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Lockhart State Park announces March events

Lockhart Post-Register 26 Feb 2026
You are invited to join the Lockhart State Park for some fun programs next month. Lockhart State Park is located at 2012 State Park Road, in Lockhart, Texas ... Meet the mammals of Lockhart State Park! ... What critters call Lockhart State Park home?.
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Higher Delaware State Park fees begin March 1

Delaware Online 26 Feb 2026
Special Olympics athletes compete in snowshoeing races at Lums Pond State Park ... Starting March 1, you'll have to pay to enter Cape Henlopen, Lums Pond and Brandywine Creek State Parks, to name a few of Delaware's 27,000 state parks acres.
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Oregon State Parks can charge higher fees for cabins, campsites

The Register Guard 26 Feb 2026
How could an Abiqua Falls State Park come together? Watch video. Explore Oregon host Zach Urness and Willamette Preservation Trust president Travis Williams talk about how Abiqua Falls could become a state park.
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Tawas Point State Park to hold Winter Lantern Hike

Iosco County News Herald 25 Feb 2026
EAST TAWAS – Looking for something to get out and do this weekend? Tawas Point State Park is holding its first ever Winter Lantern Hike ... .
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Chapman State Park announces March programs

The Bradford Era 25 Feb 2026
CLARENDON — Chapman State Park will offer three public programs in March, ...
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Public meeting to launch new long-range plan for Jamaica State Park

Bennington Banner 25 Feb 2026
TOWNSHEND — The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is preparing to update the long‑range management plan for Jamaica State Park, and officials are inviting the public to help shape the next two decades of stewardship for one of the state’s ....
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Palo Pinto Mountains State Park Open for Visits Beginning March 1 (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)

Public Technologies 25 Feb 2026
"This is a tremendous moment for Texas State Parks and the state of Texas," said Rodney Franklin, director of Texas State Parks ... Anyone wanting to visit multiple state parks in 2026 can purchase a Texas State Parks Pass (TSPP).
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H5N1 bird flu found in elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park

The Mercury News 25 Feb 2026
By Susanne Rust . Los Angeles Times. The H5N1 bird flu virus that devastated South America’s elephant seal populations has been confirmed in seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, researchers from UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz announced Wednesday ... .
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Florida argues fired state parks employee who leaked plans isn’t a whistleblower

Sun Sentinel 25 Feb 2026
In a court hearing Tuesday, a lawyer for Florida’s environmental agency argued that the state employee who was fired after leaking plans to develop nine state parks in 2024 doesn’t qualify for whistleblower protections.
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