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	Chico News and Review October 25, 2001
		Bidwell Park is by far the greatest and most lasting contribution Gen. John and Annie Bidwell, Chico's founders, made to the community.
		The park is governed by the city of Chico through the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission and therefore, as per Annie's wishes when she deeded the park to the city, there shall be no glass containers, alcohol or hunting (except to remove noxious animals) anywhere in the park.
		Besides being the interpretive center for Bidwell Park, the center is home to a Living Animal Museum and wildlife display, free nature walks and events, year-round interactive exhibits and spring and summer camp sessions and educational programs for children.
	www.newsreview.com /issues/chico/2001-10-25/visit.asp (1202 words)

	Bidwell Park History
		Bidwell Park was a pasture In 1887 and cows, horses and sheep browsed around eating the grass and chewing the low growing shrubs and vines.
		Bidwell to preserve the natural beauty of this immense tract along Chico Creek; to spend thousands of dollars in the protection of the young oaks and vines and the building of roadways and pathways over the hundreds of acres, which others would have cleared and farmed for profit, is the same sentiment that prompter Mrs.
		Bidwell to welcome the time she can execute a deed to this property to the City of Chico and feel assured that this beautiful hand work of nature will be preserved for the enjoyment and betterment of humanity.
	www.friendsofbidwellpark.org /history.html (1972 words)

	Departments --> Parks
		Bidwell Park was established July 20, 1905 through the donation by Annie Bidwell of approximately 2,500 acres of land to the City of Chico.
		The area west of Manzanita Avenue is referred to as Lower Park and the area to the east is referred to as Upper Park.
		Lower Park is flat and level with a thick canopy of trees which provide ample shade for the visitor.
	www.chico.ca.us /parks/Bidwell_Park.asp (464 words)

	Bidwell Mansion SHP
		Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park is a beautiful, three story, 26 room Victorian House Museum that stands as a memorial to John and Annie Bidwell.
		John Bidwell was known throughout California and across the nation as an important pioneer, farmer, soldier, statesman, politician and philanthropist.
		Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell, the daughter of a socially prominent, high ranking Washington official, was deeply religious, and committed to a number of moral and social causes.
	www.parks.ca.gov /default.asp?page_id=460 (469 words)

	Bidwell Park
		Bidwell Park, located east of the city of Chico (map), is the second largest municipal park in the United States.
		Chico Formation: The oldest rocks in the park are those of the Chico formation which can be seen at the east end of the park.
		The Chico formation consists of sandstone, siltstone, thin layers of limestone, and conglomerate, all of which accumulated along the shore of the ocean during the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Era.
	www.csuchico.edu /atec/projects/tigers/site/bidwell (367 words)

	Watershed History
		Its discussion of the prehistory of the Chico area and Bidwell Park and the cultures of the Konkow and Yahi Indians is applicable to the entire Big Chico Creek Watershed.
		John Bidwell and his wife Annie continued to play a key role in the development of the community of Chico for many years and their impact is felt to this day.
		Said park shall be improved by said county without expense to the State and shall always remain a public park for recreational use by the people of the State of California….
	www.bigchicocreek.org /nodes/aboutwatershed/ecr/watershed_history.htm (8036 words)

	John and Ann Bidwell - Influential People in John Muir's Life - John Muir Exhibit - Sierra Club
		John Bidwell was a rancher, politician, philanthropist, and amateur botanist and geologist.
		The Bidwells met John Muir on an 1877 botanical expedition to Mt. Shasta and the headwaters of the Sacramento River with famed Harvard botanist Asa Gray and his wife, and British botanist Sir Joseph Hooker.
		With additional lands added later, Bidwell Park is now one of the largest city parks in the country; certainly the largest on a per capita basis.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_Muir_exhibit/people/bidwells.html (247 words)

	Location: Chico's Local Attractions, Evolution 2003, California State University, Chico
		Bidwell Park, Chico's crown jewel, was established in 1905 by Annie Bidwell, wife of Chico's founding father, John Bidwell.
		After John Bidwells death, Bidwell Park was donated to the City of Chico via a series of deeds between 1905 and 1911.
		Lower Park is a treasure trove of recreational opportunities for the public, including playgrounds; natural swimming areas; and vehicle-free roads for runners, cyclists, rollerbladers and walkers all which are within walking distance to downtown and the university.
	rce.csuchico.edu /evolution2003/localattractions.html (1390 words)

	News: Chancellor addresses enrollment increase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Bidwell Park, the third largest municipal park in the nation, is 3,618 acres and encompasses both sides of Big Chico Creek Canyon for five miles making it a popular place for running, biking, hiking, and other outdoor activities.
		For the most part, Bidwell Park is safe during the day, but it is still necessary for women to be aware of their surroundings, police said.
		Bidwell Park is considered safe, but that does not mean nothing bad will happen, police said.
	orion.csuchico.edu /Pages/vol43issue15/jour60/run.html (702 words)

