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2011 SUMMER
In This
Issue
What’s Next for
State Parks?
Park Closure Map
Summer of Action
Partners Helping Parks
Hidden Stories
Conference
CSPF Online
and MORE
Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, ©David Noceti
FOUNDER
William Penn Mott, Jr.
(1909-1992)
OFFICERS
Donald J. Robinson
Chairman
David Mandelkern
Vice Chairman
Elizabeth A. Lake
Secretary
John Harrington
Treasurer
Elizabeth Goldstein
President
Henry F. Trione
Chairman Emeritus
Shirley Bogardus
Trustee Emeritus
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Michael U. Alvarez
President and COO
First Wind Holdings, LLC
Lee Black
Executive Vice President
NAI Capital Commercial
Real Estate Services
Michael J. Brill
Partner, retired
McGuireWoods LLP
Ruth Coleman
Director, California State Parks
Donald E. Cooley
Ranch Properties
Carolyn DeVinny
Commuter/Trip Reduction Consultant
The DeVinny Group
William T. Duff
Toyota Executive, retired
Rudolph I. Estrada
President and CEO
Estradagy Business Advisors
Diana Lu Evans
Senior Quality Analytics Specialist
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
William H. Fain, Jr., FAII
Partner, Johnson Fain
Manuel G. Grace, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Counsel
The Walt Disney Company
John Harrington
Certified Public Accountant
Sanford L. Hartman
VP and Managing Director, Law
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Donna Huggins
Historic Preservationist
Wendy James
President, The Better World Group
Stephen A. Johnson
Director, Gnarus Advisors LLC
Gail E. Kautz
Former Member California Park and
Recreation Commission,
Vice President, Ironstone Vineyards
Elizabeth A. Lake
Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
David Mandelkern
Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
Rosalind Nieman
Educator and Child Specialist
Maidie E. Oliveau
Counsel, Arent Fox LLP
Barbara J. Parsky
Senior Vice President, retired
Edison International
Robert E. Patterson
Partner, Peninsula Ventures
Patricia Perez
Principal, VPE Public Relations
Michael J. Pinto, Ph.D
Donald J. Robinson
Senior Vice President, retired
Bank of the West
Roger M. Schrimp
Partner, Damrell Nelson Schrimp
Stuart N. Senator
Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Michael L. Shannon
Principal, The General Counsel Law Firm
Mark B. Smith
Sr. Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Farmers Insurance Group
Steven R. Springsteel
Chief Financial Officer
MarkLogic Corporation
Seth Teich, CFA
Financial Analyst
Kurt F. Vote
Partner, McCormick Barstow LLP
Peter H. Weiner
Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &
Walker LLP
ADVISORY TRUSTEES
Catherine M. Fisher
Principal, Law Offices of Catherine Fisher
Jack F. Harper
Personal Management Services of
Santa Rosa
William Randolph Hearst, III
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Huell Howser
Producer/Host,
California’s Gold KCET/Los Angeles
Connie Lurie
The Lurie Company
Mary D. Nichols
Chair, Air Resources Board
Gary Polakovic
President, Make Over Earth, Inc.
Alexander M. Power
Principal, Real Estate Development &
Investments
from the president
The California State Parks Foundation
gratefully acknowledges the time and
expertise of our Board of Trustees and
Advisory Trustees
What’s Around the Corner?
I
t has been a momentous couple of months since I sat down
to write to you last. The closure list of 70 state parks was
released on May 13. Since then, the budget that triggered
that closure list has been passed and signed into law.
We are turning a corner. And the truth is that none of us
know what is around that corner. We may be able to project
from trends we see in state parks now and what is happening
all over the country in similar circumstances.
In Minnesota, for example, the Washington County Sheriff
arrested a dozen people who had vandalized a closed state park
over the Fourth of July weekend. The state parks in Minnesota
had been closed temporarily because of a state budget impasse.
Sound familiar?
I suspect this time next year we may be yearning for
something that looks temporary rather than the open-ended
state park closure scenario we are facing now.
