The Patwin People and Solano County Open a Park
Patwino Worrtla Kodoi Dihi Open Space Park in Fairfield. Trail: 4.4 mi, 744 ft elevation gain, loop
California’s state park system is the largest and most diverse natural and cultural heritage holdings in the nation. Yet the century-and-a-half-old system has been in perpetual crisis mode for several decades, battered about by funding shortfalls and repeated threats of closures.
Patwino Worrtla Kodoi Dihi Open Space Park in Fairfield. Trail: 4.4 mi, 744 ft elevation gain, loop
In the East Bay, livestock ponds are surprisingly important amphibian habitat.
A shoreline park in Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco.
Deer and raccoons that once fearlessly roamed the island have become prey.
San Francisco voters will decide this year whether to authorize the Great Highway to go car-free, and maybe become a park.
After almost 150 years, a piece of San Francisco’s last remaining natural shoreline in Bayview-Hunters Point is now accessible to the public. First, it had to be cleaned up.
China Basin Park in Mission Bay is open, as of April 2024.
… then Turtle #9 would have stories to tell about the restoration of Redwood Creek.
Wildcat Creek has been trash-clogged and flood-prone for forty years. Now residents will plan its revitalization—and maybe the steelhead can come back, too?
Here’s a look at what these state conservation dollars have helped fund in the Bay Area.