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Tidepools at Natural Bridges are brimming with life!
Low tides reveal sea stars, crabs, sea anemones and other colorful ocean life. Pick up a free Friends Tide Book at the Natural Bridges and Seacliff ParkStores for the best time to glimpse the treasures of the deep.
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We’re celebrating Nisene Marks’ 50th Anniversary!
Visit our calendar page, join us on Facebook or sign up for our e-newsletter to learn about great upcoming events. Support Nisene by purchasing 50th Anniversary commemorative gear, available at Seacliff and New Brighton ParkStores.
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Wilder Ranch
Tackle renown mountain biking trails, explore coastal bluffs, visit the ParkStore and celebrate early 20th century life on the ranch. Friends funds the ongoing restoration effort at Wilder Ranch, including urgent roof repairs underway at one of the Victorian buildings.
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MISSION POSSIBLE!
Thanks to the tireless efforts of our community supporters, we’ve saved the park from closure for the next 3 years… if we can raise the money. Your support is needed.
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Advocacy—We can’t do it without you!
For the 2013 Park Advocacy Day, Friends board members, staff and volunteers visited Sacramento to advocate for open, accessible state parks and beaches. Thanks to Senator Bill Monning, Assemblymembers Mark Stone Luis Alejo, and our very own Natural Resources Secretary, John Laird, for their awesome support of parks!
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Pacific Migrations Center at New Brighton State Beach
Discover the hidden histories of unique local cultures — Portuguese, Chinese and other Pacific Rim societies — that migrated to this area. Also learn about today’s migrating bird, animal and aquatic species that return each season.
Make new Friends
The parks and their programs give us all the chance to experience the outdoors and all that lives there.
SUMMER INVENTORY SALE
It’s inventory time again and our ParkStores are full! Help us reduce our stock – from June 17 to June 23, we’re offering discounts on ALL merchandise in our 5 ParkStores. Save 10% storewide, 25% for Friends members. For hours and directions click here.
2013 MISSION ADOBE SUMMER SERIES
Join us Saturday June 22 for the second event in the 2013 MISSION ADOBE SUMMER SERIES – Movies @ the Mission Adobe. Come on up to the Santa Cruz Mission for an outdoor screening of East of Eden (1955) starring James Dean. East of Eden was filmed in part at Mendocino Headlands State Park. For more information click here.