So we at CSPF are
We are looking at
working hard to step up to
the coming challenges and
the ways we need to
we will have much more
strengthen ourselves
to report in our fall issue
of Parklands. However,
and our ever-growing
we want you to know that
community to provide
we are looking at the ways
we need to strengthen
new support for both
ourselves and our everopen and closed parks
growing community to
provide new support for
in this new epoch.
both open and closed
parks in this new epoch.
Cooperating associations and friends groups have really
been working hard to think about how they can sustain
their parks’ futures. We had a rally in Sacramento on June
21 and most of the organizations associated with the 70
parks on the closure list came and participated. And when
I say participated, I mean they came in costume, brought
photographs, maps, models (the Santa Cruz Mission and the
Governor’s Mansion, for instance) and exhibits from their
parks, and some even churned ice cream (Benicia Capitol State
Historic Park strikes again!). Bake sales may not solve the state
parks budget crisis, but boy, we would have fun while we tried.
Since the park closure list came out we have had lots of
thoughtful letters and inquiries about what people can do to
help. We have heard many fabulous ideas, and a few duds,
truth be told! It is our job this summer to figure out how we
best can help, so that you can help too, both through us and
with us.
calparks.org
As you will read elsewhere in this Parklands, new
partners like Dannon are stepping up, and continuing
partners like the fabulous Coke/Stater Bros. collaboration
are reaching new heights.
We are in a swirl of activity and planning that will begin to
settle into a strategic march forward into our collective future
with much at risk. However, it will also be full of hope that
the energy and dedication of all our members and partners
will continue to make a huge difference in protecting and
preserving state parks and keeping them publicly accessible.
Elizabeth Goldstein
President, CSPF
P.S. Except for the Photo of the Month images on page 15,
all of the photographs in this issue of Parklands are from
parks on the closure list. Thank you to all the amazing
photographers that contributed to this issue.
Castle Rock State Park, © Diane Main
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
calparks.org
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Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
Lake
2 Annadel State Park
Sonoma
3 Antelope Valley Indian Museum
Los Angeles
4 Austin Creek State Recreation Area
Sonoma
5 Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
Napa
6 Benbow Lake State Recreation Area
Humboldt
7 Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
Solano
8 Benicia State Recreation Area
Solano
9 Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
Butte
10 Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Sonoma
11 Brannan Island State Recreation Area
Sacramento
12 California State Mining and
Mineral Museum Park Property
San Joaquin
13 Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
San Francisco
14 Castle Crags State Park
Shasta
15 Castle Rock State Park
Santa Cruz
16 China Camp State Park
Marin
17 Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area
Colusa
18 Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
Del Norte
19 Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
Humboldt
20 Fort Tejon State Historic Park
Kern
21 Garrapata State Park
Monterey
22 George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area
Merced
23 Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park
Sacramento
24 Gray Whale Cove State Beach
San Mateo
25 Greenwood State Beach
Mendocino
26 Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
Humboldt
27 Hendy Woods State Park
Mendocino
28 Henry W. Coe State Park
Santa Clara
29 Jack London State Historic Park
Sonoma
30 Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
Mendocino
31 Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
Sacramento
32 Limekiln State Park
Monterey
33 Los Encinos State Historic Park
Los Angeles
34 Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Nevada
35 Manchester State Park
Mendocino
36 McConnell State Recreation Area
Merced
37 McGrath State Beach
Ventura
38 Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve
Mono
39 Morro Strand State Beach
San Luis Obispo
40 Moss Landing State Beach
Monterey
41 Olompali State Historic Park
Marin
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Redding
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Chico
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William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park, ©Bob McConnell
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Railtown 1897 State Historic
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Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park, ©Eliya Selhub
Bakersfield
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Westport-Union Landing State Beach, ©Carolyne Cathey
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Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
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William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park ©Bob McConnell
Moss Landing State Beach
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Palomar Mountain State Park
San Diego
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
Sonoma
44 Picacho State Recreation Area
Imperial
45 Pio Pico State Historic Park
Los Angeles
46 Plumas-Eureka State Park
Plumas
47 Point Cabrillo Light Station Property
Mendocino
48 Portola Redwoods State Park
San Mateo
49 Providence Mountains State Recreation Area San Bernardino
50 Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Tuolumne
51 Russian Gulch State Park
Mendocino
52 Saddleback Butte State Park
Los Angeles
53 Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Imperial
54 Samuel P. Taylor State Park
Marin
55 San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
San Diego
56 Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Santa Cruz
57 Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
Los Angeles
58 Shasta State Historic Park
Shasta
59 South Yuba River State Park
Nevada
60 Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
Mendocino
61 Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Napa
62 Tomales Bay State Park
Marin
63 Tule Elk State Reserve
Kern
64 Turlock Lake State Recreation Area
Santa Clara
65 Twin Lakes State Beach
Santa Cruz
66 Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
Trinity
67 Westport-Union Landing State Beach
Mendocino
68 William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park
Tehama
69 Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area
Tehama
70 Zmudowski State Beach
Monterey
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San Diego
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Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, ©Steve Albano
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park advocacy
Join our Summer of Action
T
hroughout our Summer of Action, we have been
collecting your favorite state park memories and
photographs. We delivered the first batch of postcards,
along with the message “Don’t Let Our State Parks Become
Just a Memory,” to legislators during our June 21 rally, and
will continue to deliver the messages throughout the summer.
