Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
When the California State Parks System we know today was launched in the 1920s, it was transformational in its ambition and its innovation. Built on a backbone of old-growth redwood parks, the system rapidly grew to become the envy of the world—the largest state park system in the country, and a visionary leader in protecting nature, history, and recreational resources for the people of California and beyond. That legacy of leadership is at stake.
Despite ever-growing demand from millions of visitors, the increasing urgency of protecting nature in a time of climate change, and the dramatic impacts of storm and fire damage, there has not been a functioning land acquisition effort for state parks in nearly 15 years, and funding hasn’t kept up with the backlog of deferred maintenance.
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When the California State Parks System we know today was launched in the 1920s, it was transformational in its ambition and its innovation. Built on a backbone of old-growth redwood parks, the system rapidly grew to become the envy of the world—the largest state park system in the country, and a visionary leader in protecting nature, history, and recreational resources for the people of California and beyond. That legacy of leadership is at stake.
Despite ever-growing demand from millions of visitors, the increasing urgency of protecting nature in a time of climate change, and the dramatic impacts of storm and fire damage, there has not been a functioning land acquisition effort for state parks in nearly 15 years, and funding hasn’t kept up with the backlog of deferred maintenance.
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