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How Dogs Can Help Save California State Parks
We Californians love our dogs—and our state parks. But we're often frustrated by regulations that restrict canine visitors to parking lots and campgrounds. Only in a few parks are dogs allowed to accompany their people on trails and beaches. DogTrekker would like to change that.
This week, we share an edited version of a letter sent to Elizabeth Goldstein, president of the California State Parks Foundation, and other key administrators.
A link to the full-length version is at the bottom of the text. We hope all DogTrekkers will join our campaign to expand dog access in California state parks.
Open letter to Elizabeth Goldstein, President, California State Parks Foundation
Dear Ms. Goldstein:
As co-founder and managing partner of DogTrekker.com, I was disappointed when I received your most recent 2013 California
State Parks Foundation
survey. As the non-profit, non-governmental advocate for our California State Parks system, the foundation has done a tremendous job of raising awareness of the need to protect, maintain and enhance our parks. Your outreach, education, fundraising, legislation and everything else you do is remarkable and much appreciated by those of us who have spent our lives enjoying the parks. However, something very, very important is missing from your 2013 survey—the mention of the word “
dog.”
Link to the short newsletter story
Link to the full-length version of the letter
Link to how to help spread the word
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DogTrekker.com wants to welcome California’s Tri-Valley to our growing list of ‘Paw of Approval’ destinations. Known by some in the San Francisco Bay Area as the 680 corridor or the Livermore Valley, this region that takes its name from three adjoining valleys—Amador, Livermore and San Ramon—and includes the very dog-friendly cities of Danville, Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin and San Ramon.
Tri-Valley visitors can savor the hospitality of a historic wine region, experience locally-sourced cuisine at area restaurants, stroll through charming, old-fashioned downtowns, play at off-leash dog parks or put paws to the path on dozens of trails winding through open-space preserves managed by the East Bay Regional Park District.
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Dog Travel Events
San Francisco
Million Dog March
June 2, 2013 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
San Francisco, California 94134
Map & directions
San Francisco
SF SPCA Dog Day on the Bay
June 2, 2013 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Pier 3, Hornblower Landing, San Francisco, California 94111
Map & directions
San Francisco
American Cancer Society Bark for Life
August 24, 2013 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
50 Overlook Dr., San Francisco, California 94122
Map & directions
Hollister
Doggone Dirty Spring Splash
May 25, 2013 to May 26, 2013
Hollister, California
Map & directions
Snakebite-Prevention Training
As the weather warms, rattlesnakes come out of hiding—and sometimes into the path of dogs and their people. Although they are inherently shy and will get out of your (and Fido’s) way if they sense your approach, rattlers strike when provoked, and curious dogs who don’t know the consequences can provoke merely by investigating the source of an unfamiliar smell. more »