As we approach Labor Day, we encourage you to join us
in the next phase of our Summer of Action! Join with us as
we pledge to visit the 70 state parks on the closure list, and
make new memories of these important parks. Help us
spread the word about the need to protect, maintain and
keep these parks open to the public by sharing your experiences and pictures online. This effort will culminate during
Labor Day weekend after which many of these parks will
begin the process of being closed to the public. Learn more
about our Summer of Action online at calparks.org.
Sincerely,
D. Thomas
“Closing Parks is Bad for Business”
Closing state parks is not only bad for park users, it is
also bad for the businesses in the outlying areas that rely
on state park visitors for survival. We are currently working
with businesses throughout the state to increase awareness
of the negative economic impacts these park closures will
have on communities. If you would like more information
on these efforts, or would like to request one of our
“Closing Parks is Bad for Business” posters, please
email [email protected].
Assembly Bill 42 Advances!
Sincerely,
V. O’Neill
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CSPF is pleased to report that Assembly Bill (AB) 42
(Huffman) passed unanimously out of the Senate Natural
Resources and Water Committee in early June. The bill
is currently awaiting a vote in the Senate Appropriations
Committee. AB 42 allows the state to enter into operating
agreements with qualified nonprofits. This bill is essential
as we face unprecedented park closures and dedicated,
qualified organizations can help keep our parks protected,
open and accessible. Thank you to the park supporters who
have taken action and contacted their legislators on the
bill. Your action is making a difference!
calparks.org
Work on Senate Bill 580 Continues
In mid-May, Senate Bill (SB) 580 (Wolk) was made a
two-year bill. Unfortunately, the park protection bill did
not garner the required votes to pass out of the Assembly
Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee in late June. Being
a two-year bill means it will not be heard in committees for
the remainder of 2011, but will move through the legislative
process again in 2012. This gives CSPF additional time to
work this fall with supporters and the bill’s author, as well
as meet with legislators who had questions or expressed
concerns about SB 580. Since the bill already successfully
passed from the state Senate to the Assembly, it is in a
good position to be acted upon again in early 2012.
Save Our State Parks Rally and Expo
On June 21, state park supporters from across California
came together in Sacramento for a Save Our State Parks
Rally and Expo at the state Capitol. Over 100 representatives from 30 organizations staffed exhibits showcasing each
of the 70 state parks slated for closure, providing a better
understanding of what will be lost when these parks close.
Speakers at the morning rally included Elizabeth Goldstein, president of CSPF, Robert Hanna, great-grandson of
John Muir, Alden Olmsted, son of naturalist John Olmsted,
Senator Lois Wolk, author of Senate Bill 580, Assemblymember Jared Huffman, author of Assembly Bill 42, and
Katie Brackenridge, Director of Out of School Time Initiatives for the Partnership for Children & Youth Summer
Learning Initiative.
CSPF also displayed hundreds of the “Don’t Let
State Parks Become Just a Memory” weekend of action
photographs and letters outside the Capitol, and later
delivered copies to legislative offices. Visit our website
to see more information and a photo gallery of the event.
Traci Verardo-Torres
Vice President, Government Affairs
Images top to bottom, left to right: June 21 SOS Rally and Expo.
