Struggling with debilitating budget cuts and devastating droughts and wildfires, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced Wednesday (July 25) it is seeking official corporate partners, allowing banks, hotels or other large businesses to use the...
Homeowners in Wildwood, N.J., will protest a proposed beach RV park on the boardwalk at Hildreth and Leaming avenues Saturday (July 28) at 11 a.m. According to Bob Grandinetti, board president of the Ocean Towers Condominiums on Cresse Avenue, the city and protestors...
A new public transportation route for the Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) will now make a stop at Thousand Trails’ Yosemite Lakes Campground. The Sonora Highway 120N Route will stop at the campground’s country store daily through Sept. 30,...
In what may be a first for Farmington, N. M., RV parks, Sundowner Mobile Home and RV Park has announced a new customer loyalty program for customers who return to rent an RV space. Working together with Jason Ayers, the creator of Mobile Home Park Classroom, Sundowner...
The sprawling, 100-acre Odetah Camp Resort in Bozrah, Conn., was stop No. 1 in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s tour of southeastern Connecticut on Wednesday (July 25) to promote the state’s new “Still Revolutionary” tourism campaign. Malloy and tourism officials met with...
A recreational vehicle park near Whitecourt, Alberta, was placed under a mandatory evacuation order on Wednesday (July 25) because of rising waters on the Athabasca River. People who live or are staying at the Sagitawah RV Park were ordered to leave as quickly as...
The California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC) has re-examined its stance on state conventions. Despite the desire and interest of CalARVC’s staff and board of directors, a decision was made to put CalARVC’s convention on a hiatus. The reason:...
The acting interim director of the California Parks and Recreation Department is a veteran of California state government. Janelle Beland, 41, of Sacramento, had been undersecretary of the California Natural Resources Agency before Gov. Jerry Brown appointed her...
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the CalARVC News and was written by Art Lieberman. Lieberman is president of MCPS for Campgrounds, a dedicated processor for the RV campground industry. He can be contacted by phone at (877) 858-9010 or by e-mail...
The Good Sam Club today (July 25) announced the dates for the organization’s two scheduled rallies in 2013. According to a press release, the first event will be held April 11-14 in Albuquerque, N.M., at the Balloon Fiesta Field, followed by a June 13-16 rally in...
Fewer visitors are making it out to visit Finger Lakes State Parks in New York this month than usual. And there’s something missing at the parks that’s causing the drop in visitors, WETM-TV, Elmira, reported. The parking lot at Watkins Glen State Park is...
Fifty-nine manufacturers and 192 suppliers were assigned display space totaling 706,503 square feet for the 50th Annual National RV Trade Show during the annual space drawing held July 20 at Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) headquarters in Reston, Va....
