Arizona State Parks (government)
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Arizona State Parks is the governing agency of all Arizona state parks. The agency was created in 1957, following the rapid growth of the post-World War II recreation and tourism industries in the American Southwest.[1] The agency's board was created in 1957, and currently has seven members plus an executive director.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Book review for "Gateways to the Southwest: The Story of Arizona State Parks," Environmental History, January 2005". Archived from the original on October 12, 2008.
- ^ Arizona State Parks Board Archived January 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine