Day 26: Days, Services at Texas State Parks Cut Back
Throughout the month of August, The Texas Tribune is featuring 31 ways Texans' lives will change come Sept. 1, the date most bills passed by the Legislature — including the dramatically reduced budget — take effect. Check out our story calendar here.
Day 26: To cope with big budget cuts, some Texas state parks reduce services, close earlier or are open fewer days.
Visitors to Kickapoo Cavern State Park, southwest of San Antonio, can currently visit any day they please to stroll the 1,400-foot length of the cavern, observe the formations and watch bats. Soon, however, the park will pare back ...
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John Cobarruvias via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Hey for shitty parks!
C Baker
So what's new? He started cutting back on state park funding years ago. Now he's closing all of the roadside parks...
mary westemeier
This piece would have been more acurate if it provided a FULL accounting of funding for State Parks if the writer would have added how much revenue over the past,say 10 years, was collected from fishing/hunting licence fees, park fees etc. - and what percentage was pulled out by Gov. Perry to fund OTHER agendas EXECPT the Parks & Wildlife agency. Perry has used the Parks revenue stream for EVERYTHING but the Parks and forgoing rebuilding them after Hurricane Rita in East Texas. Let's see that math added to this report to show just ONE of the "bait and switch" schemes Perry has pulled and then tried to pass off as if this agency isn't self funding and "needs budget cuts".