America’s Great Outdoors is vital to the quality of life for most Americans and key to the nation’s $887 billion per year outdoor recreation industry. As reported by RVIA Today Express, the federal government manages nearly one-third of the nation’s surface area,...
Companies that operate visitor services in national parks are pushing the Trump administration to outsource more work to the private sector. The Hill reported that the hospitality industry is betting that President Trump’s desire to cut the National Park Service’s...
More and more campgrounds within the national forest system are not actually run by the U.S. Forest Service. They’re operated by private companies. Marketplace reported that in the Los Padres National Forest along California’s Central Coast, for example, 52 of its 125...
As the tiny house movement continues to grow, Pearl Lake Manager Bob Severson is hard at work building them. For 27 years Wisconsin’s Pearl Lake has been buying 400-square-foot park homes and then adding room additions in its recreational neighborhood, open May...
By now, all of Oregon’s reservable campgrounds in the path of this year’s total solar eclipse are booked. But left unaccounted for are the hundreds of first-come, first-served sites that will be up for grabs this August. Between the U.S. Forest Service and...
Camping World Holdings Inc. President and CEO Marcus Lemonis said today (June 30) that the company will keep 57 Gander Mountain and Overton’s brand locations in operation that it acquired earlier this year. Previously, Lemonis indicated the goal was to keep 70 of...
Arizona’s Gila Bend KOA Campground has a new 15- by 25-foot American flag, which has been installed in time for July 4th weekend festivities. “Flags are a symbol of our heritage and our freedom, and when visitors arrive in Gila Bend, the first thing they will...
Legislators may say they have until midnight Friday (June 30) to pass a Washington budget and avoid a government shutdown, but the state park system says its deadline comes much sooner. Washington state parks will need to begin shutdown procedures on Friday morning...
Vermont state parks and the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department have expanded the popular Reel Fun Vermont program for 2017. The Mountain Times reported that 18 Vermont state parks now offer free loaner fishing equipment to park visitors, along with a mix of...
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will be holding fireworks shows in several state parks in the days leading up to the July 4 holiday. The Washington Times reported that Indiana Dunes State Park in Chesterton will have food vendors and a display on Thursday....
Never mind the hike. Where’s the hammock? As reported by U.S. News & World Report, a new poll about summer travel finds that the No. 1 thing Americans want to do on vacation is … nothing. Almost three-fourths of Americans say resting and relaxing is...
When those of us born before the advent of the Baby Boomers explosion went camping, it usually meant going to our backyard, propping three wobbly bean poles together, draping them with old quilts and roasting marshmallows on hastily whittled pointed sticks over a pile...
