San Jose Mercury News
The Associated Press
Posted: 12/13/2011 07:24:17 AM PST
Updated: 12/13/2011 07:24:17 AM PST
MOSS BEACH, Calif.—A nearly 4,000-acre plot of land along the San Mateo County coast has been added to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
The National Park Service announced on Monday that it has taken over ownership of Rancho Corral de Tierra. Congress approved the final installment of the $15 million purchase price this summer.
The property, which overlooks the towns of Moss Beach and Montara, will serve as the southern gateway to the 82,000-acre Golden Gate recreation area.
The San Jose Mercury News reports that the ranch property is home to mountain lions, peregrine falcons and two species of plants known to exist nowhere else in the world: Montara Mountain blue bush lupin and Montara manzanita.
Formal trail heads and national park signs are expected be in place next summer.
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