Story Published: Feb 3, 2010 at 10:33 PM PST
Story Updated: Feb 3, 2010 at 10:33 PM PST
The board said Wednesday it was reversing course and no longer considers closing state parks a viable option.
The Idaho Statesman reported that's a big change from 2009, a year in which the board voted to close Dworshak and consider shuttering at least two other parks.
Board Chairman Steve Klatt said at the meeting in Boise that the panel will be doing everything to keep parks open.
The department's business plan, presented to the Joint Finance-Appropriations budget writing committee only Monday, will have to be redone because it does not include Dworshak Park operating costs or staff.
The board directed its employees, 25 of whom are slated to be cut from headquarters staff in the coming year, to return quickly with a new plan to keep Dworshak and other parks open.
