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SACRAMENTO –?The Public Lands Alliance honored Parks California and California State Parks with its 2025 Public Lands Partner Award at its recent annual convention, which celebrates the leading-edge achievements in the preservation of public lands and the enrichment of the visitor experience.
SACRAMENTO – California State Parks’ Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) today announced the availability of grant funding to help prevent the further spread of quagga and zebra mussels into California’s waterways. Funded by the California Mussel Fee Sticker (also known as the Quagga Sticker), the Quagga and Zebra (QZ) Mussel Infestation Prevention Grant Program expects to award up to $2 million across eligible applicants. Applications open Monday, March 10, and must be received by April 18, 2025, by 5 p.m. PDT.
SACRAMENTO – California State Parks’ Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) announced today its 2025 control efforts for invasive aquatic plants in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its southern tributaries (Delta). Starting March 20, DBW will begin herbicide treatments on water hyacinth, South American spongeplant, Uruguay water primrose, alligator weed, Brazilian waterweed, curlyleaf pondweed, Eurasian watermilfoil, coontail, fanwort, and ribbon weed in the Delta. The treatment start date may change depending on weather conditions and plant growth/movement.
California State Parks is asking the public to help protect the threatened western snowy plover when they visit Monterey Bay parks and beaches this spring and summer, the start of an important conservation effort. Breeding season begins in March for these vulnerable shorebirds. State Parks is asking visitors to help protect these small, threatened birds that nest on our beaches and their sensitive habitats to help ensure their survival by following simple guidelines.
SACRAMENTO – California State Parks announced today that this year’s wildflower bloom in Southern California state parks is expected to be limited due to below-average winter rainfall. Wildflower growth depends on a delicate mix of weather factors, including rain and its timing, amount of sunlight, seasonal temperature patterns, and wind, that cause the bloom timing and the number of flowers seen across the region to vary from year to year.
PACIFIC GROVE — California State Parks and the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County (Esselen) celebrated the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to share in the stewardship of 18 state parks within the tribe’s ancestral lands during a ceremony Jan. 31 at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds.
SACRAMENTO – Parks California and California State Parks today announced grants to 31 organizations throughout California, totaling more than $1 million to improve access to state parks and create memorable nature experiences. Through Parks California’s Route to Parks grant program, these funds will help more than 7,700 people create lasting memories at state parks in 2025.
SACRAMENTO – California State Parks’ Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division has recommended $3.45 million in grant awards aimed at enhancing safe, responsible and sustainable off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation across the state.
