What Stewardship Looks Like in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Defining stewardship can be hard. Showing it is easy.
Tag: California State Parks
Meet the Bay Area’s Feral Pigs
No cartoonish farm animals here -- California's wild pigs disrupt natural and urban spaces alike.
The Most Visited State Park System in the Nation Is Remaking Itself and Wants Your Buy-In
Seven years after the crisis, California State Parks tests out a new model.
Ask the Naturalist: Shady Bay Area Hikes?
Where to find some shady hikes in our state parks on sunny fall days? Guest naturalist - and BN publisher David Loeb - had some suggestions.
Are California state parks stuck in a 1950s business mentality?
California State Parks is grappling with modern funding problems as it strains for cash while its staffing, recreation and maintenance needs grow.
Threatened with closure, Anderson Marsh gains new lease on life
Most rural California state parks have languished in obscurity, but Anderson Marsh has been buoyed by those who value its history.
Who can resist a California state park when dinner and dancing is involved?
Santa Cruz state parks supporters are using a bit of marketing and PR to attract new park-goers and raise money.
Can Off-roading and Nature Coexist?
In the hills west of Livermore, off-roaders are hoping to expand their range into an area that land preservationists say is sensitive natural habitat.
The Parks and the People
Some 70 state parks were scheduled to be closed on July 1, 2012. But determined action by park-loving citizens around the state has succeeded in getting some parks removed from...
Solutions for some state parks on closure list
In its haste to eliminate $22 million from its budget, the California parks department took aim at 70 state parks, one-quarter of the system. The strategy: sacrifice a few to...
