Treehugger posted a list of U.S. state parks set to be closed. And more that are threatened:
… The United States is home to 6,624 state parks and has an annual attendance of over 700 million. Yet state parks are being threatened by budget cuts and economic downturn. …
… the U.S. now has 41,725 miles of trail, 207,063 campsites, and 7,161 cabins and lodges across the state park system. …
Treehugger – The 100+ State Parks Facing Closure – Is Your Favorite Park on the List? [Updated]
U.S. governments do not have enough money to run them. What are the alternatives?
Privatization?
Would you become a “friend of ______ State Park” and volunteer your time?
Leave a comment if you have an opinion.
(via Daily Hiker)
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Please excuse my ignorance, but what does closing a State Park actually mean? Does it simply mean that the public will not be allowed in until there is more funding available? Or is there more to it than that? For example will the rangers and land managers lose their jobs, leaving the land to its own devices? Or will the land be sold off to the highest bidder to destroy in whatever way they please?
Not sure. Likely a different scenario in each case.
In Hawaii employees took a pay cut and only worked 4 days a week. Other than that, everything was normal.