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And depending on how your local library is handling the program, which launched in 2022, you’ll be able to keep and use that pass for a certain amount of time before having to return it.[aside postID='science_1983522,news_11953853,news_11953794' label='More Outdoor Guides']\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/712/files/fact%20sheet%20parks%20150th%20anniversary%20final.pdf\">California’s state park system is the largest in the nation (PDF)\u003c/a>, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex\">a large number of parks accessible within the Bay Area\u003c/a> itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50949/suffering-from-nature-deficit-disorder-try-forest-bathing\">Getting into nature has documented health benefits\u003c/a> — and the state says \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1078\">this program is about helping more Californians explore the outdoors\u003c/a>, and reducing financial barriers to entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out how to get free entry to California’s state parks — and which other \u003ca href=\"#californiastateparkpass\">free or low-cost passes to state parks\u003c/a> are available.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Which state parks will accept the California State Library Parks Pass?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The pass is valid for use any day of the week, including holidays (but only if space in the park is available). Still, it’s important to note that not every state park in California will accept the California State Library Parks Pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11910594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Soaring California redwoods photographed from below\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old-growth redwood trees in Armstrong Woods State Natural Reserve in Guerneville. \u003ccite>(George Rose/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else would you like to read a guide to?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Parks and Recreation say the pass won’t be accepted “at units operated by federal and local government, private agencies or concessionaires.” In the Bay Area, for example, Angel Island, Pacifica State Beach and San Bruno Mountain State Park won’t accept a California State Library Parks Pass for free entry.[aside postID=mindshift_50949 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2018/04/gettyimages-937327264-0ffed8630d3555e1c7389d3af280fffec4bcf9ef-1180x885.jpg']Still, there are a lot of state parks in the Bay Area where you \u003cem>can\u003c/em> use the pass. These include \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mount Tamalpais State Park\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=531\">Half Moon Bay State Beach\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=538\">Castle Rock State Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=533\">Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park\u003c/a> — the oldest state park in California, founded in 1902. Jump to a list of the \u003ca href=\"#validstateparks\">state parks around the Bay Area that will accept the California State Library Parks Pass.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a look at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The full list of \u003ca href=\"#validstateparks\">California state parks that offer free entry with a California State Library Parks Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30813\"> state parks that \u003cem>won’t\u003c/em> accept a California State Library Parks Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23474\">some of California’s most notable state parks\u003c/a>, if you’re hoping to use the pass to travel further afield.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30812\">FAQ about the California State Library Parks Pass program\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How can I check out a California State Library Parks Pass from my local library?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Each library may have different preferences for how you check out a pass, but your best bet is almost certainly by visiting in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Different public libraries have received different numbers of passes, with the minimum being three passes per library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#librarycard\">How to get a library card (if you don’t have one yet).\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you have a library card with a public library system that has multiple locations — like in San Francisco or Oakland, for example — the California State Library Parks Passes most likely will be spread out between these locations. Contact your local branch ahead of time to confirm the location of the pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your library gets to decide how many days you can keep a pass, so make sure you know that return date when you check out a pass.[aside postID='news_11953792,news_11953167,news_11943906' label='More Guides Like This']Your library may also allow you to place a hold on a pass, just like you would a book — this is, for example, what the San Francisco Public Library allows for cardholders. You may be able to place a hold on a pass in person at your local library, or online by logging into your library card account. Placing a hold on a pass could be a good way to plan in advance for an upcoming trip where you want to use the free pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.library.ca.gov/branches/\">Find your nearest local library.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much money will I be saving by using a California State Library Parks Pass?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Entry fees usually vary between state parks, and often go up around peak visit weekends or holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://store.parks.ca.gov/category/default-category/park-passes/\">California Explorer Annual Day Use Pass typically costs $195\u003c/a>, but doesn’t cover all state parks in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11910593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A view up a sandy shoreline alongside steep, shaded, rocky cliffs, with the sun shining on receding waves.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1308\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut-800x545.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut-1020x695.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut-1536x1046.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaviota State Park in Gaviota, one of the state parks that will accept the California State Library Parks Pass. \u003ccite>(George Rose/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How long can I keep the pass?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>That’ll really depend on your local library — because each library gets to decide how long a pass can be checked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contact your local library to find out how long they’re loaning their passes for, and to make sure you return your pass in a timely manner so the next person can enjoy it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I use the pass to enter multiple state parks that accept it?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, you can use it to enter as many eligible state parks as you like during the loan period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is another reason placing a hold on a pass may be a helpful way to plan ahead for a few days of travel (or a road trip) to enable you to visit multiple state parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the catch?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Remember that not all state parks are participating in this program, and the passes don’t cover camping fees. The Department of Parks and Recreation also says that the pass won’t cover “per-person entry or tour fees (such as museums), boat use, camping, group use or sites, special events, additional/extra vehicle fees, sanitation disposal use or … supplemental fees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, libraries can decide on the number of days a pass can be checked out, and each library will get a minimum of just three passes to give out. So if your local library doesn’t have many passes on offer, and they allow cardholders to keep a pass for several days, you may have to wait for your turn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11910592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo State Park in Alamo, with the tallest mountain in the San Francisco Bay Area, July 2016. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"librarycard\">\u003c/a>What if I don’t have a library card?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Getting a library card is fairly simple, and will allow you to access not only a California State Library Parks Pass, but also the full range of your local library’s books, media, records and library services like laptop and internet access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To apply for a library card, you must:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Be a California resident.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Provide a government-issued photo ID such as your valid driver’s license, state ID, passport, consulate ID card or active military ID.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.library.ca.gov/branches/\">Find your local library near you.\u003c/a> You may be able to apply for a library card in person or online — but be sure to check whether the pandemic has changed your local library’s opening times if you go in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"validstateparks\">\u003c/a>Which California state parks offer free entry with a Library Parks Pass?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Take a look at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex\">California Department of Parks and Recreation’s map\u003c/a> to find the state parks nearest you, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21805\">find the state park you’re looking for in this full list\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30813\">see the list of state parks where you \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> use a California State Library Parks Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the state parks around the Bay Area that are currently offering free entry with a California State Library Parks Pass:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=22880\">Albany State Marine Reserve\u003c/a>, Albany\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=450\">Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve\u003c/a>, Guerneville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=482\">Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park\u003c/a>, St. Helena\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=527\">Bean Hollow State Beach\u003c/a>, near Pescadero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=475\">Benicia Capitol State Historic Park\u003c/a>, Benicia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=476\">Benicia State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, Benicia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=562\">Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, Byron (near Livermore)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>, Boulder Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=477\">Bothe-Napa Valley State Park\u003c/a>, Calistoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=487\">Brannan Island State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, Rio Vista\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=535\">Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park Property\u003c/a>, Half Moon Bay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=536\">Butano State Park\u003c/a>, Pescadero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=519\">Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, \u003c/a>San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=538\">Castle Rock State Park\u003c/a>, Los Gatos\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=466\">China Camp State Park\u003c/a>, San Rafael\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=492\">Delta Meadows Park Property\u003c/a>, Vallejo\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=22881\">Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve\u003c/a>, Emeryville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=490\">Franks Tract State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, Bethel Island\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=528\">Gray Whale Cove State Beach\u003c/a>, Half Moon Bay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=531\">Half Moon Bay State Beach\u003c/a>, Half Moon Bay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=478\">Jack London State Historic Park\u003c/a>, Glen Ellen\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24343\">Locke Boarding House Museum Point of Interest\u003c/a>, Locke\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=520\">McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore\u003c/a>, Berkeley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=532\">Montara State Beach\u003c/a>, Montara\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>, Walnut Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mount Tamalpais State Park\u003c/a>, Mill Valley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=465\">Olompali State Historic Park\u003c/a>, Novato\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=522\">Pescadero State Beach\u003c/a>, Pescadero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=533\">Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park\u003c/a>, Pescadero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=521\">Pomponio State Beach\u003c/a>, San Gregorio\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=539\">Portola Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>, La Honda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=469\">Samuel P. Taylor State Park\u003c/a>, Lagunitas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=529\">San Gregorio State Beach\u003c/a>, San Gregorio\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=481\">Sugarloaf Ridge State Park\u003c/a>, Kenwood\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=530\">Thornton State Beach\u003c/a>, Daly City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=470\">Tomales Bay State Park\u003c/a>, Inverness\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=480\">Trione-Annadel State Park\u003c/a>, Santa Rosa.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"californiastateparkpass\">\u003c/a>How else can I save money visiting California state parks?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Except where otherwise noted, these passes can be used at every California state park, excluding units operated by federal and local government, private agencies or concessionaires (like Angel Island in the Bay Area).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>California State Park Adventure Pass (free)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there’s a fourth grader in your household, you’re eligible for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/AdventurePass\">California State Park Adventure Pass\u003c/a>, which gives one family (up to three adults and other kids) and friends who can fit in the same car free entry to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30667\">19 participating state parks.\u003c/a> The pass is valid for the one-year period during which the child is in the fourth grade, from September 1 to August 31. In the Bay Area, participating parks include \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=478\">Jack London State Historic Park\u003c/a> in Glen Ellen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=469\">Samuel P. Taylor State Park\u003c/a> in Lagunitas and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1179\">Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area\u003c/a> (Gabilan Mountains outside San José).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read more on \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/AdventurePass\">how to get a California State Park Adventure Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp id=\"GoldenBear\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30960\">Golden Bear Pass\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>(free)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valid for the calendar year, this pass gives free vehicle day-use \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/737/files/Golden%20Bear%20Park%20Acceptance%20List%20ADA.pdf\">access to certain California state parks (PDF)\u003c/a> for CalWORKs recipients, SSI recipients, and people whose incomes fall under a certain threshold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of August 29, the Golden Bear Pass has also been expanded to participants of California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/tribal-tanf\">Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)\u003c/a>. California State Parks officials say that TANF recipients who are issued a Golden Bear pass will first receive 2023 passes valid for the remainder of the calendar year, and then another pass for 2024 will be sent to them at the beginning of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30960\">Read more about how to get a Golden Bear Pass.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30961\">Limited Use Golden Bear Pass\u003c/a> ($20)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People age 62 years and older, along with their spouse or domestic partner, can get \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/737/files/Limited%20Use%20Golden%20Bear%20Park%20Acceptance%20List%20ADA.pdf\">free entry to many state parks (PDF)\u003c/a> during \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/737/files/Limited%20Use%20Golden%20Bear%20Park%20Acceptance%20List%20ADA.pdf\">non-peak season (PDF)\u003c/a> with this pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30961\">Read more about how to get a Limited Use Golden Bear Pass.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30959\">Disabled Discount Pass\u003c/a> ($3.50 for a 50% discount)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This $3.50 lifetime pass gives individuals with permanent disabilities a 50% discount on vehicle day-use, family camping and boat-use fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30958\">Distinguished Veteran Pass\u003c/a> (free)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lifetime pass for honorably discharged veterans living in California who also meet \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30958\">certain requirements listed here\u003c/a>. Pass holders can use all basic facilities (day-use, camping and boating) in California state parks for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story published on July 27, 2023.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"See which California state parks, including many around the Bay Area, you can get into for free with the new California State Library Parks Pass.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1693342802,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":48,"wordCount":2191},"headData":{"title":"How to Get Free Entry to California State Parks With Your Library Card | KQED","description":"See which California state parks, including many around the Bay Area, you can get into for free with the new California State Library Parks Pass.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"How to Get Free Entry to California State Parks With Your Library Card","datePublished":"2023-08-29T20:05:09.000Z","dateModified":"2023-08-29T21:00:02.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11910495/how-to-get-free-entry-to-california-state-parks-with-your-library-card","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As fall 2023 approaches, our “summer” in the Bay Area and beyond is really only just beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’re itching to explore our state, and you have a library card, you can check out a free pass to over 200 state parks around California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30806\">California State Library Parks Pass program, \u003c/a>each of the state’s libraries — of which there are over 1,180 — are offering cardholders a limited number of passes to most state parks, \u003ca href=\"#validstateparks\">including many state parks around the Bay Area.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re a library cardholder, each pass gives you free day-entry to a California state park near you for one passenger vehicle (with up to nine people in it) — or one highway-licensed motorcycle. And depending on how your local library is handling the program, which launched in 2022, you’ll be able to keep and use that pass for a certain amount of time before having to return it.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"science_1983522,news_11953853,news_11953794","label":"More Outdoor Guides "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/712/files/fact%20sheet%20parks%20150th%20anniversary%20final.pdf\">California’s state park system is the largest in the nation (PDF)\u003c/a>, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex\">a large number of parks accessible within the Bay Area\u003c/a> itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50949/suffering-from-nature-deficit-disorder-try-forest-bathing\">Getting into nature has documented health benefits\u003c/a> — and the state says \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1078\">this program is about helping more Californians explore the outdoors\u003c/a>, and reducing financial barriers to entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out how to get free entry to California’s state parks — and which other \u003ca href=\"#californiastateparkpass\">free or low-cost passes to state parks\u003c/a> are available.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Which state parks will accept the California State Library Parks Pass?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The pass is valid for use any day of the week, including holidays (but only if space in the park is available). Still, it’s important to note that not every state park in California will accept the California State Library Parks Pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11910594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Soaring California redwoods photographed from below\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55018_GettyImages-148204289-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old-growth redwood trees in Armstrong Woods State Natural Reserve in Guerneville. \u003ccite>(George Rose/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else would you like to read a guide to?