If the Pennsylvania state budget were a dollar, the budget for the entire state park and forest system would be about half a penny.

Marci Mowery, president of the Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation, used that example Tuesday to illustrate infrastructure and maintenance needs confronting the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

“It costs more to operate one prison than the entire DCNR,” Mowery said, standing outside the maintenance building at Keystone State Park in Derry Township.

Deferred repairs, budget cuts threaten Keystone, other state parks, officials say, 8/6/2019: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review