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(Dec. 7, 2012) -- A new campground is under construction in Summers County’s corridor of the New River Gorge’s National River in West Virginia, reports the Beckley Register-Herald.

(Dec. 7, 2012) -- The 2012 Pennsylvania Campground Owners Association Convention will go down in the history books as one of the best ever, said Gruber. "There was an excitement in the air. The facility was perfect, the seminars were awesome, everyone had a great time and the networking was phenomenal."

(Dec. 7, 2012) -- A campground in Greene County,Va. offers cabins, tents, and RV sites, and, also, a piece of America's past in the form of cabooses, reports The Charlottesville Newsplex.

(Dec. 7, 2012) -- Ecopreneurist writes that the holiday season is a great time to equip the eco-conscious campers in your life, and solar lights and solar phone chargers are what's hot right now.

(Dec. 7, 2012) -- When money from a license plate renewal surcharge starts to come in, Illinois' DNR director told The State Journal-Register, crumbling roads, sagging roofs and aging sewage treatment plants at the parks will be the top priority.

(Dec. 7, 2012) -- Western National Parks Association (WNPA), a nonprofit education partner of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) in California, will host its first annual holiday sale at King Gillette Ranch on Dec.15.

(Dec. 7, 2012) -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park announces that the CD, Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music, produced by the park's nonprofit educational partner, Great Smoky Mountains Association, has been nominated for a Grammy Award.

(Dec. 7, 2012) -- A proposed seasonal RV park and water park in Ocean View, Del. didn’t get its needed zoning changes and conditional use request approved by the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission, which voted 3-2 Thursday against the three land-use requests, reports The News Journal.

(Dec. 7, 2012) -- More than five weeks after Superstorm Sandy, some people in the Tri-State Area are still suffering, writes CBS Local. The Berrin family of six is making do inside a borrowed camper on their front lawn in Babylon.

(Dec. 7, 2012) -- The Tennessee Valley Authority is encouraging people to get outdoors with a new interactive map of recreational opportunities on undeveloped TVA public lands, TVA announced yesterday.