The Camden County Parks Department is also working to create a better version of one of Camden County’s great parks. The Freeholder Board has approved a $5 million plan that will add new features and improve existing attributes of Cooper River Park so that it may continue to serve a large and diverse population for years to come.The goals of the plan include protecting the river and the park by creating natural buffers to stabilize the banks, and to promote environmental awareness through signage and educational tours. It also seeks to expand views of the river by reducing vegetation in selected areas and providing designated public space at the river’s edge.