Weekend of Action photographs and letters for legislators; CSPF’s
Elizabeth Goldstein addresses the rally; Assemblymember Jared
Huffman; Senator Lois Wolk; Robert Hanna talks with park advocates;
park advocates under the big tent; Alden Olmsted gives a lively speech.
calparks.org
www.calparks.org
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support our state parks
Gifts by Bequest
simple and flexible way to leave a lasting legacy
A
through your will or living trust
The California State Parks Foundation is important because
we are the only statewide independent non-profit organization
dedicated to protecting, enhancing and advocating for
California’s magnificent state parks. Now, more than ever,
we need planned gifts because they are a means to help
ensure that our parks remain healthy, open and available for
generations to come. By making a bequest to CSPF in your
will you can help preserve and protect the history and beauty
of California’s treasured parks forever.
Please consider supporting CSPF with a charitable bequest
in your will or trust. Doing so is easy and allows you to:
• Retain access to, and control over, all your assets.
• Preserve the flexibility to alter or amend your plans
at any time.
• Qualify for a full charitable deduction on estate taxes.
All bequests make a difference – there is no minimum gift
amount. You may leave a specific dollar amount to support the
parks, a percentage of your estate, or what remains after other
bequests have been satisfied.
As you consider a bequest to CSPF, you and your attorney
may find it helpful to use the following sample language:
I give to the California State Parks Foundation, a
California non-profit corporation, Tax ID # 94-1707583
$_______ or _______ percent of the residue of my estate
I intend this gift to be for current use or as an endowment, which
shall provide support to CSPF in perpetuity.
Live Your Active Culture Spokesperson Mia Hamm
signs autographs at the San Diego County Fair.
Live Your Active Culture
CSPF has teamed up with Dannon for the Live
Your Active Culture program, which encourages California families to live a healthy and
active lifestyle. Last month, the program’s
spokesperson, soccer legend Mia Hamm made
an appearance at the Dannon booth at the San
Diego County Fair to encourage health and
wellness among the community. She interacted
with fans and went head-to-head against San
Diego’s finest soccer enthusiasts for a chance to
win great prizes.
If you haven’t already done so, please
sign up to join the movement at Dannon.com/
liveyouractiveculture so that CSPF can have a
chance to receive another $50,000 from Dannon
on behalf of the partnership and the Live Your
Active Culture campaign.
The California State Parks Foundation is a non-profit organization under
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and incorporated in the
state of California.
Individuals who notify us that they have included CSPF in their
estate plan are invited to join the William Penn Mott, Jr.
Society, named in honor of CSPF’s founder and former director
of California State Parks and the National Park Service. You
will receive periodic insider briefings, and invitations to
participate in special park events and celebrations.
It is always a good idea to share your plans with a member of
CSPF’s staff so that we may be certain we will be able to carry
out your wishes accurately. For more information, please contact:
Davida Hartman
Vice President, Development
(415) 262-4403
[email protected]
Thank you for your support!
Annadel State Park,
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© Cyndy
Shafer
calparks.org
cspf partners
Coca-Cola and Stater Bros. Markets – Preserve Our Parks Campaign
C
oca-Cola Refreshments and Stater Bros. Markets
have teamed up with CSPF again this year to raise
much-needed funds for California’s state parks. The
Preserve Our Parks Campaign (preserveourparks.info)
raised $716,400 for preservation at iconic state beaches
and parks devastated by fires in recent years. Work will
begin immediately on projects that benefit visitors who
picnic and play in state parks, especially in the summer.
During the past three years, Coca-Cola and Stater Bros.
have raised close to two million dollars to help with
reforestation (ReforestCalifornia.com), coastal clean up
efforts (CareForOurCoast.com), and habitat and trail
preservation.
“The private sector commitment to preserve Southern
California state parks will give millions of Californians a
cleaner, safer summer,” said Ruth Coleman, director of
California State Parks. “We are very appreciative of our
From left: Jay Toups, vice president, Large Customer
Team, Coca-Cola; Jim Lee, president and chief executive
officer, Stater Bros. Market; Ruth Coleman, director,
California State Parks and Elizabeth Goldstein, president,
California State Parks Foundation, hold the check
celebrating the $716,400 donation from Stater Bros.
and Coca-Cola.
