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History
- "A Brief History Of Bidwell Park" by Philip A. Lydon
- "Plants in the Lives of Northern California Native Americans" by Wes Dempsey
- "Chico's Lost Arboretum" by Wes Dempsey
  - The Metcalf map of the plantings
  - Larger PDF version (1.4 MB).
- Annie Bidwell's Deed giving the park to Chico
  - The legal description of the property
  - An editorial comments on Annie's gift to the city
  - Description of the public meeting held to thank Annie
  - Description of the meeting where Chico formally accepts the gift
  - Letter from Grayson Price, Chico City Attorney, answers legal questions regarding Annie Bidwell's will.
- "Construction of the Yahi Trail", by Wes Dempsey
- Yahi Trail Map and Guide, PDF file, 7 MBytes
- Poster protesting herbicide use in Bidwell Park.
Reasons to Keep Upper Park Wild
- Keep Upper Park Wild Bumper Stickers
Links
- Kids and Creeks
Park Information
- Access for Everyone
- Park Activities
- Proposed Chico City Parks Budget, 2003-04
- Directions for motor vehicle access to Bidwell Park facilities
- Documents
  - A press release announcing Amphibians and Reptiles of Bidwell Park, written and illustrated by Jackson D. Shedd
- Frequently Asked Questions
  - An inventory of City of Chico park properties, their size, and administration
- Geology Of Bidwell Park: An Outline Summary
- A map of Upper Bidwell Park Soils (pdf) courtesy of Andrew Conlin of the Chico Soil Survey Office, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Judy Stolen at Upstate CA Planning and GIS
- A guide to the Bidwell Park & Playground Commission
- A guide to the Chico Park Department
- League of Women Voters of Butte County Position Statement on Bidwell Park
- How You Can Help Bidwell Park
- Kids' Activities in Bidwell Park
- Street maps showing locations of places in and around the park
  - How to link your site to spots on the Bidwell Park map.
- Sycamore Pool Operations
- Park Rules
- Park Topics of Current Interest
  - Protected Species in Bidwell Park
  - Some information about 2008—Year of the Frog
  - Proposal for Removal of Barbed and Woven Wire Fencing in Upper Park
    - A map of some of the fences in the Ten Mile House Road area of upper park
  - Friends of Bidwell Park's position paper on Preserving the Bidwell Ranch property
  - Impacts of Limited Trail Maintenance
  - Impacts at Disc Golf
  - A map of the disc golf course location.
  - Disc Golf and the Future of Bidwell Park
  - A letter to the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission [pdf] outlines concerns that Friends of Bidwell Park have regarding the current disc golf site
  - The arborist's report [pdf, 584 KB] concerning the impact of disc golf on trees at the site of the disc golf courses in Upper Park.
  - Lost Park
  - Master Management Plan
    - Master Management Plan Recommendations
    - Request For Proposals To Update The Bidwell Park Master Management Plan from the Chico Park Department
      - Appendix A: Bidwell Park Master Management Plan Issues and Discussion Points
    - Recommendations from the Natural Resource Management Plan Discussion Group
    - Comments on the proposed MMP update and EIR from FOBP
      - Cedar Grove
      - Disc Golf
      - Editing
      - Historical
      - Horseshoe Lake
      - Trails
      - Natural Resource Management
      - CEQA [pdf]
  - "Bidwell Park: Crown Jewel or Poor Stepchild? — Perception Versus Reality," by Susan Mason
  - "Bidwell Park In Peril" by Josephine Guardino
  - Park Boundary and Viewshed Issues
  - Vegetation Management
    - Article, "Weeds In Bidwell Park" by John Dittes.
    - What is currently being done to control invasive plants in Bidwell Park?
    - Table of invasive plant species
    - Invasive horticultural plants of the Central Valley and recommendations for non-invasive alternative plants. Don't Plant a Pest! [pdf]
    - 2007 Vegetation Management Plan
      - Report to the Park Commission Meeting of December 11, 2006 [pdf]
      - Table of invasive plant species in Bidwell Park [pdf]
    - 2004 Bidwell Park Vegetation Management Plan
      - Attachment A: Restoration of Chico's Riparian Habitats
    - Summary of pesticides used since 1993
    - Bidwell Park Golf Course Pesticide Usage
    - Letter From Jim Brobeck to Chico Park Director Regarding Controlled Burns Near Alligator Hole
    - Suggestions from Wes Dempsey Regarding Prescribed Burns in Upper Park
    - Letter to the Park Commission Stream and Preservation Committee regarding invasive weed control in the park
    - Vegetation Survey of Upper Bidwell Park: one year after 8/26/99 backfire, Wes Dempsey
    - Puncture-vine removal day on July 31, 2004
    - A poster, "Wanted (Dead, not Alive) Yellow Starthistle" [pdf]
    - Report: Invasive Plant Removal Projects—June 2003 through December 2004
    - A 2008 report to the Park Commission on invasive plants in the park [PDF 19 Mb].
  - Horseshoe Lake lead remediation map
  - Footbridge replaced in Lower Park
What's in bloom
- What's Not In Bloom
Obsolete pages
- Two Ways to Help Bidwell Park on Make a Difference Day, October 25, 2003
- Altacal Audubon's 2003 Chico Christmas Bird Count
- Environmental Banquet 2004 March 25, 2004, a Fundraising Event for the 25th Endangered Species Faire

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