Month: June 2012

(June 15, 2012) -- MHR Fund Management LLC said today that it has a 13.6 percent stake in Navistar International Inc, making it the largest shareholder in the U.S. truck and engine maker, reports Reuters.

(June 15, 2012) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says camping reservations are up 9.3 percent from the same time in 2011, reported the Associated Press.

(June 15, 2012) -- On Thursday, the National Park Service announced that potential danger from the unstable 3,000-foot-tall Glacier Point in Yosemite Valley will leave some of the valley's most popular lodging areas permanently uninhabitable, reports KQED.

(June 15, 2012) -- The first of it has begun to show up. In Oregon, the huge Japanese dock that washed ashore at Agate Beach State Recreation Area near Newport needs to go. Already, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff, paid contractors and volunteers have removed about a ton and a half of plant and animal material. By some estimates, the area of the debris field is twice the size of Texas, some of which may be radioactive from exposure to the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility.

(June 15, 2012) -- New Zealand’s premier tourism company, Tourism Holdings Limited (thl), is pleased to announce the acquisition of the KEA Rentals and Sales Motorhome brands in Australia from KEA New Zealand.

(June 15, 2012) -- Starved Rock State Park is now one of two finalists in the final round of the Illinois Office of Tourism’s Fan Favorite Sweepstakes, writes the Mendota Reporter. The other finalist is the Museum of Science and Industry.

(June 15, 2012) -- The Casper Star-Tribune Online reports that part of Guernsey State Park will reopen at 9 a.m. today. People are asked to stay out of burned areas and be mindful of burnt or weakened trees that might fall.

(June 15, 2012) -- Timothy McGettigan, professor of sociology at Colorado State University, writes in OpEdNews that instead of taking a traditional family vacation, he and his wife and two daughters rented an RV and made arrangements to volunteer at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah.

(June 15, 2012) -- With the summer camping season getting into full swing, Ocean Canyon Properties is both ready and proud to show off the results of its hard winter work. Over the course of the past six months, OCP has been hard at work at each of its eight resorts, developing and upgrading areas of the parks for members to enjoy.

(June 15, 2012) -- Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced the launch of a new initiative today to motivate and inspire students to excel in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The new initiative kicks off this weekend with a grassroots effort called the “Brickworld Build Team.”