I took a quick look on the internet to try and figure out what the closure schedule would be. A couple of facts:
The budget needs to be passed by July 1st, so in the short term, we should not be impacted for our run. I don't see them getting the budget passed and processing all the necessary paperwork for the closures and resultant layoffs in time to impact our June 21st Run.
Looking at the bigger picture though, five of the nine parks slated for closure are in the Skylands region of the state (versus 2 each for Shore and Delaware Regions). This would make a huge impact on the region in which I live, where we are proud of the fact that we preserve a lot of NJ's wilderness and beauty, and can debunk the belief that so many have that NJ is the industrial armpit of the country. I am personally appalled that the governor plans to close these parks to save a few bucks in the budget.
Time to write a letter to my Congressman.
