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Cooperating Associations

Cooperating Associations, also known as interpretive associations or natural history associations, support the interpretive, educational and scientific programs and services of governmental land management agencies such as the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Army Corps of Engineers, or state park departments.

Cowan Creek Circular Enclosure

Named for its location near the stream known as Cowan Creek, the enclosure is an important archaeological site, and it is protected as part of a state park.

Darlingtonia State Natural Site

Darlingtonia State Natural Site (18 acres) is a state park and botanical preserve located five miles (8 km) north of Florence, Oregon, United States on U.S. Route 101, just west of Mercer Lake and south of Sutton Lake that is dedicated to the preservation of a rare plant.

F. D. Roosevelt State Park

F.D. Roosevelt State Park is a 9,049 acre (35.91 km²) Georgia state park located near Pine Mountain and Warm Springs.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park is a Maryland state park dedicated to the life and work of abolitionist and Underground Railroad activist Harriet Tubman.

Icelandic State Park

Icelandic State Park is a state park located in Akra Township, Pembina County, North Dakota.

Jacob Riis Park

Riis Park was designed by the politically powerful New York City Park Commissioner Robert Moses, who had also created Jones Beach as a state park further east on Long Island in 1929.

Jones Lake State Park

Jones Lake State Park was opened in 1939 during the segregation era as a state park for the use of African Americans.

Mont Chateau State Park

Mont Chateau State Park was formerly a state park located beside Cheat Lake in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA.

Nanih Waiya

The state of Mississippi preserved Nanih Waiya as a state park for years.

Sugar House Prison

Sugar House Prison (Utah) (1855–1951), first built as a territorial penitentiary, now a state park near Salt Lake City.

Wills Mountain State Park

Wills Mountain State Park is an undeveloped Maryland state park located near Cumberland in Allegany County.


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Beech Fork State Park

Since its development in the mid-1970s, Beech Fork State Park has proven to be a popular recreation spot for the residents of nearby Barboursville and Huntington, West Virginia, as well as those living in the surrounding region.

Blanca Wetlands

The proposed area to be irrigated lies between the Blanca Wetlands ACEC and the San Luis State Park, and would allow species to migrate between wetlands in the state park and the Blanca wetlands.

Blood Run Site

The State of South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Commission, upon offer of land sale by owners Buzz and Lois Nelson and the sole civilian testimony by SD author of Blood Run (book) (a volume supported by a SD Arts Council Grant) and Sioux Falls Public Schools and Office of Indian Education teacher, Allison Hedge Coke, the Commission voted to acquire the area as state park land in January 2003.

Bradford, Pennsylvania

Bradford is located within miles of the Allegany State Park in New York, the third-largest state park in the United States, and the Allegheny National Forest, the only national forest in Pennsylvania.

California State Park Rangers

California State Park Rangers are fully sworn law enforcement officers who perform a wide variety of law-enforcement activities under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Parks and Recreation in the state parks of California, United States.

California State Route 73

After leaving the state park, SR 73 straddles the border between Irvine and Newport Beach and provides easy access to University of California, Irvine through the Bison Avenue exit.

Camp Robinson

Fort Robinson (named for Levi H. Robinson), formerly Camp Robinson, a former U.S. Army fort and a present-day state park, in Crawford, Nebraska, United States

Cherry Creek State Park

On August 15, 1993, Cherry Creek State Park was the location for the papal mass of the 8th World Youth Day with Pope John Paul II.

Cobscook Bay State Park

The move was criticized by Governor Paul LePage who also stated that in the event of another shutdown, he would order the Washington County Sheriff to forcibly open Cobscook Bay State Park if necessary.

Dead Lake

Dead Lakes State Recreation Area, a Florida State Park located one mile north of Wewahitchka

Devil's Lake State Park

Devils Lake State Recreation Area in Oregon, formerly known as Devil's Lake State Park

Ebey

Fort Ebey State Park in Island County, Washington is a camping park in the Washington State Park System

George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park

The park is named for George Crady, a local Florida state representative and supporter of the Florida State Park system.

Harman Blennerhassett

The Blennerhassetts' island mansion was reconstructed 1984-1991 by the State of West Virginia, which now operates the site as a state park, Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park.

Illini State Park

Illini State Park was one of eleven state parks slated to close indefinitely on November 1, 2008, due to budget cuts by then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

One of the most famous residents of Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is the Christ of the Abyss, located near Dry Rocks.

