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Virginia Outdoor Recreation Study caps progress on state parks
Virginia's park program lagged since 1964 with scarce funding and rising land costs. Elbert Cox notes by 1971 only four new parks completed and two partly, with goals extended to 1980 and 28 parks planned, amid a push for local parks and a Scenic Rivers System to protect natural beauty.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia Outdoor Recreation Study Commission
Elbert Cox
Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation
Cox
Virginia Outdoors Plan
Corps of Engineers
Mason, Neck
False Cape
York River
Mount Rogers
Chippokes Natural Tunnel
Smith Mountain
Commission
Mission
State Highway Department
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
General Assembly
Virginia Scenic Rivers System
Tive
Capt
John Smith
New York
California
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