OREGON STATE PARKS RANT
Here in the Willamatte valley of Oregon we have good camping weather well into fall and sometimes beyond. Oregon state parks are extremely popular in the fall with it being a challenge to find a spot...
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RedRollingRoadblock wrote:rhagfo wrote:
That is interesting, here in Oregon we are still opening new parks both East and West side of the Cascades.
OPRD has a good funding system that gets very little money from the general fund. Main sources are User Fees, RV registration Fees (60% goes to parks), and a share of Lottery dollars.
No exactly.2011-13: $181.5M
2013-15: $189.6M
2015-17 (budgeted): $201.9M
2017-19 request: $219.5M
Money comes from: Oregon Lottery (47 percent), visitor fees / RV fees (47 percent), federal grants (6 percent)
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/03/17/crowds-rise-oregons-state-parks-seek-more-rangers-money-improvements/99317724/
Looking at that article, just what I stated less the 6% federal grants. The most important statement in the article is that the funding is stable!