	Recreation Inventory
		One realtor stated that Bidwell Park is part of the overall quality of life in Chico and adds to the area’s value for homebuyers (Tichinin, 1998).
		Bidwell Mansion was the home of John and Annie Bidwell from 1868 until the end of their lives in 1900 and 1918 respectively.
		Bidwell Park in particular acts as a destination point for bicyclists from around the area and is beneficial to local bike business (O’Bryan, 1998).
	www.bigchicocreek.org /nodes/aboutwatershed/ecr/recreation.htm (8832 words)

	VIA Online: Chico Weekend Getaway
		The area is as lush as it was when Bidwell first spied it, thanks to the 3,670-acre park bearing his name (one of the country's largest municipal parks) in the middle of town.
		Bidwell was a progressive fellow, one of the first Northern Californians to install an indoor toilet, a tidbit you discover during the tour.
		The Bidwells would be dismayed to know that the university built on their former cherry orchard was, in 1987, dubbed "the craziest campus in the nation" by Playboy magazine.
	www.viamagazine.com /weekenders/chico03.asp (1065 words)

	Firefighters torch Bidwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Park Director Dennis Beardsley said it was the biggest control fire they have ever had in Upper Park, burning 1,500 of Upper Park's 3,000 acres.
		The fire was ignited at the Upper Park Road and burned up the canyon to the North Rim Trail.This stopped the Browns Fire that threatened residential areas north of the park, as well as the Bidwell Park Golf Course.
		Fires were lit at the Upper Park Road with the goal in mind to stop the fire at the North Rim Trail, Beardsley said.
	orion.csuchico.edu /Pages/vol43issue2/news/n.1.fires.html (360 words)

	BEC's Environmental News, Winter 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Bidwell Park Endowment Fund has been set up through the North Valley Community Foundation to provide a long-term, sustainable source of additional income, assisting the City of Chico in the operation and support of Bidwell Park.
		Four organizations; Ensemble Theatre of Chico/ Shakespeare in the Park, California Landscape Contractors Association, CSUC Students in Free Enterprise, and BEC, applied to the Park Department to organize two Bidwell Park cleanups.
		In a surprise move, (the Park Commission was never informed and this commissioner read about it in the newspaper!) the Park Director received approval from the City Council to go out to bid for the spring and fall cleanups.
	www.becnet.org /ENews/00WiPark.html (1138 words)

	Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park
		Approximately five miles west of Chico, the park is located adjacent to a four mile stretch of the Sacramento River.
		Diaries of John Bidwell indicate the the Mechoopda tribe had a fishing weir upstream from the confluence of Big Chico Creek and the Sacramento River.
		In 1908 the "Bidwell River Park" area was gifted by Annie E. Kennedy Bidwell, widow of John Bidwell, to the State of California.
	www.shastacascade.org /erog/csp/SP003.html (762 words)

	Save the course (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Bidwell park is protected for people to use and enjoy, and the courses are a great use of the land they occupy.
		Bidwell Park is the only place that has a place for disc golf in Chico and if they took it out there would be no alternative for all the CSU Chico and Butte students.
		Bidwell Park is as useful as the number of people that use it.
	www.chicodiscgolf.org /Chicodiscgolf/petition2.cfm (5300 words)

	Bidwell Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bidwell Park is a municipal park located in Chico, California.
		The park was established July 20, 1905 through the donation by Annie Bidwell (widow of Chico's founder, John Bidwell) of approximately 2,500 acres of land to the City of Chico.
		Today, the total Park size is 3,670 acres (nearly 11 miles in length), making it one of the largest municipal parks in the United States (currently estimated at ranking as the 4th largest municipal park in the U.S.).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bidwell_Park (1782 words)

	Point Park College partners with North Side career center
		Point Park College and Bidwell Training Center have launched a partnership to encourage students attending the North Side center to complete a bachelor's degree at the Downtown campus.
		Bidwell is a not-for-profit center offering short-term vocational and educational programs.
		She said the school is working with Bidwell to develop financial aid programs for the students.
	www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/20000705pointparkreg6.asp (375 words)

	Bidwell Park Centennial Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Bidwell Park Centennial Committee has selected Avenue 9 Gallery to manage the competition; gallery co-partners Maria Phillips and Dolores Mitchell are both educators who can provide historical context for the plein air events through lectures, handouts and press releases.
		Artists have a great variety of scenes available in Bidwell Park, from swimming holes to a golf course, to creek-side meadows and forests, to the rugged hills of the Upper Park.
		Bidwell Mansion will be the site of a special “Quick Draw” (a ninety minute painting session) event.
	www.bidwellpark.org /nodes/events/plein_air_painting.html (529 words)

	ChicoER.com: Archives
		The land in question is called Bidwell Ranch, that vacant expanse stretching into the foothills north of Bidwell Park and east of Wildwood Park.
		One possibility is using Bidwell Ranch as a mitigation bank.
		Even City Parks Director Dennis Beardsley admits hikers out viewing the Bidwell Ranch wildflowers aren't going to be ticketed for trespassing.
	www2.chicoer.com /articles/2003/06/03/editorial/editorial03.txt (466 words)

