SOS -Save Our State Parks.

"California State Parks announced a plan to close up to 70 of its 278 parks due to budget cuts. The closures are necessary to achieve an $11 million reduction in the next fiscal year 2011/12, that amount increasing to $22 million in the following fiscal year 2012/13. " (source: said Ruth Coleman, director of California State Parks 05/13/2011)

State Park Closures Anderson Marsh State Historic Park Annadel State Park Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park Austin Creek State Recreation Area Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park Benbow Lake State Recreation Area Benicia Capitol State Historic Park Benicia State Recreation Area Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park Bothe-Napa Valley State Park Brannan Island State Recreation Area California State Mining and Mineral Museum Candlestick Point State Recreation Area Castle Crags State Park Castle Rock State Park China Camp State Park Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park Fort Humboldt State Historic Park Fort Tejon State Historic Park Garrapata State Park George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area Governors Mansion State Historic Park Gray Whale Cove State Beach Greenwood State Beach Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park Hendy Woods State Park Henry W. Coe State Park Jack London State Historic Park Jug Handle State Reserve Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park Limekiln State Park Los Encinos State Historic Park Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park Manchester State Park McConnell State Recreation Area McGrath State Beach Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve Morro Strand State Beach Moss Landing State Beach Olompali State Historic Park Palomar Mountain State Park Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park Picacho State Recreation Area Pio Pico State Historic Park Plumas-Eureka State Park Point Cabrillo Light Station Park Property Portola Redwoods State Park Providence Mountains State Recreation Area Railtown 1897 State Historic Park Russian Gulch State Park Saddleback Butte State Park Salton Sea State Recreation Area Samuel P. Taylor State Park San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park Shasta State Historic Park South Yuba River State Park Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Tomales Bay State Park Tule Elk State Reserve Turlock Lake State Recreation Area Twin Lakes State Beach Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park Westport-Union Landing State Beach William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area Zmudowski State Beach

 (Image-no pictures of parks because they are closed)

The beaches and parks in California are the most beautiful in the world. Right now the State Parks are in trouble. At least 70 parks are on a list for potential closure this year and some have already closed. We need every person's help to stop these park closures. You can help by visiting a local State Park at least once a month, buy an annual pass and share your passion for our beaches and parks with others. Make this year full of memories that will be spent at California Beaches or parks enjoying the outdoors. Help save California's outdoor life. Thank you in advance for helping to save the State Parks for our kids and other generations to come.  

You can buy an annual pass at:

OC Parks

Save State Parks

You can call and get more information about annual passes: (714) 973-6865.

If you want to read about the parks that will close this July 2012

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List of Orange County State Parks

Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park

Carbon Canyon Regional Park

Caspers Wilderness Park

Clark Regional Park

Craig Regional Park

Dana Point Youth and Group

Heritage Hill Historical Park

Irvine Regional Park

George Key Ranch Historical Park

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park

Laguna Niguel Regional Park

Mason Regional Park

Mile Square Regional Park

Newport Harbor Patrol

O’Neill Regional Park

Peters Canyon Regional Park

Riley Wilderness Park

Santiago Oaks Regional Park

Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve

Yorba Regional Park