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Division of Parks and Recreation for Expenditures DIVISION OF PARKSAND RECREATION EmsstJ. Gsbhart and E. Lou Presas - OITIGINS OF STATE PARKS Ohio StateParks or iginated from the canalsystem and reservoirsdeveloped in the 19thCentury by the Ohio Canal Comrnissionfor commercialkaffic. With construction beginningin 1825,these areas soon became popular for fishing.boating,andfamilyoutings.By1848,whmrail- roadsbecame available for tran$portationand water com- mercewas declining,recreational use of the canalsand reservoirsincreased. The GeneralAssembly in 1894dedi- catedLicking Reservoirfor use asa pubtc park and changedits nameto BuckeyeLake in 1896.In reality, this was Ohio's first StatePark. The remainingcanal lakes were dedicatedas parks in 1902(Fig. 8.1). Forestarea parks beganwith Hocking StateForest- Park in 1924followed by additional acquisitionsprimarily during the economicdepr€ssion of the 1930's.Wildlife parks developedabout the sametime with the land being purchasedby money obtainedfrom hunting and fishing Iicenses.During the 1940's,the Conservationand Natural Ligwe 8.1. Guiford Lakeit ColutnbiatlaC0ntt!, ute of thecanl lakes, ResourcesCommission in the Deparknentof Agdculture is nou n Stlte Pdrk ind d populaf.fishing loke. Dii,isitn of Parks,znrl Recreatio,tfilc photo,Seplall1het7959. was responsiblef'or the lakesand parks. However,the areas were maintaind by other Stateagmcies whose primary missionwas not the developmentand managementof The Divisions parks. The Department of Public Works conirplled the canal Water of the Iowa State Conservation Commission, was reservoirs; the Division of Forestry of the Ohio Agricultural appointed first Chie{ of the Dvision of Parks on 5 December Experiment Station controlled the forest areas, and the 7949. Division of Conservation and Natural Resourcesin the foint meetings were held in early 1950with the Natural Departrnent of Agriculture controlled the wildlife areas. ResourcesCommission (seeFigure 4.1 on page 35) and the (Seealso Chapters 2, 6, 7, and 9 .) Wildlife Council (seeFigure 6.19 on page 64 to determine the administration and maintenance of areas under control and to decide which Division should C&EAT'XONAND EARI,Y of the Department have the primary responsibility for these areas. It was A(: I'I\/1i-tFtst]F '.rHll deternrined that areas primarily used for hunthg and DI SItlrr". Olj i'ARKS fishing rather than general recreation should be managed The need for centralized joint$ by the Division of Parks and the Division of Wildlife. plarming and management of Areas where timber management was necessary should be these park areas was brought to managed iointly by the Division of Parks and the Dvision of the attention of the General Forestry. The Dvision of Parks retained tl4 State Parks after Assembly; and after lengthy this joint agreemmt was reached. commitlee hearings during 1948, Chief Flickinger recognized that before the new ' ' ;i . i'r, , Amended SenateBill 13 was Division could begin to function as a unit, it needed to be ., r;..;:r,,,i,,, .i .,,..li i, ;.-. passed in 1949 and signed into law organized in a manner that would permit efficient and by Govemor Frank J. Lausche. proper administration of tasks in accordance with the This Act, creating the Ohio directive from the General Assembly. Work was being Departmeni of Natural Resourceson 11 August 1949, handled as it had in the past and continued in the same provided the newly created Dvision of Parks immediate manner pending development of an organizahonal pattem title and operating responsibilities for 16 parks, 10 recre- integrating the various responsibilities and work loads. ational reserves, 2 canalways, 6 waysides, and 18 lake By vfutue of iis newneso, the Division was not ham- reserves. In addition, three federally owned reservoirs to be pered by traditioq and the opportunity for effecting an ideal operated under license for the United States Army Corps of pattern of orgarrization for long-term operation was excel- Amended SenateBill 13 Engineers were brought within tt€ iurisdiction of the lmt. Detailed studies were made of Division. T1riswas a somewhat chaotic collection of proper- to deternrine mandated responsibilities and legislative ties and problems; some of these areas were good, some intent. ODNR employees were consulted and field checks bad, and some questionable for use as State Parks. There were made to determine problems of each area. Inquiries were parks as large as 14,000aces and as small as 26 acres. were directed to other states conceming the good and bad A total of 82,829acres was assigned to the Division which points of their edsting organizations. and their recom- became the basis of today's excellent Ohio State Park mended changes. The National Park Service was requested system. to submit