Russian Gulch State Park,
© Carolyne
partnership with Stater Bros. and Coca-Cola, whose
efforts for the past three years have had a tremendous,
beneficial impact on our state park system at a time
when we need it most.”
The campaign was funded by tax-deductible
shopper donations at Stater Bros. Markets in Southern
California, as well contributions from a percentage of
participating Coca-Cola sales donated by Coca-Cola
Refreshments. The companies also sponsored the
largest Earth Day clean-up and restoration event to date
at Huntington State Beach on April 16, 2011. An
estimated 1,100 volunteers from Coke, Stater Bros. and
the public picked up trash and removed 38,000 pounds
of non-native invasive plants.
Earth Day cleanup
Cathey
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program report
Background image Courtesy of Fort Ross Interpretive Association
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Hidden Stories
M
ark your calendars now for the next Hidden Stories
Series conference to be held at the Golden Gate
Club at the Presidio in San Francisco on September 22, 2011. In the midst of park closures and budget cuts,
it’s important to remember and celebrate the importance of
parks in California – their history, their value, and their
stories. This year we are focusing on Russian history, which
touches many of the important facets that make California –
and California state parks – so exceptional.
The conference will tell three “hidden stories.” We’ll
start where it all began, with the stories of Russian trade
and relationships up and down the coast of California. Next,
we’ll look at a little-known aspect of Angel Island’s history:
the story of Russian immigration through the “Ellis Island
of the West” in the early 1900s. Last, we’ll examine the role
that parks play in the recreational activities of the Russian
community here in California, with a special focus on the
Russian Scout movement. Along with ample time for
audience Q&A, we will also have break-out groups in
the afternoon to focus on programmatic initiatives.
We are very excited about our conference panelists.
Drawing from the Russian community, academia and
individuals with personal experience, we have gathered
a diverse and respected range of panelists:
• Mr. Glenn Farris, historian and Ft. Ross
Interpretive Association member
• Ken Owens, Ph.D., professor emeritus of
history, California State University, Sacramento
• Kent G. Lightfoot, Ph.D., professor of
anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
• Ms. Eugenia Bailey, historian and Russian émigré
• Ms. Maria Sakovich, MPH, MA, historian and
author
• M ichael Tripp, Ph.D, professor of geography,
Vancouver Island University, British Columbia
• Archpriest Alexander Krassovsky, rector of Sts.
Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church in Santa Rosa,
CA and dean of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area
Deanery of the Western American Diocese of the
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
• A natol Shmelev, Ph.D., curator, Hoover Institute,
Stanford University
• Ms. Irene Bogoslovsky, scoutmaster of the Western
American Division of the St. George Pathfinders
Russian Scouting Organization
We are also very honored to present Mr. Vasiliy Istratov,
deputy director of the Russkiy Mir Foundation (Russian
World Foundation), as our luncheon keynote speaker. Other
speakers will include Elizabeth Goldstein, president of the
California State Parks Foundation, and Ruth Coleman,
director of the California State Parks.
The conference will close out the day in style with a
reception hosted by Russian Consul General Mr. Vladimir
Vinokurov at the Russian Consulate in San Francisco. The
California State Parks Foundation is deeply grateful to Mr.
Vinokurov, as well as to our other generous sponsors: The
Renova Fort Ross Foundation, the Russkiy Mir Foundation
and Chevron. We are also indebted to our partner, the Fort
Ross Interpretive Association, and Sarah Sweedler for her
invaluable assistance in planning this conference.
Please join us for this interesting and unusual look
at California history through a Russian perspective.
Tickets are $60 before September 1, $75 thereafter.
For more information and to register, please go to calparks.
org/hiddenstories.
Russkiy Mir Foundation
Images bottom, left to right: Russian Scouts, ca. 1940, at Jordan Park,
a resort near Clear Lake (Photo courtesy of Maria Sakovich and Vlad
Shkurkin); California Drawing of Fort Ross by I. G. Voznesenski, 1841.
(Photo Courtesy California State Parks, 2011).
Capital Projects
PORTS Program at Baldwin Hills Perseveres
There have been some major steps forward with two of
CSPF’s long-standing capital projects.
