That's a great idea! That whole thing about just selling the animals from Lone Elk to zoos (from a quote in the article) is crazy. Zoos already deal with a lot of unwanted animals from a variety of places, and most of them, especially the smaller ones, are operating on shoestring budgets already. On Nov 2, 2011, at 8:08 AM, Bear Mike wrote: > I would think it be expensive to shut down Lone Elk. Perhaps we should start > a "Friends of STL County Parks" group and help raise money. > > Mike Griffin > World Wide Technology, INC. > O - 314-995-8935 > C - 314-308-0916 > > Sent from my AT&T iPhone. > Please excuse any typos. > > On Nov 2, 2011, at 7:23 AM, Maggie Madonia <letsride94@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I am not sure why they just don't consider charging a nominal fee especially >> for Lone Elk and George Winter. Who wouldn't pay .50 to go to Lone Elk or >> launch a jet ski at George Winter. (or to fish at Suson Park, maybe a >> yearly pass for a few bucks) I would versus losing these parks. >> >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Dan Baldenweck <harp8n@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> St. Louis County is proposing closing some parks because of a budgetary >> shortfall. The list includes some of the biggies: West Tyson, >> Greensfelder, Lone Elk, Simpson...and many more. >> >> Here's a map: >> >> http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&vpsrc=6&ctz=300&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=211388461394182029991.0004b0b1e3d928ccdeb1d&t=m&ll=38.659778,-90.43396&spn=0.53618,0.75531&z=10&source=embed >>