Documents
Title | Location |
The Nature of Bidwell Park (book) | Available at Chico Creek Nature Center and Made In Chico |
Introduction to the Geology of Bidwell Park (book) | Available at Bidwell Mansion Museum |
Soil Survey of Butte Area, California, Parts of Butte and Plumas Counties | United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service [pdf, 12.5 MByte] |
2002 Botanical Survey | Chico Park Div. resource web page |
Upper Bidwell Park Resource Inventory, Expansion Area | Chico Park Div. resource web page |
Annotated Bird List for Butte County (book) | Available at Altacal Audubon Society, Chico Creek Nature Center |
Checklist of Birds of Butte County, CA | Available at Altacal Audubon Society, Chico Creek Nature Center |
Raptors of Bidwell Park Brochure | Available at Chico Creek Nature Center |
Vascular Plants of Upper Bidwell Park (book) | Out of print — contact CSUC Herbarium for reprint notification |
A Natural History of Chico’s Creeks | View at Chico Creek Nature Center |
Bidwell Park–a video documentary prepared by Half a Bubble Out Communications for the Bidwell Park 2005 Centennial | available at the Butte County Library in Chico. |
Bidwell Park segment on Huell Howser’s TV series California’s Golden Parks | available for purchase athttp://www.calgold.com/goldenparks/Default.asp?Series=100&Show=755 |
Yahi Trail Guide Brochure | Available at Park Dept, Chico Chamber of Commerce, Chico Creek Nature Center, Online PDF file–7 MBytes |
World of Trees Nature Trail Brochure | Available at Chico Creek Nature Center and Park Div. |
Map of picnic sites, trails and roads in Lower and Upper Park | Available at Park Div. |
Bidwell Park Brochure | Available at Chico Chamber of Commerce, Chico Creek Nature Center |
Upper Park Map | Park Dept, Chico Chamber of Commerce, Chico Creek Nature Center |
Mountain Bike Riding in Upper Bidwell Park Brochure | Available at Park Div. office |
Disc Golf Course Map | Available at Chico Sports Ltd. |
Park Watch Training Manual | Viewable at Park Div. office |
User Capacity Study 1996 | Jones & Stokes |
Effects of Use Patterns on Trail Impacts in Chico’s Upper Bidwell Park | 1993 master’s thesis by Karl Maser, available at the CSU Chico Library |
Environmental Effects of All-Terrain Bicycles on Chico’s Upper Park | 1994 master’s thesis by David St. Sure, available at the CSU Chico Library |
Bidwell Park Acquisition Site Analysis & Recommendations | 1996 CSUC class study |
Upper Park Road Visitation Study | 1998 Lynn Wilson |
Cultural Resources Management Plan for Bidwell Park | 1986 Jensen & Assoc., Jones & Stokes |
Big Chico Creek Existing Conditions Report | Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve website |
“The Excellent City Park System” | A report from the Trust for Public Lands |
Bidwell Park Trails Manual | Chico Park Div. resource web page (version lacking illustrations) |
A Management Guide for the Care of Streams | Paul Maslin’s website |
Bidwell Park Master Management Plan and Environmental Impact Report | Chico Park Div. resource web page |
Park Department Strategic Plan | Chico resource web page |
City of Chico General Plan (park-related sections include chapter 5.1, also page 7-11 and fig. 7-1) | http://www.chico.ca.us/planning_services/GeneralPlanandNeighborhoodPlans.asp |
Big Chico Creek – Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Improvement Project | http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentVersionID=10191 |
Big Chico Creek One Mile Pool Bypass water quality enhancement project | http://www.fws.gov/lodi/afrp/project.cfm?code=1996-08 |
Effects of Goat Browsing on Himalayan Blackberry, Pheng Timothy Lee October 2, 2001 | Available at Park Div. and here [pdf] |
Effectiveness Monitoring in an Adaptive Management Framework—2008 master’s thesis by Rebekah Funes | Available in the Park Department Document Library |