Friday, June 17 – Stewardship Day: Social media post – What is Stewardship and how you can help?

Clean Soil, Air, and Water Video. Post a video all about how we can help to sustain clean soil, air, and water in everyday life and how that relates to the well being of the resources at the park. Weather permitting, Park Interpretive Specialist will host a 1-day volunteer event for invasive plant and trash …

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This on-demand video will take you to Samuel P. Taylor State Park, a hidden redwood canyon park in Marin County. Experience the majesty of a redwood forest and learn why it is important to protect places like this. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CjRioNg728

Learn about the amazing variety of plant life at Mount Diablo State Park which includes species that are only found here. Threatening this rich diversity are some species that can turn an area with many types of plants into an area where there is only one. You can help as we pitch in with our …

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Join the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve’s long term stewardship volunteers for planting and weeding in the maritime succulent scrub along the North McCoy Trail with our partners, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge. Space is limited and registrations is required. Please register here.

Volunteers will learn about natural resource stewardship and habitat restoration as they work to restore dune and bluff vegetation by removing invasive species and preparing areas for planting native species. The restoration project will focus on building resiliency to climate change and the potential loss of sensitive coastal habitats.

This is a WEEKLY program where we plant native plants, remove invasive plants, fence our endangered species, and more! Project and meeting location will vary week by week. Please contact joseph.leliaert@parks.ca.gov for meeting location.

Giving wildlife space leads to more spectacular moments in Hearst San Simeon State Park. Meet Park Staff and Volunteers at the main northern elephant seal viewing area (VP3) to learn about ways to enjoy watchable wildlife while giving them space to thrive and survive. Volunteer Photo Credit: Phil Arnold

Children’s programs focusing on stewardship and climate change

Open House in Butterfly Garden, learn about native plant restoration and native pollinator plants

Make seed balls with native wildflower seeds. Help create more native habitat in your own backyard. This is a program to create and distribute native plant seed balls.

Participate in a short cleanup and learn how long trash found takes to degrade

Take an easy two-hour stroll on the mile-long Sequoia Audubon Trail through the Pescadero Marsh while learning about the fascinating human history of the Marsh from the days of the Ohlone to the present. Discover the byways of the Pescadero and Butano Creeks as they flow through this restored marsh to meet the Pacific Ocean. …

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2-mile moderate guided hike on Diggins Loop Trail A “wide-lens” introduction to the history of hydraulic mining and its impact on the environment. This guided hike will take participants into the historic Diggins for a first-hand experience of park history and resources. Current issues concerning water quality and environmental degradation will be addressed, as will …

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Monterey State Historic Park stewards the conservation and interpretation of some of the oldest buildings in California. Join us to learn how MSHP ensures these historic sites continue to tell the stories of Monterey. This easy walk begins at the historic Custom House adjacent to Fishermen’s Wharf, downtown Monterey. Easy walk - approx. 0.5 miles. …

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Meet at the Big Stump to explore the role of prescribed fire in the forest community. You will have the opportunity to look at areas that have been treated with fire prescription and compare them to untreated forest. This walk will include hike with elevation change. Allow for 1.5 hours and bring water.

Visit a park naturalist at this fun and educational tidepool information table! Learn about the tidepool animals in Crystal Cove State Park's Marine Protected Area.

Educational displays interactive activities for children, to keep wildlife wild within our parks.

Meet near North Grove Campsite #16. The North Grove Meadow has fascinating human history that threatened the very existence of the meadow. You will discover how California State Parks restored the meadow to its original beauty and usefulness. Allow for 1 hour and bring water.

California State Parks is a rich system of parks that protects California’s natural and cultural sites. These parks belong to all of us, let’s discover how to protect what is ours. Join us for this short tour of the richness of San Juan Bautista’s historic buildings and know how we can continue to protect this …

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Join us on spectacular Weston Beach at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve for a drop-in Q&A session on the subject of ‘Marine Protected Areas.’ State Park Interpreter Alec will be at Weston Beach with tide pool brochures and information on how to better your experience and deepen your knowledge of America’s oldest State Marine Reserve.Type: …

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This one-hour dune walk begins at the Asilomar Social and takes visitors through the highly protected Asilomar Dunes Preserve. Along the way, visitors will view dune flora and fauna, and learn about the historic destruction of the dune habitat, its restoration, and current maintenance and protection of this resource by State Parks staff and volunteers. …

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