The fund opens a new era of public land acquisition and park development for Texas, which ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per capita.

On a blistering June morning, Andy Sipocz brushes his fingers through the thick, sawgrass fronds rising higher than his head beside a creek in the Texas Hill Country.

The fund opens a new era of public land acquisition and park development for Texas, which ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per capita.

With new voter-approved funding, Texas is poised to purchase thousands of acres for a historic expansion of its 88-park system. Among the most recent additions to the state park system are ...

2. A 2,020-acre acquisition in Burnet County along the Colorado River across from Colorado Bend State Park. 3.