California State Parks, Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom welcome visitors to the Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park for Halloween-themed tours from now until October 31. Special evening and day-time tours will guide visitors through frightfully decorated rooms, each speaking to tales of history and oozing with supernatural surprises.

California State Parks today announced the signing of a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (Tribe). Executed during a formal signing on October 16 at the future site of the California Indian Heritage Center, known as Pusúune in West Sacramento, Tribal Chairwoman Regina Cuellar and State Parks Director Armando Quintero formalized coordination and cooperation between both entities for the protection, preservation, and interpretation for parks on the Tribe’s ancestral homelands.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California State Parks K-9 Hugo has received a bullet and stab protective vest, thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.K-9 Hugo’s vest was sponsored by Douglas MacArthur of Clearfield, UT and embroidered with the sentiment “In memory of Erika K. MacArthur”.

California State Parks plans to conduct a prescribed burn in Calaveras Big Trees State Park with assistance from CAL FIRE, US Forest Service, and National Park Service. The treatment will cover approximately 1,300-acres in the South Grove area. Work may begin as soon as October 30. All burning depends on weather and air quality conditions; if weather or vegetation conditions are not conducive for burning and smoke dispersal, the department will reschedule the treatment.

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif.—CaliforniaStateParksincooperationwithCALFIRESonoma-Lake-Napa Unit is planning 30 acres of prescribed burns in Fort Ross State Historic Park, on Thursday, October 19, or when conditions allow. No trail closures are anticipated, but the public is advised to use extremecautionwhiledrivingnearprescribedfireoperationsduetofirepersonnel and equipment in the area.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.–California State Parks’ Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) is accepting grant applications from government agencies for the purchase and deployment of floating restrooms on California’s waterways with limited landside access. A million in federal and state funding is available for approximately four Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant floating restrooms. Interested applicants to the Floating Restroom Grant Program are encouraged to review the grant guidelines and submit a grant application to DBW by 5 p.m. PST, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023.

California State Parks’ Division of Boating and Waterways(DBW) has awarded $18.8 million to public entities to provide clean and safe waterways for California’s recreational community. Funding will be used to prevent the further spread of quagga and zebra mussels in freshwater bodies, discourage the illegal disposal of unwanted vessels and purchase search-and-rescue equipment for law enforcement entities.

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park (SHP) in Coloma is pleased to announce the return of Coloma Gold Rush Live! The public is invited to experience California’s rich Gold Rush history at this live event on Friday and Saturday, October 13-14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, October 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. During this 3-day event, park staff and volunteers transform the park into an 1850s tent town where visitors can get a taste of what life was like in Coloma in 1850.

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif.— California State Parks in cooperation with CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit is planning a 36-acre prescribed burn in Salt Point State Park, on Thursday, September 28, or when conditions allow.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California State Parks’ Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division today announced $33.5 million in grants to further provide environmentally friendly and safe off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation opportunities for Californians. One hundred local and federal agencies, districts, and nonprofit organizations were awarded funding for 146 projects that help maintain OHV trails and/or for motorized access to non-motorized recreation, educate the public on responsible recreation, protect wildlife and property including natural and cultural resources, and restore/repair habitat damaged from illegal or legal OHV use.