[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 124 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

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                               speech of

                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 24, 2001

  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 941, the Rancho 
Corral de Tierra Golden Gate Boundary Adjustment Act. This bill 
contains several provisions that will enhance preservation of our 
natural and cultural resources in California.
  I applaud my colleague from California, Representative Lantos, for 
championing the expansion of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area 
in San Mateo County. This bill would add close to five thousand acres 
to the park, including Rancho Corral de Tierra, one of the largest 
undeveloped properties on the San Francisco Peninsula and one of the 
few remaining ranchos from the era of Spanish land grants.
  This acquisition, conducted through a public-private partnership, 
will allow the park service to protect spectacular views, three 
complete watersheds, and habitat of rare and endangered species and 
plants.
  Of great importance for the future of the park, S. 941 also 
reauthorizes the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes 
National Seashore Advisory Commission. The Commission was established 
thirty years ago to provide for the free exchange of ideas between the 
National Park Service and the public, and it has ably carried out this 
mission.
  I wish to acknowledge and thank all the members of the Commission for 
their dedicated service to the GGNRA and public, with special thanks to 
Chairman Richard Bartke and Vice Chair Amy Meyer. The GGNRA is one of 
the most complex parks in the country, and its diversity and vibrancy 
is due in no small part to the efforts of the Advisory Commission.
  I look forward to working with Rep. Lantos, my colleagues on the 
Resources Committee, and my colleagues in the Senate to ensure that 
this bill is signed into law before Congress adjourns this year.

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