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Indiana officials said the tree-killing emerald ash borer has been confirmed in northern Indiana’s Cass County. The state Department of Natural...

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Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC recently announced that it has acquired the remaining active trademarks of the towable brands from Fleetwood Ente...

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Get a jump on planning your vacation. The 2010 Indiana Recreation Guide is available online. It includes new information about outdoor recreation oppo...

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Take a trip into the past and enjoy the park in a new way. Thirty-minute sleigh rides are offered from noon – 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. ...

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The latest Outdoor Indiana magazine features a cover story on two families' tradition of making maple syrup, just one of the many local arti...

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The DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife has announced plans to phase out a small campground that is part of the Williams Dam Public Fishing Area south...

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NAPPANEE, Ind. -- Sullivan RV Service in Decatur has been awarded a Gold Star certificate for outstanding performance by Gulf Stream Coach. "Sullivan...

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CrossRoads RV, a manufacturer of travel trailers, fifth wheels and park models, unveiled the second phase of their new website today. It features an ...

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The 50th Annual Fort Wayne RV & Camping Show is set to run January 28-31 at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.  Six local RV dealers are ex...

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Renegade has announced it has expanded its motorcoach product line to include a new model targeting the RV market. The IKON by Renegade exemplifies l...

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Easylife introduces the E-Z S'mores Box, a portable storage container that keeps marshmallows moist and graham crackers crisp from outing to outing. ...

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Carriage has moved its parts and service department to a new facility with more than 18,000 square feet, providing ample space for grow...

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Yellowstone National Park hosted a record number of visitors in 2009. Nearly 3.3 million people visited the world’s first national park last yea...

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Free Service Lists Road Conditions, Construction Work on State Highways INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces...

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DNR gift ideas for those who don't need more stuff The Indiana DNR has gift solutions for the person on your gift list who's more concerned about ...

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Annual Christmas Eve Trek at Pokagon SP Be sure to have the shopping done and holiday plans finalized before Dec. 24, so you can participate in P...

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Roadtrek Motorhomes Introduces New Floorplan on Sprinter Chassis KITCHENER, Ontario -- At the National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., Roadtrek ...

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Mobile Discovery Center available at Spring Mill Elementary schools in North Lawrence, Mitchell, and Orleans will be able to reserve free access...

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Pokagon SP is hot for cold winter fun Pokagon State Park provides many outdoor recreation opportunities during winter. If you've never ridden Ind...

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SunnyBrook RV Unveils 2010 Product Lineup   In a period during which the RV industry has seen its roughest times in decades, SunnyBroo...

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RVDA Honors RV Brands with Quality Circle Awards RVDA will honor 18 RV brands built by eight manufacturers with its Quality Circle Award just prior ...

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CrossRoads Introduces Sunset Trail Ultra Lite Series       TOPEKA, IN---CrossRoads RV recently introduced its new Suns...

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Lake Rudolph Campground and McDonalds Partner on Holiday Light Display SANTA CLAUS, Ind. -- Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort and McDonald̵...

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Keystone Introduces Premier Luxury Trailer GOSHEN, Ind. -- Keystone RV Company unveiled the new Premier ultra‐lite travel trailer by Bullet. Int...

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Coleman RV Lineup to be Sold at Camping World Locations Camping World announced the launch of the new line of affordable towable Coleman travel trail...

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Four Counties Added to Emerald Ash Borer / Wood Quarantine Four new finds of emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive forest insect that kills ash trees...

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    Tamarack Trail Released by Outdoors RV Manufacturing Outdoors RV Manufacturing announced the first production shipment of the T...

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New Outdoor Indiana Magazine Features Calendar Although it's still early to be thinking 2010, Outdoor Indiana magazine's full-color calendar, which...

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Jellystone Park’s Turn 40 at National Convention ORLANDO, Fla. -- More than 500 people gathered recently to celebrate the 40th anniversary of t...

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DNR Welcomes 24 New Conservation Officers   INDIANAPOLIS - Two dozen new conservation officers officially joined the Indiana DNR Division of La...

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2010 “The Rally” Returns to Louisville The 11th annual gathering of RVers at The Rally will be taking place July 22 to 25 in Louisv...

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Well-known Bald Eagle Died Bald Eagle C52, which appeared in Department of Natural Resources shows at the State Fair for the past eight years and wi...

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GoCampingAmerica.com Redesigned The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) has completed its long-awaited redesign of the Go Camping...

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Freightliner Offers Free Fuel This season, forget the "staycation." Take a road trip of a lifetime on Freightliner Custom Chassis. That's the message...

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RV Business Announces 2009 Top 50 Dealer Awards RV Business recently announced selections for the 2nd Annual RV Business Top 50 Dealer Awards, which...

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RV Hall of Fame Receives Rare Airstream Trailer The RV/MH Hall of Fame museum has received an extremely rare Airstream trailer for exhibit. ...

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O'Bannon Woods SP Hosts Halloween Camping Weekend The state park, in partnership with the Central Clover 4-H Club, will offer an event-packed weeken...

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A century ago, the popularization of the automobile, improving roads, and America's passion for exploration gave rise to mass-produced, manufactured r...

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Find out why camping is such a popular outdoor recreational activity and how to enjoy it by going to the Hoosier Outdoor Experience, Sept. 26-27, and ...

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Lazydays RV Superstore announced it has entered into an agreement in principle with its floor plan lenders and an ad hoc committee representing approx...

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Fort Harrison State Park was once the site of a bustling military base, opened in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt and named in honor of former Pr...

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WEST GLACIER, Mont. -- It surely won't be easy compressing a million acres of alpine wilderness into a circle just one inch in diameter, but that's pr...

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GAFFNEY, S.C. -- Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Enova Systems (Enova) announced today that they have jointly executed a lette...

