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Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Lake campgrounds close in Kansas due to high water levels
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Some Kansas campgrounds are temporarily closed this summer due to the aftereffects of recent rainfall. The Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reports on its newly created Recreation Operational Status website that several campgrounds across Kansas are not accessible this month due to high water levels. The Tulsa District of the USACE published a list of the campgrounds which are temporarily closed due to flooding. The closures come alongside other recreational shutdowns the USACE announced earlier this year that went into effect on May 15 due to a staffing shortage. Many parts of Kansas recently received large amounts of rainfall which have raised the water levels at some reservoirs maintained by USACE staff. Kansas game wardens share photo of very rare albino fawn The Tulsa District of the USACE published a new list of recreational closures on June 23 that include areas which are closed due to high water and staffing issues. The full list of impacted reservoirs is below: Council Grove Canning Creek – #1-5, 18-19, 26-28 are closed due to flooding. Santa Fe Trail – #1-13 are closed due to flooding. Outlet East – May 15 to July 1 temporary closure due to staffing shortage. Kit Carson – closed due to staffing shortage and flooding. Richey Cove – May 15 to July 1 temporary closure due to staffing. Closure also in effect due to flooding. John Redmond Dam Site – closed due to flooding. Hartford Boat Ramp – closed due to flooding. Strawn Boat Ramp – closed due to high water. Otter Creek ORV Area – closed due to high water. Hickory Creek East – closed due to high water. Hickory Creek West (Ottumwa) – closed due to high water. Marion Overlook – open, restrooms are closed for repairs. Cottonwood – #9-23, 38-94, 95-107, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147 are closed due to flooding. Hillsboro Cove – #1 + 11 are closed due to maintenance. #12-23 and 44-51 are closed due to flooding. French Creek – all closed due to flooding. Marion Cove – closed due to flooding. Boat ramp remains open. Fall River Overlook – open, restroom closed due to maintenance. Whitehall Bay – June 11 to June 30 temporary closure due to road maintenance. Overlook Boat Ramp – closed due to flooding. North Rock Ridge Boat Ramp – closed due to flooding. Elk City Overlook – open, but restroom is closed due to repairs. Should you help a turtle cross the road in Kansas? For more Kansas Outdoors, click here. Keep up with the latest breaking news in northeast Kansas by downloading our mobile app and by signing up for our news email alerts. Sign up for our Storm Track Weather app by clicking here. Follow Matthew Self on X (Twitter): Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
01-07-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
Michigan parks and campgrounds have reopened for holiday weekend, following spring ice storms
If you plan on heading to the state parks or forests up North for this Fourth of July holiday weekend, be mindful of lingering hazards and damage from the March ice storm. All the state parks and boating access sites that closed due to the storm have reopened, and all state forest campgrounds are expected to be open this weekend. The March 28-30 storm led to 19 state parks, 54 state forest campgrounds, and 162 boating access sites closing. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources staff have spent thousands of hours cleaning the area since. The North Western State Trail, North Central State Trail, and North Eastern State Trail have been cleared to open. However, the DNR asks that visitors please respect closure signs, as about 60% of the region is still closed. Parts of the forest suffered severe and permanent damage, appearing different from before the storm. Tree branches are hanging, tree stumps are sticking out the ground, and over a thousand roads are impassable. You can find a map and dashboard detailing the status — open, partially open or temporarily closed — of the state-managed facilities, trails and forest roads, as well as an interactive map and safety updates, all on the Michigan DNR's ice storm response page.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Yahoo
All of Yosemite's campgrounds will be open this summer for the first time since 2019
For the first time since 2019, all 13 of Yosemite's campgrounds will be open to visitors this summer, the National Parks Service announced. The additional openings will mean an extra 500 more campsites available than in recent years. The park is one of America's most visited, with more than 4 million visitors in 2024. "We're very excited to have these campgrounds open to the public as we enter the busy summer season," said Ray McPadden, acting superintendent at Yosemite National Park in a news release. "Camping in this park is truly a magical experience, and we want to provide the opportunity for as many visitors as possible." Maintenance and staffing challenges kept several campgrounds closed each year beginning in 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Summer is peak season at Yosemite, and many of the park's campgrounds will be opening within the next few weeks. White Wolf Campground will open on June 20, and Tamarack Flat Campground on June 23, the parks service said. Yosemite