Arizona State Parks (government)

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Arizona State Parks is the governing agency of all Arizona state parks. The agency was created in 1955, following the rapid growth of the post-World War II recreation and tourism industries in the American Southwest.[1] The agency's board was created in 1957, and currently has seven members plus an executive director.[2]

Finances

The Phoenix, Arizona-based agency operates with 14 categorized funds, and in fiscal year 2007 had expenditures of $41 million, revenues of $74 million, and a cash asset balance of $199 million (all figures approximate).[3]

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  1. Book review for "Gateways to the Southwest: The Story of Arizona State Parks," Environmental History, January 2005
  2. Arizona State Parks Board
  3. http://www.pr.state.az.us/Images/AnnualReport07_v2_web.pdf Page 62 (Appendix 4)