North Carolina’s Parks and Recreation Authority has approved over $11 million in Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) monies for land acquisition and capital improvement projects for the next fiscal year. The Authority meeting, held Nov. 17 at Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, was led by Authority Chairman Neal Lewis and attended by a quorum of Authority members. The last Authority meeting to vote on funding for state parks was held last May at Carolina Beach State Park.
The land acquisition projects include new lands at Eno River, Grandfather Mountain, Hanging Rock, Lake James, Morrow Mountain, Elk Knob, Stone Mountain, South Mountains, Jockey’s Ridge, and Pettigrew state parks and Warwick Mill Bay, Salmon Creek, and Bushy Lake state natural areas.
Funds approved for capital improvement projects will be used for design of a pedestrian bridge at Eno River State Park, to meet shortfalls in under-funded Connect NC Bond projects, system-wide exhibit and trail maintenance, major maintenance projects, and demolition needs.
Division of Parks and Recreation Director Mike Murphy presented updates to the Authority about important events that occurred throughout the summer and early fall as well as important happenings for the Division in the coming year.
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North Carolina State Parks 
The first thing NC needs to do is to add water/electrical hookups to the state parks camping areas that don’t already have them. My wife and I intentionally camp in SC because nearly ALL of their camping areas have these amenities.
We hear you! We are working on it. 🙂