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Your voice needed on HCR2040 to save Arizona State Parks

Below is an important action alert about Arizona State Parks from the Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club. This is an important opportunity to save our state parks from closure. Please do your part! You can also send a quick message through their website. This bill would add a $9 surcharge onto the annual [...]

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A short guide to park passes

When someone hears about my national park quest, they often ask me if I’ve visited a particular place that they have enjoyed. As often as not, the location they mention is not part of the National Park System. That’s not particularly surprising. There are a wide variety of land management agencies at the national, state, [...]

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Environmental Day at the Arizona State Capitol: Rally for State Parks on Feb 1

Update: Here’s a quick review of what happened and a pdf fact sheet about the state park cuts. — There’s a very important event happening tomorrow: the annual Environmental Day at the Legislature. This is a great opportunity for citizens to show support for smart conservation policy through direct citizen lobbying. This year, the event [...]

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State parks I’ve visited

On the heels of news of more state park closures, I figured I should out myself as a mediocre park visitor. The truth is, despite being a native Arizonan, I’ve only visited about half of our state parks. In my defense, I’m not a boater and have thus avoided water-related parks, and our national park [...]

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Arizona State Parks: What’s open and what’s closing

The Arizona State Parks Board, responding to a budget raid by the Arizona Legislature, voted on Friday to begin the closure of most state parks. It’s a sad and ultimately short-sighted development. There aren’t any easy answers to our budget woes, but this clearly does not sit well for our future. The Arizona Heritage Alliance, [...]

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