Parks Sign up for California State Parks Week events, June 14-18 Mark your calendars for California State Parks Week, June 14-18. If you’re planning a trip, check the schedule for terrific events across the entire state park system. The second annual event is presented by California State Parks, Save the Redwoods League, Parks California, and California State Parks Foundation. Quiz Test your knowledge with our Redwoods Wildflower Challenge While the ancient trees get most of the glory, our coast redwood and giant sequoia forests are home to an astonishing array of wildflowers, too. Every spring, they turn the understory of the redwoods into dazzling, jewel-studded scenes. Test your knowledge of these amazing flowers. Awards League partnerships win California State Parks awards Three dynamic park projects involving the League were recently honored by California State Parks at a ceremony in Sacramento. Director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation Armando Quintero presented the awards in recognition of Redwoods Rising, the Grove of Titans trail crew, and California State Parks Week. Science How wildfire changes the world underground When a wildfire burns through a forest, what grows back is largely determined by the tiniest organisms in the soil—in particular, mycorrhizal fungi, which form symbiotic relationships with tree roots. Podcast Host Emily Harwitz chats with Max Sovine from Queer LifeSpace, a San Francisco-based nonprofit providing mental health services for the queer community. Queer LifeSpace just launched the new project Outlandish! which will bring queer youth out into awesome parks and recreational areas in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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