Kirkland Ranch in south Napa County, California has a ridge with sweeping views of vineyards, wetlands, San Pablo Bay and beyond, which the local park district wants the public to experience. “I think that would certainly be a draw for a lot of people,” Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District General Manager John Woodbury said.
The district recently released its “to-do” list for 2015. If all goes as planned, it will buy hundreds of acres of land and build new trails allowing the public to see parts of Napa County presently off-limits.
This push includes buying 411 acres of the Kirkland Ranch. Then the district could create a 5.5-mile trail leading from Highway 12 in Jameson Canyon up to the Tuteur Loop trail, which links with Skyline Wilderness Park east of the city of Napa.
Another proposed land deal involves buying 588 acres near the 6,350-acre Cedar Roughs Wilderness Area west of Lake Berryessa. This would provide the first convenient public access to the wilderness area owned by the Bureau of Land Management, a district report said. Cedar Roughs Wilderness Area is home to a large stand of Sargent cypress that covers about 50 percent of the property.
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