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Area campground and RV sites are filling up as more people are seeking to getaway this summer. State parks have seen an increase in bookings, especially for weekends.
State parks have seen an increase in visitors over the last year, including campers who have bought an RV or trailer for the first time. Previous Next
Sunday, May 16, 2021 1:00 am
Planning to camp? Book now for summer
TERRI RICHARDSON | The Journal Gazette
Area campground operators have some advice for those seeking reservations for a summer weekend: Book them now.
Matt Faley, manager of Camp Timber Lake in Huntington, says it s highly possible to book a weekend this summer, but as of last month, the holidays were just about filled up.
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After being closed for more than a year, gates to enter Ka‘ena Point on O‘ahu will reopen - but only for limited hours.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources announced that the Keawa‘ula entrance gate, which can be accessed from Farrington Highway on the Waianae Coast, will be reopened starting this Saturday.
Prior to the pandemic, the gates were always open. But they were closed due to emergency orders to limit gatherings.
The gates will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays until September 30. That’s when O‘ahu security gate contracts are up for renewal.
Smoke from an over 1,000-acre prescribed burn in a state park north of Fellsmere will likely be seen from Interstate 95 and could make its way north into Palm Bay, a park official said.
Crews with Florida Department of Environmental Protection started the controlled fire at St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park around 10 a.m. Wednesday, said Justin Teall, a natural resource manager with FDEP Division of State Parks.
He said smoke from the fire would likely move further north into Southern Brevard County and westward for days.
They started a test fire around 9:40 a.m. to check how it would react with wind and weather conditions.
Standing in the shadow of Mount Pisgah on a chilly, yet clear and sunny Earth Day at Pisgah View Ranch in Candler - slated to be Buncombe County s first state park - Gov. Roy Cooper announced his commitment to expanding outdoor recreation in Western North Carolina with an unprecedented boost to funding state parks. The outdoor recreation economy in North Carolina is booming, particularly here out West, so the more opportunities that we give to people to hike, to fish, to camp, to ride and to just be closer to nature is just critically important, Cooper said April 22.
Included in the governor s proposed budget is $210 million to the state Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which funds state parks capital projects, repairs and renovations of facilities and land acquisition - double the current funding level - and to the Land and Water Fund, which goes toward purchasing land that protects water quality.