State Park System Planning

State Park System Planning:
  Addresses the issues, problems and opportunities 
    that affect the State Park System; 
  Prepares plans for state parks' future management 
    and improvement; and 
  Reports trends in use, facilities and operations at 
    state parks

State Park System Plan 2002
This document contains goals, policies, objectives, and proposals for new programs and initiatives needed to guide the State Park System. Please contact the Planning Division at (916) 653-9901 or Email planning@parks.ca.gov to request a hard copy.

Park Unit General Plans
Focused and detailed planning results in the General Plans which are prepared for the System's individual park units. Park Unit General Plans deal with the protection, development and management of the individual park about which the plan is written. 

Purpose Statements Collection
The statements identify a unit's most important values and features and indicate the Departments' primary objectives in its management.

State Park System Statistical Report
The annual State Park System Statistical Report provides snapshots of the system's scope and scale. This report includes information such as acreage, facility statistics, and visitation rates for each unit in the system.

Planning Milestones
The annual Planning Milestones documents contain "of record" information on the total number and specific identity of those classified units and major unclassified properties that constitute the State Park System.