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All these glories plus national parks, wildlife management areas and other public lands account for just 5 percent of Texas' vastness. For more than two decades, state leaders have repeatedly warned that if more recreational resources weren't added to accommodate Texas' growth, the result would be overcrowded parks, deteriorating facilities and a diminished connection between urban Texans and the state's rural legacy. Lawmakers have responded by making halting, and ultimately inadequate attempts at shoring up TPWD's rickety finance system.
Will lawmakers rise to the challenge before Texans love their parks to death? Or is Texas' future one in which those in search of the outdoors are left with two options: Drive several hundred miles to Far West Texas to access big, wild country, or suck it up and deal with the crowds and aging infrastructure at state parks closer by?
https://www.texasobserver.org/is-texas-overcrowded-underfunded-state-parks-system-being-loved-to-death/
Thoughts? I went to McKinney Falls for my birthday. And. It. Was. Packed.