Corp Closing Campsites

[creekslick]

I just don't see how this will help. I can see the savings at Mill Creek where you shut down the entire park but to just close some campsite that are already in place does not make sense to me.
Corps of Engineers' proposal to cut $1.9M annually at campsites - KAIT-Jonesboro, AR-News, weather, sports, classifieds-

[xring]

Another well thought out plan by the corps of engineers...spend millions of dollars,,in some instances, buy land from individuals by condemning that land..build all the campsites, then close and even close the ramps in some instances.

I am in full agreement with the closing,,just be sure and return said property to previous owners, allow them to run the campgrounds or close them,,their option.

Camping could be a good business without the business practices of the gubberment..


What else you want to know!!! lol

[xring]

Oh,,they are playing hell with my area....I really don't think they have my best interests at heart.....

[ARSlabber]

I found out last night that the corp will be closing off two different boat ramps on the Arkansas River. Both of these ramps are within 20 miles of my house. Its no good.

[jackie53]

( obama care) at work next they will want to raise taxes do not know if we can take 4 more years.You can't clean your fish at the lake now this parks are being closed that our tax dollars have already paid for.

[olduckhunter]

are the closings for year round or just seasonal? if it's year round it will just about kill the jordan boat dock on norfork. the corp is like a coon. what they don't mess up they mess on.

[Roughneck]

Here is somthing for you to thin about. Even thoiugh the Corp. built many of the Lakes in arkansas and operate them, the rain and rivers that fill them up belongs to the people of Arkansas, yet our state gets no revenue from the generation of electricty.

[ski trip]

I'm with you Creek! If there are 75 campsites there, already built, already with electricity to them, virtually no upkeep, how can closing 15 of them possibly save any money??? Still going to have to have attendants, rangers, etc. to do whatever they do for the other 60 they leave open! And how can closing an already existing boat launch ramp save any money at all??? The cost has already been incurred, for cryin' out loud! banghead Looks to me like they would just be losing revenue from those closed sites, so how can that save any money??

[Rakoprtr]

There is alot of upkeep I don't agree with the closings but last summer I had a chance to bid on a contract for mowing five of the lock and damns seven camps in total and a diff contract for trash and janitorial type maintenance for the same seven sites the mowing ended up bieng a almost a half a million and the janitorial was around 200 thousand a year these sites are not small guys plus they pay the park rangers /attendants to take ur money at the gate by no means do I agree with the closings after they already bought all this land but the maintenance is not cheap

[faithfularcher]

i heard they are going to have public meeting for imput and the way i understand it is they are going to see if any groups might be interest in volunteering for the up keep . I know they are having the meetings not sure about the other part ?