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Parks and Recreation say the pass won’t be accepted “at units operated by federal and local government, private agencies or concessionaires.” In the Bay Area, for example, Angel Island, Pacifica State Beach and San Bruno Mountain State Park won’t accept a California State Library Parks Pass for free entry.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"mindshift_50949","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2018/04/gettyimages-937327264-0ffed8630d3555e1c7389d3af280fffec4bcf9ef-1180x885.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Still, there are a lot of state parks in the Bay Area where you \u003cem>can\u003c/em> use the pass. These include \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mount Tamalpais State Park\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=531\">Half Moon Bay State Beach\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=538\">Castle Rock State Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=533\">Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park\u003c/a> — the oldest state park in California, founded in 1902. Jump to a list of the \u003ca href=\"#validstateparks\">state parks around the Bay Area that will accept the California State Library Parks Pass.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a look at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The full list of \u003ca href=\"#validstateparks\">California state parks that offer free entry with a California State Library Parks Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30813\"> state parks that \u003cem>won’t\u003c/em> accept a California State Library Parks Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23474\">some of California’s most notable state parks\u003c/a>, if you’re hoping to use the pass to travel further afield.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30812\">FAQ about the California State Library Parks Pass program\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How can I check out a California State Library Parks Pass from my local library?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Each library may have different preferences for how you check out a pass, but your best bet is almost certainly by visiting in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Different public libraries have received different numbers of passes, with the minimum being three passes per library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#librarycard\">How to get a library card (if you don’t have one yet).\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you have a library card with a public library system that has multiple locations — like in San Francisco or Oakland, for example — the California State Library Parks Passes most likely will be spread out between these locations. Contact your local branch ahead of time to confirm the location of the pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your library gets to decide how many days you can keep a pass, so make sure you know that return date when you check out a pass.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11953792,news_11953167,news_11943906","label":"More Guides Like This "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Your library may also allow you to place a hold on a pass, just like you would a book — this is, for example, what the San Francisco Public Library allows for cardholders. You may be able to place a hold on a pass in person at your local library, or online by logging into your library card account. Placing a hold on a pass could be a good way to plan in advance for an upcoming trip where you want to use the free pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.library.ca.gov/branches/\">Find your nearest local library.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much money will I be saving by using a California State Library Parks Pass?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Entry fees usually vary between state parks, and often go up around peak visit weekends or holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://store.parks.ca.gov/category/default-category/park-passes/\">California Explorer Annual Day Use Pass typically costs $195\u003c/a>, but doesn’t cover all state parks in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11910593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A view up a sandy shoreline alongside steep, shaded, rocky cliffs, with the sun shining on receding waves.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1308\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut-800x545.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut-1020x695.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55016_GettyImages-1379725445-qut-1536x1046.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaviota State Park in Gaviota, one of the state parks that will accept the California State Library Parks Pass. \u003ccite>(George Rose/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How long can I keep the pass?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>That’ll really depend on your local library — because each library gets to decide how long a pass can be checked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contact your local library to find out how long they’re loaning their passes for, and to make sure you return your pass in a timely manner so the next person can enjoy it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I use the pass to enter multiple state parks that accept it?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, you can use it to enter as many eligible state parks as you like during the loan period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is another reason placing a hold on a pass may be a helpful way to plan ahead for a few days of travel (or a road trip) to enable you to visit multiple state parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the catch?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Remember that not all state parks are participating in this program, and the passes don’t cover camping fees. The Department of Parks and Recreation also says that the pass won’t cover “per-person entry or tour fees (such as museums), boat use, camping, group use or sites, special events, additional/extra vehicle fees, sanitation disposal use or … supplemental fees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, libraries can decide on the number of days a pass can be checked out, and each library will get a minimum of just three passes to give out. So if your local library doesn’t have many passes on offer, and they allow cardholders to keep a pass for several days, you may have to wait for your turn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11910592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55015_GettyImages-547363506-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo State Park in Alamo, with the tallest mountain in the San Francisco Bay Area, July 2016. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"librarycard\">\u003c/a>What if I don’t have a library card?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Getting a library card is fairly simple, and will allow you to access not only a California State Library Parks Pass, but also the full range of your local library’s books, media, records and library services like laptop and internet access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To apply for a library card, you must:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Be a California resident.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Provide a government-issued photo ID such as your valid driver’s license, state ID, passport, consulate ID card or active military ID.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.library.ca.gov/branches/\">Find your local library near you.\u003c/a> You may be able to apply for a library card in person or online — but be sure to check whether the pandemic has changed your local library’s opening times if you go in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"validstateparks\">\u003c/a>Which California state parks offer free entry with a Library Parks Pass?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Take a look at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex\">California Department of Parks and Recreation’s map\u003c/a> to find the state parks nearest you, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21805\">find the state park you’re looking for in this full list\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30813\">see the list of state parks where you \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> use a California State Library Parks Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the state parks around the Bay Area that are currently offering free entry with a California State Library Parks Pass:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=22880\">Albany State Marine Reserve\u003c/a>, Albany\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=450\">Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve\u003c/a>, Guerneville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=482\">Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park\u003c/a>, St. Helena\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=527\">Bean Hollow State Beach\u003c/a>, near Pescadero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=475\">Benicia Capitol State Historic Park\u003c/a>, Benicia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=476\">Benicia State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, Benicia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=562\">Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, Byron (near Livermore)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>, Boulder Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=477\">Bothe-Napa Valley State Park\u003c/a>, Calistoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=487\">Brannan Island State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, Rio Vista\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=535\">Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park Property\u003c/a>, Half Moon Bay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=536\">Butano State Park\u003c/a>, Pescadero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=519\">Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, \u003c/a>San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=538\">Castle Rock State Park\u003c/a>, Los Gatos\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=466\">China Camp State Park\u003c/a>, San Rafael\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=492\">Delta Meadows Park Property\u003c/a>, Vallejo\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=22881\">Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve\u003c/a>, Emeryville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=490\">Franks Tract State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, Bethel Island\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=528\">Gray Whale Cove State Beach\u003c/a>, Half Moon Bay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=531\">Half Moon Bay State Beach\u003c/a>, Half Moon Bay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=478\">Jack London State Historic Park\u003c/a>, Glen Ellen\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24343\">Locke Boarding House Museum Point of Interest\u003c/a>, Locke\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=520\">McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore\u003c/a>, Berkeley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=532\">Montara State Beach\u003c/a>, Montara\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>, Walnut Creek\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mount Tamalpais State Park\u003c/a>, Mill Valley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=465\">Olompali State Historic Park\u003c/a>, Novato\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=522\">Pescadero State Beach\u003c/a>, Pescadero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=533\">Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park\u003c/a>, Pescadero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=521\">Pomponio State Beach\u003c/a>, San Gregorio\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=539\">Portola Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>, La Honda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=469\">Samuel P. Taylor State Park\u003c/a>, Lagunitas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=529\">San Gregorio State Beach\u003c/a>, San Gregorio\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=481\">Sugarloaf Ridge State Park\u003c/a>, Kenwood\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=530\">Thornton State Beach\u003c/a>, Daly City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=470\">Tomales Bay State Park\u003c/a>, Inverness\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=480\">Trione-Annadel State Park\u003c/a>, Santa Rosa.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"californiastateparkpass\">\u003c/a>How else can I save money visiting California state parks?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Except where otherwise noted, these passes can be used at every California state park, excluding units operated by federal and local government, private agencies or concessionaires (like Angel Island in the Bay Area).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>California State Park Adventure Pass (free)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there’s a fourth grader in your household, you’re eligible for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/AdventurePass\">California State Park Adventure Pass\u003c/a>, which gives one family (up to three adults and other kids) and friends who can fit in the same car free entry to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30667\">19 participating state parks.\u003c/a> The pass is valid for the one-year period during which the child is in the fourth grade, from September 1 to August 31. In the Bay Area, participating parks include \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=478\">Jack London State Historic Park\u003c/a> in Glen Ellen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=469\">Samuel P. Taylor State Park\u003c/a> in Lagunitas and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1179\">Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area\u003c/a> (Gabilan Mountains outside San José).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read more on \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/AdventurePass\">how to get a California State Park Adventure Pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp id=\"GoldenBear\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30960\">Golden Bear Pass\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>(free)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valid for the calendar year, this pass gives free vehicle day-use \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/737/files/Golden%20Bear%20Park%20Acceptance%20List%20ADA.pdf\">access to certain California state parks (PDF)\u003c/a> for CalWORKs recipients, SSI recipients, and people whose incomes fall under a certain threshold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of August 29, the Golden Bear Pass has also been expanded to participants of California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/tribal-tanf\">Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)\u003c/a>. California State Parks officials say that TANF recipients who are issued a Golden Bear pass will first receive 2023 passes valid for the remainder of the calendar year, and then another pass for 2024 will be sent to them at the beginning of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30960\">Read more about how to get a Golden Bear Pass.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30961\">Limited Use Golden Bear Pass\u003c/a> ($20)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People age 62 years and older, along with their spouse or domestic partner, can get \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/737/files/Limited%20Use%20Golden%20Bear%20Park%20Acceptance%20List%20ADA.pdf\">free entry to many state parks (PDF)\u003c/a> during \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/737/files/Limited%20Use%20Golden%20Bear%20Park%20Acceptance%20List%20ADA.pdf\">non-peak season (PDF)\u003c/a> with this pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30961\">Read more about how to get a Limited Use Golden Bear Pass.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30959\">Disabled Discount Pass\u003c/a> ($3.50 for a 50% discount)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This $3.50 lifetime pass gives individuals with permanent disabilities a 50% discount on vehicle day-use, family camping and boat-use fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30958\">Distinguished Veteran Pass\u003c/a> (free)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lifetime pass for honorably discharged veterans living in California who also meet \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30958\">certain requirements listed here\u003c/a>. Pass holders can use all basic facilities (day-use, camping and boating) in California state parks for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"hearken","attributes":{"named":{"id":"10483","src":"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story published on July 27, 2023.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11910495/how-to-get-free-entry-to-california-state-parks-with-your-library-card","authors":["3243"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_32707","news_5692","news_24345","news_18179","news_28147","news_21950","news_1498","news_2504","news_2905","news_23243","news_1419"],"featImg":"news_11910595","label":"news"},"science_1956446":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1956446","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1956446","score":null,"sort":[1580846272000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"state-park-plan-is-conservationists-dream-but-reformers-want-focus-on-park-poor-neighborhoods","title":"State Park Plan Is Conservationist's Dream. But Reformers Want Focus on Neglected Neighborhoods","publishDate":1580846272,"format":"standard","headTitle":"State Park Plan Is Conservationist’s Dream. But Reformers Want Focus on Neglected Neighborhoods | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003ch4>California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal includes millions to buy land for a new state park, as well as an equal amount to increase park access for “underserved populations.” Together, the funds address both traditional conservation priorities and those of a new generation of reformers.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined his budget proposal last month, he included a tease for conservationists: a $20 million line item, stemming from a one-time budget surplus, to help pay for a new state park, a tantalizing prospect in an era when just one new park has been added to the system over the last 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom hasn’t indicated where the park would be; he said the cost of the land might go up if he shared specific information. But the $20 million figure is exactly what a group of Bay Area lawmakers \u003ca href=\"https://sd07.senate.ca.gov/news/2020-01-08-17-bay-area-caucus-members-urge-governor-legislative-leaders-provide-funding-acquire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">asked\u003c/a> the governor to allocate toward the purchase of a sprawling 50,000-acre \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiaoutdoorproperties.com/listing/n3-cattle-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranch\u003c/a> for sale, spanning Santa Clara, Alameda, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align='right' citation='Mike Lynch, California State Park Rangers Association.']‘If this thing goes, then the state is getting back in the park business again. We’ve had a huge, tremendous drought in new parks since the Great Recession.’[/pullquote]The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Lands, two of the largest conservation organizations in the U.S., have secured $30 million to pay for the property in addition to the state’s proposed earmark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The undeveloped land, owned by the N3 Cattle Company of Livermore, is a backpacker’s dream, but given that those 80 square miles abut \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, a park with meandering hiking trails and bucolic swimming holes, the location will do little to expand access for the “park poor,” those without a convenient and quick way to get to a major public green area, which is a priority for reformers in the conservation movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align='right' citation='Ramya Sivasubramanian, NRDC']‘We need some of those closer-to-home opportunities … Otherwise we’re not redressing the inequities that exist in the current distribution of our system.’[/pullquote]However, Newsom’s proposal also includes a separate $20 million for a grant program \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">established\u003c/a> last year to “improve park access for underserved populations.” That would include investing in transportation and other programs to allow for more diverse groups of people to “participate in outdoor environmental educational experiences at state parks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s plan also includes $11.8 million to expand technological and physical access, as well as “culturally inclusive” programs and exhibits, at existing parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With these different line items, the governor is gingerly balancing the interests of two groups of environmentalists who hold competing visions for the state’s park system and are separated by geography, age and race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the one hand, the state’s older and whiter backpack-toting conservation groups value parks, in part, for their natural beauty, and they dearly want California to expand wilderness protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They say the Livermore ranch is an incredible opportunity that the state should seize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a new generation of conservation advocates who value the public health benefits of easily accessible nature over big-ticket parks like the acquisition of the ranch would represent. These younger and more racially diverse proponents assess the desirability of areas targeted for public access in part by their impact on community life. They favor cleaning up polluted areas and restoring smaller neighborhood parks and other local open spaces, and they generally do not advocate for the headline-grabbing establishment of large public parcels of land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these reform-minded advocates are Los Angeles-based veterans of a successful $4 billion ballot \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_68,_Parks,_Environment,_and_Water_Bond_(June_2018)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposition\u003c/a> in 2018 to improve smaller parks and green spaces, among other environmental projects, in mostly urban and suburban areas, with a portion of the funds earmarked for lower-income communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That measure, Proposition 68, appeared on the ballot two years after a Los Angeles County “parks and recreation needs” \u003ca href=\"https://lacountyparkneeds.