Archive for March, 2007

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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Campground owner Mae Musick doesn’t want a mobile home park.

About 50 recreational vehicles are parked at Musick’s Campground near South Holston Lake, and most are there year-round.

Sullivan County officials agree.

Many campers look as though they might have been parked last week. But tires on others are sunk into the ground, indicating the recreational vehicles haven’t been moved in years.

The county Planning Commission approved changes to the zoning ordinances this month to more specifically regulate campgrounds in the county. The old regulations are vague and contradictory, Torbett said.

The changes would place campgrounds into three categories: temporary/special event, seasonal and commercial.

“We certainly want to get a better handle on some campgrounds that have been let go,” she said. “If there are some campgrounds that have been in violation, we’ll take a look at that. This is not set up to point fingers at anybody.”
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The Kennebunk Citizens for Responsible Growth are mad as hell.

The KCRGs, no doubt a spirited group of local citizens, appear bent on preserving the pristine wilderness character of West Kennebunk. Or something like that.

Nothing like a fired-up bunch of do-good folks looking to keep them nasty dee-velopers outta town. Dammit.

Even if that dee-veloper wants to put in a (gulp!) campground.

NIMBYs are NIMBYs. And they’re all around us.

And what they’re about–they would never, ever admit this, of course–is anti-development.

Jeez, when a campground causes a NIMBY flare-up you know it’s gotten bad.
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>The Chippewa National Forest is looking for feedback on a proposal to increase camping fees by two dollars a night at three Chippewa National Forest campgrounds.
Any proposal for camping fee increases will be reviewed by a Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC), which was recently established to represent all national forests within the Eastern Region of the Forest Service.
The three campgrounds proposed for fee increases all provide electricity and other services:
• Stony Point (Walker area) currently $20; proposed $22/night
• On-E-Gum-e (Walker area) currently $18; proposed $20/night
• Chippewa Loop of Norway Beach Complex (Cass Lake area) currently $20; proposed $22/night
Fee increases help reflect more accurate costs of administering and maintaining high quality campgrounds, are comparative to fees at other private and public camping facilities in the area, and allow the Chippewa to continue providing amenities and improve services.
To provide feedback on this proposal, contact Recreation Program Manager Sonja Hoie at (218) 335-8633 before April 11.