Archive for KLPW – Occoneechee State Park
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on June 3, 2015
Whether you just want to quietly want to walk and observe or really move on down the trail, the Virginia State Parks around Kerr Lake have opportunities for you. This Saturday, June 6th, is National Trails Days and you can do everything from pick your path at Occoneechee to help clean or build trails at … Read more
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on February 2, 2015
(RICHMOND) – Applications are being accepted through April 15 for two three-week summer sessions of the award-winning Virginia State Parks Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation will notify selected participants via e-mail by May 1. The program will be held July 19 to Aug. 8. Teams of eight to 10 participants … Read more
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on January 31, 2014
We owe an apology as one of latest posts on Facebook did not jump over on the blog. A technology misstep.
2014 NEWS UDATE
As the new year has started off cold, note that it’s been 4 – 20 degrees lately at a very cold Kerr Lake! We’ll have an updated story on www.kerrlakeparkwatch.org about a bunch of grass carp the USACE recently put into Kerr to help with the …
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Posted by on January 31, 2014
CAMPING RATES HIKED FOR VA STATE
PARKS – Affects rates for Occoneechee State Park and Staunton River State Park in the Virginia State Parks system.
Added only as a FAQ sheet to an 8-page “Year in Review” report by VA State Parks Director Joe Elton, the quietly announced park rate hike has already taken
effect.
“Although it is not perfectly clear in …
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on January 4, 2014
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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