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ParksNeedsAssessmentSummary_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assessment\u003c/a> found that 51% of residents lived more than a half-mile away from a local or regional park, too far to make an impact, according to some research. More than 80% of these residents were located in neighborhoods of color, and advocates \u003ca href=\"https://www.advancementprojectca.org/blog/la-county-park-equity-groups-fight-to-turn-park-poor-communities-red-to-green\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">argue\u003c/a> the disparity resulted from decades of unequal land-use decisions that led to public neglect and disinvestment in nonwhite neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Competing Visions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California last created a state park in Monterey County in 2009, when the state transformed a 4-mile sandy curve of the coastline donated by the U.S. Army into \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fort Ord Dunes State Park\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 10 years leading up to the park’s opening marked the longest time without an addition to the state system since California created its parks department in 1927, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/12/state-parks-standstill-why-california-hasnt-opened-a-new-state-park-in-10-years/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data\u003c/a> reviewed by the Mercury News. The current drought of new parkland has surpassed that period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Newsom’s proposal is enough to stir the dormant passion of Mike Lynch, president of the California State Park Rangers Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this thing goes, then the state is getting back in the park business again,” said Lynch. “We’ve had a huge, tremendous drought in new parks since the Great Recession.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynch doesn’t disagree with efforts to increase access for park-poor communities. But even though the ranch doesn’t fit that bill, he sees it as an opportunity that the state needs to jump on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Opportunities are of the moment, right?” he said. “You can either take it or leave it. But it’s up for sale now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, called the available land a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity, providing accessible backcountry wilderness and protecting a watershed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s budget \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2020-21/pdf/BudgetSummary/FullBudgetSummary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summary\u003c/a> acknowledges the gap in park access by framing the proposed millions of dollars of investment in the Department of Parks and Recreation as a “Parks for All” initiative. “Many Californians lack access to parks, open spaces, and natural and cultural amenities,” the section begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative has been \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JenSiebelNewsom/status/1215804374921838592?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">championed\u003c/a> by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/first-partner/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first partner\u003c/a> and the governor’s wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But José González, founder of \u003ca href=\"https://latinooutdoors.org/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latino Outdoors\u003c/a>, a group that advocates for diversifying parks, argues that California should prioritize creating parks around low-income communities of color whom the state has neglected in the past. He says public funding should “ensure that the parks do not perpetuate historical inequities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>González says he values the “conservation opportunity” of the ranch and appreciates that the proposed budget includes equitable funding for park access. But he says the state should bring “diverse communities into the decision-making process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact is that those who have held the land will continue to benefit through these deals,” he said. “These are not black and brown families that are getting millions of dollars” in state money, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Urban Initiatives\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramya Sivasubramanian, deputy director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrdc.org/about/healthy-people-thriving-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environmental Justice, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program\u003c/a> for the Natural Resources Defense Council, says that initiatives like the ones included in the governor’s budget to increase park access do provide good opportunities to “connect people in park poor communities to state parks.” But she said these alone are “insufficient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need some of those closer-to-home opportunities as well. Otherwise we’re not redressing the inequities that exist in the current distribution of our system\u003cem>.\u003c/em>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sivasubramanian pointed to several locations around Los Angeles that advocates would like California to purchase and run as a state park. The proposed areas include neglected 28-acre \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityprojectca.org/blog/archives/722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Griffith Park \u003c/a>along the Los Angeles River, a concrete-slab that’s partially cordoned off with a chain-link fence and is covered in construction debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Redondo Beach, a city of 68,000 in the L.A. area, Mayor Bill Brand’s two\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-12-12/california-clean-energy-gas-plants\">–\u003c/a>decade \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-12-12/california-clean-energy-gas-plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crusade\u003c/a> to transform a waterfront power plant into a public park has hit a snag. The plant, surrounded by one of the most densely populated neighborhoods along the entire coast, was set to close at the end of this year. But in November the California Public Utilities Commission \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/story/2019-11-07/concerned-about-future-power-shortages-utilities-commission-bumps-up-resource-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted\u003c/a> to keep the plant running through 2022 amid concerns over the reliability of the state’s power supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sivasubramanian says advocates want the state to intervene in order to get the park built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an even broader opportunity, too, which is not just looking at these places in a vacuum, but at where we can leverage park funds, affordable housing funds and other funds to meet multiple needs in a community,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Accessibility to Quality Parks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates like Sivasubramanian argue that California should evaluate park projects in terms of public health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers have found strong evidence for quality-of-life benefits from spending time in nature. This is especially true for children, who score better on tests, exhibit improved emotional well-being and self-discipline, and are more attentive and physically active when they live within a half-mile of a park and spend a couple of hours a week there, one \u003ca href=\"https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/translational/peph/webinars/green_spaces/urban_green_space_disparities_and_health_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> out of the University of Southern California found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other research in recent years has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204616300846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">illuminated\u003c/a> a disparity in the quality of parks in different neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While low-income people of color may have access to nearby parks, those green spaces tend to be smaller, dirtier, more crowded and in worse condition. They are also subject to more criminal activity than parks in affluent white neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618304316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> that looked at urban parks across the U.S. found that “inequities also emerged for park coverage, park spending per person, and park facilities, with majority-Latino cities being particularly disadvantaged.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Wilderness Society’s Urban to Wild director, Yvette Lopez-Ledesma says her job is partly to build a bridge between “nontraditional conservationists” concerned with these type of inequities and “traditional conservation groups.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The experience of the nontraditional conservationists hasn’t been valued,” she said. “But people are starting to listen. We are getting closer to — not a middle ground yet — but an awareness that we have to do something. We can’t just be the same conservation movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Ranch Land\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the N3 ranch isn’t in the center of an urban area, it is within driving distance from most major cities in the Bay Area, which a slickly produced video presentation of the property highlights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Y1RHS0jN0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Outdoor Properties \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiaoutdoorproperties.com/listing/n3-cattle-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lists\u003c/a> the property for sale at a cost of $72 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broker Todd Renfrew said he’s been inundated with calls from reporters asking about the ranch, a property larger than the city of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A piece of land for sale that’s more than 50,000 acres so close to the Bay Area is unheard of,” said Renfrew. “It is really unique.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largely untouched land is habitat for tule elk, deer, quail and other animals, as well as, evergreen and native oak trees, bay laurel, California buckeye, and gray and coulter pine, according to the listing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property also includes 200 miles of private roads that could be used for hiking and mountain biking, and 14 hunting camps with cabins that could be transformed into backpacking huts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having partners like the Trust for Public Lands is the kind of thing that makes projects like this work,” Lynch said. “Most new parks must have this kind of collaborative approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latino Outdoor’s González said the ranch is “an opportunity to protect and preserve as much of the ecological diversity of the landscape… and that’s fantastic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an opportunity for a transition period,” he said. “As we continue to do traditional — quote unquote — land acquisition deals. It can’t be the same process of 50 years ago. What’s different now is what does this mean in the lens of equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A new generation of conservation advocates values the health and community benefits of nature that is near 'park-poor' neighborhoods over traditional big-ticket park expansion. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704847830,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":52,"wordCount":2092},"headData":{"title":"State Park Plan Is Conservationist's Dream. But Reformers Want Focus on Neglected Neighborhoods | KQED","description":"A new generation of conservation advocates values the health and community benefits of nature that is near 'park-poor' neighborhoods over traditional big-ticket park expansion. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"State Park Plan Is Conservationist's Dream. But Reformers Want Focus on Neglected Neighborhoods","datePublished":"2020-02-04T19:57:52.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:50:30.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Parks","sticky":false,"path":"/science/1956446/state-park-plan-is-conservationists-dream-but-reformers-want-focus-on-park-poor-neighborhoods","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ch4>California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal includes millions to buy land for a new state park, as well as an equal amount to increase park access for “underserved populations.” Together, the funds address both traditional conservation priorities and those of a new generation of reformers.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">W\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>hen Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined his budget proposal last month, he included a tease for conservationists: a $20 million line item, stemming from a one-time budget surplus, to help pay for a new state park, a tantalizing prospect in an era when just one new park has been added to the system over the last 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom hasn’t indicated where the park would be; he said the cost of the land might go up if he shared specific information. But the $20 million figure is exactly what a group of Bay Area lawmakers \u003ca href=\"https://sd07.senate.ca.gov/news/2020-01-08-17-bay-area-caucus-members-urge-governor-legislative-leaders-provide-funding-acquire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">asked\u003c/a> the governor to allocate toward the purchase of a sprawling 50,000-acre \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiaoutdoorproperties.com/listing/n3-cattle-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranch\u003c/a> for sale, spanning Santa Clara, Alameda, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘If this thing goes, then the state is getting back in the park business again. We’ve had a huge, tremendous drought in new parks since the Great Recession.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","citation":"Mike Lynch, California State Park Rangers Association.","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Lands, two of the largest conservation organizations in the U.S., have secured $30 million to pay for the property in addition to the state’s proposed earmark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The undeveloped land, owned by the N3 Cattle Company of Livermore, is a backpacker’s dream, but given that those 80 square miles abut \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area\u003c/a>, a park with meandering hiking trails and bucolic swimming holes, the location will do little to expand access for the “park poor,” those without a convenient and quick way to get to a major public green area, which is a priority for reformers in the conservation movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We need some of those closer-to-home opportunities … Otherwise we’re not redressing the inequities that exist in the current distribution of our system.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","citation":"Ramya Sivasubramanian, NRDC","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>However, Newsom’s proposal also includes a separate $20 million for a grant program \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">established\u003c/a> last year to “improve park access for underserved populations.” That would include investing in transportation and other programs to allow for more diverse groups of people to “participate in outdoor environmental educational experiences at state parks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s plan also includes $11.8 million to expand technological and physical access, as well as “culturally inclusive” programs and exhibits, at existing parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With these different line items, the governor is gingerly balancing the interests of two groups of environmentalists who hold competing visions for the state’s park system and are separated by geography, age and race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the one hand, the state’s older and whiter backpack-toting conservation groups value parks, in part, for their natural beauty, and they dearly want California to expand wilderness protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They say the Livermore ranch is an incredible opportunity that the state should seize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a new generation of conservation advocates who value the public health benefits of easily accessible nature over big-ticket parks like the acquisition of the ranch would represent. These younger and more racially diverse proponents assess the desirability of areas targeted for public access in part by their impact on community life. They favor cleaning up polluted areas and restoring smaller neighborhood parks and other local open spaces, and they generally do not advocate for the headline-grabbing establishment of large public parcels of land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these reform-minded advocates are Los Angeles-based veterans of a successful $4 billion ballot \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_68,_Parks,_Environment,_and_Water_Bond_(June_2018)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposition\u003c/a> in 2018 to improve smaller parks and green spaces, among other environmental projects, in mostly urban and suburban areas, with a portion of the funds earmarked for lower-income communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That measure, Proposition 68, appeared on the ballot two years after a Los Angeles County “parks and recreation needs” \u003ca href=\"https://lacountyparkneeds.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ParksNeedsAssessmentSummary_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assessment\u003c/a> found that 51% of residents lived more than a half-mile away from a local or regional park, too far to make an impact, according to some research. More than 80% of these residents were located in neighborhoods of color, and advocates \u003ca href=\"https://www.advancementprojectca.org/blog/la-county-park-equity-groups-fight-to-turn-park-poor-communities-red-to-green\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">argue\u003c/a> the disparity resulted from decades of unequal land-use decisions that led to public neglect and disinvestment in nonwhite neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Competing Visions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California last created a state park in Monterey County in 2009, when the state transformed a 4-mile sandy curve of the coastline donated by the U.S. Army into \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fort Ord Dunes State Park\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 10 years leading up to the park’s opening marked the longest time without an addition to the state system since California created its parks department in 1927, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/12/state-parks-standstill-why-california-hasnt-opened-a-new-state-park-in-10-years/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data\u003c/a> reviewed by the Mercury News. The current drought of new parkland has surpassed that period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Newsom’s proposal is enough to stir the dormant passion of Mike Lynch, president of the California State Park Rangers Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this thing goes, then the state is getting back in the park business again,” said Lynch. “We’ve had a huge, tremendous drought in new parks since the Great Recession.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynch doesn’t disagree with efforts to increase access for park-poor communities. But even though the ranch doesn’t fit that bill, he sees it as an opportunity that the state needs to jump on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Opportunities are of the moment, right?” he said. “You can either take it or leave it. But it’s up for sale now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, called the available land a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity, providing accessible backcountry wilderness and protecting a watershed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s budget \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2020-21/pdf/BudgetSummary/FullBudgetSummary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summary\u003c/a> acknowledges the gap in park access by framing the proposed millions of dollars of investment in the Department of Parks and Recreation as a “Parks for All” initiative. “Many Californians lack access to parks, open spaces, and natural and cultural amenities,” the section begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative has been \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JenSiebelNewsom/status/1215804374921838592?