LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association (AMIA) will receive the Underserved Communities Merit Award at the California Trails & Greenways Conference to be held on April 9 in Palm Springs.
Nominations for the award were made on behalf of organizations throughout the state.
The California Trails & Greenways Conference is sponsored each year by the DPR and the California Trails Conference Foundation.
The Conference Awards Program is designed to recognize organizations that have made outstanding contributions that promote public awareness and use of trails and greenways in California.
AMIA is the all-volunteer nonprofit organization cooperating with the California Department of Parks and Recreation that provides educational activities at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, located in Lake County.
AMIA also funds park projects that the state would otherwise be unable to provide.
The organization recently entered into a partnership agreement with Department of Parks and Recreation that insures that the park will remain open to the public and that the important cultural, historic and natural resources found there will remain protected.
The Underserved Communities Merit Award will be given to AMIA in recognition of its outstanding work in organizing both its school field trip programs for local elementary school children and its senior tour programs, and AMIA’s work to repair and maintain the boardwalk on the ADA-accessible Cache Creek Nature Trail.
AMIA was nominated by Gigi Stahl, trails coordinator for Lake County’s Konocti Regional Trails System, a series of rural connections designed to promote community health by offering paddling, hiking, horse and bike riding opportunities between communities and major recreational areas in the region such as Anderson Marsh State Historic Park.
“AMIA is thrilled to receive this prestigious Merit Award from the California Trails and Greenways Conference,” said AMIA President Roberta Lyons. “The real credit goes to the many AMIA volunteers and to our generous Lake County supporters and members whose financial contributions make our educational programs possible.”
For information about AMIA and its programs, go to www.andersonmarsh.org or contact AMIA at either This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-995-2658.