2023 Joint Priorities
Access Interpret-ation & Education
- Continue support of transportation initiatives that increase access to parks
- Elevate DPR program visibility through storytelling and communications, including an emphasis on Statewide Park Program and partnerships with Tribal Nations
- Make parks relevant to a wider constituency by encouraging a diversity of voices to tell the stories that occurred on California’s treasured landscapes
- Broaden financial support of park connection programs such as Climate Literacy, Junior Lifeguards, and PORTS
- Engage underrepresented communities in park planning and programming opportunities
Climate Resilient Landscape-Scale Stewardship
- Strengthen the capacity of regional partnerships and State Parks to collaboratively advance cross-boundary resource stewardship opportunities at scale
- Equip State Park leaders and staff with the planning tools and training needed to effectively manage resource challenges
- Demonstrate innovative & replicable approaches for stewarding climate resilient parks
Parks of
the Future
- Boost park capital improvement and adaptive reuse strategies
- Advance the development of park low-cost accommodation options
- Job training and skills development to create pathways for future employees representative of California’s diverse communities
- Provide support services to DPR initiatives that increase statewide park acreage to advance access, landscape connectivity, and 30X30 goals