Archive for KLPW – Camping Safety
Kerr Lake Park Watch has issued a HIGH WATER NOTICE for Memorial Day Weekend. Several KLPW members constantly monitor the water level of Kerr Lake which is measured hourly by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The normal “full pool” level is 300 feet. That means that the lake level is 300 feet above mean … Read more
Continue Reading →Ask a simple question and finally, months later, you get an answer. Kerr Lake Park Watch greatly acknowledges the
efforts of Michael T Womack, Operations Project Manager at John H. Kerr Reservoir, in securing answers about the recreational effects of
coal ash on the lake’s visitors.
Quietly and unobtrusively last week, the Virginia Department of Health and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services put out a
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Larry Matthews is a dedicated camper and has been camping at Kerr Lake most of his life. He is also
one of the strong supporters of KLPW and what park logistics that are unfamiliar to him, he makes up with good common sense. Mr. Matthews wrote this item as a comment. We felt
that the KLPW members and readers deserved to see this most excellent idea directly on the blog.
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Several months ago KLPW informed you when NC State Parks officials toured some of the Kerr
Lake State Recreation Areas and vowed to make some very badly needed upgrades and rehabs to sites.
State officials viewed, photographed and even measured the sites that KLPW identified as critical. Also, sites that might increase revenue for the parks if properly
renovated with defined sites, more level and convenient to large travel trailers and RV rigs.
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NC State Parks officials from Raleigh today began drawing plans for campsite upgrades for seven (7) waterfront and
water view existing sites at Hibernia State Recreation Area. District Superintendent Dave Cook and the state parks landscape architect, Nigel Clark met with Kerr Lake Superintendent Bryce
Fleming, Kerr Lake Maintenance Chief Chris Curl and Kerr Lake Park Watch’s Frank Timberlake to
consider upgrade options.
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