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Golden Gate National Recreation Area Grows by 3800 Acres
Source: National Parks Traveler, by Jim Burnett
December 19, 2011
Golden Gate National Recreation Area has grown by nearly 4,000 acres, and taxpayers got a bargain, with the transfer of a prime tract known as the Rancho Corral de Tierra from the Peninsula Open Space Trust to the National Park Service. It has been a lengthy process, and one which illustrates the importance of non-profit groups such as POST when key parcels of potential park land are threatened by development, but federal funding can't be obtained in a timely manner.
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