Bush signature will balloon Calif. park's land.The Golden Gate National Recreation facility in San Mateo San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. County, Calif., will likely grow significantly if President Bush signs on to the corresponding legislation (H.R. 296 and S. 236) as expected. Congress has given the green light for The Golden Gate National Recreation area Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Calif.: see National Parks and Monuments (table). to purchase about 5,000 acres of land located about 10 miles south of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . The House of Representatives gave its approval Dec. 6, 2005, and the Senate had already approved the bill under Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) sponsorship. The bill is now on the president's desk. The bill allows for the purchase of a 4,262-acre parcel of coastal land called Rancho Corral corral a small fenced-in enclosure with high, wooden fences, suitable for holding cattle or horses. corral system a management system in which range cattle are put into corrals and fed hay for a period when the environment is most de Tierra and the transfer of an additional 800 acres of nearby land to the federal government. Rancho Corral de Tierra is currently owned by the Peninsula Open Space Trust. The trust will sell the federal government the land for $15 million--about half of what it paid for it in 2001. The additional 800 acres is now owned by the state, the site of a failed plan to build a bypass around the Devil's Slide For the Devil's Slide in Hawaii, see . Devil's Slide is a stretch of California's Highway 1, along San Mateo County's coastline between Pacifica and Half Moon Bay. Construction of the road began in 1935 and was completed in 1937, replacing the steep, narrow, and winding Pedro landmark. In addition, about 25,000 acres of redwood groves in Del Norte County will be transferred from state control to be added to the federal Redwood National Park Redwood National Park, 112,430 acres (45,518 hectares), along the Pacific coast, NW Calif.; est. 1968. Backed by coastal bluffs, 40 mi (64 km) of beach, lagoon, and rocky coast are preserved in their natural state; seals, sea lions, and birds live on offshore rocks. . The land transfers and purchases will boost the total size of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to about 80,000 acres in three counties. To learn more about the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, visit the Web site at www.nps.gov/goga. |
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