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The invasive Brazilian elodea, a plant commonly used in home aquariums, appears to have been eradicated from Griffy Lake, a 109-acre impoundment near ...

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Indiana is quietly becoming a mountain bike Mecca for riders east of the Mississippi River. Come to the Hoosier Outdoor Experience and learn how to ri...

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Competition styled after the Survivor TV show will be held for the third straight year at Brown County State Park. Teams of four are invited to test t...

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Keystone RV Company recently announced today that it expects to hire up to an additional 200 employees later this fall as it acquires a new 140,000 sq...

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Statistical Surveys in Grand Rapids, MI published its June 2009 retail sales data to its subscribers late last week. The data confirmed that the stron...

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A Texas RV dealer has agreed to buy six Country Coach motor coaches and invest $4 million in return for a 50 percent equity stake in the company as pa...

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Camping World, the nation's largest RV and outdoor retailer, today announced their unique effort to mirror the government program "Cash for Clunk...

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New York -- American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, L.P. ("AIP") has completed the acquisition of the motorized recreational vehicle b...

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Winnebago Industries recently introduced its top-of-the-line 2010 Itasca Ellipse at the Winnebago Itasca Traveler's Grand National Rally. Starting wi...

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COLUMBIA CITY - Two species of fish, although popular among Hoosier anglers, are not what biologists wanted to find in three lakes north of Columbia C...

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Flying J Inc. ("Flying J") and Pilot Travel Centers LLC ("Pilot") announced that they have entered into a preliminary merger agree...

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it will waive all day use fees from Aug. 1-9, 2009 at its more than 2,400 Corps-op...

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Give your kids the gift of nature this summer at Salamonie Reservoir's children's day camp, Aug. 3 - 7. Each day provides a variety of sessions from 9...

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  CINCINNATI -- Leisure Systems, Inc., the franchisor of Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp- Resorts, has announced the system-wide launc...

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BRECKSVILLE, Ohio – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the National Park Service will offer three fee-free weekends this summe...

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Outdoor lovers have new access to Sugar Creek with the recent opening of the new Sugar Creek Public Fishing Area, located southwest of Crawfordsville....

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This year's outdoor cooking classes and cook-off at the Upper Wabash Reservoirs, sponsored by Bozarth Country Store, are just around the corner. Tho...

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DNR has launched a new online digital photo gallery of incredible images. The site includes attractive shots of Indiana nature scenes, wildlife, peopl...

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Fleetwood Enterprises' RV Group was recognized as the number one manufacturer of Class A motor homes in calendar year 2008 by Statistical Surveys, Inc...

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Do you know of an extraordinarily large tree? The Indiana DNR is accepting nominations for the 2010 Big Tree Register, a list of the largest known nat...

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DiscoverAmerica.com brings together the leading sources of official travel planning information along with great deals and offers to help Americans p...

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The first comprehensive assessment since the 1980s of all of Indiana’s forests—private, public and urban—is underway. The intent of the Statew...

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A partnership of traditional and green-building manufacturers may deliver a jolt to the economy of one of America's worst-hit counties, bringing as ma...

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INDIANAPOLIS – Central Indiana’s Monon Trail has been inducted into Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. Since th...

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Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced the state will hire 2,000 young adults to spend this summer and next improving Indiana's parks, trails and na...

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  How about finding fun RVing tips and meeting fellow RVers (or would-be RVers) without even leaving home? All you need to do is become a fan...

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RICHMOND, Ind. -- From its humble beginnings in 1964 to the multi-location corporation that it is in 2009, Tom Raper, Inc. has weathered the storms of...

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Women with an interest in learning outdoors skills take note: Registration is underway for the Indiana Department of Natural Resource's 2009 Becoming ...

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SANTA CLAUS, IND--For the next few days, visitors to eBay will have the opportunity to bid on riding in the front seat of the very first boat launched...

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Fleetwood Enterprises has filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions for itself and certain operating subsidiaries in the U.S. Bankrupt...

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Porta-Bote International has unveiled its brand new high-performance portable folding RV boats for 2009. Folding Porta-Botes...

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COBURG, Ore. -- Monaco Coach Corporation announced on March 5 that it has filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States ...

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ELKHART, IN – Damon Motor Coach, a Thor Industries subsidiary, has been awarded the Above and Beyond Award by the United State’s Departmen...

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A federal judge ordered Country Coach LLC into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 5, one month after the Junction City, Ore., RV maker’s ...

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A federal grant of $180,454 from the Preserve America program will help fund the "Inventory and Promotion of Indiana's Prehistoric Mounds and Ear...

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Nostalgia may be fine for some things, but Faron Livingston has few fond memories of the backpack-style water cans that firefighters used to have to l...

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Monaco Coach Corporation announced that it has engaged Imperial Capital, LLC as a financial advisor to assist the Company with its evaluation of strat...

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The RV/MH Hall of Fame, Elkhart, Indiana, has announced the election of the Hall of Fame class of 2009. The class will be officially inducted on Augus...

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In news that marks a substantial legislative victory for the RV industry, the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) has learned that the conf...

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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will be host for the inaugural Hoosier Outdoor Experience on Sept. 25-27, 2009 at Fort Harrison State Park...

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Dutchmen Manufacturing Inc., a division of Thor, Goshen Ind., presents its EcoLogic Travel Trailer. The EcoLogic is the industry’s first 100 per...

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The main office building at Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort was gutted by fire shortly after Christmas. No one was in the building, which orig...

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Northern Indiana is known for its sand dunes along the shores of Lake Michigan. It’s known for Amish Country, where visitors can experience the simple...

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Eric Summerfield, a corporal in the Indiana National Guard, was back at his job as district forester for DNR Forestry District 13 on Jan. 12, after re...

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