Parks in Peril.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

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A bubbling brook, a snow-capped mountain peak, a pine forest ... and an oil well or two. The Colorado State Parks Board is considering a plan to increase oil and gas drilling in parks to help keep them operating. State funding has dropped from $6.7 million in 2009 to $2.6 million in 2010 to possibly nothing this year, although the 42 parks receive money from the Severance Tax Trust Fund. The board already has cut 12 full-time jobs, trimmed salaries, and raised camping and...