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">championed\u003c/a> by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/first-partner/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first partner\u003c/a> and the governor’s wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But José González, founder of \u003ca href=\"https://latinooutdoors.org/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latino Outdoors\u003c/a>, a group that advocates for diversifying parks, argues that California should prioritize creating parks around low-income communities of color whom the state has neglected in the past. He says public funding should “ensure that the parks do not perpetuate historical inequities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>González says he values the “conservation opportunity” of the ranch and appreciates that the proposed budget includes equitable funding for park access. But he says the state should bring “diverse communities into the decision-making process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact is that those who have held the land will continue to benefit through these deals,” he said. “These are not black and brown families that are getting millions of dollars” in state money, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Urban Initiatives\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramya Sivasubramanian, deputy director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrdc.org/about/healthy-people-thriving-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environmental Justice, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program\u003c/a> for the Natural Resources Defense Council, says that initiatives like the ones included in the governor’s budget to increase park access do provide good opportunities to “connect people in park poor communities to state parks.” But she said these alone are “insufficient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need some of those closer-to-home opportunities as well. Otherwise we’re not redressing the inequities that exist in the current distribution of our system\u003cem>.\u003c/em>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sivasubramanian pointed to several locations around Los Angeles that advocates would like California to purchase and run as a state park. The proposed areas include neglected 28-acre \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityprojectca.org/blog/archives/722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Griffith Park \u003c/a>along the Los Angeles River, a concrete-slab that’s partially cordoned off with a chain-link fence and is covered in construction debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Redondo Beach, a city of 68,000 in the L.A. area, Mayor Bill Brand’s two\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-12-12/california-clean-energy-gas-plants\">–\u003c/a>decade \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-12-12/california-clean-energy-gas-plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crusade\u003c/a> to transform a waterfront power plant into a public park has hit a snag. The plant, surrounded by one of the most densely populated neighborhoods along the entire coast, was set to close at the end of this year. But in November the California Public Utilities Commission \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/story/2019-11-07/concerned-about-future-power-shortages-utilities-commission-bumps-up-resource-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted\u003c/a> to keep the plant running through 2022 amid concerns over the reliability of the state’s power supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sivasubramanian says advocates want the state to intervene in order to get the park built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an even broader opportunity, too, which is not just looking at these places in a vacuum, but at where we can leverage park funds, affordable housing funds and other funds to meet multiple needs in a community,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Accessibility to Quality Parks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates like Sivasubramanian argue that California should evaluate park projects in terms of public health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers have found strong evidence for quality-of-life benefits from spending time in nature. This is especially true for children, who score better on tests, exhibit improved emotional well-being and self-discipline, and are more attentive and physically active when they live within a half-mile of a park and spend a couple of hours a week there, one \u003ca href=\"https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/translational/peph/webinars/green_spaces/urban_green_space_disparities_and_health_508.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> out of the University of Southern California found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other research in recent years has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204616300846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">illuminated\u003c/a> a disparity in the quality of parks in different neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While low-income people of color may have access to nearby parks, those green spaces tend to be smaller, dirtier, more crowded and in worse condition. They are also subject to more criminal activity than parks in affluent white neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618304316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> that looked at urban parks across the U.S. found that “inequities also emerged for park coverage, park spending per person, and park facilities, with majority-Latino cities being particularly disadvantaged.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Wilderness Society’s Urban to Wild director, Yvette Lopez-Ledesma says her job is partly to build a bridge between “nontraditional conservationists” concerned with these type of inequities and “traditional conservation groups.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The experience of the nontraditional conservationists hasn’t been valued,” she said. “But people are starting to listen. We are getting closer to — not a middle ground yet — but an awareness that we have to do something. We can’t just be the same conservation movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Ranch Land\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the N3 ranch isn’t in the center of an urban area, it is within driving distance from most major cities in the Bay Area, which a slickly produced video presentation of the property highlights.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/l_Y1RHS0jN0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/l_Y1RHS0jN0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>California Outdoor Properties \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiaoutdoorproperties.com/listing/n3-cattle-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lists\u003c/a> the property for sale at a cost of $72 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broker Todd Renfrew said he’s been inundated with calls from reporters asking about the ranch, a property larger than the city of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A piece of land for sale that’s more than 50,000 acres so close to the Bay Area is unheard of,” said Renfrew. “It is really unique.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largely untouched land is habitat for tule elk, deer, quail and other animals, as well as, evergreen and native oak trees, bay laurel, California buckeye, and gray and coulter pine, according to the listing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property also includes 200 miles of private roads that could be used for hiking and mountain biking, and 14 hunting camps with cabins that could be transformed into backpacking huts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having partners like the Trust for Public Lands is the kind of thing that makes projects like this work,” Lynch said. “Most new parks must have this kind of collaborative approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latino Outdoor’s González said the ranch is “an opportunity to protect and preserve as much of the ecological diversity of the landscape… and that’s fantastic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an opportunity for a transition period,” he said. “As we continue to do traditional — quote unquote — land acquisition deals. It can’t be the same process of 50 years ago. What’s different now is what does this mean in the lens of equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1956446/state-park-plan-is-conservationists-dream-but-reformers-want-focus-on-park-poor-neighborhoods","authors":["11608"],"categories":["science_35","science_39","science_40"],"tags":["science_3370","science_4008","science_448"],"featImg":"science_1956452","label":"source_science_1956446"},"news_11671961":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11671961","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11671961","score":null,"sort":[1527891053000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"parks-and-politics-what-you-need-to-know-about-propositions-68-and-70","title":"Parks and Politics: What You Need to Know About Propositions 68 and 70","publishDate":1527891053,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>What to make of the propositions on California’s June 5 ballot? As ever, the issues span the political spectrum. But two address the environment, one asking voters to shell out billions to improve it and another that could make it more difficult for the state to spend billions on helpful projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, these measures would provide money to shore up crumbling levees, give kids more places to play and help clean the air -- albeit at a price -- and affect how the state spends proceeds of the cap-and-trade system that California uses to reduce greenhouse gases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s unpack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 68 would grant state officials permission to borrow $4.1 billion for water infrastructure projects, wildlife habitat restoration and new parks in low-income neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the measure you can’t really say you are against, for fear of being labeled a Scrooge. Is it possible to be against water, wildlife and parks? Might as well call this the “We Love Puppies and Babies” measure. Just remember that some puppies -- and babies, for that matter -- may bite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sting comes when the bill is due. California voters have OK’d bond measures for water and parks projects many times, approving the borrowing of nearly $16 billion since 2002. They’ve made it clear they stand behind such projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How is Proposition 68 any different? It’s not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The borrowed money must be paid back, with interest. That is estimated to cost more than $200 million a year. For decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look at who opposes it: the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which rarely approves of expenditures that come out of taxpayers’ pockets. But neither the organization nor any other opponent of the proposition has spent a penny to stop it. Supporters, on the other hand, have shelled out more than $9 million to sing the measure’s praises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s water infrastructure is in bad shape. The bond apportions $1.27 billion for levees and flood protection and another $1.5 billion to shore up rivers and coastal areas to withstand the effect of climate change and rising seas. Funding would also be set aside for wastewater recycling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11672038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11672038\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A levee holding back the waters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton, pictured in 2005.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A levee holding back the waters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton, pictured in 2005. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of that money would be spent to improve wildlife habitat, which has compounding benefits: Restored waterways and wildlands for animals capture precious water more efficiently and store it more effectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing in worse shape than water infrastructure in California is the state park system, which has a backlog of repairs projected to cost more than $1 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state parks would get much of the $1.3 billion in bond money set aside for parks, but a healthy slice would go to create recreation areas in communities where open space is scarce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, there’s further benefit. It helps to think of parks as vital components of public health. Green spaces, no matter how minuscule, encourage residents to exercise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And underserved areas are the same places where clusters of childhood diabetes and respiratory ailments are found. Researchers have linked access to recreation with improved health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, the “greening” that comes with new parklands can mean more trees, which not only provide cooling shade but also draw carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, out of the atmosphere. Porous, non-paved surfaces like playing fields channel rainwater to recharge aquifers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another, far larger bond measure appears headed for the November ballot, dedicated mostly to groundwater management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, let’s talk about Proposition 70.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1924223/proposition-70-who-decides-how-to-spend-california-climate-funds\">Proposition 70: Who Decides How to Spend California Climate Funds\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1924223/proposition-70-who-decides-how-to-spend-california-climate-funds\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/05/RS2769_Download090427-054-1180x826.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>It says that in 2024, the state Legislature must have a two-thirds majority vote to pull money from California’s deepest pockets -- the kitty holding the proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade auctions. The funds -- more than $5 billion since the program’s inception -- would be placed in a special reserve, to be released only with that supermajority vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal, placed on the ballot by the Legislature, is a purely political product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was part of last summer’s deal to keep California’s cap-and-trade system going -- a requirement to gain the support of Chad Mayes, then the leader of the Assembly’s Republicans (he lost his post because of his support).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea is that raising the vote threshold would give the Legislature’s minority Republicans more say in which projects get hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way it works now is that simple majority votes determine how the money is spent. It mainly goes to projects that reduce carbon emissions or help low-income communities with housing, transportation, sustainability and recreation projects, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is constant debate in the Legislature about how elastic the definition of “emissions reduction” has become. Here’s where the politics comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a quarter of the auction proceeds go to one of Gov. Jerry Brown’s pet projects, the high-speed rail system slated to link Los Angeles and San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project has flagging support in the Capitol, even among Democrats. A stricter voting standard might kill further funding for the mega-project. Opponents see the proposition as a chance to stop the bullet train once and for all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could also make it hard for lawmakers to come to agreement on how to spend the money, leaving funds untapped and drying up resources for bipartisan projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://calmatters.org/\">\u003cem>CALmatters.org\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The measures would provide funds to shore up crumbling levees, give kids more places to play and help clean the air -- albeit at a price -- and affect how the state spends cap-and-trade proceeds.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1527895677,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":959},"headData":{"title":"Parks and Politics: What You Need to Know About Propositions 68 and 70 | KQED","description":"The measures would provide funds to shore up crumbling levees, give kids more places to play and help clean the air -- albeit at a price -- and affect how the state spends cap-and-trade proceeds.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Parks and Politics: What You Need to Know About Propositions 68 and 70","datePublished":"2018-06-01T22:10:53.000Z","dateModified":"2018-06-01T23:27:57.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11671961 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11671961","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/06/01/parks-and-politics-what-you-need-to-know-about-propositions-68-and-70/","disqusTitle":"Parks and Politics: What You Need to Know About Propositions 68 and 70","source":"CALmatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/author/julie-cart/\">Julie Cart\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/11671961/parks-and-politics-what-you-need-to-know-about-propositions-68-and-70","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>What to make of the propositions on California’s June 5 ballot? As ever, the issues span the political spectrum. But two address the environment, one asking voters to shell out billions to improve it and another that could make it more difficult for the state to spend billions on helpful projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, these measures would provide money to shore up crumbling levees, give kids more places to play and help clean the air -- albeit at a price -- and affect how the state spends proceeds of the cap-and-trade system that California uses to reduce greenhouse gases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s unpack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 68 would grant state officials permission to borrow $4.1 billion for water infrastructure projects, wildlife habitat restoration and new parks in low-income neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the measure you can’t really say you are against, for fear of being labeled a Scrooge. Is it possible to be against water, wildlife and parks? Might as well call this the “We Love Puppies and Babies” measure. Just remember that some puppies -- and babies, for that matter -- may bite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sting comes when the bill is due. California voters have OK’d bond measures for water and parks projects many times, approving the borrowing of nearly $16 billion since 2002. They’ve made it clear they stand behind such projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How is Proposition 68 any different? It’s not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The borrowed money must be paid back, with interest. That is estimated to cost more than $200 million a year. For decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look at who opposes it: the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which rarely approves of expenditures that come out of taxpayers’ pockets. But neither the organization nor any other opponent of the proposition has spent a penny to stop it. Supporters, on the other hand, have shelled out more than $9 million to sing the measure’s praises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s water infrastructure is in bad shape. The bond apportions $1.27 billion for levees and flood protection and another $1.5 billion to shore up rivers and coastal areas to withstand the effect of climate change and rising seas. Funding would also be set aside for wastewater recycling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11672038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11672038\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A levee holding back the waters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton, pictured in 2005.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/StocktonLevee-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A levee holding back the waters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton, pictured in 2005. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of that money would be spent to improve wildlife habitat, which has compounding benefits: Restored waterways and wildlands for animals capture precious water more efficiently and store it more effectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing in worse shape than water infrastructure in California is the state park system, which has a backlog of repairs projected to cost more than $1 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state parks would get much of the $1.3 billion in bond money set aside for parks, but a healthy slice would go to create recreation areas in communities where open space is scarce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, there’s further benefit. It helps to think of parks as vital components of public health. Green spaces, no matter how minuscule, encourage residents to exercise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And underserved areas are the same places where clusters of childhood diabetes and respiratory ailments are found. Researchers have linked access to recreation with improved health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, the “greening” that comes with new parklands can mean more trees, which not only provide cooling shade but also draw carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, out of the atmosphere. Porous, non-paved surfaces like playing fields channel rainwater to recharge aquifers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another, far larger bond measure appears headed for the November ballot, dedicated mostly to groundwater management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, let’s talk about Proposition 70.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1924223/proposition-70-who-decides-how-to-spend-california-climate-funds\">Proposition 70: Who Decides How to Spend California Climate Funds\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1924223/proposition-70-who-decides-how-to-spend-california-climate-funds\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2018/05/RS2769_Download090427-054-1180x826.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>It says that in 2024, the state Legislature must have a two-thirds majority vote to pull money from California’s deepest pockets -- the kitty holding the proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade auctions. The funds -- more than $5 billion since the program’s inception -- would be placed in a special reserve, to be released only with that supermajority vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal, placed on the ballot by the Legislature, is a purely political product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was part of last summer’s deal to keep California’s cap-and-trade system going -- a requirement to gain the support of Chad Mayes, then the leader of the Assembly’s Republicans (he lost his post because of his support).