Huron–Clinton Metroparks

[1] The system provides employment for 200 full-time and part-time employees year-round and 1,000 additional summer workers.

The park system was authorized in 1939 and funding began in 1942 with local property taxes providing for most of the budget.

The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMA) is the body that administers the Metropark system and is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners.

[2] The park system features 84 miles (135 km) of paved hike/bike trails at nine Metroparks for walking, bicycling and in-line skating.

[4] An overpopulation of white-tailed deer in the parks in recent years was handled by a controversial special archery hunt.