By Andrew Lam / Huffington Post
This year Parks Forward, an independent commission dedicated to assisting California’s Department of Parks and Recreation, released a set of recommendations to fix what many parks advocates have called a “major crisis”.
Among its recommendations are ways to modernize the parks. These include allowing park facilities that charge a fee to accept ATM and credit cards so they aren’t cash-only, and using digital tools to entice people, especially young people, to go to the park.
That’s why Parks Forward, made up of experts, advocates and thought leaders, is creating an app called CaliParks to encourage young people to visit the state’s 1.6 million acres of pristine parks and beaches.