Natural History Wanderings

The San Francisco Chronicle reports

Thanks to a generous private donation, 49 of California's redwood state parks will be free to visit on Black Friday. The event is being sponsored by Save the Redwoods League, which received an anonymous donation to cover the $50,000 needed to make it happen.

In order to participate, you'll need to head over to the Save the Redwoods site and print out a free parks day pass.

Some participating local parks include:

Annadel State Park
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Jack London State Historic Park
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Butano State Park
Castle Rock State Park
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Portola Redwoods State Park
Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Wilder Ranch State Park

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