RV Daily Report

(Feb. 4, 2013) -- Work has been under way for weeks to develop a 5.1-acre site about two miles east of Morristown, Ohio and transform it into an RV park, reports the Wheeling Intelligencer.

(Feb. 4, 2013) -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteer campground hosts for its Lime Island State Recreation Area.

(Feb. 4, 2013) -- More than a century after U.S. Army troops harnessed the power of flowing water to light Fort Yellowstone, the park is generating electricity from water again.

(Feb. 4, 2013) -- Taxpayers paid to fly state employees from southern California to Sacramento, where they went bowling when their plane landed, and CBS13  “On The Money” cameras caught them red-handed.

(Feb. 4, 2013) -- If inquiries about campsite application forms for reservable sites at West Virginia’s state parks and forests is an indication, camping in 2013 could be a banner year.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- A National Park Service (NPS) memo and related budget documents independently acquired by the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees show that planning is underway for sequestration-related budget cuts that would sharply reduce the ranks of park rangers and also result in deep cuts in park hours and a host of other key services that park visitors expect to receive.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- Commenting on national park connectivity plans, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says: “This would be a giant step toward ‘Disney-fying’ park interpretation, replacing rangers with corporate icons as your guides,” Ruch added. “Solitude values of parks will go by the board, as lodges, tents, trailheads and other park locations become just another place to fiddle with electronic devices.”

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- An architect last month opened an Airstream hotel consisting of four tricked-out trailers parked midtown at the Santa Barbara Auto Camp in California. The Los Angeles Times shares his story.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- Campground Owners of New York reports that Truman Hartshorn, Ph.D., owner of Lebanon Reservoir Campground in Hamilton, New York, has been re-elected to a second term as a member of the National Association of ARV Parks and Camprounds (ARVC) Board of Directors, representing the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Maryland.

(Feb. 1, 2013) -- In Massachusetts, the Berkley Board of Selectmen continued to discuss a special permit request for a proposed campground and multi-family home on Shoves Neck Island on Wednesday night and will continue the public hearing Feb. 13, reports the Taunton Daily Gazette.