Month: August 2012

(Aug. 21, 2012) -- The proposed 51-site Headquarter RV Park in Auburn has raised some concerns among residents who live around it, reports the Auburn Journal.

(Aug. 21, 2012) -- KCAU writes that some Black Hills campground operators say their businesses have been hurt by the ban on campfires and charcoal grills imposed during this summer's drought.

(Aug. 21, 2012) -- Howard Delo, a retired fisheries biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, discusses in the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman some of the differences he and his wife have noted in RV facilities around the state.

(Aug. 21, 2012) -- “Tourism and outdoor recreation are powerful economic engines in communities across the country,” Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said. “With the redesign of Recreation.Gov, we are making it easier for people to plan trips, find outdoor adventures, and explore activities at our public lands across the country.”

(Aug. 20, 2012) -- Industry Days at America’s Largest RV Show, held Sept.10 to 11 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Penn., offers something for every facet of the RV industry. Not only is it the first show in the nation with 2013 products, but attendees can also take advantage of several education clinics at affordable prices. 

(Aug. 20, 2012) -- On Sunday afternoon, a fire destroyed a pair of recreational vehicles parked at the Rent-a-Space self-storage facility in Cranberry, reports Patch.com.

(Aug. 20, 2012) -- Host and executive producer of the long-running Fisher’s ATV World airing on the Outdoor Channel, Fisher has been educating and entertaining fans for more than 10 years.  When Fisher invited the Keystone Raptor team to showcase their best selling toy haulers at the 5th Annual ATV World Reunion, August 9-12, Raptor jumped at the opportunity.  

(Aug. 20, 2012) -- On Sunday morning, four teenage boys inside a recreational vehicle in Corona were saved when a neighbor woke them up just before flames engulfed the vehicle, reports the Press-Enterprise.

(Aug. 20, 2012) -- The Rockford Register Star reports that a family of three escaped serious injury Saturday night after a vehicle ran over their tent in Rock Cut State Park.

(Aug. 20, 2012) -- The Dongguan plant is the second facility within the Hickory Springs Group to achieve ISO/TS 16949 certification, enhancing the division’s capabilities in the design and manufacture of engineered webbing and formed wire structures for the global OEM automotive seating industry. The Asian facility received the certification following a 15-month process that involved third-party audits of the systems it employs to design, produce and deliver its products.