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea is that raising the vote threshold would give the Legislature’s minority Republicans more say in which projects get hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way it works now is that simple majority votes determine how the money is spent. It mainly goes to projects that reduce carbon emissions or help low-income communities with housing, transportation, sustainability and recreation projects, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is constant debate in the Legislature about how elastic the definition of “emissions reduction” has become. Here’s where the politics comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a quarter of the auction proceeds go to one of Gov. Jerry Brown’s pet projects, the high-speed rail system slated to link Los Angeles and San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project has flagging support in the Capitol, even among Democrats. A stricter voting standard might kill further funding for the mega-project. Opponents see the proposition as a chance to stop the bullet train once and for all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could also make it hard for lawmakers to come to agreement on how to spend the money, leaving funds untapped and drying up resources for bipartisan projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://calmatters.org/\">\u003cem>CALmatters.org\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11671961/parks-and-politics-what-you-need-to-know-about-propositions-68-and-70","authors":["byline_news_11671961"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_13","news_356"],"tags":["news_20290","news_782","news_255","news_20191","news_3899","news_1419"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11672029","label":"source_news_11671961"},"news_11528726":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11528726","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11528726","score":null,"sort":[1498515692000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"not-far-from-hollywood-this-state-park-is-a-scene-stealer","title":"Not Far From Hollywood, This State Park Is a Scene-Stealer","publishDate":1498515692,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>If you stay in \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Red Rock Canyon State Park\u003c/a> on a clear night under a crescent moon, make sure to spend some time looking up. Unzip your tent and step out after everyone else has gone to sleep and spend a moment alone on planet Earth. That's what I do on a recent trip here with my two teenage sons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shooting stars abound. The Milky Way looks like someone took a giant paintbrush and swiped the sky with glitter. The fluted cliffs abutting the campground look like dark curtains cast in moonlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except for a random bird call, there's a silence that feels almost pristine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11533697\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11533697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-800x1106.jpg\" alt=\"Desert cliffs add drama and beauty to Ricardo Campground. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1106\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-800x1106.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-1020x1410.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-1180x1631.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-960x1327.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-240x332.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-375x518.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-520x719.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desert cliffs add drama and beauty to Ricardo Campground. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even during the day, visitors can easily find themselves alone on one of the many trails in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's stunning scenery, but for many travelers, it’s merely a pit stop on Highway 14 on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. Travelers point out the red cliffs on the way to Joshua Tree or Death Valley but many fail to delve deeper into this 27,000 acre state park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lots of people just pull off the highway, take a few pictures and keep going,” says Park Ranger Damion Laughlin. “They don’t realize how much there is besides what you can see from the highway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Layers of mudstone and sandstone form buttes and cliffs that tower over Hagen Canyon. Joshua Trees stand guard on the desert floor, and there are way more lizards than people here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s no wonder this place has been the backdrop for a lot of Westerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11528796\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11528796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/011-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About two hours north of Hollywood, hundreds of movies including Westerns have been filmed here. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the 1953 classic \"Law and Order,\" Ronald Reagan stood on a rock near here and took shots to scare an outlaw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a couple hours from Hollywood, this otherworldly landscape has been the setting for \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWy86ZENzFk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hundreds of movies\u003c/a>, TV shows and commercials: \"Buck Rogers,\" \"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\" and even \"Jurassic Park,\" for a scene that’s supposed to resemble the Montana badlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We weren’t chased by velociraptors, but my teenage sons and I did escape. We headed deep into the backcountry on some of the rutted dirt roads. It's good to have a four-wheel drive car with high clearance, and plenty of water in case you get stuck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"oJyru51LSamxtXtV6LXSyRwOBiwlf5vP\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you are traveling with teens, they might notice that some of the dirt roads here don’t \u003cem>really\u003c/em> require a driver’s license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My 15-year-old decided this would be a safe place to learn to drive a stick shift. With no one around, we switched seats. But after he forgot to use the break and the car lurched forward one too many times, my nerves got frayed. After all, it wasn't what we came there to do. I’d rather watch the colors of the desert shift in the sunlight and the ravens soar overhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11528797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11528797 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring is a great time to visit. It's not too hot, and wildflowers abound. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"You may have seen it in numerous classic Westerns, but you probably haven’t camped at Red Rock Canyon.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1498846943,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":547},"headData":{"title":"Not Far From Hollywood, This State Park Is a Scene-Stealer | KQED","description":"You may have seen it in numerous classic Westerns, but you probably haven’t camped at Red Rock Canyon.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Not Far From Hollywood, This State Park Is a Scene-Stealer","datePublished":"2017-06-26T22:21:32.000Z","dateModified":"2017-06-30T18:22:23.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11528726 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11528726","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/26/not-far-from-hollywood-this-state-park-is-a-scene-stealer/","disqusTitle":"Not Far From Hollywood, This State Park Is a Scene-Stealer","audioUrl":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2017/06/20170623dtcrmag.mp3","guestFields":"0","path":"/news/11528726/not-far-from-hollywood-this-state-park-is-a-scene-stealer","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you stay in \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Red Rock Canyon State Park\u003c/a> on a clear night under a crescent moon, make sure to spend some time looking up. Unzip your tent and step out after everyone else has gone to sleep and spend a moment alone on planet Earth. That's what I do on a recent trip here with my two teenage sons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shooting stars abound. The Milky Way looks like someone took a giant paintbrush and swiped the sky with glitter. The fluted cliffs abutting the campground look like dark curtains cast in moonlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except for a random bird call, there's a silence that feels almost pristine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11533697\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11533697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-800x1106.jpg\" alt=\"Desert cliffs add drama and beauty to Ricardo Campground. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1106\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-800x1106.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-1020x1410.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-1180x1631.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-960x1327.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-240x332.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-375x518.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockCamp-520x719.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desert cliffs add drama and beauty to Ricardo Campground. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even during the day, visitors can easily find themselves alone on one of the many trails in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's stunning scenery, but for many travelers, it’s merely a pit stop on Highway 14 on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. Travelers point out the red cliffs on the way to Joshua Tree or Death Valley but many fail to delve deeper into this 27,000 acre state park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lots of people just pull off the highway, take a few pictures and keep going,” says Park Ranger Damion Laughlin. “They don’t realize how much there is besides what you can see from the highway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Layers of mudstone and sandstone form buttes and cliffs that tower over Hagen Canyon. Joshua Trees stand guard on the desert floor, and there are way more lizards than people here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s no wonder this place has been the backdrop for a lot of Westerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11528796\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11528796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/011-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About two hours north of Hollywood, hundreds of movies including Westerns have been filmed here. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the 1953 classic \"Law and Order,\" Ronald Reagan stood on a rock near here and took shots to scare an outlaw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a couple hours from Hollywood, this otherworldly landscape has been the setting for \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWy86ZENzFk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hundreds of movies\u003c/a>, TV shows and commercials: \"Buck Rogers,\" \"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\" and even \"Jurassic Park,\" for a scene that’s supposed to resemble the Montana badlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We weren’t chased by velociraptors, but my teenage sons and I did escape. We headed deep into the backcountry on some of the rutted dirt roads. It's good to have a four-wheel drive car with high clearance, and plenty of water in case you get stuck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you are traveling with teens, they might notice that some of the dirt roads here don’t \u003cem>really\u003c/em> require a driver’s license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My 15-year-old decided this would be a safe place to learn to drive a stick shift. With no one around, we switched seats. But after he forgot to use the break and the car lurched forward one too many times, my nerves got frayed. After all, it wasn't what we came there to do. I’d rather watch the colors of the desert shift in the sunlight and the ravens soar overhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11528797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11528797 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/004-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring is a great time to visit. It's not too hot, and wildflowers abound. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11528726/not-far-from-hollywood-this-state-park-is-a-scene-stealer","authors":["208"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_223","news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_19623","news_17925","news_1419","news_17286"],"featImg":"news_11533693","label":"news_72"},"news_11186440":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11186440","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11186440","score":null,"sort":[1479934927000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"optoutside-your-guide-to-free-state-parks-on-blackfriday","title":"#OptOutside: Your Guide to Free State Parks on #BlackFriday","publishDate":1479934927,"format":"image","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Get outside!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simple as that, a rebuke to the shopping mania that Black Friday has become known for. Last year, outdoor retailer REI launched a movement to get people to #optoutside, shuttering its stores on what is traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year to push people to go, well, outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the California State Parks and two environmental groups are continuing that idea in spirit, offering free admission to dozens of state parks. Here's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/11/21/black-friday-special-free-entrance-to-116-california-state-parks/\">how\u003c/a> you can snag one of the free passes they're handing out (the number is limited to 13,000 statewide).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give you some inspiration, here are nine favorite state park hikes from KQED staff members -- including yours truly. The walks range from moderate to hard in difficulty, and all should give you some great exercise and scenery as well as a break from the shopping crowd. Note: Dogs \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21305\">are permitted\u003c/a> in most state parks but must be on a leash (more details; a good idea to call ahead and check).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hard\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>: Triple Peak Grand Loop\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11186441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11186441\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Diablo State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo State Park, view from Eagle Peak. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This includes three summits: the actual one (at 3,849 feet), North Peak and Eagle Peak. About 11 miles. Stunning views, challenging climbs and magnificent sunsets. Full-day hike. Bring water, food and a hat! Best starting place for the hike is Juniper Campground, meaning you should take the park entrance (North Gate) in Walnut Creek. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/517/files/mtDiabloBrochure.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>--\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=539\">Portola Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>: Peters Creek Loop\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187377\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Portola Redwoods State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portola Redwoods State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nestled between Skyline Boulevard and Pescadero on the coast in La Honda, Portola offers a unique hike in the Peters Creek Trail Loop. About 12.5 miles with a few tough climbs and a descent into a canyon with ancient old-growth redwoods spared from logging (due to the steepness of the canyon). A true treasure -- otherworldly -- and worth the workout. Full-day hike. Mostly shaded. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/539/files/PortolaRedwoodsWeb2016.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=532\">Montara State Beach\u003c/a>/McNee Ranch State Park: Montara Mountain Hike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11186496\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11186496\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Montara State Beach/McNee Ranch State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Montara State Beach/McNee Ranch State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A climb up Montara Mountain, tucked between Montara and Pacifica, to the summit from Gray Whale Cove will really get the heart pumping. It is challenging. But the 360-degree views from the summit -- from Mount Diablo to the Golden Gate Bridge to Half Moon Bay -- are worth it. Add on a trail (that crosses \"The Saddle'\"marked on the map) more used by cyclists that goes over the top of Devil's Slide -- you won't regret it. About 10.5 miles. Bring layers -- you can go above the clouds, in this case, fog -- and end up in sunny skies. Also you should have a hat, too, in case it's sunny. (See \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/532/files/SanMateoCoastBeachesParksWeb2016.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=561\">Henry W. Coe State Park\u003c/a>: Grizzly Gulch to Coit Lake\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187089\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Henry W. Coe State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry W. Coe State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Olivia Allen-Price/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Henry Coe in Morgan Hill in the South Bay is my go-to spot for last-minute backpacking trips or hikes when I want to get away from it all. The park is massive, and I’ve never seen it crowded — partly because most hikes in this park feature some strenuous climbs, such as the Grizzly Gulch Trail to Coit Lake for a 12- to 13-mile round-trip trek (you can also make the hike shorter by checking out some of the other trails off of Grizzly Gulch). Coit Lake is my favorite spot for camping or a picnic (and in summer months, a skinny dip!). (See \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/561/files/HenryCoeWebBrochure2009.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/oallenprice\">Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/a>, host/producer of Bay Curious podcast\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Moderate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003c/strong>\u003ca style=\"font-weight: bold\" href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468\">Angel Island State Park\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>: Mount Livermore \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187088\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Angel Island State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angel Island State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>History, a ferry ride, views of the Golden Gate, lots of wildlife and a charming cove. Angel Island was home to an Army camp in the mid-1800s and to an immigration station from 1910 to 1940. Some of the buildings from each era remains, and you can, and should, visit them as part of a hike on the island. The hike up to Mount Livermore is energetic but manageable (the round trip is 6 miles). The reward is the incredible view of the Golden Gate Bridge from a unique vantage point in the bay. Other hikes around the island are less taxing and friendly family. Definitely a fun day outing. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/468/files/AngelIslandSPWeb2016.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>: Berry Creek Falls Trail\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11186971\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11186971\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Big Basin Redwoods State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I grew up around the North Carolina mountains, and what I miss the most are the waterfalls — they’re everywhere in Appalachia. When I need a waterfall fix, I head to the Berry Creek Falls Trail in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek, about 20 miles north of Santa Cruz. Paired with the Sunset Trail and the Skyline to the Sea Trail, you can make a 10-mile loop that’s great for trail running. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/540/files/BigBasinRedwoodsFinalWebLayout101816.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/oallenprice\">Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/a>, host/producer of Bay Curious podcast\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mount Tamalpais State Park\u003c/a>: Dipsea Trail\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187086\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tamalpais State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Tamalpais State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I first moved to California about three years ago, one of the first hikes I went on was the Dipsea Trail in Marin County. It's a 7-mile hike that starts near the bottom of Mount Tam in Mill Valley and ends at Stinson Beach. The first 2 miles are a grueling uphill slog but you're rewarded with beautiful views of the Marin Headlands, old-growth redwoods and the Pacific Ocean. You can take a bus back to town from the beach -- or if you're in for an all-day affair, you can hike back! (See \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/471/files/MountTamalpaisSPFinalWebLayout110816.