The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) and Recreational Park Trailer Industry Association (RPTIA) have announced an agreement under which park trailer manufacturers will be able to join RVIA as members. “This is something our members of RPTIA have been...
Calling it a “heartbreaker,” Mayor Bryan McGillis is lamenting his township’s loss of its lease to Farran Park in Ingleside, Ontario. “The park has been with the township 21 years,” McGillis said, reacting to Farran’s reclamation by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission,...
The mild winter that has given many Northern farmers a break from shoveling and a welcome chance to catch up on maintenance could lead to a tough spring as many pests that would normally freeze have not, The Associated Press reported. Winters are usually what one...
Advance reservations at several campgrounds, RV parks and resorts in the greater Branson, Mo., area were running well ahead of last year’s figures prior to last week’s tornado. Park operators are therefore concerned about negative effects of...
Work was suspended on Harry Gardner Park in Toutle, Wash., on Monday (March 5) after neighbors questioned the removal of 250 trees, but officials expect to be back at work soon. Concern spread through the southwest Washington community during the weekend after about...
An unusually mild winter is driving higher than average interest in early-season camping across West Virginia’s more than 25 state park campgrounds, WVNS-TV, Ghent, W. Va., reported. According to State Parks Chief Ken Caplinger, traffic at the official state...
Despite the rapid increase in gas prices the past few weeks, a spokesman for the recreational vehicle industry believes it will not directly affect RV sales. As reported by the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune, the RV market is coming off of a 5.1% increase in RV wholesale...
Gas prices will likely continue to rise as summer approaches, according to a new report from Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. Center for Business and Economic Research Director Mike Hicks says inflation, regulation and unrest in the Middle East are driving up...
Developers in Gulf Shores, Ala., seeking city approval to build a 110-lot RV resort next to a marina on the Intracoastal Waterway face tough opposition from the owners of the 66 adjoining acres and the 842 acres on the north side of Baldwin County 4, the Mobile...
Xanterra Parks & Resorts, the concessioner that runs lodges, restaurants and activities in Yellowstone National Park, says it will start opening campgrounds there in early May, The Associated Press reported. Campgrounds start to open on May 4 with the Madison...
Twin Cities residents worried about gasoline prices pushing past $4 per gallon this summer might take a look at camping and fishing closer to home, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Three Rivers Park District will open its campground reservation system on March...
The new online system for Minnesota state park reservations could not handle the flood of traffic it got one day last week and crashed about an hour after going online. Deb Pleasants and her family love the state parks, so they wasted no time trying to reserve...
