More than 70 million Californians will visit a state park this year, but few will return to help restore it. As one of California's largest land owners, PG&E has a long history of managing lands and waters in a responsible and environmentally sensitive manner. So a partnership with the California State Parks Foundation to protect and preserve our parks was only, well, natural.

In 2011, PG&E celebrated its 10th anniversary as the Statewide Presenting Sponsor of the California State Parks Foundation Annual Earth Day Park Restoration and Clean Up events statewide. PG&E volunteers included employees company retirees, family members and friends. In all, more than 1,200 PG&E volunteers spread out across California on Saturday, April 16, helping to restore and cleanup 18 state parks.

In our decade of support, PG&E has contributed $1.2 million in donations and over 20,000 volunteer hours to better the parks that show California at its best.

In One Day Alone

• 5,589 volunteers accomplished the following at 36 of California's State Parks on Earth Day 2011;
• Planted 851 native trees and 5,149 native plants;
• Removed 6,088 bags of exotic plants;
• Restored 11 miles of trails;
• Collected 771 bags of trash and 160 bags of recycling;
• Removed discarded items from natural areas and waterways including a snowmobile, a car engine, a row boat and 20 gallon fish tank.

See the Progress Near You

• Eastshore State Park (Alameda County)
• Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (Butte County)
• Mt. Diablo State Park (Contra Costa County)
• Angel Island State Park (Marin County)
• Auburn State Recreation Area (Placer County)
• Folsom Lake State Recreation Area and Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park (Sacramento County)
• Montana de Oro State Park (San Luis Obispo County)
• San Bruno Mountain State park (San Mateo County)
• Sonoma Coast State Park (Sonoma County)