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The allotments include: $280,000 for rehabilitation of the stairs at Artpark State Park Theatre; $175,000 for construction of an East River connector trail at Beaver Island State Park; $76,000 to construct a handicapped-accessible boat launch and water sports facility at the East River Marsh; $250,000 for the development of a comprehensive operations plan for the Niagara Reservation State Park; $1.

Byline: STACI MATLOCK The 3,770-square-foot Eagle Nest Lake State Park Visitor Center opens Saturday to a lot of fanfare over its green features.

Byline: The Register-Guard Of the nearly $500 million in fee increases authorized by the Oregon Legislature this year, the proposed increases in state park fees seem at first glance to rank among the least welcome and most poorly timed in a recession that has left many lower- and middle-income families gasping for economic survival.

Among the parks closed would be Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay, Will Rogers' Southern California ranch, the Governor's Mansion in Sacramento and Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

DCR recommends nearby Hopkinton State Park in Hopkinton.

Rates for a Washington state park yurt start at about $45-$55 a night for the rest of this year, and most can sleep up to five people.

Some state park systems are facing double-digit budget cuts, and others have already begun to make severe reductions in operations, services, programs, and management.

North Carolina State Parks Ida Phillips Lynch & Bill Pendergraft Niche Publishing LLC P.