Año Nuevo State ParkHearst San Simeon State ParkNature
Northern Elephant Seals
Two of California’s coastal state parks host large, strange-looking creatures each winter as breeding grounds for northern elephant seals
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Exploring Mitchell’s Caverns
The Mitchell Caverns are formed from limestone that was once plant and animal materials that formed when this area was the bottom of a shallow...
NatureOceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area
Snowy Plover and Least Tern Protection
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA), a popular OHV park with approximately 1.4 million visitors annually, is an important breeding site for two beach-nesting...
Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation AreaNature
Hungry Valley Native Grasslands
Large tracts of land throughout the state of California were once dominated by native perennial bunchgrasses, but only about 1% of California’s valley grasslands remain...
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State ParkNature
Ahjumawi Lava Springs
This is a place of slow time, heat, cold, mosquitoes, primeval basaltic lava flows, ticks, bears and pristine water.