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Donations Reopen Primitive Camping
After being closed for two years due to state budget cuts, the Ryan’s Cove campground in California’s Humboldt Lagoons State Park reopened today after local groups raised the funds to restore the serene waterside site, the Pasadena Star-News reported....Officials Eye RV Park To Help Tourism
Officials in Clay County, Ky., hope an RV park will bring more visitors to the community, television station WYMT reported. The road to economic prosperity is not always paved from the start. Sometimes, it takes a little work first. That is why Clay County Judge...Michigan Harbor's Camping Approved
Michigan approved camping at the St. Clair Boat Harbor, but campsites won’t be available until next year, the Times Herald of Port Huron reported. St. Clair Mayor Bill Cedar said it would be up to city administrators to determine when to bid out the project....Flood, More Rain Don't Deter Campers
Bill and Christi Payne brought their RV out Sunday to Branched Oak Lake in Nebraska so they could get a good spot for the Labor Day weekend. “You have to, otherwise you won’t get one,” Bill Payne told the Lincoln Journal Star. The couple left their...Colo. Campground Housing Vounteers
The Drake Campground is on the mend and, despite being hit hard by the flood, has since become a temporary home for volunteer recovery workers in Colorado’s Big Thompson Canyon, the Daily Camera of Boulder reported. “We fed 230 people from Wisconsin who...Supporters Rally To Resume Camping
A rally is planned for this weekend in support of reopening the Albert Pike campground for overnight use in Arkadelphia, Ark., the Associated Press reported. Overnight camping has been prohibited at the south Arkansas campground since 2010, when 20 people died in...Campground Still At Odds With Town
Despite the hot August sun, Pam Brackett walked down a dirt lane at Chewonki Campground on a recent afternoon, shaded by about 20 tall white pines hand-planted by her father 53 years ago at the Wiscasset, Maine, campground, the Bangor Daily News reported. “This is our...Vermont: Corps Herbicide Broke Law
Nicky Frechette did not stay long during her recent visit to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers campground in Windham County, Vermont. The 41-year New York resident left shortly after she said she was sprayed with a liquid herbicide one morning at a South Londonderry...Outdoor Foundation Ball Raises $300k
More than 125 nonprofit projects will be funded thanks to the success of The Outdoor Foundation’s 2014 Outsiders Ball, which took place Aug. 5. According to a written announcement from the foundation, in one night, more than 1,000 friends, leaders and luminaries...Arizona Parks Report Another Good Year
Several campgrounds across northern Arizona experienced gains in revenue and occupancy through Labor Day weekend compared to the same period last year, according to the Arizona Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds. “Some of our members are reporting significant...Summer Surge Makes Up For Wet Spring
Spring was so wet that business levels at the Jellystone Park in Mill Run, Pa., plummeted 34% below normal. Then came summer, and a torrent of first-time Jellystone campers who not only helped the park offset its springtime losses, but pushed it into the black 11%...
