Wilder Ranch State Park

Flash Flooding Damages Wilder Ranch State Park: Support Needed

Screenshot of photos from Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks' Facebook post about Wilder Ranch flood damage. See below for full post.

This week's significant rainstorm caused flash flooding and damage to Wilder Ranch State Park. Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks seeks support for recovery efforts.

The Old Cabin Classic Returns

Registration opens March 21 for the first mountain bike race at Wilder Ranch State Park in over 20 years.

Tawn Kennedy of Greenways to School has organized a group of eleven students from Pajaro Valley High School to ride the City of Santa Cruz’s pump track on the Westside. The goal is obvious: We all want the kids in South County to have more riding opportunities.

Q&A With State Parks Guide Barbara Cooksey

"I have always been interested in preserving nature, and our cultural history has always fascinated me," says Barbara Cooksey. Diane Terry photo.

State Parks Guide Barbara Cooksey answers our questions about the path that led her to volunteer at Santa Cruz area state parks—and finally to join State Parks staff at Wilder Ranch.

Wilder Ranch 40th Birthday

The Bolcoff Adobe, the oldest building at Wilder, dates back to 1840.

On Oct. 25, Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks throws a party for Wilder Ranch State Park, a jewel of a park that almost became a sprawling subdivision.