The National Weather Service on Thursday (March 22) issued a flash flood warning for part of the Sierra foothills near Yosemite National Park, saying that Moccasin Dam in Tuolumne County, Calif., was at risk of “imminent failure.” The dam was later determined to be...
The European “glamping” brand Huttopia was founded in Lyon, France, in 1999 and is now actively making inroads into the Canadian and U.S. markets. According to the company, its first park was opened in North America near Montreal in 2015 with another following in the...
The U.S. Forest Service has agreed to postpone some of its fee increases on camping grounds for two years after officials from Brookings, Ore., sent the agency a letter saying the proposal was too much, too soon after the Chetco Bar Fire. Areas that will have proposed...
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest officials have yet to decide whether they will reverse plans to close a popular northern Wisconsin campground until further notice. Boulder Lake Campground in northwestern Oconto County is currently closed and would normally open in...
All bids are in and contracts are expected to be awarded for a Yellowstone National Park project in Wyoming that will cause ongoing travel delays in certain portions of the park. According to the Big Horn Radio Network, over the next two years delays are expected...
A Mesick, Mich., RV and mobile home park is being ordered to stay open, despite its owner’s efforts to close a portion of it. Pat Smith, owner of Pat’s RV Park, says he needs to close the mobile home portion because of financial reasons. Smith says his father, who...
Interest rates are going up again, thanks to a well-telegraphed Federal Reserve move Wednesday (March 21). CNBC reported that central bankers, led by Jerome Powell in his first meeting as chairman, approved the widely expected quarter-point hike that puts the new...
The Hillsboro (Kan.) City Council at its March 13 special meeting changed its policy regarding the city’s public overnight campground in Memorial Park in anticipation of the start of construction of the Diamond Vista Wind Energy Project in the vicinity of Marion...
The trails and campgrounds that were closed due to the Anhinga Fire in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve reopened Wednesday (March 21) for recreational use. Pink Jeep, Gator Head and Bear Island campgrounds are open, as are Bear Island Grade Trail,...
The Stettler Agri-plex meeting room was filled to capacity on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) for the County of Stettler’s Public Hearing on the Paradise Shores RV Resort in Alberta. Some carried red “OPPOSED” signs as they packed into rows of chairs laid out during the...
The Delta County (Mich.) Board of Commissioners voted in favor of allowing the Delta Conservation District (DCD) to move forward with a grant application for a proposed project at Rapid River Falls Park. The decision came after a public hearing Tuesday (March 20),...
Widely recognized as one of the marquee events in the campground industry, the 2018 Wisconsin Association of Campground Owner’s (WACO) 2018 Convention didn’t disappoint as it attracted several hundred attendees from more than 125 campgrounds in Canada and eight...
