San Mateo County
Located just seven miles south of San Francisco in San Mateo County, the Montara Mountain complex has many regionally significant conservation values. The complex supports distinctive coastal scrub and coastal chaparral communities with numerous threatened, rare, and endangered plant and animal species. These species include the endemic Montara Manzanita, the federally endangered Hinkman’s cinquefoil, the federally endangered San Bruno Elfin Butterfly, and the federally threatened California Red-Legged Frog. The area is home to the headwaters of five watersheds that flow to the coast, including Denniston Creek, San Vicente Creek, and Martini Creek. Key trail connections run through this area to existing public lands, and an opportunity exists to add a key link to the California Coastal Trail. The area is also highly scenic and visible for a significant stretch of Highway 1, which runs through the area. Over 200 acres of land are in agricultural production in this area, including Denniston Valley on Rancho Corral de Tierra, which is considered some of the most productive agricultural land in California. The protection of this area complements the surrounding protected lands and will create a regionally important protected open space complex.
For more information about this area, please contact:
Mark Landgraf
Peninsula Open Space Trust
mlandgraf@openspacetrust.org
(650) 854-7696
http://www.openspacetrust.org/index.html
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