'State Parks Goes From Gas to Green'.
Electric motorcycle manufacturer, Quantya and California State Park's Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division partner to promote electric off-highway vehicles. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- When most people think of California State Parks, they envision tall redwood trees or long sandy beaches. They usually don't think of...

Artists help draw out donors for state parks.
Byline: Rick Eggleston COLUMN: OUTDOORS It started innocently enough. Anita Wos was poking around the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Web site, searching for contact information about a specific park when she came across a call for local artists. "I immediately...

North Carolina State Parks.
North Carolina State Parks Ida Phillips Lynch & Bill Pendergraft Niche Publishing LLC P.O. Box 9928, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-9928 9780979459108, $14.95, www.nichepress.com North Carolina has well over fifty natural and recreational areas, and "North Carolina State Parks: A...

Let me tell you about "my" park ... With many state parks threatened by budget cuts, some famous Californians--Alice Waters, Isabel Allende, and others--are speaking up.
Tomales Bay State Park, Inverness ALICE WATERS, FOUNDER OF CHEZ PANISSE RESTAURANT, ADVOCATE, AND AUTHOR '"I've been going to this park for more than 20 years--it's close to Bolinas and I can take long walks along the coast. I like to visit the oyster farms...

New law will help friends of state parks.
Byline: Danielle M. Williamson When Emily Norton founded the Friends of Willard Brook three years ago, she looked forward to the group sponsoring litter cleanup days and educational programs, and fostering more community involvement with the sprawling forest in Townsend and Ashby. The logistical aspects...

Parks visitors exploited here.
To the Editor: It's said that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. That's certainly the case when you give a swift kick in public to the rich and powerful of Western New York. For example, take my May 12, 2008 editorial,...

Many enjoy full access to activities at Dunn State Park.
Byline: Paula J. Owen GARDNER - The perpetual smiles at the Winter Festival at Dunn State Park Saturday from all participants attested to the spirit of the event: to allow people of all physical abilities to come together and enjoy outdoor winter activities. The event...

State funding conservation upgrades in Central Mass.
Byline: Brad Minor OAKHAM - The state Department of Conservation and Recreation will contribute half the cost of a $136,000 bridge project along a stretch of the Mass Central Rail Trail off Route 122, one of 21 projects across the state to which the agency has pledged...

Bridge repairs to add jobs; $3B lined up to fix spans.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal WORCESTER - Officials from the Department of Conservation and Recreation were in the city last night to promote a $3 billion program to repair deteriorating bridges, which Commissioner Richard K. Sullivan Jr. said will create thousands of jobs across the state. "I...

Del Monte facing tough choice in coming vote on Paterson tax plan: as economy crumbles, biggest tax hike in history looms.
Can state Assemblywoman Francine Del Monte make her superiors in Albany happy and still vote against a disastrous raft of new state taxes and fees proposed by Gov. David Paterson? The last time Del Monte was presented with the choice of pleasing the state Democratic powers that...