These parks are classrooms where visitors can engage with the state’s rich history, diverse cultures and pressing environmental issues.” ...

At the opening of the Central Valley’s Dos Rios ... We must protect core funding for the California Department of Parks and Recreation (California State Parks) in order to sustain its mission ...

HENRY COWELL... BIG BASIN.. PORTOLA.. AND CASTLE ROCK PARK WILL ALL CLOSE BEGINNING THIS EVENIN Due to an incoming atmospheric river, California State Parks is closing a few state parks in Santa ...

Kate Gundersen-Thorpe has been appointed as the new park operations manager for the French Creek State Park Complex.

Due to an incoming atmospheric river, the California State Parks is closing a few state parks in Santa Cruz County. The ...

Residents and officials in the Monterey Peninsula are preparing for a severe storm expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds, and potential power outages.

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The New Mexico Department of Agriculture is moving to end a 27-year-old federal quarantine in Doña Ana County for red imported fire ants. These are not the common variety that show up around yards and ...

For the Southwest, the report findings state: “Consumptive-use percentages are larger in arid parts of the country (such as the Southwest Desert, California–Nevada ... topic of a presentation by the ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the federal government to override the state of California's water ... and hydropower through the Central Valley Project, a ...

but one Central California school saw a big increase California beekeepers discovering severe colony losses that could impact food security California to become New Denmark? Satirical petition ...

Did you know California has the most national forests of any state in the nation? In addition to its famous national parks ... remote region located along the central coast of California should ...