Welcome to Mendocino Area Parks Association (MAPA)
& Mendocino District California State Parks
MAPA Mission: “To inspire wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural and cultural treasures on the Mendocino Coast.”
Our Parks include some of the finest ocean views, redwood groves,
beaches, ocean bluffs, lake shore, trails, and campgrounds in the world.
MAPA funds a Head Interpreter, a Ford House Manager/Interpreter, and several seasonal park interpters who present hundreds of natural and cultural history programs in our local state parks. Our educational mission is to inspire better understanding and appreciation of the plants and animals that also call this land their home, and to encourage protection of our parklands - and our planet.
MAPA is also working hard to strategize how to keep open our Mendocino State Parks that are slated for closure. Success depends on everyone's support. Please help by donating to this important cause.
"All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life.
We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves."
- Ted Perry, attributed to Chief Seattle
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Photo: George Cathey |
ANNOUNCEMENT!
MAPA has submitted a proposal to operate Russian Gulch State Park to assist Parks in keeping it open to the public. If Parks accepts MAPA's proposal, we hope to start readying Russian Gulch for the camping season by early 2012.
MAPA's goal is to have the park self-sustaining within two years, however -
Start-up Donation funds are crucial to this endeavor, as well as Volunteers. Please help.
Please contact MAPA at mapa@mendoparks.org, or 707.937.4700. |
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Featured: Carolyne Cathey (MAPA Executive Director); Scott Schneider (President & CEO, Visit Mendocino County); Kevin Williams (MAPA Board of Directors, Point Cabrillo Docent); Huguette Knox (French Tourist); Sue Duffield, MAPA Docent; Kirk Marshall, CA SP, Retired; Assisted by Debra De Graw (CEO, Mendocino Coast Chamber & Visitor Center, and Mendocino County Film Office, and MAPA Board of Directors)
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The Cost of Closing our California's Coastal Parks
State parks have been protecting California's coast for nearly a century. Coastal state parks attract visitors from across the world, in turn fueling the local economy with tourism dollars. Now, with state parks facing unprecedented budget cuts, residents of communities near closing state parks are very concerned about their futures.
This video is part of The Magnificent 70 project. See more at http://mag70.calparks.org.
Produced by Doug McConnell and Convergence Media. Music by Jenny Lloyd.
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Assemblymember Jared Huffman at Hendy Woods
~ Saving CA State Parks, Saving Hendy Woods ~
11-19-2011
Assemblymember Jared Huffman spoke to a gathering of Hendy Woods supporters to inform them of what has been accomplished to date, and what he hopes to do to keep open the CA State Parks scheduled to close, including Hendy Woods.
Huffman is the author of the Huffman AB42 Bill, signed recently by Governor Brown, that allows non-profits like MAPA to manage a park. More Information & Photos |
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CCNM Signing at Cliff House Restaurant
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California Coastal National Monument Adds Five New Collaborative Partners at Fort Bragg Signing Ceremony
Five organizations joined the California Coastal National Monument’s (CCNM) family of partners with the signing of individual CCNM Collaborative Partnership memoranda of understanding (MOUs) at a ceremony last week in Fort Bragg, California.
The new CCNM partners are, Left to Right:
* Visit Mendocino County, Inc. ~ Richard Strom
* Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center ~ Debra DeGraw
* California Coastal National Monuments ~ Rick Hanks
* Mendocino Area Parks Association ~ Carolyne Cathey
* Native Daughters of the Golden West Fort Bragg Parlor #210 ~ KellyRichardson
* The Mendocino Land Trust ~ Win Bowen |
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Abalone Festival Slideshow
Updated 10/20/2011
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NEW!
The MAPA Abalone Cook-Off & Festival is now the...
The WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP ABALONE COOK-OFF
& Festival (More)
Saturday, October 6, 2012
South Harbor Drive, Fort Bragg, CA
(Map)
COOKS! The site limits us to 30 cooks and we already have cooks signing up. Please register ONLINE.
2011 Cook Winners |
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Photos: Cathy Moyer, Volunteers for Outdoor California; Matt Liebenberger, CA SP Maintenance; Jason Eaton, CA SP Maintenance; Scott Lewis, Volunteer
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NEW! Trail Maintenance Crew Being Formed
MAPA, CA State Parks (Mendocino Sector), and the California State Parks Foundation are partnering to develop volunteer trail maintenance crews to help upgrade the trails in our local state parks.
