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Opened in June 2024, it became the newest park in the state park system. "Nestled between the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers, around eight miles from Modesto, [it] is the largest public-private floodplain restoration project in the state [and] the first state park to open in California since Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area in 2014 ...
East Bay Regional Park District California Department of Water Resources The Conservation Fund - California California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection City of San Diego U.S. Army Corps of Engineers City and County of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission County of Orange. 20,758,417 14,991,556 7,600,268 1,391,104 676,763 575,354 ...
In 1864, the federal government set aside Yosemite Valley for preservation and ceded the land to the state, which managed the famous glacial valley until 1906. [citation needed] California's oldest state park, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, was founded in 1902. Until 1921, each park was managed by an independent commission or agency. [citation ...
The 1,600-acre (648-hectare) Dos Rios tract in the state's crop-rich Central Valley is set to open June 12 as California's 281st state park. California announces first new state park in a decade ...
California has now conserved 25.2% of its lands and 16.2% of its coastal waters with a little more than five years left to conserve 30% of each, officials say. With 25% of state land protected ...
Pinnacles National Park is a mountainous area located east of the Salinas Valley in Central California. The park is approximately 40 miles (64 km) inland from the Pacific Ocean and approximately 80 miles (130 km) south of the San Francisco Bay Area. The park is in the southern portion of the Gabilan Range, part of California's Coast Ranges ...
The nonprofit Save the Redwoods League purchased the land in 2013 from an old timber mill, with the original goal of giving it to the National Park Service. ... California State Parks and The ...
The California State Park system and other public agencies own 49,756 acres (20,136 ha), the National Park Service controls 25,117 acres (10,164 ha), and the rest of the SMMNRA lands are in local agencies parks, university study reserves, and private property conservation easements.