Check out this on-the-ground report from Retired State Park ranger and Volunteer Program Coordinator Janet Carle at Folk4Parks.org.
Janet describes how non-profit partnerships can be so important in times of budget cuts and looming state park shutdowns. Luckily, the state park at Mono Lake has lots of non-profit partners: the Mono Lake Committee, the Bodie Foundation, and the Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association, just to name a few! Janet writes that Mono Lake’s state park is “a standout among state parks as a low-cost, high-value park unit, thanks in large part to these creative cost-saving partnerships that have been fostered over the years.”