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Yurok TribeThe Yurok Tribe of California’s northern coast celebrated the grand opening of the first tribally operated visitor center within the state park system. -
Andrew Nixon/CapRadioThis January, the parks agency will invite the public to attend meetings to continue to reimagine how the new Sutter’s Fort should be reinterpreted.
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Oregonians will soon have more options to go camping now that the State Parks Department is finalizing details on a capital improvement plan. -
Pacific Northwest forest managers have lifted most campfire restrictions. But wildfires are still active in some parts of the region, so people should check for restrictions before lighting their kindling.
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A new initiative to reconsider discriminatory names on public features in California has led to the renaming of Patrick’s Point State Park in Humboldt County. The park is now called Sue-Meg State Park. The name change comes at the request of the Yurok tribe.
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Big Basin Redwoods State Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, was nearly wiped out by fire. It remains closed as the state struggles to protect nearly 300 parks from climate change. Solutions are costly: thinning forests, adding sand to beaches, moving parking lots and buildings.
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State parks are for everyone to enjoy, but not everyone in the state has a chance to visit them. Urban dwellers, especially people short on money, miss…
