Raw Data for Open vs. "closed" Open Space Analysis Compiled by the Coalition for the Outdoor Recreation Plan (CORP), January 1999

The following table shows the totals CORP has used for its open/closed space analysis. Source of data is reserach conducted by the Bay Area Open Space Council around 1995, updated with information from the various agencies' websites as indicated in the Data Source column.
  County Acres Owner
__________________		 Owner Type Local? Ownership Access Note
_____________________		 Data Source
  Alameda 1551 South Livermore Valley Land Trust Land trust Y Easement Closed   BAOSC
  Alameda 9965 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Habitat N Fee title Limited SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge BAOSC
  Alameda 336 Trust for Public Land Land trust N Fee title Limited   BAOSC
  Alameda 42000 East Bay Regional Parks District Regnl/county park Y Fee title Open   BAOSC
  Alameda 802 Alameda Calif. Dept. of Water Resources Watershed N Fee title Open Bethany Reservoir BAOSC
  Contra Costa 25300 East Bay Municipal Utility District Watershed Y Fee title Limited Permit required to hike for small fee, otherwise unrestricted BAOSC - http://www.ebmud.com/ebrec.html
  Contra Costa 40300 East Bay Regional Park District Regnl/county park Y Fee title Open   BAOSC
  Contra Costa 19131 Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation State park N Fee title Open Mt. Diablo State Park BAOSC
  Contra Costa 2800 City of Walnut Creek City open space Y Fee title Open Shell Ridge OS, Lime Ridge OS, etc. BAOSC- http://members.xoom.com/OutPost/wcos.html
  Contra Costa 339 National Park Service National park N Fee title Open Mt. Wanda BAOSC
  Contra Costa 242 Martinez Land Trust Land trust Y Fee title Open Sky Ranch -- interesting parallel to Lafferty BAOSC - http://silcon.com/~mrlt/skyranch.html
  Marin 25504 Marin Agricultural Land Trust Land trust Y Easement Closed Some tours organized BAOSC - http://malt.org/aboutmal.htm
  Marin 10553 Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game Habitat N Fee title Limited Some (1000 acres) may be open BAOSC
  Marin 78547 National Park Service National park N Fee title Open Pt. Reyes, GGNRA, and Muir Woods BAOSC
  Marin 21000 Marin Municipal Water District Watershed Y Fee title Open Additional 1000 acres or so restricted access BAOSC
  Marin 14205 Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation State park N Fee title Open Mt. Tam, S.P. Taylor, Tomales Bay, Angel Island, Olompali, China Camp BAOSC
  Marin 12000 Marin County Open Space District Open space Y Fee title Open Also 1200 acres of easements closed to access BAOSC - http://www.marin.org/mc/ar/Acreage.html
  Marin 1252 City of San Rafael City open space Y Fee title Open Terra Linda Ridge BAOSC
  Marin 875 Marin County Dept. of Parks Regnl/county park Y Fee title Open Mostly small county parks BAOSC
  Marin 385 Nature Conservancy Preserve N Fee title Open Ring Mountain BAOSC
  Napa 12000 Napa County Land Trust Land trust Y Easement Closed   BAOSC - http://www.napalandtrust.org/who.html#ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  Napa 2500 Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game Habitat N Fee title Limited   BAOSC
  Napa 35902 Bureau of Land Management BLM land N Fee title Open Unclear whether this should be considered open for recreation. BAOSC
  Napa 4500 Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game Habitat N Fee title Open   BAOSC
  Napa 3361 Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation State park N Fee title Open Bothe-Napa and R.L. Stevenson BAOSC
  Napa 3327 City of Vallejo Watershed Y Fee title Open Vallejo Lakes Reservoir BAOSC
  Napa 1425 Dept. of Veterans Affairs Watershed N Fee title Open Silverado Trail Rector Dam BAOSC
  Napa 850 Napa State Hospital Regnl/county park N Fee title Open Skyline Wilderness Park BAOSC - http://www.napanet.net/recreation/skyline/index.html
  San Francisco 603 National Park Service National park N Fee title Open GGNRA - SF BAOSC
  San Francisco 509 San Francisco County Regnl/county park Y Fee title Open Lake Merced BAOSC
  San Francisco 500 San Francisco Recreation and Park Dept. City open space Y Fee title Open Minimally dev. parts of GG park, McLaren, etc. (2540 total acres city parks) BAOSC
  San Francisco 500 United States Army National park N Fee title Open Minimally developed parts of Presidio (total 1496 acres) BAOSC
  San Francisco 177 Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation State park N Fee title Open Candlestick Point State Recreation Area BAOSC
  San Mateo 5064 Peninsula Open Space Trust Land trust Y Easement Closed Mostly private funding BAOSC - http://www.openspacetrust.org
  San Mateo 792 Coastal Conservancy Land trust N Fee title Closed   BAOSC
  San Mateo 23131 San Francisco County Watershed Y Fee title Limited Reservoir below I-280 BAOSC
  San Mateo 1497 Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game Habitat N Fee title Limited   BAOSC
  San Mateo 1080 Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game Habitat N Fee title Limited   BAOSC