Despite budget cuts, staff shortages, and delays, the new Parks
Online Resources for Teachers and Students (PORTS) program
at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook in Culver City has persevered
through its first year!
With a generous three-year grant from Toyota USA Foundation, PORTS staff succeeded in buying all their equipment,
including hi-definition video conferencing machines and
electronics, and an all-electric golf vehicle equipped with a
second video conferencing system popularly known as the
“BHATmobile,” short for Baldwin Hills Advanced Technologymobile, where park staff can go out into the park and video
conference on location. In the first year, the staff also began
work on the enhanced curriculum, as well as training local
teachers on how to use the equipment. PORTS staff continue
to outreach to local teachers, schools and districts. By the fall,
they will begin classroom lessons with students.
• Yosemite Slough at Candlestick Point State
Recreation Area: On Monday, June 20, 2011, construction began at the north side of the slough. This groundbreaking, nearly a decade in the making, is a significant
step toward the restoration of Yosemite Slough. Creation of
the wetlands on the north side should take approximately
a year to complete, with the groundwork being laid for
later construction of a parking lot, visitor’s center, outdoor
amphitheatre, a section of the Bay Trail and other features
integrated into the plan. Design work has already begun
on the south side of the slough. Stay tuned!
• A generous grant from the Hind Foundation has
enabled CSPF to move forward with the first, essential
step in restoring Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Work will
start in the fall on removal and restoration of the Fresnel
lens at the lighthouse. The lens will be displayed in the
historic Fog Signal Building next to the lighthouse until
the full restoration can be finished. The next step will be
an emergency stabilization of the lighthouse tower. It is
anticipated that this work will occur in the spring of 2012.
Carpenteria Interpretive Play Area
Grand Opening
Silver Strand State Beach and Loews Hotel
State Parks staff continue to beautify Silver Stand State
Beach in San Diego, with the guidance of a new facilities
plan. The plan includes a boardwalk between the beach and
parking lot, among many other improvements. Since 2007, the
partnership between Silver Strand State Beach, Loews Hotel
and CSPF has generated approximately $750,000 for the
beach. Hotel guests pay a one percent fee, which goes into an
environmental fund that CSPF manages on behalf of the state
beach. With these funds over the years, park staff have been
able to provide a park interpreter who gives beach tours, kayak
excursions and grunion adventures. The funds have also helped
beautify the beach with remodeled bathrooms, lifeguard towers,
outdoor showers, and walkway tunnels, and interpretive panels
throughout the area.
Los Angeles State Historic Park
A new and unique play area at Carpinteria State Beach in
Santa Barbara County premiered on June 10 to the delight
of children and parents alike. With dolphins, seals, a whale
tail, a rainbow bridge, and Anacapa arch slides, the Tomol
Interpretive Play Area tells the legend of the Chumash
Indians’ arrival in the area. Spearheaded by the Carpinteria
Morning Rotary Club, the project was helped with a generous
$109,000 donation from the Estate of Lenora G. Johnson
($50,000 went towards the play area project and the rest went
to the beach for building repairs). Mrs. Lenora Johnson loved
Carpinteria State Beach. She and her husband visited often.
This innovative project still needs to complete a few components of the playground and anyone interested in donating
can contact Wade Nomura of the Rotary Club at wnomura@
verizon.net. Donors will be recognized with a “Tomol Tile”
that will be placed around the play area.
calparks.org
Los Angeles State Historic Park, the innovative urban park
located in downtown Los Angeles, has long been a priority
for CSPF. Over the years, our work has included a design
competition that led to the current plan for the park, numerous
grants to support programs and events, and advocacy regarding
the impact of state’s proposed high speed rail system. Recently
CSPF received a very generous grant of $200,000 from the
Annenberg Foundation to support programming at the Anabolic Native Garden at the park, which was designed to engage
the surrounding community to use their local park in a new
and sustainable manner. The garden will provide the focus for
seasonally based cultural, educational and volunteer programs.
A primary objective will be to offer a venue for the Tongva,
Chumash, and other Southern California indigenous people to
teach about the native flora, its cultural usages, and sustainable
practices including water conservation and organic cultivation.
CSPF is very pleased to be able to support this meaningful
program at Los Angeles State Historic Park.
