise.org
Bio: http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/CityCouncil/page1011.aspx
Jim Tibbs
jtibbs@cityofboise.org
Bio: http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/CityCouncil/page1013.aspx
Mayor Dave Bieter
citycouncil@cityofboise.org
Bio: http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/CityCouncil/page934.aspx
Spring Hike Suggested Letter:
April 25, 2009
Dear Members of the Boise City Council
We have just completed our second annual Spring Hike with the Hillside to the Hollow Coalition on the parcel of Foothills land that stretches from Bogus Basin Road to 36th Street, parallel to Hill Road. It was a beautiful day to hike with lots of wildflowers in bloom, meadow larks trilling and trails in excellent condition.
It is our greatest wish to preserve this land—open space that is so accesible to metropolitan Boise. Its unspoiled hillsides and panoramic views of the city are something that we treasure and appreciate every day as we find respite in them after a long day’s work.
It is our belief that the land is at a pivotal juncture in its history and we want to do everything humanly possible to keep it as it is—pristine and unspoiled for enjoyment and recreation by all Boiseans who seek it out on a daily basis.
Please know that we care about this land and anything you can to do keep it a part of Boise’s beautiful skyline is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Joe Hiker
Support Us: The time is now. Some of these six properties are for sale today. The city still has funds remaining in the Foothills Levy account which could be used to preserve the Hillside to the Hollow open space area, but it may not be enough. Every dollar you contribute will help.
Visit our new Wildflower page !
Burn area re-seeding project lots of fun and hard work!
Listen to what residents are saying about the Hillside to the Hollow open space area:
