LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association has received a $5,450 grant from the California State Parks Foundation to aid the association's efforts to prevent the closure of Anderson Marsh State Historic Park.
The grant is part of CSPF’s Park Operations Challenge Grant Program.
“We are pleased to announce these grants as part of our integrated effort to help keep threatened parks open,” said CSPF President Elizabeth Goldstein. “The grantees that have come forward to assist parks need our help now, and more organizations will have similar needs in the future.”
“This is an example of the value of public-private partnerships,” said California Department of Parks and Recreation Director Ruth Coleman. “We thank CSPF for mobilizing donors and resources to assist our nonprofit partners to get through this budget crisis.”
“We look forward to the moment when the ink dries on the deals between these nonprofits and the state,” said Goldstein. “They are very much in the process at the moment, and we think these grant announcements are an important milestone toward their completion.”
“The Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association is grateful for this financial support,” said AMIA Treasurer Henry Bornstein. “This grant will help us to meet our fundraising goals and enable us to be ready to move ahead with confidence in negotiating an operating agreement with Department of Parks and Recreation. We appreciate everything that the California State Parks Foundation is doing to assist the nonprofits that are working to prevent park closures.”
For information about Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, AMIA and how you can help, go to www.andersonmarsh.org or contact AMIA at either This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-995-2658.