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Can you spot the 🦈 breaking the water surf 🦈? Over the weekend, @surfline captured a moment a 🦈 near Marina State Beach breached for a quick second.
Save the Dates! The @Boat_California Commission will host its next meeting at the @yourMRA Annual Education Conference in Newport Beach on Tues., Nov. 3. Details, including the full agenda and how to attend virtually, will be available 10 days prior at parks.ca.gov/PublicNotices.
In this issue of our Weekly Digest, check out…
🎥 A video of the heroic actions of 2 Rangers saving a woman’s life.
🌊 Latest updates to state parks/beaches impacted by recent swells 7 high tides in Orange County
🎉 Colonel Allensworth SHP celebrates its 50th anniversary!
Large surf/elevated tides caused significant damages to some state parks/beaches in Orange County. Staff are working nonstop to restore public access & essential services while coordinating w/ local, state & federal agencies on repairs & longer-term coastal resilience measures
THANK YOU to our staff in our Orange Coast District for working around the clock to keep public safe, protecting our historic & cultural resources and for restoring public access & services as quickly & safely as possible! Read our press release for info: parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/159…
🦴🪨 Happy National Fossil Day!
Did you know that two of our state parks are world-class fossil hotspots?
🎥 Watch this video and read our latest blog post to learn about the treasures hidden in Anza-Borrego Desert and Red Rock Canyon state parks 👉 buff.ly/5lm5bDd
🙌🏼 State Parks to the rescue! 🦨 This skunk got its head stuck inside a plastic bottle at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park this past weekend. Luckily, staff were able to safely remove it and they didn’t get sprayed!
🚮 It’s an important reminder to properly dispose of your trash in designated bins and to #LeaveNoTrace.
#WildlifeWednesday
🌟Park of the Month: Pío Pico State Historic Park🌟
This SoCal gem preserves the beautifully restored adobe home and gardens of Pío Pico, one of early CA’s most remarkable figures and the last governor of Mexican-era Alta California.
Learn more 👉 parks.ca.gov/piopico
⚾️ October means MLB postseason! And baseball players have their own walk-up songs. 🎶 But... what if our K-9 teams had walk-up songs, too? 🤩 🐾 These all-stars deserve their own songs! 🎵 Check out some of our K-9 teams.
In this Weekly Digest issue, you can learn about…
⛰️ Parks & their importance for connection & belonging.
🌊 Tropical Storm Rachel Impacts Crystal Cove SP and San Onofre SB.
⛰️ Pfeiffer Big Sur SP will soon reopen! a
📷 Plus, a bobcat resting on a picnic bench and more 📷!
ALT Large, diverse group of professionally dressed men and women posed on the steps
ALT Officials inspecting a beachfront shack labeled "Crystal Cove" while high surf laps eroded, debris-strewn sand and weathered posts indicate coastal flooding and shoreline erosion.
ALT Lifeguards helping a seated man—one gloved rescuer points and directs while two colleagues steady and support him under a wooden shelter beside a rescue watercraft.
ALT Worker in a yellow hard hat dismantling an old wooden pier on a rocky shoreline.
SAVE THE DATES! The State Historical Resources Commission's next meeting is currently scheduled for Nov. 12-13. Nominations for the National Register of Historic Places include Bakersfield’s Woolworth Building. Details 10 days prior at parks.ca.gov/PublicNotices. @calshpo
📹 Skunks doing handstands? Check out this trail cam video from Providence Mountains State Recreation Area of a local acrobatic skunk!
🦨 🤸🏻♀️No, it’s not trying out for the Olympics, but it turns out, skunks do that to intimidate predators and signal that they are ready to spray!
🦨 Not only does it make them look bigger, it also allows them to peer over its shoulder, aim and spray!
👀 So, next time you see a skunk do this, watch out and walk away!
#WildlifeWednesday
It’s International Off-Road Day! Whether you're new to off-roading or a seasoned enthusiast, celebrate the day by exploring on your own or invite someone new to off-roading to tag along! Have fun but remain safe so you can #ridetorideagain! Find our list of SVRAs⬇️🛻🏍️🚙
ALT Riding above the clouds at Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area.
ALT On the beach at Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area in Oceano Dunes District - Pismo.