As we mentioned a while back, the Legislature's Budget Conference Committee has voted to support a Public Parks Access Pass -- essentially a $15 vehicle tax -- as a way to support California State Parks once general fund support is removed. Parks supporters led by the California State Parks Foundation are rallying around the proposal, encouraging people to write letters and make phone calls.
By Garrison Frost
June 22, 2009
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.