The Big Picture and Tactical Next Steps for State Parks, November 17

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Right now California State Parks, the largest state park system in the country, face unprecedented budget cuts and closures. Governor Jerry Brown signed budget cuts in May 2011 that included a reduction of General Fund support for state parks by $11 million for Fiscal Year 2011-12 and a total reduction of $22 million by the beginning of Fiscal Year 2012-2013.  Seventy parks are slated to close by July 2012, some of which have already done so.   China Camp, Olompali, Jack London, Samuel P. Taylor, Sugarloaf Ridge, Annadel, Austin Creek, Petaluma Adobe, Bale Grist Mill, Bothe-Napa Valley, Castle Rock, and Henry Coe are all here in the Bay Area.

This hasn’t happened before.  New partnerships are being formed.  New ways of working together have been created and are being implemented.  And new strategies are needed to deal with the new realities of publicly funded conservation.

What does it all mean?  What is being done?  And how do we need to think in new ways?  On November 17 from 10am to 1pm at the Brower Center in Berkeley we will discuss it all at our last Gathering of 2011.  Joining us will be: 

• Dave Gould, Sonoma Parks Alliance and Former State Parks Superintendent, moderator
• Lauren Dixon, Sonoma Parks Alliance
• Traci Verardo, State Parks Foundation (invited)
• Danita Rodriguez, State Parks, Marin District
• Bob Berman, Benicia State Parks Association
• Other speakers to be announced

Lunch will be served and there will be plenty of time for networking and seeing friends.  Our Gatherings can sell out so please register early.

 

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