About Us
The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District was created by the electorate in November 1990 by a 64% vote and formed on January 29, 1991. The District is an independent agency governed by the Board of Supervisors, which sits as the District Board of Directors. The regular meeting of the Board of Directors is each Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. The Park District presently employs approximately 100 staff who bring to their jobs a high degree of dedication to the public and a wide variety of skills and abilities.
At the present time, the district manages and operates more than 44,000 acres which includes forty parks, reserves, historic or archaeological sites and ninety miles of regional trails. The staff includes professionals in the fields of accounting and finance, biology, building and grounds maintenance, carpentry and construction, ecology, environmental restoration, historic preservation, interpretation, landscape architecture, museum and curatorial management, park planning, personnel administration, recreation, security, trails planning and construction, weddings and special events, wildlife habitat management, and a host of other disciplines.