Chico State students looking for a cheap and fun reason to get out of the house in a COVID-19-friendly way and only a few miles from campus need to look no further than the Peregrine Point disc golf course right off Highway 32 in Bidwell Park.
Access to the course is free and no reservation is required, although players should plan to bring their own discs. Flying discs can be found for around $20 in most Chico’s recreational sports stores.
Peregrine Point is an 18-hole course on 10 acres of land purchased by the City of Chico in 1994. The course comes with amazing views of Bidwell Park and tons of fun, even for beginners.
Grad students from Chico State have been working alongside nonprofit and federal organizations to reestablish and analyze the success of habitats for juvenile salmon in the tributaries of the Sacramento River. Salmon play a crucial role in the Sacramento River’s ecosystem by being one of its top predator fish.
The Coleman National Fish Hatchery on Feb. 4 partnered with the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife to release more than 300,000 juvenile Chinook salmon into the Sacramento River, and more than 53,000 juvenile winter Chinook salmon into Upper Battle Creek.
Susan Strachan from Chico State’s Geographical Information Center manages the restoration project. Amanda Banet, assistant professor in the biological science department, has a team of graduate students in-charge of collecting data and tracking overall progress.
Efforts continue to clear-out encampments in Chico
Public Works says the cost for the recent clean-up at Bidwell Park was around $4800 and the price for clearing other areas could be similar.
Posted: Jan 19, 2021 6:30 PM
Updated: Jan 20, 2021 9:24 AM
Posted By: Kristian Lopez
CHICO, Calif. - It s been a week since the city of Chico began clearing out encampments at local parks.
Public Works says the cost for the recent clean-up at Bidwell Park was around $4800 and the price for clearing other areas could be similar.
At this time the majority of lower Bidwell Park is cleared out but there are other encampments set up in other parts of town, some are near Caper Acres Park and there are also some near Cypress Street, as well as other places in Chico.
Local shelter in Chico stepping up to help homeless forced out of parks
The Torres Shelter in Chico says its increasing its capacity to allow more guests.
Posted: Jan 15, 2021 6:44 PM
Posted By: Kristian Lopez
CHICO, Calif. -
A local shelter is stepping up efforts to help the homeless who have recently been forced out of parks in Chico.
The Torres Shelter says it is increasing its capacity to allow more guests, but people will first have to go through a quarantine process.
The city of Chico just recently ramped up enforcement against overnight camping at parks.
Just a few days ago lower Bidwell Park was filled with encampments but on Friday the park was completely empty.