	Chillin' in Chico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Take 3,600 acres of recreational Utopia that is Bidwell Park, mix in awe-inspiring vistas juxtaposed with the neo-intellectual backdrop of a true liberal-arts educational institution, and you’ll find the ideal setting for an artists’ haven, a tourists’ dream weekend, or a lil’ piece of eclectic heaven on earth.
		The entirety of Upper Bidwell Park is open to hikers along the rivers and walls of Big Chico Creek Canyon, where views of the canyon and Sacramento Valley can be described as nothing less than ethereal—especially in the winter and spring.Cyclists will indeed have discovered Nirvana in Chico’s diversity of cycling opportunities.
		In addition to Bidwell Park, Chico and the surrounding areas of Butte County are literally overflowing with options for great escapes to the great outdoors.
	www.skywestmagazine.com /PastFeatures/Winter2004/Chico.html (1832 words)

	Rec Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Bidwell Park was established in 1905 by Annie Bidwell, wife of Chicos founding father, John Bidwell.
		Bidwell Park was donated to the City of Chico via a series of deeds between 1905 and 1911, five years after John Bidwells death.
		Bidwell Park will be enjoyed for generations to come because of the legacy set forth by Annie Bidwell and the people that make up the community of Chico.
	www.chicochamber.com /recinfo.aspx (1211 words)

	Bidwell-Sacramento River SP
		The main activity to be enjoyed at Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park is bank or boat fishing for salmon, steelhead and shad.
		This area of the park is characterized by lush river habitat that opens up to a large gravel bar that fronts the Sacramento River.
		This five acre parking lot and launch ramp affords the park visitor an easy way to access the Sacramento River for boating, canoeing or floating on inner tubes down the Sacramento River.
	www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=463 (476 words)

	BikeCal.com - Mountain Bike
		Bidwell Park is a 3,670 acre park that stretches 11 miles east from downtown Chico.
		The park is seperated by Manzanita Avenue, with everything east of here being Upper Bidwell and west being Lower Bidwell.
		All of the good riding is in Upper Bidwell.
	www.bikecal.com /mtb/bidwell.html (71 words)

	Bidwell Park provides summer fun - Sports
		Upper Bidwell Park is the place to be during hot summer months.
		Bidwell has two disc golf courses, one of which leads to a Frisbee graveyard off the nearby cliff.
		The park advises people to move away from rattlesnakes slowly in order to reduce the chance of being bitten.
	www.theorion.com /media/storage/paper889/news/2006/05/17/Sports/Bidwell.Park.Provides.Summer.Fun-1923767.shtml?norewrite200610020256&sourcedomain=www.theorion.com (470 words)

	Bidwell Park, Chico, CA
		This event is sponsored by KIXE and the Bidwell Park Centennial Committee.
		Chico and Bidwell Park were honored by a special reading about the park into the Congressional Record written by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and proclamations from Chico Mayor Scott Gruendl and Assemblyman Rick Keene, R-Chico.
		Written by local author Jeanne Boze of Paradise, the booklet covers the beginnings of the park, ranging from 1905 to the 1960s, and is based on minutes from city government meetings and other historic documents.
	www.bidwellpark.org (453 words)

	Campground Details - Bidwell Point Park, Arkansas - ReserveAmerica
		Bidwell Point Campground is located on Norfork Lake in north central Arkansas.
		This park will open April 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006.
		All pets must be caged or secured on a leash no more than 6' in length.
	www.reserveamerica.com /nrrs/ar/bidw (264 words)

	Bidwell Park Image Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Bidwell Park is the second largest municipal park in the nation.
		The Bidwell Park Image Map illustrates "lower park" indicating available parking, picnic areas, play areas, trails, etc. Please enjoy your tour.
		This is a one-way road exiting at the Sycamore Pool parking area.
	www.ecst.csuchico.edu /~kjoyner/bidwellpark.html (208 words)

	Bidwell Park Spraying Continues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The City of Chico is moving into the next phase of the vegetation management program for Bidwell Park.
		The program is an attempt by the City to reduce the amount of invasive, non-Butte County native plants in Lower Park.
		The program utilizes various techniques hand removal; goat grazing to reduce the amount of invasive, non-native plants; spray to control reinfestation; low broadcast burns in some instances; and the replanting of plants native to Butte County.
	www.becnet.org /News/BPSpraying.html (363 words)

	Bidwell Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		his is the country's second largest municipal park (over 3500 acres now), shrouded by pristine oak woodlands and watered by Big Chico Creek meandering through it, located in the quaint city of Chico (see map).
		You can also bring the family here to swim in the "one mile" pool, which is the creek dammed up, or "five mile" pool, also a natural body of water about 5 miles upstream.
		You might see wildlife in the park's upper reaches known as Upper Bidwell Park, a contiguous part of the park running several miles up Chico Creek Canyon into the foothills.
	geography.sierra.cc.ca.us /backcountrypages/bidwell.html (228 words)

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