WRAC Wreport
Let's review: Most (all?) of the ski trails in the State that are groomed at State Sno-parks are on US Forest Service land (like Cabin Creek) or State Parks land; either way, the grooming at the Sno-parks is managed by State Parks, which works with either private contractors (like LandTek at Cabin Creek and Erling Stordahl) or State employees, and paid for with the revenues from the Sno-park permits we buy -- 100%, no property tax or sales tax, strictly user fees. Every year, the State Parks staff puts together a preliminary budget projecting next year's expenditures, including standard budget items as well as new funding requests from representatives of various Sno-parks for their various projects, based on last year's revenues. That budget is then handed to the members of the Winter Rec Advisory Committee, who represent all the different districts across the State. They discuss it at the summer WRAC meeting, make suggestions, ask questions of State Parks staff and the c