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Few parks offer the such a rich combination of scenery
and wildlife as this park in southeastern Ohio-so much
so that Hocking Hills State consists of seven separate areas (including Old Man's Cave, pictured on page 11) encompassing 2,000 acres. Each is unique in its own way,
and they have the added insulation of being surrounded
by 9,238 acres of the Hocking State Forest administered
by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division
of Forestry. They are among ODNR's system of 74 parks
in 60 counties. Ohio State parks have been experiencing budget cuts since 1992, and in 2011 will suffer a cut
from $80 million in the last cycle to $14.5 million in 201011. The system currently has $550 million in deferred
maintenance. Proposed HR 107 proposes opening all
state parks to oil and gas exploration.

on 145,750 acres managed by Nevada's Division of State Parks. Because of the state's current
$900,000 budget shortfall and an estimated
$3 billion forecast for 2011, Nevada's state
parks experienced a 39 percent cut in its
budget. Proposals to close the state parks
have been discussed. " We are open and
operating, but with a $3 billion deficit,
it will be very difficult to keep parks
open and operating in the future, " laments Nevada State Parks Administrator
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Benton, Ohio
Threat: Budget Cuts/Possible
Oil and Gas Extraction

Hunting Hill Mansion
at Ridley Creek State Park

Newtown Square, Pennsylania
Threat: Severe Budget Cuts/
Expanded Oil and Gas Extraction
Ridley Creek State Park, site of Hunting Hill Mansion, encompasses more than 2,606 acres of Delaware County
woodlands and meadows. Just 16 miles from Philadelphia, Ridley is one of 117 parks in a 300,000-acre system that receives more than 35 million visitors a year.
Over the last year, the Pennsylvania park system has
suffered major budget cuts as a result of the state's multibillion dollar deficit. Supporters of Pennsylvania parks
worry that a current trend of diverting revenue derived
from oil and gas leases from a conservation fund to the
general fund. They see additional threats in discussions
to expand the extraction policy to other parks throughout the state. Accompanying these concerns are worries of dangers derived from hydraulic fracturing, the
process used in drilling for natural gas.
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