  San Mateo 870 Stanford University Habitat Y Fee title Limited Jasper Ridge Preserve BAOSC - http://jasper1.stanford.edu/
  San Mateo 15348 Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Open space Y Fee title Open Access limited on a few parcels. BAOSC - http://www.paweekly.com/PAW/morgue/cover/1996_Jun_19.OPEN.html
  San Mateo 15295 San Mateo County Regnl/county park Y Fee title Open   BAOSC - http://www.netonline.com/smchamber/where6.html
  San Mateo 13436 Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation State park N Fee title Open Some limited access to Ano Nuevo and small parcels BAOSC
  San Mateo 1206 GGNRA National park Y Fee title Open   BAOSC
  San Mateo 295 City of Pacifica City open space Y Fee title Open Cattle hill -- being transferred to GGNRA BAOSC - http://www.ci.pacifica.ca.us/TRIBUNE/1998/jan/28/ggnra.html
  Santa Clara 4994 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Habitat N Fee title Closed   BAOSC
  Santa Clara 1408 The Trust for Hidden Villa Land trust Y Fee title Closed Hidden Villa (Duveneck Ranch) BAOSC
  Santa Clara 1118 Santa Clara Valley Water District Watershed Y Fee title Closed   BAOSC
  Santa Clara 5638 Peninsula Open Space Trust Land Trust Y Fee title Closed (?) Cloverdale Ranch; mostly private funding BAOSC - http://www.openspacetrust.org/main.html
  Santa Clara 80000 Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation State park N Fee title Open   BAOSC - http://www.coepark.parks.ca.gov/
  Santa Clara 40000 County of Santa Clara Parks and Recreation Dept. Regnl/county park Y Fee title Open   BAOSC - http://claraweb.co.santa-clara.ca.us/handbook/ParksRec.htm
  Santa Clara 22000 Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Open space Y Fee title Open   BAOSC - http://www.paweekly.com/PAW/morgue/cover/1996_Jun_19.OPEN.html
  Santa Clara 2569 Bureau of Land Management BLM land N Fee title Open Unclear whether this should be considered open for recreation. BAOSC
  Santa Clara 2012 City of Palo Alto City open space Y Fee title Open Arastradero Prsv and Foothills Park (Palo Alto residents, guests only) BAOSC - http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/depts/commservice/parks&rec/Open_Space/Open_Space.html
  Santa Clara 689 City of San Jose City open space Y Fee title Open Alum Rock Park, perhaps others BAOSC
  Solano 4400 Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game Habitat N Fee title Closed   BAOSC
  Solano 4000 Solano County Farmlands and Open Space Foundation Open space Y Easement Closed Jepson Prarie etc.; private non-profit with 2/3 public funding BAOSC - http://home.earthlink.net/~scfosf/
  Solano 14300 Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game Habitat N Fee title Open Most Grizzly Island Wildlife Area BAOSC - http://www.suisun.com/todo.htm
  Solano 5029 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Habitat N Fee title Open San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge BAOSC
  Solano 2427 Bureau of Land Management BLM land N Fee title Open Unclear whether this should be considered open for recreation. BAOSC
  Solano 2070 Solano County Farmlands and Open Space Foundation Open space Y Fee title Open Rush Ranch; private non-profit with 2/3 public funding BAOSC - http://www.suisun.com/todo.htm
  Solano 1200 City of Fairfield City open space Y Fee title Open Rockville Hills Park and Serpas Ranch BAOSC
  Solano 1052 City of Vacaville City open space Y Fee title Open Lagoon Valley Hills Open Space BAOSC
  Solano 540 City of Benicia City open space Y Fee title Open Lake Herman/OS area BAOSC
  Sonoma 25000 Sonoma County Agric.Preservation and Open Space District Open space Y Easement Closed Some small parcels owned. Very limited access to some parcels. BAOSC - recent press reports of acreage
  Sonoma 9402 Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game Habitat N Fee title Closed Lake Sonoma Wildlife Management BAOSC
  Sonoma 3039 Calif. Academy of Sciences Habitat N Fee title Closed Pepperwood Ranch Natural Preserve -- they're trying to sell it. BAOSC
  Sonoma 1172 Sonoma County Water Agency Watershed Y Fee title Closed   BAOSC
  Sonoma 428 Sonoma Land Trust Land trust Y Easement Closed Some parcels owned fee simple BAOSC
  Sonoma 270 City of Petaluma City open space Y Fee title Closed City working to open park in 1999. BAOSC - http://www.laffertyranch,org
  Sonoma 1400 Sonoma County Regnl/county park Y Fee title Limited Hood Mountain -- closed for around 6 months of the year due to ostensible fire danger BAOSC
  Sonoma 33245 Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation State park N Fee title Open London, Lake Son. Rec. Area, Annadel, Austin Crk, Sugarloaf, 6 others BAOSC
  Sonoma 7061 Bureau of Land Management BLM land N Fee title Open Unclear whether this should be considered open for recreation. BAOSC
  Sonoma 2000 Sonoma County Regnl/county park Y Fee title Open Shiloh, Helen Putnam, Foothill Oaks etc. BAOSC - Sonoma County Regional Parks (4,362 total acres)
  Sonoma 868 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Habitat N Fee title Open   BAOSC


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