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Dos Rios Ranch Reserve

New state park could help California answer climate change

by Guest Commentary July 12, 2022April 13, 2023

The state budget has dedicated enough money to start turning the Dos Rios Ranch Reserve in Stanislaus County into a state park. Floodplain restoration will create green jobs, flood control, groundwater recharge and much-needed recreational space for San Joaquin Valley residents.

Reimagining the Sepulveda Basin into a grand park in Los Angeles

by Guest Commentary March 9, 2022March 8, 2022

Sunset in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Wintry weather is coming to California

by Emily Hoeven October 8, 2021October 8, 2021

A view of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek on April 22, 2021. Most of the park burned in 2020's CZU Complex wildfire. Photo by Max Whittaker courtesy of Save the Redwoods League

Battered, burned but alive: Time will heal park’s wounds, but it needs big money, too

by Julie Cart April 23, 2021April 24, 2021

A sign prohibiting motorcycles and off-road vehicles posted along a cordoned-off portion of the dunes on Sept. 5, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Coastal Commission phases out off-roading at Oceano Dunes

by Julie Cart March 18, 2021March 19, 2021

New school battle: What counts as ‘reopening’?

by Emily Hoeven March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

Geo textile, installed a decade ago to address erosion, is seen against the cliffside at Carlsbad State Beach on March 3, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Rising seas, worsening wildfires endanger California parks

by Julie Cart March 17, 2021March 16, 2021

Trucks on the beach at Oceano Dunes National Vehicle Recreation Area on April 3, 2012. Oceano Dunes, three miles south of Pismo, is the only California State Park where vehicles may be driven on the beach. Photo by Felix Adamo / The Bakersfield Californian/ZUMAPRESS via Alamy

‘Bizarro Beach’ or state park? What it’s like living next to California’s off-roading mecca

by Julie Cart November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

Renaming state parks can tell a more inclusive history of California

by Guest Commentary October 27, 2020October 27, 2020

state parks

Capitol, Commentary

Legislators went home without taking action to protect state parks

by Guest Commentary September 10, 2020September 10, 2020

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