state parks

This "secret" state park is being heralded as one of the best state parks, if not the best state park in Louisiana!

Because of Texas' size it has a very diverse climate and terrain. Texas has plateaus, canyons, plains, hills, and mountains. 90% of Texas is privately owned, so the land can't be explored by its residents. Luckily, Texas does have some great state parks that let you experience all it has to offer.

Discover the breathtaking beauty of Texas state parks through these 12 amazing hiking trails!

"Santa Elena Canyon has the tallest cliffs forming this Texas canyon, but it also has something else quite unique, rock-climbing bears."

The new discounts are available at the twenty - one parks in Louisiana.

How would you like to spend a weekend at Burger King State Park at Caddo Lake?  Or Capital One State Park at Lake Bistineau? It could happen with a new law passed at this year's legislative session in Baton Rouge. The statute, originally proposed by Houma Representative Norby Chabert, allows the state Office of Tourism to sell naming rights for state parks or to grant leases to companies who can a

Just for clarification, Louisiana is not the trashiest state because of the number of trailer parks per capita.  We're talking literal trash, the kind that people throw out the windows of their cars.  Like dirty diapers wadded up and tossed in the parking lot of Wal-Mart...

As you are probably aware, our state has a budget crisis.  On Wednesday of last week, lawmakers hammered out a solution to a mid-year budget deficit, but the budget problems aren't going away.  Funding for TOPS scholarships for Louisiana residents who attend state schools will only be at 70% of the cost for tuition...