The Concord Monitor argues that New Hampshire can not continue to expect its state parks to be self-supporting, and calls for taxpayer dollars rather than higher fees or leasing underperforming parks to private operators:
The parks system needs a long-term management plan, and it is charged with producing one by fall. That plan should include efforts to restore and operate some properties through public-private partnerships with cities, towns and nonprofit groups. But it shouldn't count on others to come to the rescue. Municipalities and nonprofits also have their backs to the wall.
The system should also hasten to foster the creation of the "Friends of the State Parks" organization called for by the Odell Commission. Friends groups won't save the parks either, but they are part of the solution.
What the parks really need is general fund money.
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