国会大厦的声音2021年3月

Last year saw many Californians seeking refuge in California’s state parks system to escape the COVID confinement. And while most of these state parks bring joy to those able to explore them, the entity in charge of managing those parks - the California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks) - often brings frustration to Sierra Club activists.

Earlier this month, Sierra Club California staff and volunteers released a white paper highlighting State Parks’ abandonment of its mission to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological diversity, protect its most valued natural and cultural resources, and create opportunities for high-quality outdoor recreation.

纸，标题为“浪费时间和资源：州立公园放弃其使命的三个例子：”提供三个示例，说明州立公园的失败或无能为力解决长期存在的管理不善问题。如果国家公园根据科学，生态系统价值观和公共利益行动，可以轻松解决这些问题。

El Dorado县的Washoe Meadows State Park富含本地野生动植物，包括黑熊，Pine Marten，Long Ear bat bats，Northern Goshawk和迁徙的鸟类。但是，在与公园活动家发生了十多年的冲突之后，Washoe Meadows仍处于危险之中，因为州立公园公开公开发表了保护公园所有资源的最佳方法。

Oceano Dunes in San Luis Obispo County is one of the most extensive dune systems on the west coast. But years before environmental awareness became part of land use decisions, California decreed that the dunes should be a playground for off-highway vehicles (OHV). Now, State Parks has a woeful plan to continue OHV use at the dunes even as evidence mounts that doing so threatens endangered species and public health and safety.

最后，特斯拉公园（Tesla Park）是阿拉米达县东南部的一个丰富的生物多样性地区，吸引了自然主义者，生态学家，动物学家和其他生命科学家已有100多年的历史来研究自然和自然系统。但是，州立公园计划开放OHV使用的区域，这肯定会干扰景观，并受到威胁和威胁野生动植物和稀有植物社区。

开云体育连串过关塞拉俱乐部（Sierra Club）拥有丰富的公园倡导历史，并可以公开进入户外和自然。因此，我们是加利福尼亚公园和娱乐部（州立公园）最自然的盟友。

With the release of this paper, we hope that State Parks, the commission that advises it, and the Newsom administration that oversees it, will take action to resolve long-festering problems at the three parks highlighted. Such action will help ensure that future generations can appreciate the state parks, and the biodiversity they harbor, as we do today.