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Fees at Colorado state parks for camping, reservations and boat registrations will increase Friday. But daily entry fees and the cost of annual passes will stay the same, according to The Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colo. Camping fees will rise by $2 per night and...
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. (ELS) recently participated in a real-estate equities conference and its executive vice president and CFO, Michael B. Berman, provided a presentation on the ELS properties and customers. The presentation goes into some interesting...
Colorado’s Larimer County is now in the camping business with the Estes Valley Park and Recreation District. The county commissioners approved a contract Tuesday (Dec. 29) for county staff to manage two Estes Park campgrounds that the district leases from the...
Jimmy Crain,a pioneer South Carolina RV dealer and campground owner, is a man of many careers and few regrets. In the 1940s just after World War II, when Jimmy Crain and the Lazy River Boys were playing country music in south Georgia, the quartet sometimes performed...
The growth of housing near national parks, national forests and wilderness areas within the United States may limit the conservation value that these protected areas were designed to create in the first place, a new study has found. The researchers determined that...
Watch today’s video featuring Airstream Inc. CEO Bob Wheeler and Kampgrounds of America Inc. CEO Jim Rogers. Rogers and Wheeler were interviewed today (Dec. 29) on the Fox Business Network. The two were interviewed concerning the rebound of the outdoors industry...
The state of Iowa is moving to close selected trails, parks and beaches and might close entire parks if budget cuts grow, the Department of Natural Resources’ director said. The department has lost 25% of its general-fund cash in the past year because of weak...
Advocacy. Education. Marketing. It’s essentially the code of honor for Campground Association Management Professionals (CAMP) and something newly elected president Rick Abare takes seriously. Abare, who is also executive director of the Maine Campground Owners...
The more than 300 campsites at Yellowstone National Park’s Fishing Bridge campground won’t have electricity next summer. Xanterra Parks and Resorts, the concession operator of the campground, decided to cut the inadequate service available while negotiating with the...
Editor’s Note: The Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader published this editorial on Sunday (Dec. 27). The months-long process of revising Sioux Falls’ ordinance covering campgrounds has produced a workable compromise that should benefit campground owners and...
The Good Sam Club, the world’s largest recreational vehicle owners’ organization with nearly 1 million member families, has announced the recipients of the Good Sam 2009 RVer of the Year Award, according to a news release. Monty and Susan Scales, hurricane relief...
