Pennsylvania’s state parks and state forests contain 3,000 miles of roadways, 4,800 buildings, 860 vehicular bridges, 1,470 miles of hiking trails, 131 dams, 70 sewage treatment plants, 180 boat ramps, 56 swimming beaches, and more than 30,000 picnic tables.

But finding money to maintain, fix and improve park and forest infrastructure and operations has not been a walk in the park and certainly no picnic.

State parks and forests face $1 billion maintenance funding shortfall, 1/28/2019: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette