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A state park is saved after a nonprofit rallies the community to gather and deliver 10,000 petition signatures to the governor.

In a Foundation Center podcast, Peter Kim of the nonprofit Bridgespan Group cautions that it takes three to five years for a nonprofit to put a strong funding model in place. If an organization [...]

For more than 100 years conservationists have raised funds and donated lands to save and protect special places in perpetuity for public enjoyment. Six months from now, at least 61 of [...]

While volunteers and nonprofits continue to raise funds and develop plans in hopes of saving parks from closing in their communities, State Senator Noreen Evans (Democrat-Santa Rosa) says she [...]

The January – March 2012 issue of Bay Nature features the California state parks crisis as the cover story, illuminating the real people behind the hard work of trying to save some of the parks [...]

Among park champions across the state, stepping up to save the parks, are nonprofit groups that have worked side-by-side with state parks in local communities for decades to support education [...]

Unless a deal can be worked out between local nonprofits and the state, closure of this 5,100-acre wildland park in the “Valley of the Moon” will be permanent.

The Bay Area Open Space Council organized a meeting on November 17, 2011, in Berkeley on the California State Parks crisis and live-blogged the event.

Castle Crags State Park is one of 70 that made the notorious closure list announced by California State Parks and Recreation in May 2011.

Thomas Peters, President of the Marin Community Foundation, offers insights on philanthropy's response to state park closures.