RV Daily Report

(Dec. 12, 2011) -- The Concord Monitor reports Northern Pass paid $2.35 million late last week for a 118-acre Franklin campground where it would build a massive converter station if its proposed hydropower line from Canada is approved.

(Dec. 12, 2011) -- Lake Waccamaw State Park in Columbus County has been named the North Carolina 2011 Park of the Year by the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation.

(Dec.12, 2011) -- Oshkosh Corporation, a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies, today announced that it filed with the SEC definitive proxy materials in connection with the company's 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Jan. 27, 2012.

(Dec. 12, 2011) -- Apple Inc.'s ubiquitous catchphrase: "There's an app for that," can now be applied to Pennsylvania's state parks and forests, reports the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

(Dec. 12, 2011) -- The Ledger reports Polk County deputies and Sanlan RV Park residents bought presents for about 90 children in Polk County, Fla.

(Dec. 12, 2011) -- The Wenatchee World Online is reporting layoffs at Washington State Parks will have a much bigger impact than fewer bathroom cleanings and longer grass between mowings, according to local park rangers.

(Dec. 12, 2011) -- The city of Chamberlain and the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department remain in negotiations over how to proceed with about $150,000 in flood-damage repairs at American Creek Recreation Area in Chamberlain, reports the Daily Republic.

(Dec. 12, 2011) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has launched a YouTube channel, WIDNRTV, and plans to post stories Wednesday mornings.

(Dec. 12, 2011) -- The Dubuque Telegraph Herald is reporting the attorney for Flexsteel Industries appealed a recent ruling by a Dubuque County District Court Judge that said two insurance companies will not have to provide coverage on allegedly polluted air and drinking water near Elkhart, Ind.

(Dec. 12, 2011) -- Trees knocked down by a windstorm Dec. 1 in the central Sierra Nevada will block forest roads and disrupt vacation plans for months to come, according to state and federal forest managers quoted in the Stockton Record.