Wilder Ranch State Park

It’s time for California’s #KingTides, the most extreme high and low tides of 2020. This time of year the tides rise and fall to spectacular levels. Get your wading boots out to explore the tide pools during the negative low tides. Head out to these intertidal areas, all within marine protected areas (MPAs) for some great tide pool exploration opportunities: Pyramid Point, Cape Mendocino, Duxbury Reef, Natural Bridges State Beach, Crystal Cove State Park, Cabrillo National... Monument, and Wilder Ranch's 4-Mile Beach. Upcoming low tides at 4-Mile Beach: Sunday, Dec 13 @ 3:36pm -1.27 ft Monday, Dec 14 @ 4:24pm -1.52 ft Tuesday, Dec 15 @ 5:12pm -1.53 ft What’s the coolest creature you’ve spotted? Join the California King Tides Project and share your photos of these extreme high and low tides to create a record of changes to our coast and estuaries. For more information, visit this link: https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/ Please avoid trampling algae and invertebrates, walking in tide pools, picking up and handling organisms, and overturning rocks. This can harm tide pool species and is illegal in some areas. Be safe! Check local tide calendars, never turn your back on the ocean and be cautious when walking on slippery areas! Thanks to Katelyn Sprofera, Dave R, and Orange County MPA Council for the great photos! The California Coast California King Tides #CaliforniaMPAs #CalifMPAs #ProtectWhatYouLove #OptOutside #ProtectWhatYouLove #OptOutside #californiakingtides #CaliforniaKingTides #WilderRanch #WilderRanchStatePark #4MileBeach

Dangerous ocean conditions today! Please stay safe if you're visiting a state beach by staying out of and away from the water.

Have some spare time and looking to get outside? A 'physically-distant' Snapshot Cal Coast is happening throughout December! All along California’s coast- from Del Norte to San Diego- you can help build an annual snapshot of biodiversity along the California coast! For more information, please visit https://www.calacademy.org/calcoast **Please practice social distancing guidelines - by going on your own or with your families to contribute. Please follow local laws and resp...ect beach closures. Thanks Calla Allison and Katelyn Sprofera for these pictures! #WilderRanch #WilderRanchStatePark #CaliforniaMPAs #CalifMPAs #ProtectWhatYouLove #SnapshotCalCoast California Academy of Sciences

As Native American Heritage Month draws to a close, we want to acknowledge the Amah Mutsun Native Stewardship Corps and their work co-managing ancestral lands with California State Parks today. The Native Stewardship Corps of young adult tribal members learn and perform traditional land management techniques and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, such as using fire to promote biodiversity and reduce fuel loads that contribute to catastrophic wildfires. Native Californians mana...ged their lands with fire successfully for thousands of years prior to European colonization, creating one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Since June 2018, the Native Stewards have worked with State Parks to form and implement a co-management plan in Año Nuevo by using traditional land management practices to reshape the landscape to more resemble what it looked like historically, when it had been managed by the Quiroste tribe. These changes are increasing the plant and animal populations that the Indigenous ancestors managed for food, medicine, and tools and that today’s tribal members continue to use for cultural practices. As California State Parks and other land agencies reevaluate their fire management policies in the wake of devastating wildfires like the CZU Lightning Complex Fire, we are grateful that the Amah Mutsun Native Stewards continue to preserve and share their ancestors’ ecological knowledge. www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NAHM

Today, November 21, at 4 p.m., Parks California is hosting the Wildfire Relief Concert for California State Parks. Proceeds from the live concert will benefit Parks California’s Wildfire Relief Fund and help with the following important projects: Clear roads to create safer access for maintenance crews. Clean up the parks to make them accessible to the public.... Put up signs to provide proper warning and guidance to visitors. Some of the concert headliners include Aloe Blacc, G. Love, Fortunate Youth, and Fishbone. For the full list and to purchase your ticket please click the link below. Price: Pay what you can. https://www.stageit.com//parks_california_s_wildfire/91063

Join California State Parks as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month!