East Bay Regional Park District

East Bay Regional Park District

The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is a special district operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area. It maintains and operates a system of regional parks which is the largest urban park district in the United States.

The EBRPD was founded in 1934, and acquired its first land two years later, when the East Bay Municipal Utility District sold 2166 acres (8.77 km²) of its surplus land. By 2004 it was operating a system of 65 parks covering almost 96,000 acres (390 km²). Some of these are wilderness areas; others include a variety of visitor attractions, with opportunities for swimming, angling, boating and camping. There are more than 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of biking, hiking, and horse riding trails within the parks, and in addition nearly 150 miles (240 km) of paved trails through urban areas link parks together. The founding fathers of the district were Robert Sibley, a hiking enthusiast, and Hollis Thompson, then Berkeley City Manager. [ [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/15/MNGA988H5O1.DTL Glen Martin, Chronicle Environmental writer. "A hard-bought swath of green Nature lovers' living legacy: Nation's largest urban park district always short of cash"] ]

The parks administered by the EBRPD vary greatly in size and character. Particularly notable are the string of parks along the Berkeley Hills above and east of both Berkeley and Oakland, including Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, Tilden Regional Park, Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve, Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve, and Redwood Regional Park. Anthony Chabot Regional Park is located in the San Leandro Hills above Oakland and San Leandro. There are also bay shore parks such as the Point Pinole Regional Shoreline north of Richmond, the Coyote Hills Regional Park near Fremont, the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline on San Leandro Bay, and the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline south of the Oakland International Airport. The district also includes a former farm, a former coal mine, an extinct volcano, and one of the biggest dog-walking parks in the country. Redwood Regional Park contains the largest remaining natural stand of coast redwood in the East Bay.

The district usually limits mountain biking to fireroads, with very few exceptions.

The district also maintains a police and fire department to provide public safety services on its parks.

The work of the EBRPD is supported by a voluntary body, the Regional Parks Foundation, which raises funds for the improvement of the parks.

The Regional Parks Association is a local, independent environmental organization whose focus overlaps the EBRPD bailiwick.

District parks

*Anthony Chabot Regional Park
*Antioch/Oakley Regional Shoreline
*Ardenwood Historic Farm
*Bishop Ranch Regional Preserve
*Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
*Briones Regional Park
*Brooks Island
*Browns Island
*Brushy Peak Regional Preserve
*Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline
*Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
*Contra Loma Regional Park
*Coyote Hills Regional Park
*Crockett Hills
*Crown Memorial State Beach (operated by the EBRPD)
*Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area
*Del Valle Regional Park
*Diablo Foothills Regional Park
*Don Castro Regional Recreation Area
*Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
*Eastshore State Park (operated by the EBRPD)
*Five Canyons
*Garin Regional Park
*Hayward Regional Shoreline
*Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
*Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area
*Lake Chabot Regional Park
*Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
*Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve
*Little Hills
*Martinez Regional Shoreline
*Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline
*Middle Harbor Shoreline Park
*Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
*Mission Peak Regional Preserve
*Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
*Ohlone Wilderness
*Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline
*Pleasanton Ridge
*Point Isabel Regional Shoreline
*Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
*Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area
*Redwood Regional Park
*Ridgelands Regional Park (in development)
*Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
*Roberts Regional Recreation Area
*Round Valley Regional Preserve
*Shadow Cliffs Regional Park
*Sobrante Ridge Botanic Regional Preserve
*Sunol Regional Wilderness
*Sycamore Valley Regional Open Space Preserve
*Temescal Regional Park
*Tilden Regional Park
*Vargas Plateau
*Vasco Caves
*Waterbird Regional Preserve
*Wildcat Canyon Regional Park

District Trails

*Alameda Creek Regional Trail
*Briones to Mt. Diablo Regional Trail
*California Riding and Hiking Trail
*Contra Costa Canal Regional Trail
*Delta de Anza Regional Trail
*Iron Horse Regional Trail
*Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail
*Marsh Creek Trail

References

External links

* [http://www.ebparks.org/ East Bay Regional Park District website]
* [http://www.regparksfdn.org/ Regional Parks Foundation website]
* [http://www.regionalparksassociation.org Regional Parks Association website]
* [http://www.bahiker.com/eastbay.html Bay Area Hiker's website - descriptions of East Bay Trails]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/15/MNGA988H5O1.DTL East Bay Parks At 70] , from the "San Francisco Chronicle"
* [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/15/MNGA988H5O1.DTL San Francisco Chronicle] article regarding the history of the district


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