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Article: TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONTINUES PARK UPGRADES, FACES INCREASED COSTS IN 2009 BUDGET
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 21, 2008
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife issued the following news release:
Texans will continue to see benefits in 2009 from significant new funding for state and local parks, as well as new money to build a new East Texas fish hatchery and to help game wardens enforce wildlife laws and border security, all part of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 2009 budget.
"We're in the second half of a biennium in which we received significant increased funding from the legislature," said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. "In 2009, we plan to continue implementing better fiscal controls, capital construction initiatives, increased minor repairs and increased operating dollars for state parks, as ...