Visitation to NC State Parks has jumped in 2009
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Visitation at North Carolina’s state parks has jumped significantly during 2009, with a third of the state parks and state recreation areas reporting attendance up at least 20 percent, according to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation. Through August – the latest reporting period – state parks recorded 10.6 million visitors, up 14 percent from a year ago and surpassing visitation during the same eight-month period of 2007, which was a record year for state parks visitation. The report includes 35 state parks and state recreation areas along with Weymouth Woods State Nature Preserve. You can read the full news release on the State Parks website. Audubon North Carolina and the Division of Parks and Recreation have a memorandum of agreement through which Audubon staff and volunteers compile bird data at state parks that informs management. Audubon's state office and chapters help manage Important Bird Areas that include state parks and act as grassroots advocates on behalf of state parks. |
