Fairfield Lake State Park, about 90 miles south of Dallas, is slated to become a high-end community with multi-million homes and possibly a private golf course.
On average, parks are seeing a 2% to 5% jump in visitors each year. This year, the number of visitors is expected to top 10 million for the first time.recent report by the nonprofit Environment Texas Research and Policy Center
. The state ranks 35th in the nation for state park acreage per capita. Texas has 8 million more people than Florida, but 86,000 fewer acres of state parkland, the report says. “Texas really doesn’t have enough state park land,” said Janice Bezanson, senior policy director for the Texas Conservation Alliance. “It’s particularly sad to see a popular park shut down at a time when we should be celebrating our state parks.”of the state’s parks system, with numerous celebrations planned across the state.is scheduled to open about 75 miles west of Fort Worth. It will be the region’s first new state park in 25 years.
Fairfield is not the only state park on leased land. Texas leases land for more than a dozen other parks, including Monahans Sandhills State Park in West Texas and Ray Roberts Lake State Park, north of Dallas.. Sarah Bahari is a trending news reporter. She previously worked as a writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where she covered a bit of everything.
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