Archive for KLPW – Campground Facilities and Improvements
Posted by on May 4, 2013
The following is a personal account given by Frank Timberlake, Lead Public Affairs for Kerr Lake Park
Watch.
By a lot of the campers who frequent Hibernia, one of the seven NC Recreation Areas around Kerr Lake, Hibernia is often referred to as the “red-headed step child.” Personnel shifts at the park
have been on the rise after the departure of a long-time, long-experienced chief ranger. While many of the recreation areas sport new electric and water campsites, …
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on March 27, 2013
IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU! As we get ready to set priorities for KLPW for this year’s
outdoor season, what are some of the projects, issues, complaints and accomplishments you would like to see addressed by the park officials who run the Virginia State Parks, the North Carolina
State Recreation Areas and the US Army Corps of Engineers Parks around Kerr Lake?
If you don’t want to post publicly, we would very much like to see your response, which …
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on October 23, 2012
This article has been authored by the Public
Affairs Lead for Kerr Lake Park Watch or KLPW, Frank Timberlake, who camped at Hibernia State Recreation Area over the weekend and found the answer to a
question asked repeatedly over the years. Frank also came up with an idea.
The number one question we get asked about Kerr Lake this time of year is, “Why do they (NC …
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Posted by on September 6, 2012
Questions:
- Are the reservation system charges the same for “parks” as they are for “recreation areas?”
- Did NC State Parks shoot itself in the foot money-wise when it stopped the policy of reserving a campsite for a
minimum of seven nights versus having the weekends cherry-picked?
- “I have a question….Now that we have been using the
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on August 24, 2012
Ride through most any Kerr Lake State Recreation Area on the North Carolina side on a Thursday or Friday and you will see some campers packing
up to leave. That might seem unusual except that the new online reservation system now lets weekend campers “cherry-pick” weekend camping. So many times, campers wanting to camp
have to either accept a site in the woods or take a waterside site for a shorter period, forced to leave before the weekend campers …
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