Stateline - National and State Parks Suffering From Budget Cuts

Consider visiting your Alabama State Parks this summer. In many cases they've been greatly improved in recent years but the system is under strain.

Stateline - National and State Parks Suffering From Budget Cuts: National and state parks will be open for business this summer, but it won’t be business as usual: Washington’s sledgehammer budget cuts and fewer state dollars will result in overflowing trash cans, closed visitor centers and fewer Junior Ranger programs. Many vacationers will tread on runaway invasive plants, wait in long lines at park entrances and miss out on campfire talks.