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tiffanycamhi\">Tiffany Camhi\u003c/a>, reporter\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=666\">The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park:\u003c/a> Bridge Creek Loop\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187026\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Nisene Marks, a park outside the Santa Cruz County beach town of Aptos, an enchanting, moderately difficult loop takes you through lush green forest. When I went in early fall, the sunlight coming through the trees gave the forest a brilliant glow. There's a lot of history in this forest -- from its logging days (there are some historical structures you can see, marked on the park map) to its being the epicenter of the 1989 Loma Prieta quake (you can detour from the trail to visit the spot). I'd read that you could see seashells -- yes, seashells -- from when the area was part of an inland sea, and thrillingly I came across many. This can be from 7 to 9 miles if you take detours. Do be careful to keep an eye on the trail. I wandered off the path to take in the seashells and it took me a while to find a way back onto it from the creek. Mostly shaded. (See \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=666\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9.\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=587\">Millerton Lake State Recreation Area\u003c/a>: Sky Harbor Hike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187030\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Springtime California poppies at Millerton Lake State Recreation Area. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Millerton Lake State Recreation Area. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Sasha Khokha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Spectacular hike in the Sierra foothills near Fresno featuring an occasional glimpse of bald eagles that nest near Millerton Lake. It’s a medium-level hike, with quite a bit of uphill, but my 5-year-old did the first mile of it, determined to collect poppies last spring. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/587/files/MillertonLakeSRAWebBrochure2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kqedsashakhokha?lang=en\">Sasha Khokha\u003c/a>, host of The California Report Magazine\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One last photo, for inspiration, from Mount Diablo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11186442\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11186442 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-800x600.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"On #BlackFriday, where else would you want to go but to a free state park? We help you find some great trails.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1479948457,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":1432},"headData":{"title":"#OptOutside: Your Guide to Free State Parks on #BlackFriday | KQED","description":"On #BlackFriday, where else would you want to go but to a free state park? We help you find some great trails.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"#OptOutside: Your Guide to Free State Parks on #BlackFriday","datePublished":"2016-11-23T21:02:07.000Z","dateModified":"2016-11-24T00:47:37.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11186440 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11186440","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/11/23/optoutside-your-guide-to-free-state-parks-on-blackfriday/","disqusTitle":"#OptOutside: Your Guide to Free State Parks on #BlackFriday","nprByline":"Miranda Leitsinger","path":"/news/11186440/optoutside-your-guide-to-free-state-parks-on-blackfriday","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Get outside!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simple as that, a rebuke to the shopping mania that Black Friday has become known for. Last year, outdoor retailer REI launched a movement to get people to #optoutside, shuttering its stores on what is traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year to push people to go, well, outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the California State Parks and two environmental groups are continuing that idea in spirit, offering free admission to dozens of state parks. Here's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2016/11/21/black-friday-special-free-entrance-to-116-california-state-parks/\">how\u003c/a> you can snag one of the free passes they're handing out (the number is limited to 13,000 statewide).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give you some inspiration, here are nine favorite state park hikes from KQED staff members -- including yours truly. The walks range from moderate to hard in difficulty, and all should give you some great exercise and scenery as well as a break from the shopping crowd. Note: Dogs \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21305\">are permitted\u003c/a> in most state parks but must be on a leash (more details; a good idea to call ahead and check).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hard\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>: Triple Peak Grand Loop\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11186441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11186441\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Diablo State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22891_IMG_0554_Rotated-qut.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo State Park, view from Eagle Peak. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This includes three summits: the actual one (at 3,849 feet), North Peak and Eagle Peak. About 11 miles. Stunning views, challenging climbs and magnificent sunsets. Full-day hike. Bring water, food and a hat! Best starting place for the hike is Juniper Campground, meaning you should take the park entrance (North Gate) in Walnut Creek. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/517/files/mtDiabloBrochure.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>--\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=539\">Portola Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>: Peters Creek Loop\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187377\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Portola Redwoods State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22896_IMG_8419-qut-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portola Redwoods State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nestled between Skyline Boulevard and Pescadero on the coast in La Honda, Portola offers a unique hike in the Peters Creek Trail Loop. About 12.5 miles with a few tough climbs and a descent into a canyon with ancient old-growth redwoods spared from logging (due to the steepness of the canyon). A true treasure -- otherworldly -- and worth the workout. Full-day hike. Mostly shaded. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/539/files/PortolaRedwoodsWeb2016.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=532\">Montara State Beach\u003c/a>/McNee Ranch State Park: Montara Mountain Hike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11186496\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11186496\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Montara State Beach/McNee Ranch State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_7078.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Montara State Beach/McNee Ranch State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A climb up Montara Mountain, tucked between Montara and Pacifica, to the summit from Gray Whale Cove will really get the heart pumping. It is challenging. But the 360-degree views from the summit -- from Mount Diablo to the Golden Gate Bridge to Half Moon Bay -- are worth it. Add on a trail (that crosses \"The Saddle'\"marked on the map) more used by cyclists that goes over the top of Devil's Slide -- you won't regret it. About 10.5 miles. Bring layers -- you can go above the clouds, in this case, fog -- and end up in sunny skies. Also you should have a hat, too, in case it's sunny. (See \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/532/files/SanMateoCoastBeachesParksWeb2016.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=561\">Henry W. Coe State Park\u003c/a>: Grizzly Gulch to Coit Lake\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187089\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Henry W. Coe State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22907_CoitLakeIMG_5696-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry W. Coe State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Olivia Allen-Price/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Henry Coe in Morgan Hill in the South Bay is my go-to spot for last-minute backpacking trips or hikes when I want to get away from it all. The park is massive, and I’ve never seen it crowded — partly because most hikes in this park feature some strenuous climbs, such as the Grizzly Gulch Trail to Coit Lake for a 12- to 13-mile round-trip trek (you can also make the hike shorter by checking out some of the other trails off of Grizzly Gulch). Coit Lake is my favorite spot for camping or a picnic (and in summer months, a skinny dip!). (See \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/561/files/HenryCoeWebBrochure2009.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/oallenprice\">Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/a>, host/producer of Bay Curious podcast\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Moderate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003c/strong>\u003ca style=\"font-weight: bold\" href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468\">Angel Island State Park\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>: Mount Livermore \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187088\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Angel Island State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22904_IMG_3714-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angel Island State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>History, a ferry ride, views of the Golden Gate, lots of wildlife and a charming cove. Angel Island was home to an Army camp in the mid-1800s and to an immigration station from 1910 to 1940. Some of the buildings from each era remains, and you can, and should, visit them as part of a hike on the island. The hike up to Mount Livermore is energetic but manageable (the round trip is 6 miles). The reward is the incredible view of the Golden Gate Bridge from a unique vantage point in the bay. Other hikes around the island are less taxing and friendly family. Definitely a fun day outing. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/468/files/AngelIslandSPWeb2016.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>: Berry Creek Falls Trail\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11186971\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11186971\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Big Basin Redwoods State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/IMG_1705_Rotated.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Basin Redwoods State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I grew up around the North Carolina mountains, and what I miss the most are the waterfalls — they’re everywhere in Appalachia. When I need a waterfall fix, I head to the Berry Creek Falls Trail in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek, about 20 miles north of Santa Cruz. Paired with the Sunset Trail and the Skyline to the Sea Trail, you can make a 10-mile loop that’s great for trail running. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/540/files/BigBasinRedwoodsFinalWebLayout101816.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/oallenprice\">Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/a>, host/producer of Bay Curious podcast\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mount Tamalpais State Park\u003c/a>: Dipsea Trail\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187086\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tamalpais State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22903_IMG_4908-qut.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Tamalpais State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I first moved to California about three years ago, one of the first hikes I went on was the Dipsea Trail in Marin County. It's a 7-mile hike that starts near the bottom of Mount Tam in Mill Valley and ends at Stinson Beach. The first 2 miles are a grueling uphill slog but you're rewarded with beautiful views of the Marin Headlands, old-growth redwoods and the Pacific Ocean. You can take a bus back to town from the beach -- or if you're in for an all-day affair, you can hike back! (See \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/471/files/MountTamalpaisSPFinalWebLayout110816.pdf\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tiffanycamhi\">Tiffany Camhi\u003c/a>, reporter\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=666\">The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park:\u003c/a> Bridge Creek Loop\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187026\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22901_IMG_0454-qut.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Nisene Marks, a park outside the Santa Cruz County beach town of Aptos, an enchanting, moderately difficult loop takes you through lush green forest. When I went in early fall, the sunlight coming through the trees gave the forest a brilliant glow. There's a lot of history in this forest -- from its logging days (there are some historical structures you can see, marked on the park map) to its being the epicenter of the 1989 Loma Prieta quake (you can detour from the trail to visit the spot). I'd read that you could see seashells -- yes, seashells -- from when the area was part of an inland sea, and thrillingly I came across many. This can be from 7 to 9 miles if you take detours. Do be careful to keep an eye on the trail. I wandered off the path to take in the seashells and it took me a while to find a way back onto it from the creek. Mostly shaded. (See \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=666\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Miranda-S-Leitsinger-208652745811806/\">Miranda Leitsinger\u003c/a>, Engagement Producer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9.\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=587\">Millerton Lake State Recreation Area\u003c/a>: Sky Harbor Hike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11187030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11187030\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Springtime California poppies at Millerton Lake State Recreation Area. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22902_IMG_0364_Rotated-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Millerton Lake State Recreation Area. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Sasha Khokha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Spectacular hike in the Sierra foothills near Fresno featuring an occasional glimpse of bald eagles that nest near Millerton Lake. It’s a medium-level hike, with quite a bit of uphill, but my 5-year-old did the first mile of it, determined to collect poppies last spring. (See \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/587/files/MillertonLakeSRAWebBrochure2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">park brochure\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\n--\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kqedsashakhokha?lang=en\">Sasha Khokha\u003c/a>, host of The California Report Magazine\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One last photo, for inspiration, from Mount Diablo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11186442\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11186442 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-800x600.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22892_IMG_0622-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo State Park. All state parks will be free to the public the day after Thanksgiving. \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11186440/optoutside-your-guide-to-free-state-parks-on-blackfriday","authors":["byline_news_11186440"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_457","news_356"],"tags":["news_289","news_18538","news_19542","news_1419","news_293"],"featImg":"news_11186497","label":"news_6944"},"news_128505":{"type":"posts","id":"news_128505","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"128505","score":null,"sort":[1394067552000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"park-officials-illegal-cutting-of-redwoods-is-increasing","title":"Park Officials: Illegal Cutting of Redwoods Is Increasing","publishDate":1394067552,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Mina Kim and Lisa Pickoff-White\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128506\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/1904243_744397315570586_106019437_n.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-128506\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/1904243_744397315570586_106019437_n.jpg\" alt='An 8x10-foot section of \"poached\" burl-wood. (National Park Service)' width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An 8 x 10-foot section of \"poached\" burl wood. (National Park Service)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California's awe-inspiring, ancient redwood trees are increasingly the target of timber thieves. The practice of burl poaching has increased so significantly that, on March 1, Redwood National and State Parks began \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/redw/parknews/newton-drury-parkway-will-be-closed-at-night-due-to-increased-wood-poaching.htm\" target=\"_blank\">closing\u003c/a> the scenic road through the park every night. The park is also increasing patrols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=136876\" target=\"_blank\">burl\u003c/a> is the knobby growth often at the base of trees, which is filled with unsprouted bud tissue. If the redwood falls, the burl can sprout another redwood tree. So, although one redwood tree can live up to 2,000 years, one burl can hold the DNA of trees that have been growing for 20,000 years, according to Jeff Bomke, sector manager for California State Parks of the Redwood Coast. Cutting burls essentially ends the genetic life of a line of trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burls are often used to make souvenirs or ornamental furniture that can command a high price. Bomke said there has been a dramatic increase in the number of trees poached during the last two to three years. About 15 trees were cut in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's most concerning now is that the thieves have resorted to felling standing old-growth trees to reach burls that are on the stem above the ground,\" Bomke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bomke estimates that a poacher can make between $5,000 to $10,000 on a haul of wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's very emotional, it's very concerning,\" Bomke said. \"These are World Heritage Sites. This isn't just affecting the immediate park, but it's affecting everybody's future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/138135356&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"By removing burls, timber thieves end genetic life of a line of trees; 15 were damaged in February.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1394068389,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":276},"headData":{"title":"Park Officials: Illegal Cutting of Redwoods Is Increasing | KQED","description":"By removing burls, timber thieves end genetic life of a line of trees; 15 were damaged in February.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Park Officials: Illegal Cutting of Redwoods Is Increasing","datePublished":"2014-03-06T00:59:12.000Z","dateModified":"2014-03-06T01:13:09.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"128505 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=128505","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/05/park-officials-illegal-cutting-of-redwoods-is-increasing/","disqusTitle":"Park Officials: Illegal Cutting of Redwoods Is Increasing","customPermalink":"2014/03/05/redwood-poaching-increasing/","path":"/news/128505/park-officials-illegal-cutting-of-redwoods-is-increasing","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Mina Kim and Lisa Pickoff-White\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128506\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/1904243_744397315570586_106019437_n.