; or (2) creating a new coastal recreation area designated as Los Angeles Coast National Recreation Area . (b) Study topics In conducting the study, the Secretary shall evaluate alternatives that accomplish, to the extent practicable, the following objectives: (1) Preserving and restoring beaches, coastal uplands, and waterways. (2) Connecting, coordinating, and preserving State, county, and local government parks and other publicly owned lands to enhance the potential for public recreation use. (3) Developing and protecting historic sites, significant landscapes, districts, sites, structures, and recreation areas in connection therewith, including parks, picnic areas, scenic overlooks, hiking trails, bicycle trails and equestrian trails. (4) Creating open spaces for parks and recreational use along the coastline adjoining the Ballona Wetlands, in the City of Santa Monica, adjacent to and along State and county beaches of Los Angeles along the north Santa Monica Bay down through Dockweiler State Beach up and around the Ballona Creek and Wetlands, Baldwin Hills, and along the coastline in the San Pedro section of the City of Los Angeles, excluding the Port of Los Angeles north of Crescent Avenue. (5) Protecting wildlife populations in the designated area by preserving and restoring the Ballona Creek and Wetlands. (6) Establishing connections along the trail systems in the designated areas with the aim of creating or maintaining single contiguous trails along the Santa Monica Bay coastline and through Ballona Creek into the Baldwin Hills and encompassing major feeder trails connecting adjoining communities and regional transit to the trail system. (7) Preserving recreational opportunities and facilitating access to open space for a variety of recreational users. (8) Protecting rare, threatened, or endangered plant and animal species, and rare or unusual plant communities and habitats. (c) Private property The study shall include an analysis of— (1) the impact that establishment of all or a portion of the Ballona