Month: September 2012

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- The last park to close this season in Springville City, Utah will be Jolley’s Ranch.

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- CalFire investigators believe a timber fire that rapidly spread last week south of Año Nuevo State Reserve was the latest example of a blaze being caused by someone illegally camping in the wilderness, writes the Half Moon Bay Review.

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- KOAA.com is reporting Susie's Outwest Café and Steakhouse at the Black Bear RV Park in Howard, Colo. was destroyed by a fire overnight.

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- "Judging by the sheer amount of inquiries we get for these DIY motorhomes, we think there must be quite a considerable number of self-built motorhome projects happening at any one given time."

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- Coquitlam Now writes that Port Coquitlam's Meridian RV has been named the 2011 Canadian RV Dealer of the Year by the RV Dealer's Association.

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- The “P” in FWP will say goodbye to 30 years of experience Friday when Lee Bastian retires as Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Region 2 parks supervisor, reports The Missoulian.

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- For years, recreational vehicle owners have enjoyed parking along Cabrillo Boulevard in Santa Barbara, Calif., to see the waterfront. But now if they do so, they will get a ticket, writes KEYT.

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- Writing for Florida Voices, the “Queen of State Parks,” talks about park popularity, why visitors flock to Florida parks, the income parks generate and park funding, and "misguided" privatization efforts.

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- The Denver Post reports a U.S. Forest Service push to privatize management of campgrounds is prompting a backlash from critics who oppose concessionaires charging day-use fees to access federal lands.

(Sept. 28, 2012) -- Construction at Wyoming's Boysen State Park has been completed and the Lower Wind River Campground has been reopened.