{"id":65279,"date":"2024-06-12T12:42:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T19:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=65279"},"modified":"2024-06-12T12:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T19:42:55","slug":"california-kicks-off-state-parks-week-as-new-state-park-opens-in-central-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=65279","title":{"rendered":"California kicks off State Parks Week as new State Park opens in Central Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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What you need to know<\/strong>:\u00a0Dos Rios, California\u2019s first new State Park in a decade, opens to the public today. The park is one of several projects that support California\u2019s new nature-based solutions targets, which strategically harness the equivalent of more than half of the state\u2019s land to fight the climate crisis.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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SACRAMENTO<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u2014 As California\u2019s newest State Park, Dos Rios, officially opens to the public today, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a\u00a0proclamation<\/a>\u00a0declaring June 12-16, 2024 as\u00a0California State Parks Week<\/a>. Located in the San Joaquin Valley outside of Modesto, Dos Rios is the first new State Park since 2014.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cOur state parks are a point of pride and inspiration for Californians and visitors from around the world. Today, we celebrate the opening of Dos Rios \u2013 our first new State Park in a decade \u2013 which creates new outdoor recreation opportunities for Central Valley communities, provides habitat for threatened and endangered wildlife, and advances the state\u2019s innovative efforts to combat the climate crisis using nature-based solutions.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n
\nGovernor\u00a0Gavin Newsom<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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The Governor and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom helped dedicate Dos Rios on Earth Day\u00a0earlier this year<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThe Central Valley \u2013 the beating heart of our state’s agriculture sector \u2013 is now home to California’s first new State Park in nearly a decade. Dos Rios is an example of the work we’re doing to heal our environment through land restoration and protection of the endangered species who call it home while bringing to the local community the undeniable benefits of time spent in nature.\u201d<\/em><\/h4>\n
\nFirst Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Governor Newsom at Dos Rios in April<\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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First Partner Siebel Newsom at Dos Rios in April<\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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The opening of Dos Rios today coincides with the third annual State Parks Week, which celebrates the state park system\u2019s 280 destinations and highlights the importance of outdoor access to the health and well-being of our communities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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California State Parks Week Proclamation \u2192<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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The approximately 1,600-acre Dos Rios property is the largest public-private floodplain restoration project in California to restore habitat for threatened and endangered wildlife at the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers. This is one of several projects across the state that will help California achieve its historic\u00a0nature-based solutions targets<\/a>\u00a0announced earlier this year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Images from Dos Rios, the newest State Park<\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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More information on visiting Dos Rios can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A complete list of State Parks Week events and how to participate is available at\u00a0CAStateParksWeek.org<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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