Parks director headed for new job in Santa Barbara County
After two and a half years with Arizona State Parks, Renée Bahl will be leaving the agency in December for a new job in central-southern California’s coastal Santa Barbara County. Bahl came to the parks department when budgets were being slashed and the department was trying to determine which of the parks it was going to be able to keep open. Now, she said, the outlook is far rosier.
Ariz. parks officials preparing closure list
State budget cuts have prompted officials to prepare a list of proposed park closures they said could turn into a "death spiral."