![Park needs work? Report it](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Screen-Shot-2012-09-18-at-7.36.18-PM.png?resize=470%2C140)
One of the amazingly positive outcomes of the struggle to keep our state parks open the last couple of years is the growth of a…
![Flowers at Pinnacles National Monument](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IMG_3075.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
It’s a new month and here’s a new list. Give thanks for state, local and national parks near you by helping to make them better….
![Seagull on Tennessee Valley beach](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0218.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
The disclosure of more than $54 million in surplus money for the California State Parks has led to internal investigations and park supporter outrage. Here’s…
![Spring flowers on Angel Island State Park](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_0508.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
I love our state’s parks. I moved to California in 2005 lured by the promise of Silicon Valley’s technical prowess and San Francisco’s quirky, socially…
![A group of volunteers builds and fixes fences at China Camp State Park](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/photo-8.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Give thanks for state, local and national parks near you by helping to make them better. Here’s a partial list of park volunteer opportunities in…
![Providence Mountains by Steve Berardi](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/providencemountains.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Photo credit: Providence Mountains by Steve Berardi About a week ago, we reported about the 15 walking dead California state parks that were without rescuers….
![Zmudowski Beach with photoshopped driftwood. Photo by Jim Bahn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcwest/) under Creative Commons licensing.](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/zmudowski.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Update 6/30: Only one park will be closed on July 1, a park that is already closed. Get the latest update here. Photo credit: Zmudowski…
![Garrapata State Park by Bill Bouton](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/garrapata.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Photo credit: Garrapata State Park by Bill Bouton Earlier this week, I posted a list of 15 “orphan parks” (California state parks that had no…
![Zmudowski Beach with photoshopped driftwood. Photo by Jim Bahn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcwest/) under Creative Commons licensing.](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/zmudowski.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Update 6/30: Only one park will be closed on July 1, a park that is already closed. Get the latest update here. Update 6/29: A…
![Backpacking the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_2509.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
According to The California Report‘s tally, as of today, June 13, 2012, of the 70 parks slated to close, 28 of them have been saved…