Opinion: New state park could help California answer climate change
Los Angeles County has 25 state parks, recreation areas, historical sites and beaches. There are 24 more in Orange and San Diego counties. But in the eight counties of the San Joaquin Valley, which stretches from the Tehachapis to the northern edge of San Joaquin County, there are only 15 state sites, and only five of those are state parks. That is about to change. In the budget just signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, enough money has been dedicated to start creating California’s first new state park since Fort Ord Dunes in Monterey County joined the system more than a decade ago.
-Written by Julie Rentner, president of River Partners, a nonprofit conservation organization; and Assemblymember Adam Gray, a Democrat representing Merced County and part of Stanislaus County, including Dos Rios Ranch.Related article:
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