latimes: Shuttered California state parks may be vulnerable to vandalism: Above, Kevin Forrester, a superintendent with the California Department of Parks and Recreation, walks inside Mitchell Caverns at Providence Mountains State Recreation Area. Since the remote park’s closure, intruders have cut fences, kicked doors off of hinges and shattered windows and display cases at the visitors center. Critics say it might be a harbinger of what’s to come when 70 more state parks are closed because of budget cuts. Photo credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times HIGH RES

latimes:

Shuttered California state parks may be vulnerable to vandalism: Above, Kevin Forrester, a superintendent with the California Department of Parks and Recreation, walks inside Mitchell Caverns at Providence Mountains State Recreation Area. Since the remote park’s closure, intruders have cut fences, kicked doors off of hinges and shattered windows and display cases at the visitors center. Critics say it might be a harbinger of what’s to come when 70 more state parks are closed because of budget cuts.

Photo credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

#blarg!  #parks  #obama  #nation in decline  
∞  02/25/12 at 01:45pm via Los Angeles Times
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    California is so big I’ve never even heard of this park (or the Providence Mountains). But still, this is pretty damn...
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    Sickening. Citizens are going to have to stand guard or risk losing irreplaceable bits of our public heritage.
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