Voters to decide if Texas should have a dedicated fund to expand state parks

 
By Phil Prazan
October 23, 2023
Originally published by NBC DFW
    When Larry Caraway was a kid, he tells NBC 5, he traveled throughout the state parks with his father in an RV. All these years later, he still gets his steps in at Cedar Hill State Park while listening to music or sports talk radio.

“This is the main one I use because I live right here. But I mean, there’s tons all over the state. Especially down in the hill country, some of my favorite ones,” said Caraway.

Caraway supports giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more money and hopes they expand and improve the current green spaces.
“You can get a state park pass, and you can go anywhere in the state to a state park. And you don’t have to pay to get in. And if you use it, I mean, it’s only like 70 bucks. If you use it ten times, you’ve already paid for it,” said Caraway.

But there’s little available land in Texas. Currently, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has to lease land from private owners to expand the park system…

 

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