Governor Steve Bullock signed HB24 creating a state Parks and Recreation Board on April 29, 2013 at the Pictograph Caves State Park interpretive center. The bill provides powers, duties, and rule making authority to the Board to oversee state parks, primitive parks, state recreational areas, public camping grounds, state historic sites, state monuments, and other heritage and recreational resources. The State Parks and Recreation Board will consist of five citizens appointed by the governor from five different districts of the state. The Board should be appointed and functional by the end of summer.
