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Preliminary General Plan and Draft EIR May 2012 Big Basin Redwoods State Park • Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park: redwood ecology, logging, preservation, plant communities, Ohlone. • Memorial Park, San Mateo County: redwood ecology, land use history. • Natural Bridges State Beach: coast ecology and geology, monarch butterflies. • New Brighton State Beach: animal migration (including monarch butterfly, sooty shearwater), human migration (including Ohlone, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese), the CCC, park area recreation history. • Pescadero State Beach (marsh preserve): coastal wetland ecology. • Pigeon Point Lighthouse State Historic Park: lighthouse, shipwrecks, whales and whaling, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, California Coastal Trail. • Pigeon Point is also one of the gateways for the offshore California Coastal National Monument (CCNM). The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the primary agency in charge of the CCNM; California State Parks is a partner. • Portola Redwoods State Park: redwood ecology, timber harvesting • Quail Hollow Ranch County Park, Santa Cruz County: area cultural and natural history, including sandhill plant and animal special status species. • San José History Park, City of San José: This facility is outside the study area, but is located only 22 miles from Big Basin Headquarters. It is worth noting because it contains the relocated and restored Andrew P. Hill home. Interpretation of the home includes the story of Hill’s role in founding Big Basin Redwoods SP. • San Lorenzo Valley Museum, Boulder Creek Historical Society: logging and other forest product harvesting, life in the San Lorenzo Valley c. 1900. • Sanborn County Park, Santa Clara County (interpretation/education run by Youth Science Institute): nature-based science study. • Skyline Ridge/Russian Ridge Preserves, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District: natural communities, pond ecology, recreation opportunities and orientation. These adjoining open space preserves share a visitor center and interpretive program. • The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park: redwood forest ecology, logging and other land use history. 2 -98 Existing Conditions
Big Basin Redwoods State Park Preliminary General Plan and Draft EIR May 2012 2.5 PARK SUPPORT There are many volunteer groups, nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups and cooperative associations that assist with acquisition, operations, maintenance and interpretation at the park. Typical park support activities include trail patrols and maintenance, special events, interpretive programs, facility maintenance, habitat restoration and land acquisition. Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is dedicated to the long-term preservation of local state park resources to ensure that their history, traditions and natural beauty may be enjoyed by all. As a nonprofit organization, Friends work in a creative partnership with California State Parks to fund and support interpretive activities and recreation by promoting public education, awareness and participation. The Mountain Parks Foundation has been funding educational and interpretive activities in the Santa Cruz Mountains State Parks since 1973. In cooperation with California State Parks, the Foundation supports educational activities for more than 1.5 million visitors each year. It publishes and distributes park literature, sells books, maps and park brochures, purchases equipment and supplies for educational programs, sponsors seminars, children's day camps, and special events for park visitors. The Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregional Council is a nonprofit public benefit corporation whose purpose is to conserve native plant and animal biodiversity in the Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregion. The Bioregional Council works to preserve and restore native biological diversity and processes through information sharing, coordinating activities, fostering of biological research, initiating land conservation and habitat enhancement projects, and supporting public education. Council members include individuals from state and federal resource management agencies, local governments, land trusts, open space districts, educational institutions, conservation groups, and private properties. The Santa Cruz Mountains Trails Association builds and maintains trails in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The group has been active at Big Basin Redwoods SP rehabilitating park trails, including the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail. The Save-the-Redwoods League contributes to the permanent protection of redwood forest, funds environmental restoration, supports research to expand knowledge about the redwood forest, and educates the public about the redwoods and the redwood forest ecosystem. Existing Conditions 2 -99
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