State Land and Water Conservation Fund Creates or Enhances Nearly 200 Parks across Country in 2011, New Report Shows

$33.3 million derived from oil and gas leases revenue  helps states permanently protect 33,000 acres of parkland

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2012.  Revenue from leases for offshore oil and gas development in federal waters helped states build or improve 198 parks across the country in 2011, ranging from establishing a new park on Texas’ most pristine river, to protecting and providing public access to prehistoric petroglyphs in Wyoming to building a new wheelchair-accessible playground in Indiana, according…