Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Another state park off the closure list!

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Congratulations to friends and supporters of South Yuba River State Park—on Wednesday, February 8 it joined eight other state parks that have come off the closure list!

The South Yuba River.

Similarly to the effort that removed Mono Lake’s state park from the closure list, South Yuba River State Park’s allies collected 10,000 letters of support for the park, got the Nevada County Board of Supervisors unanimously on board, and are working on a parking fee collection strategy to bring funding to the park. Grassroots organizing, practical solutions, and making our voices heard is working—save our state parks!