... paid by the users of state parks to pay the operating costs. If the state parks were treated as independent business units, the $6.9 million would represent the total loss incurred by the state ... acres of lakeshore to the state. In the 1970s, the county used a federal grant to construct a golf course and, in 1986, the division added the golf course to Palisade State Park. The division reports ... parks. In this report, the full costs of state parks are usually reported. The full costs include the direct costs of operating a park plus the allocated overhead costs. There are two exceptions,...