Sara Feldman
Vice President, Programs
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New Membership Benefits
T
here are a multitude of benefits available to new
and existing CSPF members. Not only do you still
get park passes for day use in state parks, but we are
now offering up to 10 percent off camping reservations,
discounts throughout the state parks system worth
hundreds of dollars, and much more! If you are currently
a member, go to calparks.org/Discounts to see your new
benefits. If you aren’t a member yet, go to calparks.org/
JoinNow to take advantage of this great offer.
© 2009, California State Parks
Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
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Luker
Try the CalParks App by EveryTrail
W
hat’s the best hike in Anza-Borrego
Desert State Park? When is the
Visitor Center at Fort Ross State Historic
Park open?
For answers to questions like these about
California’s state parks, look no further than
the CalParks app. All you need is a mobile
device to guide you towards the best state
park experience possible.
CSPF created and launched the new
CalParks app with development partner EveryTrail. Free to
download, the app allows you to take trail guide information
with you while you explore state parks and beaches across
California. Go to the iTunes App Store or the Android Marketplace to download the CalParks app and start exploring.
The CalParks app offers visitors a detailed, media-rich,
interactive, and location-aware experience; complete with
guides to over 45 parks (soon every state park will be included on the app). The app not only has trail guides, but you can
also upload your own trips, discuss your favorite state park
adventures and see photos from our online photo contest of
the state park you are about to visit. We will also add additional features in the future designed specifically for our
members. Write a review and let us know what you think!
calparks.org
Book your Travel with CSPF
W
e’ve made it easy to plan countless fun state parks
experiences with the launch of our online Travel
Center. Located on our website, the Travel Center can be
used to select a state park, find member discounts, reserve
campsites, download trail guides, and book all your travel
needs in one place.
CSPF members get 10 percent off camping reservations
when they log in online. Members also get discounts like:
15 percent off surfing lessons at Silver Strand State
Beach, 10 percent off in-store at Crystal Cove State Park,
10 percent off gift and retail at Angel Island State Park,
and many more. Not a member yet? Join today and get
up to 10 percent off your camping reservation.
The next time you are planning a trip to California’s
state parks, use CSPF’s Travel Center at calparks.org/travel.
calparks.org
CSPF Gear for Park Enthusiasts
G
et high-quality outdoor gear from our online store and
support California state parks at the same time. The
CSPF online store features one-of-a-kind CSPF merchandise
for park enthusiasts, outdoorsmen and lovers of 100 percent
organic cotton apparel.
All store proceeds help support the work of CSPF and
allow us to continue as Your Voice for Parks. As an added
bonus, CSPF members receive a special 5 percent discount
on their store purchases. If you aren’t a member, you can join
today and immediately get the 5 percent discount. Login
today at calparks.org and start shopping!
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stuff you want to know about
CSPF Photo Contest
Thank you to all who continuously submit
amazing photographs to the CSPF State
Parks Photo Contest. We are particularly
grateful to those who have helped us
gather images of our 70 closing state
parks. If you have photos from a closing
park, please consider joining the contest
and uploading them! We want the world
to see what we will be missing when these
magnificent parks close.
For those who haven’t joined the
photo contest yet, now is the time to get
involved. It is a free, statewide contest.
Winners are chosen each month, and they
receive a variety of prizes, including a
free CSPF membership and a Lowepro
camera bag. For information on how to
participate, visit our website: calparks.
org/gallery. Contest sponsored by
Lowepro (lowepro.com) and Adolph
Gassers (gassers.lifepics.com).
Garrapta State Park, ©Phillip Lee Miller
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Stay Connected to
Your State Parks Online!
Go to calparks.org and sign up for our
e-newsletter and action alerts to stay
up-to-date on all state park issues.
Our e-newsletter is published on the
first Thursday of every month, so you
can stay informed in between issues
of Parklands. We also send action
alerts when breaking state parks
news happens. You can also “Like”
us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter,
or watch our videos on our YouTube
channel.
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70in70 Documenting the State’s Losses
Two photographers, David and Melody
Noceti, have given themselves 70 days to
document the 70 parks on the closure list.
