Deschutes County is looking to develop a new county-run campground for the first time in over four decades. Consultants, ECONorthwest and Environmental Science Associates, delivered a camping feasibility study to Deschutes County Commissioners at a Nov. 15 meeting, highlighting three potential areas for private or public RV parks and campgrounds for recreational purposes.
The three areas included in the study were Drafter Road in La Pine, Thompson Road and Crooked River Ranch. The goal, according to the feasibility study, is to “meet the growing demand for camping and outdoor recreation in the region.”
The goal, according to the feasibility study, is to “meet the growing demand for camping and outdoor recreation in the region.”
This article appears in Source Weekly November 16, 2023.
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We need one in Bend as well because people are Living in our US Forests here, breaking the rules by living the season out at Phils Trail and living year round in China Hat thus causing major damage and impact to the forest floor, wildlife and surrounding residential communities via black water dumping, trash dumping and leaving a huge trace that they were living there (broken furniture, micro plastics, human feces, clothes, etc.). The US Forest Service is not citing or enforcing the rules. Our forest land and beautiful recreation areas are being destroyed. The city and the county should be working together to create some sort of managed RV/Van-lifers space. The US Forest is not the place for long term living. It is meant for recreational use.