Natural History Wanderings

The Mercury News reports

To discourage crowds that make social distancing impossible, Bay Area parks officials are asking people to only visit parks that are close to their homes.

a number of county, state and national parks have remained open during the pandemic for walking, running, biking and other activities, so that people can stay healthy and reduce stress. San Mateo County officials also announced this week that they had reopened 13 of the county’s 23 parks, following state and county orders last week to ease shelter-in-place restrictions on outdoor activities.

Read more about which parks are open in the Bay Area at  Coronavirus: Bay Area parks officials tell non-locals to stay away