Top 10 Threatened State Parks

Rank		Acres Threatened Major Threat(s)	Most Threatened Parks
1	Georgia Burt Weerts, Director State Parks, Recreation & Historic Sites Division 205 Butler Street, SE, Suite1352, East Tower Atlanta, GA 30334	8,212 Encroachment Sprawl	Sweetwater Creek Skidaway Etowah India Mounds Wormsloe
2	North Carolina Phil McKnelly, Director Division of Parks & Recreation P. O. Box 27687 Raleigh, NC 27699	8,115 Development Rising land Values	Carolina Beach Eno River Hammmocks Beach Lake James New River William B Umstead
3	Minnesota Bill Morrissey, Director Division of Parks & Recreation 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155	6,000 Development Land use	Frontenac Flandrau
4	Nevada Wayne Perock, Administrator Division of State Parks 1300 S. Curry Street Carson City, NV 89703	5,298 Encroachment Inadequate facilities	Berlin-Ichthyosaur Lahontan Washoe Lake Valley of Fire Rye Patch
5	West Virginia Cordie Hudkins, Jr., Chief Park & Recreation Capitol Complex, Bldg 3, Room 714 Charleston, WV 25305	1,688 Encroachment Development	Blackwater Falls
6	Colorado Laurie Matthews, Director Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 618 Denver, CO 80203	3,000 Development Encroachment	Roxborough Barr Lake Chatfield Cherry Creek
7	Florida Fran Mainella, Director Division of Recreation & Parks Department of Environmental Protection 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, MS 500 Tallahassee, FL 32399	25,000 Use of land for non-natural resource use	Fakahatchee Strand Paynes Prairie Preserve Wakalla Springs Savannas Preserve Manatee Springs
8	Indiana Jerry Pagac, Director Division of State Parks & Reservoirs 402 West Washington Street, Room W 298 Indianapolis, IN 46204	2,000 Industrial Development Air and noise pollution Encroachment Sprawl	Indiana Dunes Charlestown
9	Ohio Dan West, Chief Division of Parks & Recreation 1952 Belcher Drive, C-3 Columbus, OH 43224	1,500 Access routes Transition (buffer) zones	Grand Lake St. Mary's Alum Creek Mohican
10	Montana Doug Monger, Administrator Parks Division 1420 E. 6th P. O. Box 200701 Helena, MT 59620	1,200 Development Encroachment Transition (buffer) zones	Bannack Makoshika Rosebud Battlefield Pictograph Cave