Joseph C. Hare

In August 2003, a new state park in the Hares Canyon was to be named Hares Canyon State Park, but the name was later changed to L. L. "Stub" Stewart State Park.

Kettle Creek State Park

Kettle Creek State Park is seven miles (10 km) north of Westport and Pennsylvania Route 120.

Kohler-Andrae State Park

Kohler-Andrae State Park comprises two adjacent Wisconsin state parks located in the town of Wilson, a few miles south of the city of Sheboygan.

Lowden State Park

Lowden State Park was one of eleven state parks slated to close indefinitely on November 1, 2008 due to budget cuts by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.

Manzano Wilderness

Near the eastern part of the wilderness is Manzano Mountains State Park and the impressive ruins of Quarai in the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.

Maurice K. Goddard State Park

Maurice K. Goddard State Park is just off exit 130 of Interstate 79 on Pennsylvania Route 358.

May Mann Jennings

According to Ruthanne Vogel of the University of Miami, "She was...instrumental in the development of Royal Palm State Park near Homestead," later donated to the National Park Service and incorporated into Everglades National Park.

McCalls Dam State Park

McCalls Dam State Park is in a remote location on a dirt road between R. B. Winter State Park on Pennsylvania Route 192 and Eastville on Pennsylvania Route 880.

Minnewaska State Park Preserve

The Minnewaska State Park Preserve is a 21,106 acre (8,541 ha) preserve located on the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster County, New York on US 44/NY 55, five miles (8 km) east of New York State Route 299.

Moraine State Park

Preston worked to form the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which purchased the land that became Moraine State Park, recreated the glacial landscape and preserved open spaces.

Myre-Big Island State Park

The park was formerly named Helmer Myre State Park after former Minnesota State Senator Helmer Myre.

Nana Smith

Nana married James Rogers, great-grandson of actor and comedian Will Rogers, at the Will Rogers State Park in 2007.

New York State Route 301

Continuing through the state park, NY 301 skirts the southern bank of Lake Canopus before crossing the Taconic State Parkway in Putnam Valley.

Oleta

Oleta River State Park, largest urban park in the Florida State Park system

Oleta River State Park

Adjoining the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, the park contains one of the largest concentrations of Casuarina trees (Australian 'pine'), an invasive species in the state park system.

Oliver Lee

Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, American state park, located in Southern New Mexico's Otero County

Painted Rocks

Painted Rock Petroglyph Site, archaeological site and BLM facility listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, located in Arizona and formerly part of Painted Rock State Park

Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway

The byway enters Custer State Park along its eastern edge and turns west at its intersection with SD 36.

Pettigrew State Park

Several of the trees at Pettigrew State Park are listed on the North Carolina and National Registries of Big Trees.

Saratoga Spa State Park

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center, located on the State Park grounds, has been the summer home of the Philadelphia Orchestra and New York City Ballet since 1966.

Silver Lake State Park

Silver Lake State Park is the name of several parks in the United States.

Sizer

Mount Sizer, a prominent peak located on Blue Ridge in Henry W. Coe State Park in California

Toxaway

The Keowee-Toxaway State Natural Area, a state park in Pickens County, South Carolina, in the United States

Trough Creek State Park

But Trough Creek State Park adjoins state forest land and land owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Volo Bog State Natural Area

The entire state park displays a microcosm of plant succession, from bog, through wetland, to sedge-grass meadow.

Wawayanda

Wawayanda State Park, a state park in Sussex and Passaic Counties, New Jersey

Wekiwa Springs

Wekiwa Springs State Park is a state park and natural spring located in Wekiwa Springs

White-bellied Parrot

It is generally fairly common throughout its range and is easily seen in a wide range of protected areas, such as the Manú National Park and Tambopata-Candamo in Peru, Cristalino State Park (near Alta Floresta), Xingu National Park and Amazônia National Park in Brazil, and Madidi National Park in Bolivia.

William T. Sampson

The former Sampson Naval Training Base, that became the Sampson Air Force Base and is now a New York State Park on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake were named in his honor.

Wilmot, New Hampshire

The state park and the Winslow Trail are named after Captain John Winslow, the commander of the USS Kearsarge, which in June 1864 sank the CSS Alabama in the English Channel in a famous Civil War sea battle.

Wolf Creek State Park

Wolf Creek State Park was one of eleven state parks slated to close indefinitely on November 1, 2008 due to budget cuts by then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.