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KLSRA RELEASES PLANS ON HIBERNIA SITE IMPROVEMENTS – SEE & COMMENT ON PROPOSED SITE REHAB

Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on October 7, 2013

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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Posted in: KLPW - Campground Facilities and Improvements, KLPW - Camping Safety, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas

NC KERR LAKE PARKS ANNOUNCE SEASONAL CLOSING & CUTBACK SCHEDULE

Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on September 25, 2013

The schedule for Kerr Lake State Recreation Areas (7) has been updated and released by the
superintendent over those North Carolina parks.

” We start scaling back after
Labor Day when staffing scales back,” according to Bryce Fleming, the Kerr Lake State Recreation Area Superintendent. “All parks that are closed over the winter are scheduled …

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Posted in: KLPW - Campground Facilities and Improvements, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas, KLPW - Reservation Information

CHAOS RETURNS TO ONE KERR LAKE PARK!

Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on September 20, 2013

CHAOS Returns with
Staunton River Star Party Oct. 1 â€“ 6

by Pat Eastwood, PR/Marketing Specialist, VA State Parks

The Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society (CHAOS) returns to host the fifth Staunton River Star Party Oct. 1-6, with a public viewing night scheduled for Saturday, October 5. Staunton
River State Park is located in one …

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Posted in: KLPW - Park Entertainment/Events, KLPW- Staunton River State Park

NC SIDE OF KERR LAKE PARKS GETS FACELIFT

Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on August 20, 2013

They wear white jump suits and they move like lightning. They are really good painters, but they are not full-time painters. Some work at one
park, some work at all of the seven parks or state recreation areas on the North Carolina side of Kerr Lake. Some plumb, some wire, some cut grass, some pick up trash and some do a combination
of all those and much more. They are “The Crew” at Kerr Lake State Recreation …

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VIRGINIA NEWSPAPER RELEASES STORY ON NEW RESEARCH REPORT ON URANIUM MINING

Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on July 23, 2013

KLPW has previously brought the Virginia Uranium mining issue to KLPW members and was sent this first seen media report on a new research
report authorized by the Roanoke River Basin Association (RRBA).RRBA has sent a full copy of the 25-page report and KLPW will be glad to send you your copy via email. Just
send a request to info@kerrlakeparkwatch.org or you may visit www.rrba.org.