Creek Campground is set to open July 1. Opening dates for Bridalveil Creek, Porcupine Flat and Tuolumne Meadows campgrounds has not yet been announced. Reservations for Yosemite are available at But you better act fast. Finding a camping spot at the famed park is notoriously competitive, and they often fill up minutes after reservations open. Reservations are now available for both White Wolf and Tamarack Flat campgrounds, and reservations will open for Yosemite Creek on Tuesday morning. As of Monday at 3:30 p.m., campgrounds showed no Friday-Saturday availability for weekend campers through at least the end of August, although White Wolf had some Sundays available. Visitors can still access the park using day passes when campgrounds are unavailable. Yosemite's reservation system was introduced in 2020 amid the pandemic and was halted earlier this year pending a review by the Trump administration. Contemporaneous cuts to the National Park Service led to the layoffs of 10% of the agency's staff, raising questions about when the reservation system might reopen. The system ultimately came back online in late March. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
The Independent
16-06-2025
- The Independent
Park it right here: World famous national attraction opening all of its campgrounds for first time since 2019
The world-famous Yosemite National Park is slated to open all of its campgrounds for the first time in six years. Some of the northern California campgrounds, of which the landmark-filled park has 13, were previously closed in 2019 during a temporary government shutdown. Then, the Covid pandemic hit. "We're very excited to have these campgrounds open to the public as we enter the busy summer season," said Acting Yosemite National Park Superintendent Ray McPadden. "Camping in this park is truly a magical experience, and we want to provide the opportunity for as many visitors as possible." Additional openings, the agency said, will add some 500 campsites for the public's use. That includes the White Wolf Campground and the Tamarack Flat Campground, which are both opening within the next 10 days. Reservations for the pair began on Sunday morning, and Yosemite Creek Campground is set to open on July 1. Earlier in the year, park officials announced Yosemite would require reservations for entry. A plan to introduce a permanent day-use reservation system this spring has been put on hold, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. Reservations are required for all campgrounds from April till October. Still, the Trump administration-approved reservation system spans fewer hours and dates than any previous system, according to SFGate. Notably, national parks saw a record 331.9 million recreation visits last year, marking a surge of 6.36 million recreation visits since 2023. The previous record was set in 2016. 'Opening dates for Bridalveil Creek, Porcupine Flat, and Tuolumne Meadows Campgrounds will be announced soon,' the National Park Service said. 'All other park campgrounds are listed on the website and are currently available for booking.' But the decision also comes at a fraught moment for the agency and U.S. public lands in general, and ahead of what is expected to be another active wildfire season. In May, a nearby blaze forced evacuations and road closures in Moro County. Earlier in the year, the National Parks Service took even more blows following years of budget cuts and staff shortages, as the Trump administration fired thousands of employees. Since then, the administration has been fighting it out with the courts. Although, Government Executive reported earlier this month that agencies have made preparations to implement layoffs if the court order blocking them is lifted. In April, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum – who has been working to repeal Biden-era protections in Alaskan wilderness and reclaim abandoned coal mines this month – ordered that all parks remain open and accessible, despite operational impacts. The president's proposed 'Big Beautiful' spending bill further slashes funding for park staffing, the National Parks Conservation Association wrote, and promotes the expansion of oil and gas drilling and the sale of millions of acres of public lands. '[The Senate reconciliation bill] turns its back on America's most treasured places and the dedicated public servants who protect them,' Director of Clean Energy and Climate Policy Daniel Hart said in a statement. Outside Magazine reported. The reconciliation text states that national parks, national monuments, and designated wilderness areas would be exempt from auction. The Justice Department also said last week that the president has the authority to abolish national monuments protected by his predecessors.
Washington Post
07-06-2025
- Washington Post
Campgrounds closed along Pacific Crest Trail in search for man wanted in daughters' deaths
SEATTLE — Authorities have closed a wide swath of popular campgrounds and backpacking areas along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington as they search for a former Army soldier wanted in the deaths of his three young daughters . Dozens of additional law enforcement officers from an array of agencies joined the investigation and search Friday for Travis Caleb Decker, 32, four days after the girls — 9-year-old Paityn Decker, 8-year-old Evelyn Decker and 5-year-old Olivia Decker — were found dead at a remote campsite outside Leavenworth.