Due to the severe state budget cuts, parks no longer has the staff to keep up with the many beautiful trails that bless Mendocino County. As a result, the new volunteer crew is being formed, along with training. MAPA is asking for volunteers for:
- Planners: Volunteers who would like to be in the planning process of which trails are the next projects, and how they will carried out. 1/2 day training session
- Crew Leaders: Volunteers who would like to coordinate the volunteers and maintenance project on-site. 2 1/2 day trainings.
- Volunteers who are willing to work on the selected trail project.
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THANK YOU, SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE!
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Save the Redwoods Grants $2000 to MAPA!
Save the Redwoods League granted $2000 to MAPA for us to purchase supplies and equipment for our educational/interpretive programs. This will allow MAPA the opportunity to obtain high-quality hands-on materials to enrich the learning experience for children and adults.
MAPA presented over 150 programs this summer in Ford House Museum, MacKerricher, Russian Gulch, Van Damme and Hendy Woods State Parks. This events included Campfire Programs, Jr. Rangers, Nature Hikes (even nighttime hikes!), 'Wild Nites at the Ford House', and other natural and cultural heritage programs. |
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Thanks, MAPA & DPR Interpreters
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MAPA & DPR Honor Interpreters
MAPA and Parks celebrated via lunch and a wrap-up meeting with the MAPA- funded Interpreters who gave more than 150 Campfire, Jr Ranger, Hikes, nature programs during the summer season, not counting the Living History and spring school field trips.
The Interpreters did a fantastic job and MAPA is proud of all of them. We will post more statistics as soon as we receive them.
L-R:
Amanda Samana (Van Damme/Russ. Gulch);
Hurray (MAPA Head Interpreter); Fred Andrews (CA SP Interpreter); Jenny Heckeroth (Ford House Manger, Interpreter); Stan Anderson (MAPA Board); Erika Hansen (Van Damme/Russ. Gulch); Joleen Ossello (Save Our Shore Birds); Carolyne Cathey (MAPA) |
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Photo: Travis Alley
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MAPA Funds 40 Water Safety Signs
to help save lives on the Mendocino Coast
Representatives from the MCWSC Board are standing next to the Point Cabrillo Light Station Ocean and Cliff Safety sign, one of 40 signs funded by Mendocino Area Parks Association (MAPA). MAPA paid $3085 for the signs to advise people on how to stay safe when on our coast.
L-R: Walt Dooley, Surfriders Foundation; Carolyne Cathey, MAPA Exec. Dir.; Ranger Emily Bertram, CA State Parks; Bruce Rogerson, Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers |
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| SPECIAL FUNDRAISINGCAMPAIGNS for SPECIFIC PARKS |
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What is MAPA?
Mendocino Area Parks Association (MAPA) is a non-profit cooperating association formed to benefit the State Parks in the Mendocino District. Due to state budget cuts, MAPA is collaborating with Parks, businesses, non-profits, citizens and other park-lovers to keep open our parks slated for closure. Donations and Volunteers are crucial for our parks.
Supported by volunteers, MAPA's goals include providing top-quality educational activities, interpretive programs and exhibits in our local state parks. MAPA also assists with the Visitor Centers in six State Parks, publishes and sells publications on local natural and cultural history, and consistently raises money to "keep things local" and improve the park experiences for visitors, local residents, and the abundant flora and fauna that thrive along the magnificent Mendocino Coast.
MAPA helps to preserve our parklands and cultural history through:
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How you can help:
Join the MAPA team as a Member, Donor or Volunteer, and let us know if you want to be involved in the Protect Our Parks campaign to keep our parks open and protected that are slated for closure on July 1, 2012.
Other ways to help are to shop in our six visitor centers, to participate in the many MAPA programs and events, to become a docent/volunteer and get involved in programs that make a positive influence on our natural and cultural history programs in our local state parks, which, in turn, makes a positive impact on our parklands, and even more important, enriches the quality of your life.
DONATIONS and VOLUNTEERS ARE THE KEY TO KEEPING OUR PARKS OPEN AND PROTECTED.
What MAPA funds:
Junior Rangers; Campfire Programs; Nature Walks/Talks; School Field Trips; In-school Programs; Living History Programs; Park Interpreters; Volunteer/Docent Councils and Trainings; Natural and Cultural History Seminars; Exhibits; Interpretive Trail Signage; and six Museums/Visitor Centers.
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