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公園,自然區域債券將影響弗吉尼亞西南部
(里士滿)-如果選民在 11 月 5 的全州投票通過 119 億美元債券倡議,弗吉尼亞西南部將獲得總額為 26 億美元的 13 項目。2002 公園和自然區債券法案的影響將在整個州感受到。
" 國家公園和自然區聯繫會通過保護開放空間和瀕危的自然區域來改善我們的生活質量,並為家庭提供安全乾淨的地方享受戶外活動。" 表示,保護和康樂部主任 Joseph H. Maroon 表示。" 在全州範圍內,該債券將規定為三個新州立公園收購土地,10 新的自然區保護,並為每個 34 州立公園提供資金的維修和改善。"
在區域上,通過債券將意味著將資金融入近二十個縣。弗吉尼亞西南部將會增加土地到飢餓母親,自然隧道和荒野路州立公園,弗洛伊德,李和蒙哥馬利縣的自然區保護區增加,弗洛伊德,蒙哥馬利和格雷森的新自然區保護區,以及六個州公園的建築項目。馬龍補充道,DCR 在談判土地購買時只會與有意願的賣家合作。
" 我們一些最受歡迎的州立公園位於弗吉尼亞西南部,如果債券通過,將受益很大," Maroon 說。
去年,700 萬訪問弗吉尼亞州立公園的遊客為該州經濟貢獻了大約 144 億美元。
區域增建和建築項目包括:
公園
- Breaks Interstate Park - This regional park would receive $400,000 to construct a new campground and upgrade the restaurant.
- Claytor Lake State Park - This state park in Pulaski County is targeted for $3.4 million in improvements including new waterfront cabins with docks and improved marina facilities.
- Grayson Highlands State Park - With voter approval of the bond, $950,000 would be used to create a group camp area, build bathhouse facilities and improve park utilities.
- Hungry Mother State Park - The Virginia Association for Parks and DCR have identified land acquisition in Smyth County adjacent to the park as a top priority. Campsites at the park are often sold out, and there is little land in the park suitable for campground expansion. Acquisition and construction improvements are expected to cost $1 million. Also at Hungry Mother, sediment has slowly silted the man-made lake. About $1.4 million is targeted for dredging the lake to its original contours.
- Natural Tunnel State Park - The acquisition of land adjacent to this state park in Scott County is needed to develop an overnight cabin complex within this mountain park. Additional fishing access on Stock Creek is also a goal. Passage of the bond would allow the construction of this park's first overnight cabins and improvements to campgrounds and a bathhouse at a cost of $3.5 million.
- New River Trail State Park - Covering four counties, the park would see $2.5 million in renovations to the historic Foster Falls complex, $850,000 dedicated to developing trail access and trail safety improvements as well as improvements to the water distribution system.
Wilderness Road State Park - Acquisition and protection of the Cumberland Mountain range north and east of the park will preserve pioneer era vistas Daniel Boone and countless settlers beheld on their way to the Ohio Territory. The bond would provide
more than $2.5 million to renovate historic Karlan Mansion and to build a visitor center, ranger residence, roads, picnic area, parking and utilities.
自然區域保護區
-格雷森縣濕地-一個新的自然區保護區將保護格雷森縣藍嶺高原上的一系列頂水濕地。這些濕地擁有一系列稀有植物,為 10 稀有植物種提供棲息地,這是該州最高濃度之一。
-蒙哥馬利縣巴倫斯-一個新保護區將保護被多洛米石底下的山坡。這塊礦物豐富的岩石為各種稀有植物創造了條件,包括森林和荒原,並為許多稀有植物種提供棲息地,其中幾種在其他地方不見。
-弗洛伊德縣濕地-為弗洛伊德縣的藍嶺高原建議建立一個新的自然區保護區。兩種全球稀有動物的棲息地將受到保護。
-弗洛伊德縣補充-增加現有的自然區域將進一步保護眾多稀有植物和動物物種。這項新增將允許在集區範圍內控制威脅該地稀有濕地植物的侵入植物。
-李縣新增-利縣自然區保護區的增加將保護其他洞穴棲息地和喀斯特地形,全球稀有的石灰石林以及許多稀有植物和動物種,包括一種在全球其他地方僅發現的一種,而其他地方沒有找到的動物。
-蒙哥馬利縣新增-現有自然區域的額外土地將為許多稀有植物物提供棲息地,包括一種聯邦瀕危植物種和兩種全球稀有。
有關弗吉尼亞州立公園或公園和自然區債券的更多信息,請訪問 < www.dcr.virginia.gov/bond/. >
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