Department of Environmental Protection Proposes to Close 53 State Parks

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) along with other agencies, presented to the Legislature reductions they would make if ordered to reduce their budgets by 15%, in a year when the state faces a nearly $4B shortfall.
The 53 Florida State Parks
• Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park, Haines City
• Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park, Stuart
• Big Shoals State Park, White Springs
• Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park, Flagler Beach
• Camp Helen State Park, Panama City Beach
• Cedar Key State Museum State Park, Cedar Key
• Colt Creek State Park, Lakeland
• Constitution Convention Museum State Park, Port St. Joe
• Crystal River Archaeological State Park, Crystal River
• Dade Battlefield Historic State Park, Bushnell
• Dagny Johsnon Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Key Largo
• Deer Lake State Park, Santa Rosa Beach
• Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park, Gainesville
• Don Pedro Island State Park, Boca Granda
• Dudley Farm Historic State Park, Newberry
• Dunn’s Creek State Park, Pomona
• Estero Bay Preserve State Park, Estero
• Fort Cooper State Park, Inverness
• Fort George Island Cultural State Park, Jacksonville
• Fort Mose Historic State Park, St. Augustine
• John Gorrie Museum State Park, Apalachicola
• Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, Ellenton
• Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park, Tallahassee
• Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park, Sebring
• Lake Talquin State Park, Tallahassee
• Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park, Tallahassee
• Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Islamorada
• Madison Blue Spring State Park, Lee
• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park, Cross Creek
• Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park, Woodville
• Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park, Olustee
• Orman House Historic State Park, Apalachicola
• Paynes Creek Historic State Park, Bowling Green
• Peacock Springs State Park, Luraville
• Perdido Key State Park, Pensacola
• Ponce de Leon Springs State Park, Ponce de Leon
• Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park, Jacksonville
• Rock Springs Run State Reserve, Sorrento
• San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park, Alachua
• San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park, St. Marks
• Savannas Preserve State Park, Jensen Beach
• St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park, Stuart
• St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere
• Suwannee River Wilderness Trail/Nature and Heritage Tourism Center, White Springs
• Terra Ceia Preserve State Park, Palmetto
• The Barnacle Historic State Park, Coconut Grove
• Troy Spring State Park, Branford
• Wacasassa Bay Preserve State Park, Cedar Key
• Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, Palm Coast
• Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park, Port Richey
• Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park, Islamorada
• Ybor City Museum State Park, Tampa
• Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park, Holt