Voters should approve a $1 billion plan to expand Texas’ state parks.
Pedernales Falls State Park is an ideal autumn getaway. Texas’ state parks offer scenic beauty and respite. Voters will have the chance this fall to expand the state park system.The last renaissance for Texas’ state parks kicked off in 1967 when voters approved $75 million in bonds for land acquisition.
Those funds enabled the state to open dozens of parks in subsequent decades, including Balmorhea, Pedernales Falls, Galveston Island, McKinney Falls, Lost Maples and Big Bend Ranch.almost two decades without opening a new state parkThis year marks the centennial of Texas’ state parks system, but that milestone birthday is marred by our state’s failure to keep up with Texans’ need for more recreational space — and more nature.
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