State park plan advances

Supporters of a plan to convert the former Elks Lake and adjoining Lehigh Portland Trails into a new state park will speak to Kansas lawmakers on Thursday in Topeka.

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February 10, 2023 - 4:24 PM

Iola Industries board members, from left, John McRae, Mary Kay Heard and John Masterson stand on the shore of the 138-acre lake and surrounding 200-plus acres that the organization has gifted to the state in the hopes it becomes Lehigh Portland State Park. The trio were interviewed Friday afternoon by KOAM news station.

Proponents of converting the former Elks Lake and adjoining Lehigh Portland Trails system into a new state park will be in Topeka Thursday to speak to Kansas lawmakers.

The House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources has scheduled a 3:30 p.m. hearing to discuss the particulars of creating what would be called the Lehigh Portland State Park.

The measure must first be approved by the Legislature and then signed into law by Gov. Laura Kelly.

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