Which California parks should remain under state control?
April 23, 2013 by Dhyana Levey
A long awaited report has sparked a debate on how to best manage the California State Parks system.
Latest from state parks crisis
National Trust hopes to save slice of history at state park
February 07, 2013 by Christine Sculati
Ceramicist Marguerite Wildenhain left her legacy at Austin Creek State Recreation Area in Sonoma County. What happens when the interests of art history and state parks coincide?
Investigation finds State Parks deliberately hid some funds
January 04, 2013 by Alison Hawkes
The California Attorney General’s office releases the results of its investigation into the State Parks Department over its funding fiasco.
The General’s mission for California state parks
December 21, 2012 by Joan Hamilton
Major General Anthony Jackson came out of retirement for one more mission: to turn around California’s state parks department. In a Bay Nature interview, Jackson explains why, “My goal, honest and truly, is not closing any parks.”
Will park groups accept the state’s apology?
October 30, 2012 by Joan Hamilton
The California parks department is figuring out how to disperse $10 million to groups that kept their local state parks from closing this year. But some parks fans wonder how they’ll get out from the shadow of a parks department in scandal.
Sonoma parks turn to South Africa, elsewhere for funding ideas
September 17, 2012 by Alison Hawkes
What does South Africa and Sonoma County have in common?
Both suffer from debilitating shortages of public funds for parks. …
Under new management: China Camp volunteers take the helm
August 10, 2012 by Christine Sculati
After six months of fundraising, the nonprofit Friends of China Camp raised $250,000, enough money to take over operations of …
Fixing State Parks without the “scandal”
July 31, 2012 by David Loeb
It’s certainly not hard to apply words like “outrageous” and “appalling” to the current scandal surrounding $54 million dollars in …
Pelicans, state parks, drought & more
July 23, 2012 by Alison Hawkes
Welcome to Bay Nature’s first News Digest post. We’ll be updating you regularly on the top nature news reported in …
State parks win reprieve but face uncertain future
July 03, 2012 by Christine Sculati
This past week I received a flurry of excited emails from Robert Hanna, the great great grandson of John Muir, who has possessed a fierce determination to keep open every state park in California slated for closure. On Friday he celebrated victory at the State Capitol in Sacramento after learning that all but one of the 70 parks on the closure list will stay open.
