Not true....
The online grant petition is a guy from the Mud Turtles who wants the grant so he can try to buy the Cliffs from Steve Flynn who is the current owner.
Steve told me last week he has no immediate intentions or need to sell. I'm there almost every other weekend. Steve has his OWN petition in the office at the park. Of course he'd like some Gov money if he could get it. It would pay off the land for him.
You really want to help a place stay open... IMHO, don't bother signing a petition politicians could give a rats ass about! Shut off the computer, fix your junks and hit the trails!!!! People on the trails, means money into the park. Steve spends a hell of a lot of time making repairs to that place all week long. It's come a loooong way.
Gas is back to $2 a gallon. The park is a completely different place than it was when it opened. YES, there is MUD, but there are also some trails, ravines and hills that will challenge tube buggies with 44's. The place is no longer a tree slalom course. Trail #1 is no longer just an access road. There are many many new trails, some I just "discovered" this Spring. It's easy to get lost in some areas! Believe it or not, that can be fun!
If you haven't been there in some time, you should give it a try. Not necessarily after a couple inches of rain... but. (like this last Sunday)
I have to say, I'll put many trails at the Cliffs way better than Orange and White at the Badlands. Many parts of the Badlands are "played out" in my opinion. Does it have a quarry, NO but, 3 hours one way or 30 minutes one way..... hmmmmmmm. No sand dunes and 300 kids on quads or bikes buzzing around either!
