Statewide Iowa — While the DNR has announced that state park camping reservations for the Memorial Day weekend will be accepted starting this Sunday, the Iowa Senate has voted to change the procedure.
That’s Senator Tom Shipley, a Republican from Nodaway. The bill would get rid of rules that now require at least a quarter of the campsites in each individual state park be held open, to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Shipley says as a result, many campsites sit empty when they could have been reserved.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources oversees more than 47-hundred campsites in the state’s parks, reserves and forests. The fee for one of those camping spots ranges from nine to 16 dollars per night from May 1st through September 30th.
The Iowa Senate’s move shouldn’t affect your Memorial Day plans, however, since the bill has yet to become law.
