Budget woes are impacting public lands and campgrounds across the country, leaving officials scrambling for innovative ways to deliver services to the recreating public. Now is your chance to share your thoughts on the future of public recreation in Washington State.
The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office is hosting a series of online public meetings from November through January to get people’s opinions about the future of outdoor recreation in Washington State.
The online forum will collect the public’s input concerning the demand for outdoor recreation, what people want in their parks and on their trails, what prevents people from recreating outdoors and the quality of their experiences when they do.
The online meetings begin with a string of questions regarding commercialization of parks, followed by new questions which will be added regularly. The first batch of questions ask people how they feel about allowing advertising or corporate naming rights in the state’s public parks.
Is camping at Cabela’s Conconully Campground in your future? It could very well be if you don’t make your preference known during these public meetings.
Here’s hoping that surviving a time share presentation at a public campground turned RV resort isn’t in my future. That is one adventure in RVing I don’t need!
Click here for more information and to learn about participating in the meetings.
Dave Helgeson’s many roles in the RV industry started before he even had a driver’s license. His grandparents and father owned an RV dealership before the term “RV” had been coined, and Dave played a pivotal role in nearly every position of an RV dealership. He and his wife Cheri launched their own RV dealership in the Pacific Northwest. The duo also spent 29 years overseeing regional RV shows. Dave has also served as President of a local chapter of the Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA), worked on the board of advisors for the RV Technician Program of a local technical college, and served as a board member of the Manufactured Home and RV Association. Dave’s reputation earned him the title of “The foremost expert on boondocking,” bestowed by RV industry icon, the late Gary Bunzer (The RV Doctor). When he’s not out boondocking, you’ll find Dave in the spotlight at RV shows across the country, giving seminars about all things RVing. He and Cheri currently roam in their fifth travel trailer, with Dave doing all the service, repair and modifications to his own unit.
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