As David explains on the project’s blog,
70in70.com, there will come a day in the
near future when we’ll refer to 70 California state parks in terms of historical importance. We’ll turn to our children when
passing by a boarded up building tagged
with graffiti or a litter strewn, locked gate
and say, “That used to be a park.” Then
you’ll think to yourself about how you’d
always meant to go, to have taken a day
to learn the site’s history, to breathe in the
fresh air, to simply create memories not
governed by a narrator’s interpretation.
70in70 is an attempt to create memories
before history outpaces us: 70 state parks
are slated for closure this year, and they
intend to visit each one within the next
70 days.
What exactly is this project? Is it
journalism, art, landscapes, documentary,
nature photography, activism? The only
guideline is this: 70 closing state parks in
70 days, from one end of the state to the
other. The goal is to post one park a day.
There might be words, there might not.
Portraits of those affected? Who knows.
Interviews? Could be. Lots of photographs?
Definitely.
Follow them on their journey as they
discover what it is that we will all soon be
missing out on at 70in70.com.
RECENT PHOTOS OF THE MONTH
MARCH, MORRO BAY STATE PARK
© Ken Bondy
APRIL, CARLSBAD STATE BEACH
© Julianne Bradford
MAY, POINT LOBOS STATE RESERVE
© Philip Lee Miller
JUNE, JACK LONDON STATE
HISTORIC PARK
© Charles Tu
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State Park Events
A comprehensive list
of upcoming park
events can be found on
California State Parks’
website. If you want to
know what’s going on
in parks across the
state, just go to parks.ca.gov and look for the
events calendar on the bottom of the page.
Read Parklands
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In This
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Can This Really Be?
Park Closures
Programs Thriving
Park Excellence Report
Some Friends Leave Us
CSPF Online
Gala, Earth Day, Park
Advocacy Day
and MORE
Angel Island State Park, © Rob Dweck
Summer 2011, Volume 28, Number 2
(ISSN: 0892-0095) is published by the
California State Parks Foundation,
Copyright © 2011 CSPF. All rights reserved.
(415) 262-4400.
CSPF WEBSITE calparks.org
STAFF MEMBERS  Michael Bankert, Alisha Keller Berry, Melissa
Brett, Cecille Caterson, Beverly Clark, Bonnie Davis, Jerry Emory,
Sara Feldman, Linsey Fredenburg-Humes, Elizabeth Goldstein,
Davida Hartman, Claire Jackel, Kate Litzky, Marygrace Lopez, Sue
Neary, Gabrielle Ohayon, Lindsey Oliver, Susan Parker, Luba
Podolsky, Jennifer McLin Ramirez, Jackie Reynolds, Eleanor
Robertson, Erland Sanborn, David Slack, Georgia Smith, Alexis
Stoxen, Kate Stull, Traci Verardo-Torres and Greg Zelder
EDITORS  Jerry Emory and Alexis Stoxen
DESIGNER  Debra Turner
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MOVING?
Please send this form to CSPF in the envelope inside your Parklands.
Please change my address as follows:
Name
Don and Diane Cooley
received the 2011
Honorary Ranger
Award at the California
State Park Rangers
Association’s (CSPRA)
conference in Yosemite
this past March. This
is the highest honor
bestowed by CSPRA,
reserved for citizens
who exhibit outstanding
dedication and contributions to protecting parks in our great state. Don and
Diane’s names rose to the top of the list for their efforts
that CSPRA felt have truly made a difference for state
parks – adding valuable acreage to the system, enhancing
educational opportunities and park facilities, not to
mention good old fashioned volunteerism.
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chlorine-free paper using soy ink. By using this recycled paper we are
saving 8 tons of pulp (53 trees), 17 million BTU’s of total energy, 6,300 lbs of CO2
equivalent in greenhouse gasses, 26,000 gallons of wastewater, and 1,500 lbs
of solid waste.
CSPF is very proud of Don and Diane, as well! Don
has served on CSPF’s board since 1993 – 18 years –
making him CSPF’s longest-serving current trustee.
All the while, Diane has been right there with him
supporting our work. Congratulations!
Jug Handle State Natural Reserve, © Carolyne Cathey
california parklands
Don and Diane Cooley
Honorary State Park Rangers