Impacts of Budget Cuts on State Parks
$4.8 million cut in 2009
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Proposal to close eight of 27 parks: Fort Verde State Historic Park in
Camp Verde; Homolovi Ruins State Park in Winslow; Lyman Lake State Park
in Springerville; McFarland State Historic Park in Florence; Oracle
State Park in Oracle; Riordan Mansion State Historic Park in Flagstaff;
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park in Tubac; and
Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
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Eliminated 60 jobs
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Together, the eight parks brought in nearly 100,000 visitors last year,
or 4 percent of the system's 2.3 million annual visitors
