The Mercury News reports today that 800 acres of wetland habitat, once eyed for a housing development, have been acquired by a local land trust and will remain protected:

The 440 acres now under the trust's ownership, situated between state and federally owned reserves, help nurture local water supplies by filtering agricultural runoff and buffering floodwaters. The land also provides a home to several rare birds, fish and amphibians, including five species federally listed as threatened.