Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Program (SCORP)
The Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) is a five-year plan that establishes grant priorities to address unmet needs for public outdoor recreation land throughout California. By adopting this SCORP, California maintains eligibility for federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grants.
California’s 2021–2025 SCORP includes three reports:
Main Report:
Two Supplemental Reports:
Public Involvement Helped Shape the SCORP
Thirty-seven focus groups involving more than 500 public participants, park and recreation providers, university professors, and health sector professionals, supported a SCORP emphasis on increasing access to parks and recreation services for community health and wellness. Additionally, these reports highlight 20 years of insight gained by State Parks Community Engagement Division's work with approximately 1,000 public agencies and nonprofit organizations that operate over 14,000 parks statewide.
Continuing Bold Steps to Serve Communities and Ensure Natural Area Resiliency
California is home to the country’s first state and national park established in 1864. Since then, an elaborate network of public parkland, beaches, and open space, has become the core of our culture and identity as Californians. With over 40 million people and rising challenges of climate change, California is taking bold steps to create park access in underserved communities and make California’s natural areas more resilient for the benefit of future generations. Together, Californians will advance our state’s environmental and outdoor recreation legacy.
To view California’s SCORP please visit: https://www.parksforcalifornia.org/scorp/
California's Next SCORP for 2026-2030 Development
To help shape the vision for California’s 2026-2030 SCORP, the Community Engagement Division (CED) formed an Advisory Council (AC) in spring 2024 that included local park directors and planners, nonprofit organizations, and college professors. The AC Meetings took place in Fresno, Long Beach, Redding, Richmond, Salinas, San Diego, Santa Maria, and Sacramento.
The next phase in the SCORP development is to meet with residents throughout the state. During the Public Focus Groups, residents will be asked to share their thoughts about parks and recreational programs in their community. CED aims to learn and understand the nexus between parks and recreation and health and safety challenges within communities from the residents’ point of view, in addition to changes to local park and recreation needs since the pandemic. The Public Focus Groups began in summer 2024 and will last through fall 2024 in over 30 locations throughout California.
If you would like to participate in giving feedback on California's next SCORP report, please email your contact information to SCORP@parks.ca.gov
California's 2021-2025 SCORP Summary Report of California's 2021-2025 SCORP |