The California State Parks Foundation requests our assistance in urging the Legislature and governor to allocate the recently-identified State Park and Recreation Funds (SPRF) revenues back into our state park system. Despite recent statements from the governor, they are concerned that it is not a done deal that the Legislature intends to allocate the $20.3 …
Tag Archive: State Parks
May 27
Coe celebration held 5/26: first check presented to CA DPR
more info at: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=8677490 and http://www.coeparkfund.org/
May 16
Henry W. Coe State Park Volunteer Trail Work Suspended
Volunteer trail work in Henry W Coe State Park, infamous for hundreds of miles of steep, guttered, brushy, nondescript trails and dirt roads, is temporarily suspended…due to concerns voiced by staff over the quality and DPR trail standard compliance of the new three mile long Jim Donnelly Trail construction located adjacent to the Hunting Hollow …
Apr 11
VOCal event at Coe postponed ’till 4/28th…
(from P. Nam) The trail building event on the Jim Donnelly Trail this weekend (4/14-15) has been postponed due to the amount of rain the park is receiving this week. http://v-o-cal.org/projects/2012/henry-coe.html … The soil has become too saturated to bear a division of volunteer trail workers and their ancillary support vehicles accessing the back roads. …
Apr 10
Castle Rock Skyline Trail Now Open to Hikers, Cyclists, and Equestrians!
For more info see this Bay Area Ridge Trail Article, and map. The newly-opened part is between Saratoga Gap (highways 9/35 junction) approximately 1.75 miles south to the State Park boundary near the Summit Rock parking area.
Mar 14
Castle Rock State Park saved from the closure list
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_20167263/castle-rock-state-park-saved-from-closure-list Castle Rock State Park, a rugged expanse of Douglas fir and madrone trees known for its sweeping views to the Pacific Ocean and honeycombed sandstone rock formations, will be removed from the state’s closure list. Under a deal set to be announced Wednesday, the popular park, which sits atop the ridgeline of the Santa …
Sep 30
Environmentalists ramping up statewide ballot effort to save state parks
With the Schwarzenegger administration preparing to close up to 100 state parks, California’s top environmental groups are quietly putting together a ballot campaign they hope will turn the bad news into a renaissance for the state’s long-struggling park system. The Nature Conservancy, National Audubon Society, Trust for Public Land, Save-the-Redwoods League and others have raised …