suggestions. After the data were compiled and The Division operated on a provisional basis during ib analyzed. the organizational pattern for the Dvision was first montls while various individuals were being consid- developed and placed into effect January 1950. ered for the position of Chief. Qualifications of profession- Administration of the Division was divided into three als in state park adminishation were reviewed and recom- Sections each headed by a Superintendent responsible for mendations were made to ODNR Director Madon. V.W. various activities. The Inland Lake Section, headed by Flickinger (Fig. 8.2) Chief of the Division of Lands and Assistant Chief Carl Miller, was responsible for all work in 106 r94$r989 cormection with marine acti\rities of the Division, water officer,KarIE,Stockmon. OthersonstalfincludedRalph areas,dredging o'perations, lake pahol, boat and motor Baughrun, Carl Calland, Earl Clark, Paul Kitzmiller, John licmses, dock pernrits, boat inspections, cofltlol of vegeta- Sunderland, Kenneth Landon, Warren Landon. Lytle tiorl marine laws and navigation, heavy marine construc- Steensen,Ralph Clevenger, Floyd Loomis. Carl Webb, Ray tion. surveys on State pr operty, and the establishmerit of Lance. and Don Sheldon along with fames Mclaughlin, Ray boundaries in all areas under the jurisdiction of the Dvi- Comer, William McQueery Seymour Nervcomb, Dale sion. Responsibility of this Section was furtlrer divided into Hopkins, Kerneth Byers and S.A. Reichley who had all three units: Maintmance, Operations, and Planning and transferred from the Dvision of Forestry, Construction. The Dvision divided lhe state into five districts. Ike Art Day, who transferred from the Division of For- Bastian, who transferred from the Ohio Historical Society, estry, was Superintendmt of the Area and Facility Manage- was responsible for the southern areas,and lay Eastlake was ment S€ction. This Section was responsible for managing, responsible for the northem areas. Park Managers were operating, and maintaining the individual areas of the State responsible for the day-to-day operations and maintenance Park system to msure maximum public use. Also within of the State Parks in thes€ districts. The qualificatio,ns of all the scope of this Section was the interpr etive programs available perso'nnel from former Dvisions were reviewed to including natural. scientific, and cultual features and fill the positions created during the restructuring of the values. organlzation. Thoee available and qualified were retained Carroll E. Bazler, formerly with the Dvision of For- and assigned to various areas of the Dvision. The filling of estry. was named Superintmdent of the Planning and positions which requhed technical personnel was d€pen- Development System Section and responsible for the dent on available firnds. selectior! acquisition. and planning of individual areas,both Funds for operations and maintenance were exnemely present and future, and for the construction of public use Iimited. The 4 Decmrber 1949issue ol the ColumhusCitizen facilities. This Section was divided into two units: Plans staleL '.I/Vith its right hand the 98th General Assembly and Designs, and Force Account Construction, the latter pour ed out money for acquiring and developing new involved with consEuction addition and improvement recreation areas,but it kept its left hand in the pocket that proiect requests ftom the State Parks that had not been held the maintenance and operaHon money," The need for included in the existing schedule for capital improvemmt long-range development became apparenq and a temporary funding. These requests were evaluated, and, if approved, rotary fund, in which the receipts from facilities on areas the oper ation and maintenance funds were transferred for use Dvision had acquired from the Dvision of Forestry, was in these projects. deposited and used for operating and maintaining of those The Chief, with ihe help of George O'Malley. formerly properties. Division funds were supplemented by appro- with the Division of Forestry, handled issues which affected priations from ODNR and the State Emerg€ncy Board. Total the Dvision as a whole. Cooperative efforts with other operations monies for 1949150was $150,161. In spite of Divisiom and Sections of ODNR were cleared by the Chief budgetary conshainb planning and activities continued rather than the individual involved. Cooperation and with furvor and resourcefulness. consultation with other Ohio and federal agencies, as well as During the Division s fir st eleven months, recorunen- fiscal and budget matters, were of Division interest. Infor- dations for long-term developm€nt were created. The list of mation involving news releasesand reports that p€rtained recommendations included creation of an indusive rotary to
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