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Legislation that would incorporate a 896-acre property in San Mateo County into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area was introduced by U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, on March 26.
The Scarper Ridge property, which is located in between El Granada and Interstate 280, is currently owned by the Peninsula Open Space Trust.
The move to transfer ownership to the National Parks Service is part of a decadeslong project, Joanna Devers, POST director of Institutional Engagement, said. The nonprofit purchased around 4,000 acres of land that now makes up part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 2001, transferring ownership in 2011.
“This is a project that has been in the works for almost 20 years,” she said. “A lot of it has to do with alignment of funding, alignment of resources that local staff have, in terms of being able to manage land and expansion of the park.”
As a whole, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area encompasses more than 80,000 acres across three Bay Area counties, including landmarks like the San Francisco Presidio and Alcatraz Island, a press release from both Padilla and Liccardo’s offices said.
POST is able to move more quickly than federal and state entities when land with conservation, biodiversity or public recreation value is up for sale, Devers said. The organization then maintains the land until partners can put together funding and buy it back for public benefit.
If the legislation moves forward, the National Parks Service would then be able to offer enhanced services and maintain trails on the parcel that community members can enjoy.
“It will be an enhanced ownership,” Devers said. “It will be an expansion of what’s available, in terms of coastal access.”
Padilla and Liccardo are carrying on work begun by former U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo to improve the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Mateo County, the March 26 press release said.
“Expanding the park’s boundary to incorporate the Scarper Ridge Property would allow the National Park Service to help protect critically threatened and endangered plants and wildlife, while connecting public lands and hiking trails for locals and visitors alike to enjoy,” Padilla said in the press release.
Recent budget slashes to the National Parks Service raises concerns, Devers said, but the project will hopefully remain safe because it won’t require a significant resource increase to maintain.
“It’s not a significant uplift in terms of more money,” she said.
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