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-128506\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/1904243_744397315570586_106019437_n.jpg\" alt='An 8x10-foot section of \"poached\" burl-wood. (National Park Service)' width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An 8 x 10-foot section of \"poached\" burl wood. (National Park Service)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California's awe-inspiring, ancient redwood trees are increasingly the target of timber thieves. The practice of burl poaching has increased so significantly that, on March 1, Redwood National and State Parks began \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/redw/parknews/newton-drury-parkway-will-be-closed-at-night-due-to-increased-wood-poaching.htm\" target=\"_blank\">closing\u003c/a> the scenic road through the park every night. The park is also increasing patrols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=136876\" target=\"_blank\">burl\u003c/a> is the knobby growth often at the base of trees, which is filled with unsprouted bud tissue. If the redwood falls, the burl can sprout another redwood tree. So, although one redwood tree can live up to 2,000 years, one burl can hold the DNA of trees that have been growing for 20,000 years, according to Jeff Bomke, sector manager for California State Parks of the Redwood Coast. Cutting burls essentially ends the genetic life of a line of trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burls are often used to make souvenirs or ornamental furniture that can command a high price. Bomke said there has been a dramatic increase in the number of trees poached during the last two to three years. About 15 trees were cut in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's most concerning now is that the thieves have resorted to felling standing old-growth trees to reach burls that are on the stem above the ground,\" Bomke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bomke estimates that a poacher can make between $5,000 to $10,000 on a haul of wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's very emotional, it's very concerning,\" Bomke said. \"These are World Heritage Sites. This isn't just affecting the immediate park, but it's affecting everybody's future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/138135356&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/128505/park-officials-illegal-cutting-of-redwoods-is-increasing","authors":["236"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_19906","news_6188","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_5890","news_1419","news_2595"],"featImg":"news_128506","label":"news_6944"},"news_93740":{"type":"posts","id":"news_93740","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"93740","score":null,"sort":[1365681637000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"state-plan-to-expand-carnegie-state-park-struggles-to-gain-traction","title":"Tussle in Tracy: Off-Roaders, Nature Lovers Fight over State Park's Future","publishDate":1365681637,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93745\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 158px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/11/state-plan-to-expand-carnegie-state-park-struggles-to-gain-traction/img_2345/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93745\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-93745 \" title=\"Pint-Sized Biker\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/IMG_2345-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"210\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family fun - or environmental threat on wheels? Jun Bato's 5-year-old son is one of many children you'll spot on the trails of Carnegie SVRA. (KQED/Rachael Myrow)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years about all the money troubles the California state parks have been having—but not all state parks are starved for cash. Eight “off-highway vehicle parks” get a steady stream of gas-tax funds guaranteed by state law. These parks are a different breed from the rest. They’re even run by a separate division within the Department of Parks and Recreation. And in many ways, off-roaders struggle with Californians who have a very different idea of what a park should be. Take, for example, the story of \u003ca href=\"http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1172\">Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About an hour’s drive east of San Francisco, Carnegie draws motorcyclists from all over the western United States to tear up and down its hills. The challenge is pretty obvious—climb about 500 feet in a matter of seconds without losing control of your vehicle. It looks exhilarating—and terrifying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Outlet for Kids\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamid Majidy of Piedmont loves to come here. He rides a Honda CR 250 dirt bike, and he notes many of the biggest names in the sport have come to Carnegie, too, including California-grown greats like Modesto's Kenny Roberts and Berkeley's Brad Lackey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many parents who frequent Carnegie, Majidy says the promise of a weekend on dirt bikes is an excellent way to encourage kids (especially boys) to behave at home. \"Even though we don’t come out here very often,\" Majidy says, \"it just motivates them to have something to look forward to other than, you know, playing video games and watching TV all the time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Diablo Range park is most accessible to motorcycles, other four-wheelers such as sand rails, razors and military jeeps also ply Carnegie's territory. The state purchased this stretch of 1,300 acres from a private operator in 1979. In the years since, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/\">Department of Parks and Recreation\u003c/a> bought another 3,400 acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clash Over Environmental Reports\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that property is still off-limits to off-roaders because the state didn’t do an environmental impact report first. Pre-purchase EIRs weren’t standard practice in the past. But then, most state parks involve a few hiking trails and a parking lot. Local environmentalists argue the need for an EIR at Carnegie should have been obvious from the get-go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those environmentalists is Celeste Garamendi, the sister of \u003ca href=\"http://garamendi.house.gov/\">Rep. John Garamendi.\u003c/a> (She's quick to say he's not involved in this conflict).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Off-road riding damages the land, she says: \"It erodes the hillsides. It destroys vegetation. It pollutes the water.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garamendi married into a local ranching family with big holdings near both Carnegie tracts. She said state parks officials should lay off their expansion plans—and do a better job of caring for what properties it runs now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where some might see an endless range of undifferentiated rolling hills, Garamendi sees a delicate ecosystem deserving more respect than it gets. \"When I first came here [in 1990], I certainly didn’t have an appreciation for what this is,\" she says. \"Over the years, I’ve come to understand how very special this is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"High ridge tops, cascading canyons, a wonderful riparian Corral Hollow creek, variation in vegetation from savannah grasslands to blue oak woodlands, chaparral, sage, pine forests: all of this is contained within Tesla Park,\" she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.teslapark.org/\">Tesla Park\u003c/a>? There is no Tesla Park, yet. But Garamendi wants to establish one on the very land the state bought to expand the Carnegie SVRA. (Why name it Tesla, you ask? The area is the former site of \u003ca href=\"http://www.teslapark.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/TeslaHistory.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an industrial town named Tesla\u003c/a>, once the site of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.teslacoalmines.org/Tesla.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most productive coal mine in California\u003c/a>. There's no connection between the proposed park and with Fremont's Tesla Motors--except for the fact the Teslas are named for the Serbian-American inventor and alternating-current pioneer \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikola Tesla\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marilyn Russell, an avid horse rider who taught biology at Livermore High for 33 years, would also like to see a park here. Russell says the hills are home to all kinds of critters, from spadefoot toads and whipsnakes to red-tailed hawks and golden eagles. She adds, with a wink in her eye, \"It would be wonderful to connect trails from Yosemite to Mount Diablo and beyond. You know, that’s a vision I have.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not just a question of love for the flora and fauna. Backers of Tesla Park also argue more attention should be paid to the region's \u003ca href=\"http://www.teslapark.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/TeslaHistory.pdf\">history\u003c/a>. In Carnegie, a now-defunct mining site has been cordoned off to protect it from bikers. (The area has also been left free of signage to protect it from archeological poachers, a common problem in California.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last 13 years, the \u003ca href=\"http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/\">Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division\u003c/a> of State Parks has launched and abandoned two EIRs for the Carnegie expansion. The division is working now on a third one, which is the first one to consider the old property as well as the new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Defining 'sustainable'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to counter accusations that Carnegie isn’t being run properly, park Superintendent Randy Caldera does a lot of monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every bare piece of dirt in this park has been GPS'ed, and it’s evaluated annually for soil loss. Pictures are taken,\" Caldera explains. \"These all are required now to meet our resource code. You can have a denuded area, or an area that doesn’t have vegetation. As long as we’re monitoring it and identifying that, it’s sustainable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, just to be clear, “sustainable” doesn’t mean sustainable for flora and fauna, so much as it means the soil isn’t eroding down the hillside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93929\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/11/state-plan-to-expand-carnegie-state-park-struggles-to-gain-traction/carnegiegrooves/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93929\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-93929\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/CarnegieGrooves-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"What the grooves look like. (Credit: TeslaPark.org)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What the grooves look like. (Credit: TeslaPark.org)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Caldera talks, there’s no escaping the visual of deep grooves worn into the hillsides behind him. But the hills outside the park also show evidence of human interference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diana Mead of Concord comes here on a regular basis with her family, including her 18-year-old son, Logan, who’s become a top competitor on the hill-climb circuit. She’s also an organizer with CORVA, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.corva.org/\">California Off Road Vehicle Association\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Impacts on the Landscape\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She points out that ranchers have remade the local landscape. With the naked eye, you can see how nibbling grazers in the area have worn ridges of their own into the hills, (albeit soft horizontal ones that grass grows over quickly). Those small clutches of oak trees surrounded by green in winter, yellow in summer? That's a new vista, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The wide open vistas are not indigenous to this area,\" Mead says. \"They’re that way because of the cattle. It’s beautiful, but let’s understand: There’s all kinds of human activity that impacts our environment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/openspaces/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111261\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-111261\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/hdpublicplaces-mod.jpg\" alt=\"hdpublicplaces-mod\" width=\"200\" height=\"46\">\u003c/a>Yes, she acknowledges, motorbike trails tear up the hillsides and some of her fellow Californians might find that \"abhorrent. I understand that when you see that trail, that that viscerally bothers you in the pit of your stomach.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she pointed out that ranching carries a cost, too. \"I find what cattle do to our water systems to be abhorrent,\" she said. \"But I’m not a vegetarian, so I kind of understand we need to manage this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mead argues off-roaders are trying to operate inside the boundary lines set by the law, the \u003ca href=\"http://ca.regstoday.com/law/prc/ca.regstoday.com/laws/prc/calaw-prc_DIVISION5_CHAPTER1p25.aspx\">Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act of 1988\u003c/a>. Garamendi counters the law needs to be reassessed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming months, there will be a series of public meetings over Carnegie’s environmental impact report and \u003ca href=\"http://carnegiegeneralplan.com/\">general plan\u003c/a>. The process is expected to wrap up by the end of the year—but that just means the state parks' Off-Highway Division will then be free to start the approval process with the general parks leadership, the state Finance Department and state lawmakers. That could take another three to four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hear the story as it sounded on The California Report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Funds for coverage of California state parks are provided by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"We’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years about all the money troubles the California state parks have been having—but not all state parks are starved for cash. Eight “off-highway vehicle parks” get a steady stream of gas-tax funds guaranteed by state law. These parks are a different breed from the rest. They’re even run by a separate division within the Department of Parks and Recreation. And in many ways, off-roaders struggle with Californians who have a very different idea of what a park should be.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1648511086,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":35,"wordCount":1422},"headData":{"title":"Tussle in Tracy: Off-Roaders, Nature Lovers Fight over State Park's Future | KQED","description":"We’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years about all the money troubles the California state parks have been having—but not all state parks are starved for cash. Eight “off-highway vehicle parks” get a steady stream of gas-tax funds guaranteed by state law. These parks are a different breed from the rest. They’re even run by a separate division within the Department of Parks and Recreation. And in many ways, off-roaders struggle with Californians who have a very different idea of what a park should be.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Tussle in Tracy: Off-Roaders, Nature Lovers Fight over State Park's Future","datePublished":"2013-04-11T12:00:37.000Z","dateModified":"2022-03-28T23:44:46.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"93740 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=93740","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/11/state-plan-to-expand-carnegie-state-park-struggles-to-gain-traction/","disqusTitle":"Tussle in Tracy: Off-Roaders, Nature Lovers Fight over State Park's Future","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/93740/state-plan-to-expand-carnegie-state-park-struggles-to-gain-traction","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93745\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 158px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/11/state-plan-to-expand-carnegie-state-park-struggles-to-gain-traction/img_2345/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93745\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-93745 \" title=\"Pint-Sized Biker\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/IMG_2345-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"210\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family fun - or environmental threat on wheels? Jun Bato's 5-year-old son is one of many children you'll spot on the trails of Carnegie SVRA. (KQED/Rachael Myrow)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years about all the money troubles the California state parks have been having—but not all state parks are starved for cash. Eight “off-highway vehicle parks” get a steady stream of gas-tax funds guaranteed by state law. These parks are a different breed from the rest. They’re even run by a separate division within the Department of Parks and Recreation. And in many ways, off-roaders struggle with Californians who have a very different idea of what a park should be. Take, for example, the story of \u003ca href=\"http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1172\">Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About an hour’s drive east of San Francisco, Carnegie draws motorcyclists from all over the western United States to tear up and down its hills. The challenge is pretty obvious—climb about 500 feet in a matter of seconds without losing control of your vehicle. It looks exhilarating—and terrifying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Outlet for Kids\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamid Majidy of Piedmont loves to come here. He rides a Honda CR 250 dirt bike, and he notes many of the biggest names in the sport have come to Carnegie, too, including California-grown greats like Modesto's Kenny Roberts and Berkeley's Brad Lackey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many parents who frequent Carnegie, Majidy says the promise of a weekend on dirt bikes is an excellent way to encourage kids (especially boys) to behave at home. \"Even though we don’t come out here very often,\" Majidy says, \"it just motivates them to have something to look forward to other than, you know, playing video games and watching TV all the time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Diablo Range park is most accessible to motorcycles, other four-wheelers such as sand rails, razors and military jeeps also ply Carnegie's territory. The state purchased this stretch of 1,300 acres from a private operator in 1979. In the years since, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/\">Department of Parks and Recreation\u003c/a> bought another 3,400 acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clash Over Environmental Reports\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that property is still off-limits to off-roaders because the state didn’t do an environmental impact report first. Pre-purchase EIRs weren’t standard practice in the past. But then, most state parks involve a few hiking trails and a parking lot. Local environmentalists argue the need for an EIR at Carnegie should have been obvious from the get-go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those environmentalists is Celeste Garamendi, the sister of \u003ca href=\"http://garamendi.house.gov/\">Rep. John Garamendi.\u003c/a> (She's quick to say he's not involved in this conflict).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Off-road riding damages the land, she says: \"It erodes the hillsides. It destroys vegetation. It pollutes the water.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garamendi married into a local ranching family with big holdings near both Carnegie tracts. She said state parks officials should lay off their expansion plans—and do a better job of caring for what properties it runs now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where some might see an endless range of undifferentiated rolling hills, Garamendi sees a delicate ecosystem deserving more respect than it gets. \"When I first came here [in 1990], I certainly didn’t have an appreciation for what this is,\" she says. \"Over the years, I’ve come to understand how very special this is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"High ridge tops, cascading canyons, a wonderful riparian Corral Hollow creek, variation in vegetation from savannah grasslands to blue oak woodlands, chaparral, sage, pine forests: all of this is contained within Tesla Park,\" she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.teslapark.org/\">Tesla Park\u003c/a>? There is no Tesla Park, yet. But Garamendi wants to establish one on the very land the state bought to expand the Carnegie SVRA. (Why name it Tesla, you ask? The area is the former site of \u003ca href=\"http://www.teslapark.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/TeslaHistory.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an industrial town named Tesla\u003c/a>, once the site of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.teslacoalmines.org/Tesla.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most productive coal mine in California\u003c/a>. There's no connection between the proposed park and with Fremont's Tesla Motors--except for the fact the Teslas are named for the Serbian-American inventor and alternating-current pioneer \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikola Tesla\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marilyn Russell, an avid horse rider who taught biology at Livermore High for 33 years, would also like to see a park here. Russell says the hills are home to all kinds of critters, from spadefoot toads and whipsnakes to red-tailed hawks and golden eagles. She adds, with a wink in her eye, \"It would be wonderful to connect trails from Yosemite to Mount Diablo and beyond. You know, that’s a vision I have.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not just a question of love for the flora and fauna. Backers of Tesla Park also argue more attention should be paid to the region's \u003ca href=\"http://www.teslapark.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/TeslaHistory.pdf\">history\u003c/a>. In Carnegie, a now-defunct mining site has been cordoned off to protect it from bikers. (The area has also been left free of signage to protect it from archeological poachers, a common problem in California.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last 13 years, the \u003ca href=\"http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/\">Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division\u003c/a> of State Parks has launched and abandoned two EIRs for the Carnegie expansion. The division is working now on a third one, which is the first one to consider the old property as well as the new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Defining 'sustainable'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to counter accusations that Carnegie isn’t being run properly, park Superintendent Randy Caldera does a lot of monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every bare piece of dirt in this park has been GPS'ed, and it’s evaluated annually for soil loss. Pictures are taken,\" Caldera explains. \"These all are required now to meet our resource code. You can have a denuded area, or an area that doesn’t have vegetation. As long as we’re monitoring it and identifying that, it’s sustainable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, just to be clear, “sustainable” doesn’t mean sustainable for flora and fauna, so much as it means the soil isn’t eroding down the hillside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93929\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/11/state-plan-to-expand-carnegie-state-park-struggles-to-gain-traction/carnegiegrooves/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93929\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-93929\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/04/CarnegieGrooves-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"What the grooves look like. (Credit: TeslaPark.org)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What the grooves look like. (Credit: TeslaPark.org)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Caldera talks, there’s no escaping the visual of deep grooves worn into the hillsides behind him. But the hills outside the park also show evidence of human interference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diana Mead of Concord comes here on a regular basis with her family, including her 18-year-old son, Logan, who’s become a top competitor on the hill-climb circuit. She’s also an organizer with CORVA, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.corva.org/\">California Off Road Vehicle Association\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Impacts on the Landscape\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She points out that ranchers have remade the local landscape. With the naked eye, you can see how nibbling grazers in the area have worn ridges of their own into the hills, (albeit soft horizontal ones that grass grows over quickly). Those small clutches of oak trees surrounded by green in winter, yellow in summer? That's a new vista, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The wide open vistas are not indigenous to this area,\" Mead says. \"They’re that way because of the cattle. It’s beautiful, but let’s understand: There’s all kinds of human activity that impacts our environment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/openspaces/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111261\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-111261\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/hdpublicplaces-mod.jpg\" alt=\"hdpublicplaces-mod\" width=\"200\" height=\"46\">\u003c/a>Yes, she acknowledges, motorbike trails tear up the hillsides and some of her fellow Californians might find that \"abhorrent. I understand that when you see that trail, that that viscerally bothers you in the pit of your stomach.