Stable Use Horse Stables And Barns Metal Buildings And Barns For Horse Barns

Horse Stables and Barns Metal Buildings and Barns For Horse Barns and Stable Use

While this section presents the known archeological resources documented within and close to the APEs for the Plan, it is possible that additional undiscovered sites exist throughout all of the APEs. Archeological resources from indigenous populations of Native Americans within the present boundaries of GGNRA typically consist of sites, such as village sites, camps, rock shelters, procurement sites such as food gathering and hunting spots or quarries for tool making, food processing sites such as shell middens, funerary sites, and trails. Isolated artifacts relating to many of the above functions may appear in areas with greater or lesser association to these sites. Historic archeological resources expected within and around military fort resources as well as historic ranching complexes would likely include privy pits, refuse deposits/dumps, and foundations.

Cultural landscapes are environmental settings that human beings have created. These effects of human activity reveal the fundamental ties between people and the land, reflecting the human need to grow food, to give form to settlements, to travel, to meet a need for recreation or work, or to bury the dead (NPS 1998). And most importantly, cultural landscapes are places where people live and reside. The NPS has identified three cultural landscapes that may be affected by the proposed project: Ranch M/Golden Gate Dairy; Ranch A/B; and Fort Barry Balloon Hanger and Vehicle Motor Sheds, which are part of the Forts Baker, Barry and Cronkite National Register Historic District.

The GGNRA is one of the most heavily visited National Parks in the United States, with the Marin Headlands being a particularly popular area of the Park, especially with local communities. The GGNRA lands surrounding the project area are unique not only in their diversity and quantity of natural and cultural features, but also in their proximity to a large population and major urban center with worldwide status as a tourist destination. This juxtaposition makes the resources and recreational opportunities readily accessible to a large number of people, and enhances the importance of the qualities for which it was set aside as a national park. Visitors can be local residents who have the Park as part of their ―backyard‖ as well as visitors from all over the world who have traveled to San Francisco to see many different attractions as part of their visit. GGNRA is visited by over 16 million people annually (NPS 2009).

The project vicinity provides a variety of recreational activities including horseback riding, hiking, picnicking, walking, running, dog walking, biking, wildlife viewing, and painting. Popular trails in the area that are open to equestrians include the Miwok, portions of the Coastal Trail, Coyote Ridge, Dias Ridge, Marincello and Tennessee Valley Trails. Under current Park policy, equestrians are permitted to ride on all of these trails, as well as unpaved fire roads throughout the Park hills. The four existing equestrian stables are operated year-round with heaviest visitation and horseback riding in dry months from May to October. Visitation at the stables is described further in the following paragraphs.

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