Additional Federal Funds Approved for Rancho Corral de Tierra
Rancho Corral de Tierra affords expansive views of McNee Ranch State Park and Pillar Point.
- In October 2009, Congress approved an additional $5 million from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund toward the purchase of Rancho Corral de Tierra from POST. This is the third installment payment on behalf of the National Park Service for the 4,262-acre property, destined to become the southern gateway to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). To date, Congress has set aside $11 million in appropriations for federal protection of this property.
- POST acquired the land in 2001 for $29.5 million, with major grants of $5 million from the state’s Wildlife Conservation Board and $9 million from the California Coastal Conservancy in addition to generous private donations. All but 300 acres of the property, which rises up from Highway 1 behind the coastal towns of Montara and Moss Beach, will be transferred to the National Park Service by year’s end through a bargain sale at approximately half the original price. POST will retain the 300 acres currently under agricultural lease.
- Says POST President Audrey Rust, “A project of this size and complexity has taken hard work, patience and persistence to maintain momentum, and we are grateful to our Bay Area Congressional delegation, especially Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Anna Eshoo, who have championed this project in Congress from the beginning.”