(March 11, 2010) -- RV park owner Leon Frazier is mounting a challenge to Utah County Commissioner Steve White, who announced his intention to seek another four-year term. Frazier says the county is harassing small business owners through high taxes and regulation.

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(March 11, 2010) -- State park advocates say Connecticut made a mistake in doubling state park and camping fees last year. Legislators are being urged to rescind the increase.

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(March 11, 2010) -- A bankruptcy judge is expected to a confirm a debt settlement plan for a Red Lodge real estate developer that banks on money generated from leasing lots in a planned luxury RV resort.

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(March 11, 2010) -- The S.C. State Park Service is now offering gift cards for rental of cabins, campsites, picnic shelters and meeting facilities at state parks across South Carolina.

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(March 11, 2010) -- The Arizona Daily Sun writes in an editorial: “Now we know at the state level what the exercise of personal privilege in the U.S. Senate feels like. ... State Rep. John Kavanagh doesn't like a bill that proposes to fund state parks with a vehicle license surcharge."

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(March 11, 2010) -- Not long ago,  the 28-acre Lazy Lakes RV Resort had been slated for condo construction. However, when housing values declined, the bulldozer was stopped in its tracks. Today the land is part RV park, part outdoor music venue, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

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(March 10, 2010) -- In return for its investment of $307,000 to keep the parks open, Ellen Bilbrey, a spokeswoman for the Arizona state parks, said Yavapai County will likely see economic impact of $37 million, the paper.

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(March 10, 2010) -- The Beaver RV Park will have lower rates on some services this year, but it will still not offer flush toilets or showers, the city council decided last week, the Lovely County Citizen reported.  In fact, the Army Corps of Engineers gave the city permission to return to using portable toilets to save costs from pumping the park's 2,000-gallon tanks.

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(March 10, 2010) -- After the cost for land rose, officials with the Montana State Fish, Wildlife and Parks have scaled back plans and will now acquire 6,224 acres of land for $17.35 million to create Fish Creek state park, the Missoulian reported.

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(March 10, 2010) -- According to the Orange County Register, residents at the Travel Country RV Park will have two years to relocate before Colorado developer McWhinney will break ground on the $300 million project at a 10.3-acre site.

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(March 10, 2010) -- The north end of Giant City State Park is back open following cleanup and repairs from damages done during the severe windstorm that struck southern Illinois May 2009.

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(March 10, 2010) -- A representative from the Washington State Parks system was at Kopachuck Middle School last Thursday to discuss alternative approaches for managing the parks in the future.

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(March 9, 2010) -- The Department of Natural Resources 2010 Indiana Recreation Guide can be found at various retail outlets and, of course, at state parks, reservoirs and other DNR properties, and online. Release of the guide coincides with the launch of a nationwide effort to promote state parks.

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(March 9, 2010) -- Edgar Wayburn, 103, a physician and five-time Sierra Club president who is credited with protecting more wilderness and parkland than any other American citizen, died March 5 at his home in San Francisco.

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(March 9, 2010) -- Duck Creek RV Resort owners say Pure Michigan TV ads boosted their business at least 10 percent last year, but a state deficit has the campaign on the chopping block.

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