The list of state parks slated for closure under the 2010 state budget proposed by Governor David A. Patterson is out this afternoon and two parks in Madison County are on the chopping block.  The Governor, has chosen to shutter Chittenango Falls State Park and Helen McNitt State Park along Cazenovia Lake.  Of course there is a long way to go before the state parks are officially closed, and the legislature has to approve the closings, but as of today you better get your last pictures of the falls before they are closed forever. 
You can rest assured that we here at Madison County Tourism will be pulling out all of the stops to try and stop the shut down of this regional icon, but with the state budget for 2010 it is a crap shoot as to how successful we will be.  Do you want to help?  Contact your state representative, and tell them a personal story about your time at a state park and how important the parks are to our quality of life and economic future in Upstate New York.
 


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