SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The Joint Appropriations Committee hearing today in Pierre included State Parks’ $34 million dollar budget.
State Park Director Doug Hofer says the agency is requesting $8.7 million for development and improvement.
Hofer says half of that, $4.3 million dollars, goes for preventative maintenance. He says that represents 71 projects in 37 parks.
Hofer says the department is in the process of buying 73 acres at Spearfish Falls at Savoy for a new state park.
He says that would include a land swap with the Forest Service.