Efforts to save a Los Angeles man who was swept into the Kern River Saturday afternoon (July 10) while playing volleyball at the Upper Richbar Campground failed, the Bakersfield Californian reported. Hector Salinas, 29, was pronounced dead at Kern Medical Center just...
Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he doesn’t care about his low job approval rating, but in a rare concession Friday he scrapped a plan to allow camping on Honeymoon Island because of fierce public opposition, the St. Petersburg Times reported. In a news release sent...
Mike Horan, managing partner of South Haven/Sunnybrook RV Resort in South Haven, Mich., announced that he has established a joint venture agreement with RV resort development pioneer Randall Henderson, founder of Outdoor Resorts of America Inc. Henderson will work in...
The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) plan to extend its membership to a greater number of state parks in an effort to strengthen the campground industry’s political power and marketing potential is generating positive comments throughout the...
Brian Matayoshi, a 57-year-old Gardena, Calif., pharmacist who lived in North Torrance, has been identified as the victim of the fatal bear attack that took place in the Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday morning (July 6), examiner.com reported. Matayoshi, an RV...
The old Centennial Park campground in Stone Mills, Ontario, is departing from its rowdy past, as overnight camping is no longer permitted at the facility. But it’s for the best, according to Stone Mills Township chief administrative officer Darlene Plumley. The...
Now is the time for the nation’s private and public parks to put aside their differences and work together, says Joe Elton, president of the National Association of State Park Directors (NASPD). Speaking with Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM) today...
Record rainfall, flooding, rising gasoline prices, a slow economy and, to top it off, a season of seemingly never-ending storms are all being blamed for what has been a slow start to the tourism season in western South Dakota, the Rapid City Journal reported. Renelle...
Now that hundreds of residents and a park advisory committee have urged the state to keep RVs and campers out of Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County’s legislative delegation plans to wade into the issue too, the St. Petersburg Times reported. State Rep....
Click here to watch a video, courtesy of KPVI-TV, Pocatello, Idaho, about the following story. It’s the peak of summer and many consider this as the perfect time to go camping with family and friends. In Heise, Idaho, however, the aftermath of campsites are...
With campers being turned away from Minnesota’s state parks, private campgrounds and resorts are showing slight benefits in the wake of the state’s government shutdown, Reuters reported. “It isn’t hurting. It’s been helping us a little...
Dunedin, Fla., commissioners formally rejected the state’s RV camping plan for Honeymoon Island in a meeting at City Hall Thursday (July 7), the Dunedin Patch reported. They unanimously adopted a resolution against the state’s “proposal to permit the installation of a...
