The state plans to add 30,000 additional acres to the state parks system by the end of the decade.
Three new parks have been added to the California state park system in the largest expansion in decades, Cap Radio reports. As part of California’s State Parks Forward initiative, the parks aim to add park access to areas currently underserved.
The new parks include: Feather River Park near Olivehurst in Yuba County, the San Joaquin River Parkway in Fresno and Madera counties, and the Dust Bowl Camp near Bakersfield in Kern County.
To celebrate the milestone additions, Cap Radio featured an interview with State Parks Director Armando Quintero.
“There's 280 state parks in California but if you look at a map, it looks like a necklace around the outer part of California. The Central Valley has very few parks, and really a focus for myself and for the administration has been to bring parks to where people are,” Quintero said. “We're really trying to build on administration priorities which are Outdoors for All and 30x30, which is conserving more of the state up until we get to 30%.”
Read or hear the full interview below.
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