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she pointed out that ranching carries a cost, too. \"I find what cattle do to our water systems to be abhorrent,\" she said. \"But I’m not a vegetarian, so I kind of understand we need to manage this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mead argues off-roaders are trying to operate inside the boundary lines set by the law, the \u003ca href=\"http://ca.regstoday.com/law/prc/ca.regstoday.com/laws/prc/calaw-prc_DIVISION5_CHAPTER1p25.aspx\">Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act of 1988\u003c/a>. Garamendi counters the law needs to be reassessed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming months, there will be a series of public meetings over Carnegie’s environmental impact report and \u003ca href=\"http://carnegiegeneralplan.com/\">general plan\u003c/a>. The process is expected to wrap up by the end of the year—but that just means the state parks' Off-Highway Division will then be free to start the approval process with the general parks leadership, the state Finance Department and state lawmakers. That could take another three to four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hear the story as it sounded on The California Report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Funds for coverage of California state parks are provided by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/93740/state-plan-to-expand-carnegie-state-park-struggles-to-gain-traction","authors":["251"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_24345","news_4207","news_4208","news_2461","news_2011","news_383","news_1419","news_4206","news_566","news_21068"],"featImg":"news_93763","label":"news_6944"},"news_92341":{"type":"posts","id":"news_92341","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"92341","score":null,"sort":[1364242973000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"report-california-should-give-parks-to-local-control","title":"Report: California Should Give Up Control of Some State Parks","publishDate":1364242973,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>by Tracie Cone, Associated Press\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Over the years, California has added more parks to its state system than it can afford and should consider turning over control of some to local entities, a new report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97351\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/25/report-california-should-give-parks-to-local-control/humboldtstatepark/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-97351\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-97351\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/humboldtstatepark-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Image credit: Lee Edwin Coursey/Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Image credit: Lee Edwin Coursey/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The report released Monday by the Little Hoover Commission identified a number of problems with the park system. It even suggested that tourist favorite Hearst Castle might be better run by an operator such as the Getty Museum that is more versed in protecting the hilltop mansion's European art collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the outlandish Central Coast home of William Randolph Hearst is a major source of revenue, its upkeep exceeds the income it generates through ticket sales and the cost of needed maintenance is as high as $60 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to take a fresh and rigorous look at the system from top to bottom,\" said Stuart Drown, former executive director of the commission, a state oversight agency. \"We need a new business model and fresh thinking.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the coast to the giant sequoias of the Sierra, the California parks system protects some of the most historic and breathtaking places in the world. For years, the department has allowed millions of dollars in maintenance problems to pile up as it struggled with shrinking budgets and a manager mindset unaccustomed to generating revenue or asking for help, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission began looking at the state park system a year ago. After decades of decreasing funding, a $22 million cut at the time from its $779 million budget threatened the closure of a quarter of the 278 parks in the system. Officials were unable to explain how the parks were chosen or the cost of operating individual sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The revelations — plus the discovery last year of $54 million hidden from the governor and Legislature in two special funds — damaged the public's faith in the park system, even as dozens of volunteer groups were scrambling to raise funds and form partnerships to keep them open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The old model is obsolete,\" the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/openspaces/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111261\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-111261\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/hdpublicplaces-mod.jpg\" alt=\"hdpublicplaces-mod\" width=\"200\" height=\"46\">\u003c/a>The commission is asking the governor and elected officials to give the parks department the tools, authority and flexibility required to develop a new operating model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission's report, \"Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California's State Park System,\" is an overview for fixing the problems that have led to the long decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the parks department say the report echoes changes that managers were recently authorized to implement by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are grateful for the positive nature of the report,\" said parks spokesman Roy Stearns. \"We are committed to an open and transparent process that identifies innovative approaches for managing our state parks system now and for future generations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report says the state Department of Parks and Recreation needs more business-minded managers at the regional and local levels and must revamp its historic management tactics, including those focused primarily on promoting law enforcement rangers, if the system is going to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This will require adding job classifications that do not yet exist and removing obstacles to promotion so the department can benefit from a broad range of management perspectives,\" commission Chairman Daniel W. Hancock wrote in an introductory letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California League of Park Associations, which said it was consulted by the commission, agreed with many of the findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The proposed changes may not be easy for all involved, but we realize that the system as it currently stands is not working,\" the group said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the 70 threatened parks have temporary agreements with nonprofit groups that are keeping them open, but the deals will begin expiring next year — the 150th anniversary of Yosemite, the first state park. It was taken over by the federal government after Californians had plowed the valley and built livestock fences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't have a lot of time,\" Drown said. \"We've blown it before. We had Yosemite and we lost it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission studied structures of park systems in other states and trends in management. The report recommends training for current employees to help them learn to think more creatively. It also recommends hiring people with business experience from outside of state government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also suggests forging more equitable partnerships with nonprofit benefactors such as the arrangements that exist with the National Park Service at Redwood National Park, state parks in Northern California, and regional park districts in Sonoma and Napa counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission has faith in Anthony Jackson, a retired Marine Corps major general tapped by Gov. Jerry Brown late last year to turn around the beleaguered department. But state park managers, currently focused on preserving and protecting resources, must also learn to explore ways to generate revenue and to encourage visitors to come, the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Open the windows and let the fresh winds come in and blow the cobwebs away,\" Drown said. \"The opportunity is there with the new management group.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to the California Report's \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201303290850/a\">interview with Stuart Drown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca title=\"View Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California's State Park System on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/132281990/Beyond-Crisis-Recapturing-Excellence-in-California-s-State-Park-System\">Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California's State Park System\u003c/a> by \u003ca title=\"View scprweb's profile on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/scprweb\">scprweb\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/132281990/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-26ufbmxoxhclcgy5mi0g\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1379113737,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":862},"headData":{"title":"Report: California Should Give Up Control of Some State Parks | KQED","description":"by Tracie Cone, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. 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(AP) — Over the years, California has added more parks to its state system than it can afford and should consider turning over control of some to local entities, a new report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97351\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/25/report-california-should-give-parks-to-local-control/humboldtstatepark/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-97351\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-97351\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/humboldtstatepark-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Image credit: Lee Edwin Coursey/Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Image credit: Lee Edwin Coursey/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The report released Monday by the Little Hoover Commission identified a number of problems with the park system. It even suggested that tourist favorite Hearst Castle might be better run by an operator such as the Getty Museum that is more versed in protecting the hilltop mansion's European art collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the outlandish Central Coast home of William Randolph Hearst is a major source of revenue, its upkeep exceeds the income it generates through ticket sales and the cost of needed maintenance is as high as $60 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to take a fresh and rigorous look at the system from top to bottom,\" said Stuart Drown, former executive director of the commission, a state oversight agency. \"We need a new business model and fresh thinking.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the coast to the giant sequoias of the Sierra, the California parks system protects some of the most historic and breathtaking places in the world. For years, the department has allowed millions of dollars in maintenance problems to pile up as it struggled with shrinking budgets and a manager mindset unaccustomed to generating revenue or asking for help, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission began looking at the state park system a year ago. After decades of decreasing funding, a $22 million cut at the time from its $779 million budget threatened the closure of a quarter of the 278 parks in the system. Officials were unable to explain how the parks were chosen or the cost of operating individual sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The revelations — plus the discovery last year of $54 million hidden from the governor and Legislature in two special funds — damaged the public's faith in the park system, even as dozens of volunteer groups were scrambling to raise funds and form partnerships to keep them open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The old model is obsolete,\" the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/openspaces/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111261\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-111261\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/hdpublicplaces-mod.jpg\" alt=\"hdpublicplaces-mod\" width=\"200\" height=\"46\">\u003c/a>The commission is asking the governor and elected officials to give the parks department the tools, authority and flexibility required to develop a new operating model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission's report, \"Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California's State Park System,\" is an overview for fixing the problems that have led to the long decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the parks department say the report echoes changes that managers were recently authorized to implement by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are grateful for the positive nature of the report,\" said parks spokesman Roy Stearns. \"We are committed to an open and transparent process that identifies innovative approaches for managing our state parks system now and for future generations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report says the state Department of Parks and Recreation needs more business-minded managers at the regional and local levels and must revamp its historic management tactics, including those focused primarily on promoting law enforcement rangers, if the system is going to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This will require adding job classifications that do not yet exist and removing obstacles to promotion so the department can benefit from a broad range of management perspectives,\" commission Chairman Daniel W. Hancock wrote in an introductory letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California League of Park Associations, which said it was consulted by the commission, agreed with many of the findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The proposed changes may not be easy for all involved, but we realize that the system as it currently stands is not working,\" the group said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the 70 threatened parks have temporary agreements with nonprofit groups that are keeping them open, but the deals will begin expiring next year — the 150th anniversary of Yosemite, the first state park. It was taken over by the federal government after Californians had plowed the valley and built livestock fences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't have a lot of time,\" Drown said. \"We've blown it before. We had Yosemite and we lost it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission studied structures of park systems in other states and trends in management. The report recommends training for current employees to help them learn to think more creatively. It also recommends hiring people with business experience from outside of state government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also suggests forging more equitable partnerships with nonprofit benefactors such as the arrangements that exist with the National Park Service at Redwood National Park, state parks in Northern California, and regional park districts in Sonoma and Napa counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission has faith in Anthony Jackson, a retired Marine Corps major general tapped by Gov. Jerry Brown late last year to turn around the beleaguered department. But state park managers, currently focused on preserving and protecting resources, must also learn to explore ways to generate revenue and to encourage visitors to come, the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Open the windows and let the fresh winds come in and blow the cobwebs away,\" Drown said. \"The opportunity is there with the new management group.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to the California Report's \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201303290850/a\">interview with Stuart Drown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca title=\"View Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California's State Park System on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/132281990/Beyond-Crisis-Recapturing-Excellence-in-California-s-State-Park-System\">Beyond Crisis: Recapturing Excellence in California's State Park System\u003c/a> by \u003ca title=\"View scprweb's profile on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/scprweb\">scprweb\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/132281990/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-26ufbmxoxhclcgy5mi0g\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/92341/report-california-should-give-parks-to-local-control","authors":["237"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_152","news_4124","news_4123","news_2461","news_95","news_71","news_1419","news_566"],"label":"news_6944"},"news_89378":{"type":"posts","id":"news_89378","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"89378","score":null,"sort":[1360960291000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"marin-state-parks-association-lands-deal-to-care-for-three-parks","title":"Deal Will Keep China Camp, Olompali, Tomales Bay State Parks Running","publishDate":1360960291,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_89380\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/15/marin-state-parks-association-lands-deal-to-care-for-three-parks/33-house-on-stilts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-89380\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-89380\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/33-house-on-stilts-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nestled along the shore of the San Pablo Bay, China Camp was once home to a Chinese shrimp-fishing village that dates back to the 1880s. (Credit: Marin State Parks Association)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=466\">China Camp Village\u003c/a> lovers will be celebrating Saturday as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/\">California Department of Parks & Recreation\u003c/a> officially signs a new agreement that keeps the park running. And \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=465\">Olompali State Historic Park\u003c/a> near Novato. And \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=470\">Tomales Bay State Park\u003c/a>, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now for the back story. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.marinstateparks.org/\">Marin State Parks Association\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.friendsofchinacamp.org/\">Friends of China Camp\u003c/a>, and a host of similar groups around the state scrambled last year to save 70 parks put on a closure list — back when the state parks department claimed it didn’t have the cash to keep all its parks open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then $54 million dollars was discovered \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/20/state-parks-chief-resigns-agency-found-sitting-on-54-million\">sitting on the books\u003c/a> undeclared. Audits later determined $34 million of that was unspent money for off-highway vehicle projects. That still left $20 million for which the explanation appears to be that parks department officials feared\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>a) they would get in trouble\u003cbr>\nb) the money would be taken from them to plug state budget holes\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Shortly thereafter, then-Assemblyman Jared Huffman of San Rafael sponsored a bill that froze the closures and directed the parks agency to use $10 million of the $20 million to provide matching funds to support local operating agreements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/openspaces/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111261\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-111261\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/hdpublicplaces-mod.jpg\" alt=\"hdpublicplaces-mod\" width=\"200\" height=\"46\">\u003c/a>The Marin State Parks Association then raised more than $1 million, including grants of $100,000 from the county and $50,000 from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.deanwitterfoundation.org/\">Dean Witter Foundation\u003c/a>. 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The state will provide $950,000 in matching funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association will operate China Camp, Olompali and, along with the National Park Service, Tomales Bay state parks through mid-2015. After that, the operating agreement can be renewed annually through 2017, presuming all sides are happy with the arrangement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Association Chair Ernest Chung wrote this to supporters earlier this week:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The matching fund will relieve much of our near-term financial stress. It will also provide a valuable window to improve the viability of the three parks – by strengthening the parks’ revenue generation capabilities, catching up on deferred maintenance, and building programs to enhance the experience of park users...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is hard to believe that just a few months ago, we were a small and unknown organization to the public. 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