Posts Tagged #kerrlakeparkwatch

JOINT MEETING OF KLPW, NC PARKS OFFICIALS & LEGISLATOR YIELDS PROMISE OF BETTER COMMUNICATIONS & HOPE OF IMPROVEMENTS

Certainly, a monumental, if not historic joint meeting of Kerr Lake Park Watch and NC State Park officials was held last week at Satterwhite Point Park on Kerr Lake.  The fairly new Superintendent of the seven NC State Recreation Areas, Bill Stanley, his new second in command, Superintendent Keith Nealson, and from Raleigh, the newly … Read more

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

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NC WILDLIFE MAKES MOVE TO LOCK OFF PUBLIC BOAT RAMPS ON KERR LAKE

NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION TO INSTALL LOCKED GATES ON KERR RAMPS – Hibernia NCWRC ramps are first. In a time when many are questioning, if not confused by, increased government intervention in many of the daily mainstream aspects of citizen life, here comes another blow to personal freedoms. Kerr Lake started filling in 1952. Boat … Read more

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Posted in: KLPW - Boating and Related Improvements, KLPW - WATER RELATED

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AFTER A PANDEMIC SPRING ROBS KERR LAKE CAMPERS, NOW AVOIDABLE HIGH WATER WILL CLAIM MEMORIAL DAY & WEEK FOR MANY

“We have no idea why NC State Parks are closing many of the sites before they hardly open this weekend and next week at the seven state recreation areas on Kerr Lake,” said Kerr Lake Park Watch’s Frank Timberlake.  “And we have no idea why the US Army Corps of Engineers hasn’t started releasing more … Read more

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Posted in: KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas, KLPW - US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, KLPW - WATER RELATED

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KERR LAKE CAMPGROUNDS WILL STAY CLOSED IN NC STATE PARKS UNTIL MAY 22 – VA MAY REOPEN FIRST – CORPS?

Campers and park users have been especially eager this spring to get to parks, though socially distanced, masked and armed with hand sanitizer, people want to get out since the Covid 19 pandemic hit our country.  Times are confusing, and while government staff and officials continue to be on parks’ payrolls, getting a park open … Read more

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

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HIGH WATER ALERT – DEPENDING ON COMING RAINS, KERR IS DESTINED TO GET A LITTLE HIGHER UP ON THE BANKS

HIGH WATER ALERT High water, not Hiawatha is returning in a big WAY. Recent rains, some torrential, are swelling the flood pool of John H Kerr Reservoir. At about 307 feet above mean sea level, and that’s 7 feet above the normal full pool level, Kerr Lake is likely to rise almost another 2 feet … Read more

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Posted in: KLPW - Boating and Related Improvements, KLPW - Corps of Engineers Campgrounds, KLPW - US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, KLPW - WATER RELATED

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