View of limestone bluffs in Cliff Cave Park.
Will St. Louis County have to close it parks? According to stltoday.com St. Louis County officials consider it a possibility at some county parks because of what administrators say is a fiscal crisis requiring the Parks Department to slash $4.3 million from its budget. It would be a shame to close or even limit access to the recreational space provided by the county’s 23 parks. The 500-acre Cliff Cave Park in south county encompasses a low flood plain adjacent to the Mississippi River. The site is bisected by railroad tracks that lie directly at the base of two limestone bluffs. The trail head for a network of climbing and walking paths is next to the site where this sketch was done. There is an actual Cliff Cave, once known as Indian Cave, that has been barred to protect a colony of endangered bats.
Esley Hamilton, the county’s preservation historian, said he can’t understand why the Parks Department is being targeted. He said that polls have shown that the value county residents place on parks is second only to police protection. Hamilton is reported to have found out that his job has also been cut in the new budget.
Bluffs, Cliff Cave Park, 11/13/2011; Michael Anderson, Watercolor on Canson 140lb cold pressed, 7″ x 10″.
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