Missouri buys land for 3 new state parks

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BRANSON MO NEWS: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri is adding three new state parks totaling more than 8,000 acres. Gov. Jay Nixon said Friday that they were purchased for about $15 million.
Money came from a settlement with lead mining companies. Some state park funds set aside for land acquisitions also were used for two of the parks.
The largest park is Oregon County’s Eleven Point State Park. The more than 4,000-acre park near Alton includes six miles of river frontage.
Bryant Creek State Park is in Douglas County near the Ozark County line. The nearly 3,000-acre park has pine and oak forests and bluffs by Bryant Creek.
Ozark Mountain State Park is northwest of Branson. It’s about 1,000 acres and includes grassy ridges and hills known as knobs.(Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)News release from Governor’s Office
Missourians are gaining three new state parks in southern Missouri that will have some of the state’s most distinctive natural landscapes and features on their more than 8,000 acres, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today. The addition of Eleven Point State Park in Oregon County, Bryant Creek State Park in Douglas County and Ozark …



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