California state parks are a living history of our wonderful state. The story of our state is woven into fabric of our state historic parks. These parks bring our complex history and important figures from our past to life to learn from. They are treasures of our diverse and fascinating heritage, that have been carefully preserved of those who came before us for our benefit, and for the benefits of all those that will follow in our footsteps.
These parks are also home to California’s natural history. These parks provide services from ecosystems that we need. Pollinators for our agricultural crops live in state parks, filtering of our clean water happens in state parks, habitat for salmon fisheries happen in these parks because we have protected them. In state parks you can learn about animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more.
While schools are closed, we hope you can turn to your amazing California state parks to learn something new and educate the next generation of park stewards!
