Here we go again. A year and half after avoiding the budget axe, it was announced today that a quarter of the state park system cialis generic is slated to be shut down starting this fall. The news shouldn’t be surprising to anyone who has been living through California’s long fiscal nightmare. A day ago, the headlines were about 45 percent (yup, 45 percent) college tuition hikes. A week ago, it was widespread teacher layoffs.

The parks closure is going to hit the North Bay especially hard. Among the places that would be shuttered include Annadel, Jack London, Olompali and Sugarloaf Ridge, which is the largest park in northern California and a stunning place. Looking at the list, they include many of my favorite hiking spots and probably many of yours too.

As is often the case with proposed budget cuts, nothing is final until it’s final, and the stench of political gamesmanship is all over this announcement. If the governor succeeds in getting currently existing tax increases extended, that could change the landscape. But so far, that strategy has fizzled, leading to daily, and probably accurate, draconian pronouncements about looming budget pain.

There are several grassroots drives in motion to let nonprofits and local governments take over stewardship of some park spaces. Not really a good solution as some have eloquently noted, but in some communities, there will be enough private support to ensure parks stay accessible. Annadel is a good bet to survive given the strong community support over the years and the recent efforts to highlight the park’s importance through races and various fundraisers. Some of the state historic sites, which host tens of thousands of schoolchildren, won’t be as fortunate, and that’s a shame for the kids who won’t get to go those places.

I’ve written before that the concept of closing a park might be tricky in some cases. Take a park like Annadel or Samuel P. Taylor. There are plenty of ways to access the park, and closing the official parking lot won’t deter hikers, runners and bikers. Trash won’t be picked up and emergency services won’t be on hand, but I don’t see low-impact park usage declining steeply solely because the state has put up a “closed” sign on a gate. I know that I will continue to hike in these parks. Organized groups will stay away and trails will become overgrown, and campers will be locked out.

On most of my hikes, I encounter people from outside of California who have come to here to explore our great outdoors. Some are from Europe and Asia, and generally, they marvel viagra where to buy at the rugged cliffs, or the towering redwoods, or the dazzling wildflowers, and how we just have so much of a good thing here in the Golden State.

There’s an organized effort to save the parks, led by the Parks Foundation. Click here for more on that.

The buy viagra PD’s news story on the park closures.

List of North Bay silagra vs viagra area parks:

Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, Clearlake
Annadel State Park, Santa Rosa
Austin Creek, State Recreation Area, Guerneville
Benbow Lake State Recreation Area, Garberville
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park, Calistoga
China Camp State Park, San Rafael
Del Norte Coast Redwoods SP, Crescent City
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, Eureka
Hendy Woods State Park, Boonville
Jack London State Historic Park, Glen Ellen
Jug Handle State Nature Reserve, Fort Bragg
Manchester State Park, Manchester
Olompali State Historic Park, Novato
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, Petaluma
Point Cabrillo Light Station, Mendocino
Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino
Samuel P. Taylor State Park, Bolinas
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area, Leggett
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Santa Rosa
Tomales Bay State Park
Westport-Union Landing State Beach, Fort Bragg