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LandWatch State of Monterey County Report 1999
3.10 Open Spaces and Recreational Lands

 

 


Monterey County has thousands of acres in parks, wilderness areas, and open space at military facilities.

 

Table 15--Parks and Open Spaces (Acres)

Federal Forests and Wilderness Acres

Los Padres National Forest

304,035

Ventana Wilderness

164,503

Bureau of Land Management/Fort Ord

7,000

Bureau of Land Management/other

34,787

Military Land

Fort Hunter Liggett

165,828

Camp Roberts

16,857

Fort Ord Land to be transferred

8,000

State Parks

State Parks (20 parks)

16,128

Regional and County Parks

Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

7,500

Monterey County Parks (including 6,600 acres of Lake San Antonio)

13,707

Land Trusts and Other

Big Sur Land Trust

8,200

Elkhorn Slough National Marine Estuarine Reserve

1,500

Nature Conservancy Preserve

800

Elkhorn Slough Foundation

700

Moss Landing Wildlife Area

500

Total Open Space and Recreational Acres

915,873


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