Ocean Canyon Properties (OCP), a privately owned membership camping resort company with headquarters in Texarkana, Texas, announced a new business banking partnership with Texana Bank. Texana Bank is locally owned and operated, with five branches spanning across east...
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal released Tuesday (May 23) calls for a $2.55 billion 2018 budget for the National Park Service (NPS), including funding increases for priorities like deferred maintenance, according to an announcement from the NPS. The...
Cabela’s, a leading retailer of hunting, fishing, camping, shooting sports and related outdoor gear, announced that it has updated and expanded its line of tents across all categories. New and upgraded options are now available for almost any backpacking, family or...
RVC Outdoor Destinations announced that it will open Yosemite RV Resort, a 34-acre property in Coarsegold, Calif., Friday, June 2. The resort’s opening weekend celebrations start Friday morning with coffee and donuts and a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 p.m. and...
The Madison County (N.C.) Planning Board overwhelmingly rejected a special-use permit application for a group campground on Windswept Ridge Road, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported. A public hearing on the issue attracted nearly 50 residents who live near the...
Laguna Vista RV Park in Marshall, Texas, announced the implementation of CampReward.com to provide its customers with online booking and the opportunity to earn points for their stays. “We are excited to begin using CampReward to accept online bookings,” said General...
Kampgrounds of America’s (KOA’s) annual Care Camps Big Weekend set a new camper attendance record May 12-13, drawing about 4% more camping families than the event brought to participating KOAs in 2016. The Care Camps Big Weekend, now in its 14th year, is a major...
Santa Barbara County, Calif., is looking at proposed adjustments in park fees and camping costs on campgrounds in the area, which could mean a bigger chunk of money coming out of people’s pockets to have fun, television station KSBY reported. Two of the...
The Rafter J-Bar Ranch Campground in Custer, S.D., is losing business because it can’t hire enough foreign workers under the H2B Visa program, television station KOTA reported. The owner of the campground, Todd George, said they lost seven groundskeepers because...
Leisure Systems Inc.(LSI) announced it will hold a prospective owners workshop Sept. 16-17 with seminars designed for people thinking of going into the campground business as well as existing campground owners who are considering joining the Yogi Bear’s...
Camp-California.com, the statewide travel planning resource for camping enthusiasts run by the California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC), identified a handful of privately owned and operated campgrounds and RV resorts that still have a few spaces...
A small fire was quickly doused by bystanders after a camper’s burning paper plate was blown out of a fire pit and ignited the nearby dry brush in Utah’s Washington County, the St. George News reported. Friday afternoon (May 19), firefighters were called to the...
