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JACKSON • Mississippi lawmakers set out this year to fix the state s rundown parks system and ensure future funding for conservation projects, but they came up mostly empty handed as the legislative session closed last week. Lawmakers disagreed on whether to privatize some of the state s 25 parks, or find a public funding source. They didn t pass a bill for more advertising, even as surrounding states turn their parks into big tourism draws. And they couldn t hammer out a deal on establishing a $20 million conservation trust fund that could bring in extra federal money. “We’re nowhere, said Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, who serves on the House parks committee and leads its tourism committee. I think we once again have done what we’ve done every year — and we’ve ended up doing nothing. As tourism chair, I can tell you that it’s detrimental to us, not to fix our state parks.”

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