During that time, Wood worked closely with the Laguna Canyon Foundation, of which she was secretary, to ensure the preservation and enhancement of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, including a herculean effort to save the canyon from Irvine Co.'s county-approved 3,200-home development, according to the proclamation.
Other accolades included Wood's efforts to get voter approval of Proposition 70, which brought $10 million to Laguna to buy open space, and working to stop development that would have extended Alta Laguna Boulevard down the hillside to Canyon Acres and replacing it with city-purchased open space. For that endeavor, the highest knoll in Laguna was named for her.
Wood also helped convince the California Coastal Commission to deny a proposal to lop off the oceanside hill at Big Bend in order to straighten and widen Laguna Canyon Road.
