The Lyin King
Public Lands Advocate
By Michael Gardner
U-T Sacramento Bureau
2:00 a.m. May 29, 2009
SACRAMENTO – Cash-starved California may be forced to close some of its most treasured state parks, including Anza-Borrego and Torrey Pines in San Diego County.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget-cutting plan would take more than $213million away from parks over the next two fiscal years, leaving little choice but to shut down 220 of 279 statewide as early as this fall.
LOCAL PARKS TARGETED
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose shuttering 220 parks statewide, including these in San Diego County:
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Border Field State Park
Carlsbad State Beach
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Palomar Mountain State Park
San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
Silver Strand State Beach
Torrey Pines State Beach
Torrey Pines State Reserve
(Also targeted for closure is the Salton Sea State Recreation Area in Imperial and Riverside counties.)
Online: For the complete list of proposed state park closures, go to . . . http://uniontrib.com/more/parkslist
Read More here . . . Local gems on list of parks that state could shut down
U-T Sacramento Bureau
2:00 a.m. May 29, 2009
SACRAMENTO – Cash-starved California may be forced to close some of its most treasured state parks, including Anza-Borrego and Torrey Pines in San Diego County.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget-cutting plan would take more than $213million away from parks over the next two fiscal years, leaving little choice but to shut down 220 of 279 statewide as early as this fall.
LOCAL PARKS TARGETED
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose shuttering 220 parks statewide, including these in San Diego County:
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Border Field State Park
Carlsbad State Beach
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Palomar Mountain State Park
San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
Silver Strand State Beach
Torrey Pines State Beach
Torrey Pines State Reserve
(Also targeted for closure is the Salton Sea State Recreation Area in Imperial and Riverside counties.)
Online: For the complete list of proposed state park closures, go to . . . http://uniontrib.com/more/parkslist
Read More here . . . Local gems on list of parks that state could shut down
