Preservapedia:WikiProject Cultural landscapes/Presidio of San Francisco

Presidio of San Francisco is located on 1,480 acres, 7.7 square km in the city of San Francisco, CA, United States. The Presidio of San Francisco has been a fortified location since September 17th, 1776 when the Spanish made it the military center of their expansion in the area. It passed to Mexico, which in turn passed it to the United States in 1848. As part of a military reduction program, Congress voted in 1989 to end the Presidio's status as an active military installation and on October 1, 1994, it was transferred to the National Park Service, ending 219 years of military use and beginning its next phase of mixed commercial and public use. In 1996, the United States Congress created the Presidio Trust to oversee and manage the interior 80% of the park's lands, with the National Park Service managing the coastal 20%. In a first-of-its-kind structure, Congress mandated that the Presidio Trust make the Presidio financially self-sufficient by 2013, something it achieved 8 years early. The park is characterized by many wooded areas, hills, and scenic vistas overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. It was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1962.

Issue
At the Presidio of San Francisco, a unit of golden Gate National Recreation Area, resource managers are also developing a vegetation management plan that includes a historic forest. In this case, the National Park Service is developing the plan cooperatively with the Presidio Trust, an independent federal agency. Because the Presidio is located at the edge of a densely populated urban area, public involvement is particularly important. A historic character study currently underway will be combined with knowledge of natural resources to inform management decisions. -->

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