The family of the late Curt and Helen Simonson was honored Tuesday (Jan. 12) by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) for selling long-held property near Starved Rock State Park, the Times reported. The property, formerly known as White Oak Campground,...
A new urban farm in Kelowna, British Columbia, is one step closer to opening and now heads to a public meeting, Kelowna Now reported. Despite the staff recommendation to not go ahead with a rezoning application, five city council members voted in favor, which now...
The seventh annual Youth Ice Fishing Day at Cascade Reservoir in Donnelly, Idaho, is just around the corner, and children and their parents are invited to spend a fun-filled day on the ice, fishing for yellow perch and rainbow trout, the Argus Observer reported....
Campsites around Larimer County, Colo., are already filling up for the sunny weekends of summer, particularly for the July 4 holiday, the Reporter-Herald reported. Horsetooth Reservoir, west of Fort Collins, is completely booked for the Independence Day weekend, while...
An 86-lot expansion to the RV Homebase in Maryborough, Australia, will cost the company about $23 million throughout the next few years, the Fraser Coast Chronicle reported. The expansion to the existing village at Tinana will see a total of 274 sites at the growing...
The Fountains Premier Motorcoach Resort of St. Augustine, Fla., an under-construction RV resort, announced that it is rolling out a new program at the Florida RV Supershow in Tampa Wednesday (Jan. 13) through Sunday. During the show, The Fountains announced that its...
What do you get when you cross one million snowbirds and desert rats, and add blocks of swap-meet junk? You get Quartzsite, Ariz., in January, the San Diego Reader reported. Starting in the fall, tens of thousands of bargain hunters head their RVs to the western...
The fate of a Laurel marina that’s got neighbors up in arms was put off for another month by the Southold (N.Y.) Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) Thursday (Jan. 7), the Southold Local reported. The 11-slip marina is tangled up in gnarly situation that spawned one court...
For some residents of Whispering Oaks and Ridge Manor Estates in Brockville, Fla.,, the distress in seeing a recreational vehicle park move in next door was focused on potential flooding, falling property values and disruption of a peaceful neighborhood. But for the...
Recreation facilities not associated with fishing and hunting at four Southern West Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) were officially closed as of Saturday (Jan. 9) in an effort to help the Division of Natural Resources’ (DNR’s) parks and recreation...
A judge on Monday (Jan. 11) approved the hiring of an accountant to examine the financial records at the Raccoon Mountain Cave and Campground in Tennessee, the Chattanoogan reported. The judge, Chancellor Jeffrey Atherton, said each side in a lawsuit between warring...
An RV campground should be allowed on a farm next to Mission Creek, a narrow majority of Kelowna, British Columbia, city councillors voted, the Kelowna Daily Courier reported. The proposal is compatible with city policies that promote tourism and small business, and...
