Recession Proof- Private Campgrounds
By Karen E. Klein | May 12th, 2009
Combine a global economic recession with fears of pandemic disease, and it looks to be another dismal summer season for the travel industry. But for one sliver of the accommodations industry—the small business-dominated private-campground business—things are looking up.

Closing State Parks Would Devaste Communities
By Ed Joyce| May 30, 2009
KPBS - San Diego,CA,USA
The California State Parks Foundation says a plan to close 80-percent of state parks to reduce the budget deficit is a bad idea. KPBS Environment Reporter Ed Joyce tells us the group thinks closing parks will hurt cities and towns that rely on tourism money.