My first point is, there are other reasons for this neglect and discussion in addition to not enough money. One is the envirogreen elitists hate the generally unrestricted use by the public of what they feel should be their own private nature preserves (and a number of our "public servants" who run these areas have this sort of attitude),...
...and...
... the purposeful misuse and damage by drug growers/dealers and illegal immigrants in some areas is a significant and growing problem which needs to be addressed before these areas are ruined - not by Ma, Pa and the kids with their pop-ups and hot dogs over a fire but by criminals using these areas for their own nefarious purposes.
Both points went conveniently unmentioned by the author although they bear directly on the problem.
Although he waxed eloquently on many topics from leaky roofs to rotting bridges, he pretty much sniffily ending with the conclusion "send us much fewer people, more government jobs, and much more money".
And, oh, by the way, it's all the fault of that anti-environmental miser, GW Bush!