CAROGA LAKE, N.Y. — The state Department of Environmental Conservation says it will open its campground in Caroga Lake after local officials agreed to kick in money to cover the park’s operating deficit. Caroga Lake was one of seven campgrounds and two day-use areas in the Adirondack and Catskill forest preserves slated to stay closed this summer because of the...
CAROGA LAKE, N.Y. — The state Department of Environmental Conservation says it will open its campground in Caroga Lake after local officials agreed to kick in money to cover the park’s operating deficit.
Caroga Lake was one of seven campgrounds and two day-use areas in the Adirondack and Catskill forest preserves slated to stay closed this summer because of the state’s fiscal crisis. The 161-site campground was about $36,000 in the red last year.
Town of Caroga officials worried about the closing’s effect on tourism.
The DEC manages 52 campgrounds in the Adirondacks and Catskills. The state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation began shutting down 55 parks and historic sites elsewhere in the state on Monday to save money.