After four decades of piecing the San Joaquin River Parkway together parcel by parcel, the state is preparing to hand six of its properties — 874 acres in all — to California State Parks, giving the long-stalled greenway its first permanent institutional landlord. The new San Joaquin River Parkway State Park is one of three that Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Wednesday under the “State Parks Forward” initiative. … For the River Parkway Trust, which has run Sycamore Island and other Conservancy lands under contract, the move solves a looming problem. The Trust’s Sycamore Island operating contract expires in June 2027. 

Other river restoration news:

• The Fresno Bee (Calif.): California is home to 2 of the most endangered rivers in the nation. Which ones?
• FOX40 (Sacramento, Calif.): Newsom unveils plan for 3 new Central Valley state parks in major system expansion
• The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.): California plans to add three new state parks. Here’s where
• Manteca Bulletin (Calif.): Opinion: Dredging the SJ River